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So, sometimes I love being in a huge university. I get to meet people from all over the world. I've had classmates from Nigeria, India, Switzerland, Russia, Japan, China, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, etc. One of the best friends I've ever made here is from Cambodia. My Italian lit professor was this really hot guy from Sicily.The funding is great and Rutgers is affiliated with hundreds of research organizations. Sure, the classes are huge but this semester alone I've had five different Chemistry instructors, not counting all the TAs and tutors. And there are classes on everything here. Seriously, there's something called "Homoerotic Passages in Classic British Literature". Okay, there's probably something like that at most liberal arts schools and it's not like I could fit the class into my schedule anyway, what with Chemistry eating my life, but still, a class on slash. Just as well I couldn't take it, I would have spent the whole semester displaying my maturity levels by giggling like a twelve year old boy.
But then shit like this happens:
Me: So, I'm coughing up blood and I can barely speak.
School doctor: Your blood pressure and heartbeat are fine, it's probably just a minor tear in your throat. You have a viral infection.
Me: Can you give me anything?
Doctor: No. You're not displaying any other symptoms. We either wait until it clears up by itslef or until you get worse and start displaying other symptoms.
Me: So can I go to Chem lab?
Doctor; Not unless you want to spill acid all over yourself in a coughing fit.
So then I go to my dorm and call the guy in charge of my Chem lab grade.
Me: I have a viral infection so I can't go to lab this week.
Proffesor: You need documentation of this from a doctor. There's more than 500 people taking this class, I can't just take your word for it.
Me: Okay.(At this point I'm enraged because it's obvious that I can barely talk, even over the phone. But it's not like I can argue).
So I go back to the Health Center:
Me: I need a doctor's note.
Nurse: We don't give out doctor's notes. here's the letter explaining the policy to you proffesor. If he still has a problem, contact your dean.
Me: If I try to get an appointment with my dean now, I'll be lucky to see him sometime next semester.
Nurse: We don't give out doctor's notes. That's university policy.
So I have to go to lab just so my TA can send me home because it's a safety hazzard to have someone constantly coughing up reddish mucus handling concentrated HCl. Oh, and he assures me that my proffesor will accept the nurses' note explaining they don't give out doctors' notes. Hopefully.
But then shit like this happens:
Me: So, I'm coughing up blood and I can barely speak.
School doctor: Your blood pressure and heartbeat are fine, it's probably just a minor tear in your throat. You have a viral infection.
Me: Can you give me anything?
Doctor: No. You're not displaying any other symptoms. We either wait until it clears up by itslef or until you get worse and start displaying other symptoms.
Me: So can I go to Chem lab?
Doctor; Not unless you want to spill acid all over yourself in a coughing fit.
So then I go to my dorm and call the guy in charge of my Chem lab grade.
Me: I have a viral infection so I can't go to lab this week.
Proffesor: You need documentation of this from a doctor. There's more than 500 people taking this class, I can't just take your word for it.
Me: Okay.(At this point I'm enraged because it's obvious that I can barely talk, even over the phone. But it's not like I can argue).
So I go back to the Health Center:
Me: I need a doctor's note.
Nurse: We don't give out doctor's notes. here's the letter explaining the policy to you proffesor. If he still has a problem, contact your dean.
Me: If I try to get an appointment with my dean now, I'll be lucky to see him sometime next semester.
Nurse: We don't give out doctor's notes. That's university policy.
So I have to go to lab just so my TA can send me home because it's a safety hazzard to have someone constantly coughing up reddish mucus handling concentrated HCl. Oh, and he assures me that my proffesor will accept the nurses' note explaining they don't give out doctors' notes. Hopefully.