May
2006
晉見工學院副院長0
在UFL確定可以茍延之後，懸而未決的，只剩下我暑假若不修課專心處理我的個人問題，而中斷我的全額獎學金（fellowship）之後，是否能在秋季繼續，還是說剩下的三年也通通都沒了?
5/11副學務長通知我medical withdrawal核准時，建議我關於fellowship的問題，可以找工學院的副院長Dr. E*談。我詢問助教課的老師R*、我的諮商師，她們都認為值得一試，也對副院長的為人十分稱讚。系上的graduate coordinator Dr. P*也認為我不妨去問問，雖然fellowship不是Dr. E*管的。（工學院有三位副院長，管fellowship的是Dr. A*。）
得知我今天早上的見面狀況之後，最高興的竟然是我的助教課老師。發出「hooray」的歡呼。
底下的內容，基本上就是我給助教課老師R的信，稍微再改了幾個小地方，讓紀錄更完整。也拿掉各個人物的名字（讓人又愛又恨的古狗大神）。
Dear R*,
I talked with Dr. E* for an hour this morning. Things went great. He was so friendly, warm, and caring.
He asked about what happened to me in detail. I explained the situations of school work in Fall and Spring to him. I also mentioned the “problem,” for which I started seeing a psychiatrist and a psychologist sine early last year. Medical and psychological follow-ups resumed in this country in December 2005 and April 2006 respectively. He did ask what the “problem behind the scene” was, after our conversation went on for a long time. I was comfortable enough at that point to answer “transgender,” “transsexualism,” waiting for him to ask before explaining further. But he stopped pursuing it right on that spot.
All that he cared, and that he confirmed with me, was that I was receiving professional help from a physician and kept seeing a counselor, that I got prescriptions here, and that the University, the College, and my department are all helpful to me. He wants me to be successful. He wants me to feel free to talk with him whenever I needed and was happy that I saw him today with the problems. I almost burst into tears on hearing these.
He didn’t think the reinstatement of my fellowship would be a problem, which meant I’ll be able to work as your TA in Fall. He will talk with Dr. P* and Dr. A* about that. He said he would also write a letter of support. He was concerned about my financial sources during summer and mentioned finding me some OPS job if I needed.
He also suggested me to petition for withdrawal from Spring 2006. Actually this was the first and foremost thing that he brought up after he listened to the abovementioned details. He didn’t want me to have a failing grade on my transcript. As long as the withdrawal was based on medical grounds, it would not be a problem.
He asked about the things I planned to do in summer. He didn’t want me to put too many things in my schedule and get stressed. He also gave me some suggestions on finding and narrowing down my research topics. He also was concerned if there was any other difficulties. I menioned, aside from physical and psychological factors, reading speed can pose a problem in the future, but I had enrolled in a class off-campus on reading skills. He talked about reading with me also.
It was an wonderful experience to meet him. The experience I had in the country with you, my physician and counselor, and rest of other friends, was just fantastic. I love you all, and I appreciate it, more than you know.
Best wishes,
Etta
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