Katie's Story

 This lady went to extreme measures to claim self defense Woman killed husband, then stabbed own vagina to claim self-defense: prosecutors (msn.com)

  This has by far been one of my toughest weeks here. Throughout my lifetime I have been discriminated against because of where I have lived, type of religion practiced in my home, cohabitating, being a survivor of a crime, gender and my age. It never gets easier. The program I am in has been in classes with the same six other students for the entire program. In the beginning, I felt welcomed. I have felt things have shifted over the last few weeks. I left like they were getting closer. I assumed it was because they all knew each other from undergrad. We have all been told from the beginning that we should form study groups and collaborate and work together. No one mentioned anything, so I assumed they didn't want to do it. This week, I learned that they just didn't want to include me. On Thursday, our entire cohort received an email about cheating. During Thursday's class, I was accused of turning them in because they had formed a study group and were doing the individual...

 I received an email, asking me to send my information to a person within the university because I am a grad student. So, I reached out asking how I could help her. She replies wondering how I could help her. I forwarded the message that I received about 10 minutes prior. She already forgot what she wanted. I am so glad, I am not the only one who has days like this.