All in all, his attitude towards the incident was a very arrogant one at first. He further states that the relationship with Melanie enriched him in response to the press. His explanation was that he had “not been himself, but a servant of Eros.” Of course, this did not satisfy the committee as they did not think it was a true reflection of his sincerity, therefore he had to leave the university. The committee had wanted to force an apology from him for his actions but he did not oblige and rather just gave an excuse for having been involved with Melanie. In response to the incident of his relationship with Melanie, David was taken to the academic tribunal for hearing of the charges of sexual harassment which were leveled against him. This lack of passion for his work eventually bring about distractions which make him get into a compromising relationship with a student in his class and eventually he had to leave his teaching job due to the repercussions.
His teachings became no longer passionate and out of conviction, but rather a mechanical duty, something he just did for the sake of it so as to be able to earn a living. This change of events coupled with the frustrations he faces after the prostitute he used to visit for sexual satisfaction leaves him, takes the joy of teaching away from him. He had been made to teach courses in communication skills, an area which to say the least, he finds unappealing and purely nonsensical.
With the rearrangement of things, he became an Adjunct professor.
The changes that were effected in the country from the tyrannical apartheid to the democratic chaotic system of the post Apartheid era also affected the University he taught at as it was changed into a technical University. He was dedicated to the field of work he was involved in and had even written three different books in it. Initially When David was still a professor of modern languages at the University College, specializing in romantic literature he had been seemingly a man happy with his job.
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