A note on Hope Abbott
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x_staffI know some of you have noticed Hope's spells seem to be getting worse, and some of her peers have expressed concern too. Today I found her passed out in the hall between classes and we had a discussion about the potential root cause of the episodes. From that conversation I was left with the impression that her manifestations are tied very closely to anxiety, unhappiness, and other negative emotions she is prone to internalizing. This is in part due to her additional course-load and complicated by certain family dynamics. She was drained after the conversation so I instructed her to take the rest of the day off.
The professor has just finished a very long phonecall to Hope's parents about giving her some space and how detrimental it would be to remove her from the school at this point. It's our hope that they will take his advice to heart and give her some time to breathe.
Please watch Hope in class for the next few weeks. If the spells continue to be frequent or worsen please tell me or the professor. Because Hope is very private with her emotions it's difficult to gauge her stress-level, so at the moment her level of control may be the most reliable way to assess her state of mind.
The professor has just finished a very long phonecall to Hope's parents about giving her some space and how detrimental it would be to remove her from the school at this point. It's our hope that they will take his advice to heart and give her some time to breathe.
Please watch Hope in class for the next few weeks. If the spells continue to be frequent or worsen please tell me or the professor. Because Hope is very private with her emotions it's difficult to gauge her stress-level, so at the moment her level of control may be the most reliable way to assess her state of mind.
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Date: 2012-10-03 12:39 am (UTC)... I was kidding, but seriously? Fucking seriously? I just know she's about 99 thousand times more polite than all the other kids put together. All I get is occasional overhead snips of conversation from the kids and that every time Hope says "My mother" she.. okay, okay, I don't go around sniffing the kids but I can't really turn the nose off and Hope -smells- keyed up and scared half the time.
and no, I haven't entirely disclosed to the kids that I can overhear them or that they all smell like Axe half the time. Figured that'd be creepy if they knew their English teacher know which of them actually had the farts that day - I don't make a secret of it but I'm not gonna announce it either
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Date: 2012-10-03 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-03 12:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-03 01:07 am (UTC)Glad you sold her on the power manifestations. And did not set anything on fire.
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Date: 2012-10-03 01:13 am (UTC)Well . . . didn't set anything on fire during the phonecall. A now-ex lampshade during the initial conversation with Charles may have contributed to his assertion that I strive to have no opinion on Catherine Abbott.
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Date: 2012-10-03 01:23 am (UTC)You sound like you're in need of someone to get you really liquored up.
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Date: 2012-10-03 01:35 am (UTC)It's just been a tiring week or so.