[Kate*]

You can't demand respect based on credentials and experience while giving it based on behavior. People are judging you the same way you're judging them and responding accordingly. If you feel disrespected, either adjust your expectations or take a look in the mirror.

I will never regret standing up for myself. Yes I absolutely could've done it in a more professional, respectful way, but I could say the exact same thing about you and I don't think that had much to do with it. And if standing up for myself was part of what got me kicked out, I don't want to be there in the first place. At least your life didn't collapse as a result. I hope that you can learn from this and not just forget about me.

There's a part of me that still wants what I wish it could've been. I don't know if that will ever go away.

You realize you come across as a know-it-all, right? My reality already shut you down once, you might want to stop doing it to other people now.

You have a habit of blaming the rest of the world for your issues. There's a difference between other people actually screwing you over, and you not taking responsibility for yourself.

I know this is hard to accept, but there's a difference between him not being blind and you not accepting that he is. The tests confirm it, the fact that he can't communicate won't change it, and the reason you say you know it's not true is because he can hear. He responds to sound, so you think he can see because you don't want to believe he can't.