Honestly, I don't expect them to know generic and brand names for all the possible drugs that all the patients in the practice are prescribed.

I'd expect them to know something as commonly prescribed as albuterol, though.

I'd expect them to know something as commonly prescribed as albuterol, though.

Ah, fair point. I though you were just speaking generally.

And the thing is, I edit pharmacy stuff, and I don't have a clue what the brand name for albuterol is.

smonster, have you tried Aloe Vera gel with lidocaine on the PI?

I always keep some on hand in the house for burns and rashes and the stuff is magic, esp. with the Lidocaine to settle things down.

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Heh - now that I think about it, neither do I! It's been decades since I've had to use one, and when Dylan was on albuterol a couple winters ago it was nebulizer capsules, not an inhaler.

Aimee, I don't know all the details of what's going on in your class, but I do know a wee something about incompletes, from both sides of the issue.

I should preface this by saying I am fairly lenient about giving incompletes. I don't see the value of withholding it if a student needs one. But I do have to comply with school policy, which obviously varies by school. For example at my school the college policy is that incompletes must cover less than 50% of the course work, must be completed within a year, and must be for a recorded reason that presented itself after the university Withdrawal date.

If you're professor is indeed being a hard ass, then going over her head may be effective. But prepare yourself for the possibility that her department head will side with her. And if she's saying "no" because the incomplete would go against policy, then the department head won't have any more leeway than she would in the matter.

Burrell - I match up with all of those and believe that I match the policy.

And I just got another email from her stating that if I email her again, she is going to report me to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards because I am being "disruptive".

Yeah, I just read Natter Aimee. So yeah, seems like it's a judgment call and you could get an incomplete. But not from her, not in this mood.

I wouldn't worry about her threat to report you, I don't think it has any teeth. You haven't been threatening her, no one is going to blink at your behavior.

Eh. Go over her head but be prepared for things to not break in your favor. You can take the course again for another grade, or just let it pass. Your GPA is otherwise terrific, and if most profs are like me they are so happy to have a returning student who knows why they are in college and who wants to be there. You can SO rise above that one grade.

I think that's what I need to do - just move on with my life and just be done.

Hopefully the feelings of complete failure (which are totally unfounded, I know) will go away shortly.

Full heart, clear eyes, can't lose, right?

Aims you are amazing and in no way a failure.

You're great, Aimee. Hold onto those moments when you can see your successes--like when you're teaching and it all goes wonderfully, or when Em does something to melt your heart--and don't overvalue the moments that made you feel bad about yourself.