Posted by messadivoce on March 7, 2005, at 11:05:35
Well guys, I literally just got out of my meeting with the VP of student life. It did not go as well as I'd hoped. I am actually very proud of myself. I was confident, made direct eye contact, and spoke forcefully. The dialogue was pretty fast and intense. The assistant to the VP who's been helping me was there as well, but didn't say much. She had a big legal pad to take notes, but when I got up I noticed that she hadn't written anything.
The VP of student life is someone who I used to feel neutral about now, but now hate. She was pretty insincere and when I left the meeting it was pretty obvious that we had not reached any sort of common ground or agreement.
Basically she said that because of confidentiality, she could not reveal any details about my T's leaving. She said it was the end of a very long process that was certainly not abrupt. I said you have to understand that from the student's end, it WAS abrupt. She told me that my T had the option of continuing as a T at the university, and that she chose not to. I said that from how well I know my T, the offer must have been pretty bad if she left her clients so suddenly. And even though she chose to leave, the university did not fulfill its responsibility to give clients an ethical termination. She countered that by saying that I don't know all the details, blah blah blah.
Of course it was a little more civil than that, but that was the gyst. And that was that. I'm proud of the fact that I didn't concede, that I maintained that they were still wrong. I thought I had a lot of dignity and courage. What a horrible, shrewish woman she was. I was so full of righteous anger that I forgot to be scared. And I had all you Babblers with me there in spirit. I think I came across pretty intense and outspoken.
So now what...I don't know. A lot of my anger comes from feeling so incredibly helpless against the system. I don't know what to do with it. Guys, I'm so tired, and even though I was pretty forceful in my meeting, I just want my T back.
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thread:467748
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