What's been going on in my life
Remember when I posted all that garbage about what was happening to me, you know, about the listserve and how spooky it was how things can be taken the wrong way?
I recall that I had just been investigated by the UK Police for 2nd degree terroristic threatening. Well, as i said before, the police laughed at us for being so stupid but found nothing to charge us with. That was the best news for the past month. I was called, with 3 of my friends, in to have a special meeting with the Dean at 8 o'clock January 10th (no coincidence that January 10th at 8 o'clock is when our first class of the new semester was)
This meeting was to inform me that I have been dismissed from the UK College of Pharmacy Graduate Program.
I could not step foot in the building for 14 calendar days from January 10th.
I would be able to file an appeal, and potentially be readmitted in 2006 to rejoin next year's class.
I was asked to sign a paper waiving my right to clean out my locker so the college could clean it out for me.
My UK Med. Center badge was collected.
I was escorted off the premises by a police officer.
After bawling my eyes out and making a scene (once i was escorted off the premises of course), my parents were on their way up to Lexington to help me grasp what was happening. The statute of the Health Professional Honor Code that I had violated was the 12th of 12 statutes in a list of things that would or potentially warrant dismissal from the program. (You know, bad things like Felony Conviction, Chronic/Misuse of alcohol or illicit illegal substances, fraud, intentionally lying to patients etc). Section 12 (this is a paraphrase) states that I can be kicked out of school for completing any activity that can bring disrepute to myself, my college, or my profession.
Apparently the girl that stripped naked at the 1st party in the wild out of control wet t-shirt contest was not bringing herself into disrepute, but someone that sent out some immature emails is.
Regardless, i had been kicked out of school. Myself and one of my now closest friends were dismissed, and there were 2 kids that were terminated. Banned from the building for 5 years with no chance at a possible readmission, ever. We received legal counsel from a very polite and understanding well-off lawyer downtown the next day and filed our appeal to be reinstated immediately. In professional sports if a player gets suspended, he files his appeal and is allowed to continue playing until his hearing. We were not given that option. Although we filed our appeals on Tuesday, it wasnt until the college was threatened with a lawsuit (from the other 2 guys's lawyers) that they allowed us to come back to class.
Dave and I accepted the legal counsel of Mr. Ed Dove, a very very cool guy, and he was happy to take our case because this whole thing is freaking ridiculous. I received an amended letter saying specifically what I had done to violate the professionalism code in question. Basically the emails i sent were vulgar and disrespectful (and STUPID). Besides the emails, I was caught up in the really stupid part of this tale. That is the story of NKAPS.
As a joke, my friend Brad (who has been terminated)), started an "organization" called NKAPS which stands for Non Kiss-Ass Pharmacy Students. He made up some goofy constitution and we even had t-shirts as a joke. For finals week it was decided that we should all wear them to the 1st exam we had on monday morning. We did, and those that wore the t-shirts OBVIOUSLY did so to threaten that particular faculty member and consequently every one that was recorded as having worn it that day was given a 1-year probation, removed from all their offices and revoked of their scholarships.
the shirt said NKAPS "Where the Points dont matter and everybody wins" on the front, and "We're the Rift that everybody is talking about" on the back (inside joke)
The teacher is on record as saying he felt that all the red-shirted individuals sat together and formed a "gauntlet of sorts" for him to manuever through to pass out the exams. By gauntlet, he means we sat where we sit for nearly every exam. (This is all a true story)
I had my appeals hearing last week, scheduled from 10:30 to 11:30, and it ended around 4:00 that day. It was the biggest crock i have ever seen, as my lawyer certainly agreed. When all that was done, i felt like i had said what i wanted to say going in. I wanted to say that i was stupid for what i did, but i felt like my actions did not deserve totally ruining any chance of finishing a career i've already put 5 years of my life into. I think i got this point across to the panel and i received a recommendation from them to the dean that my punishment be reduced to 30 hours community service, 1 years probation, and a professionalism/sensitivity workshop to attend. I still wait for the Dean's decision. He can give me a lesser, equal, or stricter punishment than the panel recommends. I am anxious to know my fate, but I am happy with their recommendation because at least i get to stay in school.
Dave's hearing was today and yesterday, and i feel it went very well.
Basically, i was kicked out of school, dropped around 2 thousand dollars, but i know i want to be a pharmacist, i know who my friends are and how great they are, and have a new respect for just how wonderful my parents are. A steep price to pay for such enlightenment, but worth it i think. I'll post more when i know more.
Hope everybody else is having pleasant and uneventful lives. I'd be lying if I said i wasnt envious of normalcy at this point in my life.
I love february. When i say love, i really mean despise. Valentines day is such garbage, even when i had a valentine to share it with. This year i wont have one, and every time i'm alone i cant help but think how i spent last february being a walking zombie after having all my guts ripped out by that ex-fiancee of mine. Only 24 more days until march :)
I'm still alive. And i will be tomorrow too i hope.
Sorry for those that had no idea that this had happened to me. I wanted to get as much closure on the topic as i could before bringing it up so I wouldnt have to keep talking about it.
I recall that I had just been investigated by the UK Police for 2nd degree terroristic threatening. Well, as i said before, the police laughed at us for being so stupid but found nothing to charge us with. That was the best news for the past month. I was called, with 3 of my friends, in to have a special meeting with the Dean at 8 o'clock January 10th (no coincidence that January 10th at 8 o'clock is when our first class of the new semester was)
This meeting was to inform me that I have been dismissed from the UK College of Pharmacy Graduate Program.
I could not step foot in the building for 14 calendar days from January 10th.
I would be able to file an appeal, and potentially be readmitted in 2006 to rejoin next year's class.
I was asked to sign a paper waiving my right to clean out my locker so the college could clean it out for me.
My UK Med. Center badge was collected.
I was escorted off the premises by a police officer.
After bawling my eyes out and making a scene (once i was escorted off the premises of course), my parents were on their way up to Lexington to help me grasp what was happening. The statute of the Health Professional Honor Code that I had violated was the 12th of 12 statutes in a list of things that would or potentially warrant dismissal from the program. (You know, bad things like Felony Conviction, Chronic/Misuse of alcohol or illicit illegal substances, fraud, intentionally lying to patients etc). Section 12 (this is a paraphrase) states that I can be kicked out of school for completing any activity that can bring disrepute to myself, my college, or my profession.
Apparently the girl that stripped naked at the 1st party in the wild out of control wet t-shirt contest was not bringing herself into disrepute, but someone that sent out some immature emails is.
Regardless, i had been kicked out of school. Myself and one of my now closest friends were dismissed, and there were 2 kids that were terminated. Banned from the building for 5 years with no chance at a possible readmission, ever. We received legal counsel from a very polite and understanding well-off lawyer downtown the next day and filed our appeal to be reinstated immediately. In professional sports if a player gets suspended, he files his appeal and is allowed to continue playing until his hearing. We were not given that option. Although we filed our appeals on Tuesday, it wasnt until the college was threatened with a lawsuit (from the other 2 guys's lawyers) that they allowed us to come back to class.
Dave and I accepted the legal counsel of Mr. Ed Dove, a very very cool guy, and he was happy to take our case because this whole thing is freaking ridiculous. I received an amended letter saying specifically what I had done to violate the professionalism code in question. Basically the emails i sent were vulgar and disrespectful (and STUPID). Besides the emails, I was caught up in the really stupid part of this tale. That is the story of NKAPS.
As a joke, my friend Brad (who has been terminated)), started an "organization" called NKAPS which stands for Non Kiss-Ass Pharmacy Students. He made up some goofy constitution and we even had t-shirts as a joke. For finals week it was decided that we should all wear them to the 1st exam we had on monday morning. We did, and those that wore the t-shirts OBVIOUSLY did so to threaten that particular faculty member and consequently every one that was recorded as having worn it that day was given a 1-year probation, removed from all their offices and revoked of their scholarships.
the shirt said NKAPS "Where the Points dont matter and everybody wins" on the front, and "We're the Rift that everybody is talking about" on the back (inside joke)
The teacher is on record as saying he felt that all the red-shirted individuals sat together and formed a "gauntlet of sorts" for him to manuever through to pass out the exams. By gauntlet, he means we sat where we sit for nearly every exam. (This is all a true story)
I had my appeals hearing last week, scheduled from 10:30 to 11:30, and it ended around 4:00 that day. It was the biggest crock i have ever seen, as my lawyer certainly agreed. When all that was done, i felt like i had said what i wanted to say going in. I wanted to say that i was stupid for what i did, but i felt like my actions did not deserve totally ruining any chance of finishing a career i've already put 5 years of my life into. I think i got this point across to the panel and i received a recommendation from them to the dean that my punishment be reduced to 30 hours community service, 1 years probation, and a professionalism/sensitivity workshop to attend. I still wait for the Dean's decision. He can give me a lesser, equal, or stricter punishment than the panel recommends. I am anxious to know my fate, but I am happy with their recommendation because at least i get to stay in school.
Dave's hearing was today and yesterday, and i feel it went very well.
Basically, i was kicked out of school, dropped around 2 thousand dollars, but i know i want to be a pharmacist, i know who my friends are and how great they are, and have a new respect for just how wonderful my parents are. A steep price to pay for such enlightenment, but worth it i think. I'll post more when i know more.
Hope everybody else is having pleasant and uneventful lives. I'd be lying if I said i wasnt envious of normalcy at this point in my life.
I love february. When i say love, i really mean despise. Valentines day is such garbage, even when i had a valentine to share it with. This year i wont have one, and every time i'm alone i cant help but think how i spent last february being a walking zombie after having all my guts ripped out by that ex-fiancee of mine. Only 24 more days until march :)
I'm still alive. And i will be tomorrow too i hope.
Sorry for those that had no idea that this had happened to me. I wanted to get as much closure on the topic as i could before bringing it up so I wouldnt have to keep talking about it.