College Record--heated words withstaff, what will happen now

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I really messed up today-I called a professional at my college who got a really bad attitude and I replied with vulgar language. We both had our bad day but took it out on each other. She told my mom that she sent my message that I left (with the cursing) to her director. When I asked my dad about that, he said that it will be on my record now. I would like to know what is going to happen now and is that true? I'm a pre-nursing student and I obviously made a huge mistake. Thank you.

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You called a professor and left a voicemail message with profanities? Whoa.

Unprofessional conduct is enough to get you tossed from a program, or barrerd from entering one....it depends on the school. Some are competitive enough that behavior like you demonstrated would be sufficient reason for them to toss you. Some might be more lenient. You won't know if you got out of this one until you find out the fallout.

Either you will survive this and learn a heckuva lesson about professional expectations, or you won't....and will choose another program of study.

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I do not condone what you did, by any means, but if you are 18 and have not signed a FERPA waiver, under federal law, no one can discuss your behavior with your mother.

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I do not condone what you did, by any means, but if you are 18 and have not signed a FERPA waiver, under federal law, no one can discuss your behavior with your mother.

Good point.

OP, time will tell on this... but I do hope that you think about how you deal with anger and frustration. There will be patients that will have a much worse attitude than this professor. I know you say you realize that you screwed up but this really, truly cannot happen again.

Perhaps you can suggest to the school that you will enroll in counseling. It sounds like it would be a good idea anyway, and it would show the school that you are being proactive about this and are trying to amend the situation. Not to mention writing a letter of apology to the professor in question.

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If I were you, I would be writing a very well worded apology...now. Because it doesn't matter what she said, or how she said it. They are the ones who have the power/control. There is no excuse for profanity. I also agree with the PP who suggested counseling for anger mgmt.

You need to get this taken care of now. If you go off on a patient like the way you did to this person at your college, you'll have far more to worry about than HR calling your mother.

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