[Kate*]

Add lack of empathy to the laundry list of things I can't do right and your lack of confidence in me that I will actually fix it. How is that supposed to help me? Basically saying "You lack empathy, but I don't feel like you're going to do anything about it." You realize I went back to my room and cried, right? I'm really starting to feel incompetent. I'm seriously questioning what I'm doing here and I just want to run home screaming and find a new profession. I need to know I'm not the only one doing things wrong because that's what it feels like. Maybe I need to be medicated for depression and/or anxiety, maybe that would help. Saying that you "Think it's something else", but not telling me what it is is NOT going to help me, if neither of us know what's wrong I can't do anything about it!

I needed to know that what I'm dealing with is normal at this stage and that it doesn't mean I'm incompetent, 2 seconds away from getting kicked out of the program, or about to fail your class. I found that out in class tonight, interesting thing is, it was from your GUEST LECTURER instead of you. I serously wonder if you've taught before or if it's just me.