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Christ on a bike Bri, what an absolute bodyblow.
Do you have a pastoral tutor? Someone who is there to assist with advice etc on the overall course rather than specific modules? (Personal Tutor) If so I would advise having a chat with them and exploring your options on the whole situation: the possibility of taking a break from uni and picking it back up at a later stage and whether or not the financial aid would also pick back up, stuff like that. Talking to the Dean also sounds like a good idea.
The fact he suggested you and he may wish to discuss the paper over coffee makes me think he's become emotionally engaged with you and this may be why it's affecting his teaching.....well, that is his issue to deal with, not yours. If he can't successfully separate his emotional responses from his professional conduct then he's not much of a professional is he? I would suggest when you talk to the dean that you mention that bit also, because it runs uncomfortably close to the sexual harrassment slope.
If, as he seems to believe, he is so fucking emotionally affected by this, it's funny he's not remotely emotionally affected by the thought of you having to cope with all this and being broke on top of it. Shallow. Arrogant. Unprofessional. Fuck.
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