I Heard it Through the Grapevine.

So what should I do when you find out the professor who made the decision for me to wait months to remediate is talking shit behind my back?

I'm at work, volunteering interestingly, doing a HTN workshop for the public. The girl I'm doing it with says, "Oh, I was talking to [name deleted to protect my fellow classmates], just so you know, Dr Dunsworth is mad at you because you haven't contacted her about remediation."

WTF? How the hell does another person know she is mad at me for not doing something?

I suppose it turns out that Dunsworth has been blabbing my business to Dr Abate, who, in turn, has been blabbing my business to said mystery student above, who, thankfully, thinks I'm an ok guy, so she, in turn, blabbed said business to of my coworkers in an effort to get the message to me. Which I am thankful for.

Is this like some old lady gossip circle? It's pretty bad if *I* think someone is exercising unprofessional conduct. It's not the fact that people know I'm an idiot who is unorganized when it comes to school and can't do something as simple as remediate a test. I'm a stoic individual, I am what I am, I let people see through me like a window. I don't care if the story of the last 6 months of my academic history are broadcast over NBC primetime. What upsets me is the *Principle* of the whole thing. What gives these people the right to blab my personal business all over town? It's ridiculous.

I don't even know why the woman was mad at me, anyway. The little letter I got from the chair of academic standards said, rather clearly, that I was to attend class for women's health, do assignments that were assigned for the section, and get over a 70% for the course. How more clear than can it be? Not to mention the fact that I'm not going to be in her class until midway through September. I'm not so sure why she's getting all mad.

I can't wait until I graduate. I need to get away from academia as fast as I can. It and myself aren't compatable. It's just....bizarre.