Maria Maria (or, an update)
So, talked to Maria. She's not letting me in the class, what a surprise there. She claims she didn't tell me to take cultural and history Anth Theory concurrently at all, which is not the way I remember it. She claims I didn't explain my situation fully, which is also not how I remember it. No surprise there either.
Called the folks, told them I was staying an extra year. Mom got mad at Maria, as she tends to do. Dad flipped, as he tends to do. Amazingly, I am also unsurprised by this.
Mom and Dad are telling me to "go over Maria's head." That's not going to work, and if I did, she'd hate me. There's no sense making an enemy of the head of the anthro department. Besides, there's no reason to. I'm poor, yes. Can I afford another year of college? No, of course not. Will it be healthier for me to stay another year and NOT flip out? Absolutely. Will it be better for me to take a class I'm actually prepared for, rather than floundering around in a course which I don't understand? Yeah, I'm pretty sure it would.
I'll ask MJ for help with funding. But I don't hold out much hope. Hey, universe-- you wanna surprise me for a change?
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