Well, I made it through the morning without a crisis. That is amazing, however shortly after noon back in Oklahoma my daughter called me with more disturbing news. Those of you who have been reading my blog know the medical problems my daughter has faced over the past month. Today, was her first day back in class. The major part of her illness happened while she was off for summer break, but when school began again, she did miss five days.
Today, when she went in, one of her professors told her the best she could hope for in his class was a D even if she turned in A work from now until the end of the semester, which will end in 14 class periods. Her GPA was 3.95. Over her years in college, she has made the honor roll, won scholarships, and kept her grades up even when we had three immediate family members die in one month. She is not one to slough off.
She asked this professor if there was something she could do, extra credit, reports, anything to help her bring her grade back up. He said, "no". My daughter is afraid because he is such an a**, that at the end of these 14 days, he may flunk her. I told her let him try.
They are supposed to make allowances for medical emergencies and he's not even being reasonable. I suppose he would be happy if she would have been driving on her way to school, had a wreck and died. Good grief! She was passing out, bleeding to death, spent two days in ICU. I guess he thinks she was up having a party. We can show him the $30,000 medical bills if that would convince him. I doubt it would, he's such a ****.
I told my daughter, go ahead, and go to class, do your best work, and after August 25th when she graduates, I'm going to begin a letter writing campaign. I'm going to tell everyone, including the regents, the Tulsa World, the Oklahoman, and the State Board of Education exactly what I think of one of the surveying instructors at OSU-Okmulgee.
Anywho...I have been composing letters to various people all day in my head. Needless to say, they have not been kind. I'm hoping I will calm down after a good night's sleep. I need to remember diplomacy. Right now, I am just an angry mother. I don't care if my daughter is 27. It's not like she planned to be ill.
Will run for today. Did do my pages. How are yours coming?
Til Tomorrow~