[HPFGU-OTChatter] Depressing College Update

[Bernadette M. Crumb]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Saitaina" <saitaina at wizzards.net>

SNIP account of instructor who sounds worse than Snape could ever
be and shouldn't be teaching...

> 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?

If I lived anywhere near you, I'd be glad to volunteer for you to
jab me.  That really stinks.  Make a huge fuss over it.  Fight it
tooth and nail...  And don't just deal with the school... Tell
them you're going to make it public.  Talk to your local paper or
TV news station.  Talk to your representatives (are you in the
States? Your state legislature reps often have clout with
educational institutions... take advantage of it.  No school
wants the government down on their case, especially for something
like this which IS discrimination, pure and simple).  Let them
know that they'll be watched while they review your case.

I hope that your Provost or Dean or whoever deals with academic
reviews is a decent person who will listen to you and be fair and
honest about the shortcomings of the teacher, and will make the
teacher give you the grade you deserve from your work, not her
opinion.

BTW, blowing bangs out of the eyes is a heck of a lot more
acceptable to me than using a hand and mucking up the draw.  And
there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with laughter in the workplace.
The lab tech who draws blood at my doc's office has a great sense
of humor and by getting us laughing he makes the ordeal easier on
all of us who are nervous about being jabbed!

Wish I could give you a big sympathetic hug for real... but I
hope a virtual one will do!  HUGGLES!

Bernadette/RowanRhys

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."
- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862