[rosesarered]

Okay, here's how it is....
Last fall is when my mental health really took a toll on my school work. I was taking
three classes and due to things going on in counseling and my unstable brain chemistry,
I became extremely depressed and suicidal. This crash happened a month into the term.
I was never right after that. I barely maintained my GPA in the two classes I managed
to complete and had to ask my other professor for an incomplete.
My question is....should I talk to my new professors and warn them I might go off
the deep end and disappear? I don't want everyone knowing my business and I
can't keep missing semesters (like I did the winter semester because I still couldn't
function) or I'll never finish my degree. I don't want to fail if I have to go back into a
partial program and fall too far behind to catch up. Or if I get those annoying profs
who will fail you for just having a certain number of absences. I don't normally miss
school and I maintain a decent GPA.....I mean I'm in the honor society, I had to have
done something right somewhere along the way, right?
I'm just so afraid of failing or having to drop put again....
Please give me some advice or coping skills or both.

[unaluna]

I wouldn't warn my profs. And I hope you're kidding about calling them annoying for expecting you to show up for class? Also, watch the drinking and the bad boys - find a good counselor and try to figure out how to plan for success, day by day, week by week? I know, it's not something we were trained to do, is it. find a sport you love, that always helps me.

[rosesarered]

Originally Posted by hankster

And I hope you're kidding about calling them annoying for expecting you to show up for class?

No. Its annoying that when your school doesn't set an attendance policy but high and mighty
part timers feel its appropriate to fail student who miss three classes. We're all supposed
to be adults, if I have to miss class more than three times what business is it of a teacher?
Its not like I skip class just because I don't feel like going. When I miss, there's a reason
and I don't think its fair to be penalized. I'm paying to be there, its my education that
suffers, shouldn't that be punishment enough without having to worry about being
failed too?

[rosesarered]

Originally Posted by hankster

Also, watch the drinking and the bad boys...

I don't drink.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by rosesarered

I don't drink.

I was referring to what I thought was another post by you; if I was mistaken, sorry.

Your education is not some vague nebulous thing that can "suffer". It's a contract, like a job. You pay for it, you show up, you do homework and take tests, they give you grades, they give you a degree - your payoff. If you neglect to perform YOUR part of the contract (which is actually a privilege many young women in the world don't have access to), you don't get your payoff. These are the facts of life. Don't yell at me, I don't much like them either.