Hi all,
So I suppose I am just frustrated, but I'm looking for a bit of outside insight. I'm currently going to a vocational school studying esthetics, and am surrounded primarily by young women just out of highschool, which is it's own bag of worms. I'm 24, and I consider myself to be empathic and emotionally sensitive. I usually get along mostly with men or with women that are very down to earth, enjoy dirty jokes, and are drama free. Therefore at school I am generally pretty reserved and don't let my classmates in because they are all quite judgemental. That being said, my real question is about the way my professor has been acting towards me.

When I first began the course, she was very welcoming and approving of me. She would often talk to me, and gave me compliments such as remarking on how professional I was. She would tell me in front of the whole class how I "had it going on" and how beautiful my skin was etc etc. This made me uncomfortable, but it was within the realm of our discussions on skin (esthetics).

Then, I had to go home sick a couple days and after that her demeanor towards me began to change. A few weeks later I got a job painting a mural for.good money out of state and had to miss a day of school... I approached her professionally and explained why I was missing a day, and she just slowly turned around while I was talking to her and said nothing!

After that she stopped talkinlg to me, has generally been ignoring me in class, and has been acting as though I'm not a good student even though I have very good grades and work very hard in school. She does this to other students I've seen, and also has a couple favorites she is sweet to. Yesterday, I took the day off from school because my friend just passed away. I sent her an email explaining this, and wished her a happy weekend... She has said nothing in return.

What is this all about? Why are people so fickle? It seems very unprofessional to me.