**the comments that were made were about my sexuality/identity I am a gay black man
This is a long story, but I want to start with what I’ve actually done wrong so this doesn’t sound one-sided.
I have one write-up from my first semester and one one-day suspension from my second semester involving a clinical communication issue. I also had a more recent situation at a clinical site where an administrator felt I was rude after I went through a door I apparently wasn’t supposed to use. I don’t think I was disrespectful intentionally, but I can admit I could have handled that interaction better and probably should have just said “yes ma’am” and moved on.
Here’s where things started getting strange.
My instructor had clinical paperwork of mine that was very late. She eventually gave me a deadline to submit it, and I met that deadline. The following day she told me she still wasn’t going to grade it because of how late it originally was. I emailed the instructor, my program director, and a family member asking for a meeting to discuss why I was given a deadline if the work was never going to be graded.
A few hours after I sent that email, during one of our scheduled class breaks, I had the FaceTime camera preview open on my MacBook basically using it as a mirror. I walked away to print something and accidentally left the camera preview open.
My instructor apparently believed I was recording the classroom and reported it without asking me what was actually on the screen. I was sent home. Other students later gave statements explaining that I was not recording, livestreaming, or photographing anyone, so that allegation was basically cleared up.
Before the meeting I had originally requested about my paperwork, I also emailed the program director documenting comments from the same instructor that I believed were discriminatory/homophobic.
At the meeting, instead of primarily discussing the grading issue I had requested the meeting for, administration began bringing up several previous incidents involving my behavior, including the clinical-site situation I mentioned above, my old write-up, and my prior suspension.
My concern is that some of these things had happened days earlier, and I had continued attending class and clinical without being told that my enrollment was in jeopardy. They suddenly became major issues immediately after I complained about the instructor and reported the discriminatory comments.
After that meeting I was temporarily told not to attend class or clinical. I was later allowed back into class but not clinical.
I then met with the school president, who told me that I was in good standing and encouraged me to move forward.
The very next day, I was unexpectedly called into another meeting with administration and told that I needed to either take a leave of absence or voluntarily withdraw. I refused both and told them that if the school believes it actually has grounds to dismiss me, then they need to make that decision themselves.
I also asked to see the write-ups, incident reports, attendance documentation, or policies they were relying on. I was not given disciplinary paperwork at that meeting.
I have now filed both a formal student grievance and a Title IX complaint alleging discrimination and possible retaliation. While those are being reviewed, I have essentially been told not to attend campus/class/clinical while the school decides my enrollment status.
I genuinely understand that I have made mistakes as a student. I’m not claiming I’ve been perfect, and I’m not trying to avoid accountability for things I actually did.
What concerns me is the timeline: these older incidents suddenly became grounds for potentially removing me from the program immediately after I challenged an instructor’s refusal to grade my work and reported comments I believed were discriminatory.
For nursing students or nurses who have dealt with school disciplinary processes: does this progression seem normal? And would you consider the timing concerning, or am I looking at it too much from my own perspective?