She was rude and way out of line.

Here is a list of famous people who have bipolar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...polar_disorder I am not familiar with all of them but there are many I know and applaud their success despite having bipolar. I'd be just pissy enough to print the list and present it to her in class but I'm just that way.

And there are other people with other mental illnesses who have been very successful despite mental illness. John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, has schizophrenia. The movie, A Beautiful Mind, was based on his incredible life. (And won four Academy awards; I highly recommend it).