i understand how hard it is to be involved in a dispute like this. but this is nothing to be s about. one class, one grade, one a-hole prof, it happens to everyone. look how many people here have talked about similar problems, and all of us are here to tell the tale. my husband flunked an entire year of college because a girl dumped him, and now he's a professor with a phd.

you can come back from anything. if other people can get through it, so can you. there's nothing inherently worse or incompetent about you. and if you decide it's not worth the stress to dispute it, that's another perfectly valid decision anyone might make in your place.