When dropping a class you are required to state the reason why. I said it was because of her teaching methods. Honestly. If you had an opinion that differed from hers it was an instant fail, no matter how good the paper was. A few essays into the class and I was still making C-'s and D's and I have never had grades that bad in my life. The professor was very unhelpful when I asked what I was doing wrong and just continuously said that I was a poor writer and that I obviously did not know what I was talking about in any of my papers. I will even admit that I actually cried after she returned my last paper that I had spent hours on to make absolutely sure that it was exceptional and found I got a C. She also then flat out told the class that she never gave A's and B's were very rare in her class, about half way through the semester, while this other girl was bawling her eyes out over her paper that she apparently had met the teacher to revise several times in order to get a decent grade. I'm guessing it was less than satisfactory. My GPA could not handle the C- that she kept threatening me with since I'm going to transfer out of community college very soon.
Anyway, after I dropped the class the professor sent me a pretty nasty email (leading me to believe that she had seen the reason why I dropped.... Oops. My mistake for not saying "personal reasons") in which she repeatedly attacked my intelligence and complained that she had done everything in her power to help me through the class. A bit frustrating, since she never once spoke to me willingly and I'm pretty sure she didn't even know my name. She also asked me what I found so unsatisfactory about her class that made me want to drop, and I'm not even the only one to do it since more than half of the original class was already gone!
Bottom line: yes, this email made me very frustrated/angry and a little bit upset, especially because I think it quite inappropriate for her to mail me under the circumstances and be that rude. However I would like to reply in a way that diffuses the tension because things like this stress me out like you would not believe. I also have a lot of anxiety about running into her in the hallways now too, since our community college has a VERY small campus and I would like to avoid a potentially awkward and disastrous confrontation... I just have a feeling that she won't let it go unless I respond and will hunt me down or something... So what should I say to her? Any advice is appreciated!