To: Tutorial Fellow Professor Lionel Righton (Head of English Language and Literature)
From: Professor Farfington
Dear Lionel,
We spoke before Christmas about one of my students and her ongoing campaign of harassment against me. You suggested I minimise the contact that I have with that student, which I have, of course, done.
Unfortunately, since then, her correspondence to me has continued, and indeed has escalated. You will note that this memo is accompanied by three boxes of hand-written, entirely illegible letters and (what I assume to be) gifts that she delivered to my home over the holiday period. At my wife's insistence, I have now reported this matter to Exeter police. This was done following an early morning disturbance in our garden, when we discovered the student performing what, to my wife's reckoning, was most certainly an attempt at a one-woman quadrille.
This, unfortunately, was not an isolated incident. I regret to inform you, that various of my neighbours have complained recently about two characters, they describe as "The Grey Gardens women" drawing up in a car outside my home, with clear intent to cause nuisance. The student in question got out of the vehicle, depositing a pile of litter in the street in the process and then performed a series of yoga positions while her cackling mother took photos. These photos were then sent en masse to my university email account, causing IT colleagues to work overtime during the festive period to clear the problem.
As you are aware, I have broached this matter with the student before, who has given assurances that her bizarre behaviour is in fact research for a "letter writing" dissertation she intends to present for her undergraduate degree. Can I once again, urge that you reallocate a new supervisor to this student? I understand that other colleagues do not want to take up this particular poisoned chalice, but I am now receiving support from my GP and do not know how much longer I can go on like this. The 'My little pony' episode really is the end.
Yours
Professor Farfington.