Posted by peddidle on March 6, 2007, at 0:28:20
In reply to my prof yelled at me (long), posted by peddidle on February 28, 2007, at 21:52:38
My professor emailed me again this morning. He said that his last email was too harsh and that "this has been bothering me all weekend." He is sorry for losing his temper, and that my accommodation is my right, and an entitlement. He has never not given a student an accommodation, although he knows some professors who completely ignore them. He said he understands it is more difficult for me than for anyone else, but that doesn't give me the right to take advantage of the entitlement and to inconvenience others.
I should understand why I "pushed his buttons," because he told me last semester how he feels about lateness. Coming late to the midterm was the last straw, and disrupting other exam-takers and imposing on his time was beyond civility. If it was a rare instance, he would have just ignored it, but it is part of a chronic pattern. He said he doesn't understand what I mean when I said "it is something I am working on,"-- coming on time to an 11AM class is either something you do, or not. If I was working on it, I wouldn't be doing it.
Then he acknowledged that this is a separate issue from the accommodation. If I come on time for the final, he will give me as much time as I need (my accommodation gives me time and a half), but if I show up late, I will not be allowed to take the exam at all.
My guess is that my advisor may have said something to him that prompted this email. Interestingly, he did not CC my advisor on this email. Whatever, if it was really bothering him this weekend, then he deserved it, but I tend to think he is just covering his own behind. I don't know what to do about this, it's such an awkward situation.
I forwarded this email to my T, also. I didn't hear from her, but it didn't really need a response. I just wanted her to have it, because it's easier than regurgitating it to her later.
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