Okay. For the past few weeks I have been dealing with a crazy former student who is trying to appeal her grade. Her reasons for why her grade should be raised became more and more ridiculous as the month has worn on. Today she lodged her "formal" complaint with the Associate Dean of my school, and I received a copy of it to respond to. I wasn't surprised to see that she had added a new complaint to the list, but the complaint itself was so offensive I am still shaking with anger. What was her complaint? That I took a week off during the quarter to go to Florida.

I will admit that I went to Florida in November. I went there for three days for a friend's 30th birthday extravaganza. THREE DAYS!!! Am I not allowed to have three days to myself? Last year was a really crappy year for me. I lost my father and two of the people I am closest to in this world moved away. I was owed those three days. I needed them.

As far as she is concerned, this means war.

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