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Anonymous Story #17 - Betrayal

We will be posting this story as a thread below, but if you'd prefer to read it as a blog, you can do that.
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Close to the end of my program, my health was getting much worse with no clarity as to why. I found myself struggling in school, so I visited a faculty counselor to help me try to get through the last chunk of my program and graduate as smoothly and quickly as possible. 2/

Part of these visits was explaining why I was having difficulty, and that my experiences had led to me being disillusioned with the program.

​During this time, a classmate I worked with in a group project plagiarized their portion of the work. 3/

I found myself taking the blame for this, and discovered the same counselor, who I believed I had gone to in confidence, was using my health information as "evidence" as to why I must be ultimately responsible. 4/

I ended up having to pay to repeat the entire course, as well as a doubling-down of symptoms. If it hadn't been for the support of my family, I would not have graduated.
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Thank you to the anonymous author for sharing their story. /Fin
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