Continued, The Correspondent
The College of English
University of Maryland, College Park
TO: Melissa Genet, Dean of the College of English
FROM: Sybil Van Antwerp, woman seeking permission to audit course at UMDCP
July 21, 2014
Dear Melissa,
I am writing again to request you reconsider your position on my auditing courses in the UMDCP College of English, something I have done on nine previous occasions with the enthusiastic support of your predecessors.
Might I add that since the genesis of my participation in the life of your university in this way I have given generous donations to the College of English every calendar year, as well as paid the auditing fee without gripe despite the fact that my presence in the classroom is of zero consequence?
I do not participate (unless called upon).
The professors do not grade my work. I might as well be a janitor, or a mouse!
According to the office of the registrar, per the information my son dug up for me on the webpage, UMDCP does, in fact, maintain the allowance of citizens not enrolled in the university to audit courses with the permission of the dean of the particular college.
It appears the matter is not one of policy, but of your caprice.
Despite this chilly correspondence I would again like to request permission to audit a literature course.
I imagine you to be a reasonable woman. I look forward to your reply.