The meeting itself is not unusual. I have had students seek my consul before — on all kinds of topics.
Like the girl who wanted me to excuse her long list of absences because of the death of her pet parrot. "That bird was like my brother," she wept. It remains the second most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
With No. 1 being that I accepted her excuse. And gave her an "A." I am a sucker for sob stories. Everyone knows.