Depressing College Update

[Saitaina]

Alright, those of you in chat who can remember knew yesterday was a big day for me but for the rest I will fill you in.

I had been having problems with a teacher at my college who wanted to fail me, seemed to have wanted to fail me since the moment I walked through the door even though I have gotten A's on every written there is.  During clinical she kicked me out of class for "Immaturity and not interacting appropriately with co-workers"  (which by the way she wouldn't explain to me).  I got her to let me back in on a second chance but it's always been in the back of my mind that that was just to shut me up.

Fast forward to yesterday, the day of finals.  After praying most of the day I went to class and did my written final.  Then we had demonstration (I'm studying to be a phelobotomist so we had to draw each other's blood).  I was paired with my long time friend Gracie who loves to make jokes at the most inappropriate time, thus causing me to smile as I jab her with a needle.  Well I didn't get blood (missed the vein and she wouldn't give me enough time to recover), but so did Joretta and Gracie.  She said that getting blood wasn't a big thing it was your whole package.  So I figured, hey, I've got a pretty good shot at passing (added to the fact I saw the certificate with my name on it).  

Well, just before class let's out, she calls me outside and tells me, guess what, she ISN'T passing me. She says that I'm not ready to go out into the world and support myself.  That laughter in the workplace is inappropriate.  And she's mad that I blew my bangs out of my eyes instead of lifting my hand off the adapter (thus ruining the draw) and pushing it out of my face.  (I swear these were here exact words, plus a few more I can't remember).

Well, turns out she knew before I even went into my final that I wasn't passing.  She never graded our written final (I have it as evidence) and just handed out certificates to everyone...but me.  This is another problem as she passed Joretta whom I fear with a needle.  The woman hasn't gotten a decent draw since we started (I was in her clinical group,  our teachers were saving her draws more times then not).  But yet me, who has improved from not knowing what I was doing to getting good draws and getting an A on every test...doesn't pass and now I can't do the one thing in life I love.

So that is my depressing college update.  I failed.  Or as mom says, "She failed you, you didn't fail."  We're appealing the decision based on poor grading criteria, harassment, and discrimination.  I don't know what I'll do if this falls though...maybe I can take the class again and she'll pass me just to get rid of me.  I mean I know the work...anyone offering up an arm so I can prove it?

Saitaina



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