bonnie Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Student Who Received "C+" Sues University For $1.3 million Rick Moran She claims sex discrimination and breach of contract. Lehigh University says the suit is outrageous? Do we really want either side to win in this case? Daily Caller: A graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. has sued the school for $1.3 million because she is unhappy that she got a C+ in a class in 2009. Megan Thode, 27, says the grade ruined her dream of becoming a licensed professional counselor, reports The Morning Call, an Allentown-based newspaper. Her civil suit alleges breach of contract and sexual discrimination. It contends that the grade was part of a broader attempt to force her to abandon the graduate degree she was pursuing. Trial proceedings began Monday in Northampton County and could last the rest of this week. Thode was in the last year of a master's in counseling and human services in Lehigh's College of Education. She needed a B in the course at issue - a fieldwork class - to qualify for another round of field work, which was required to obtain the degree. Thode's lawyer, Richard J. Orloski, maintains that she deserved a higher grade. However, her professor, Amanda Carr, awarded her a big, fat zero for classroom participation. That zero brought her grade down. Orloski has also alleged that Carr and Nicholas Ladany (who was the director of the degree program) conspired against Thode because she and three other students were critical when they were had to search for supplemental internships midway through a semester. The suit also charges that the course professor treated Thode unfairly because of Thode's support for gay and lesbian causes - a claim Lehigh flatly disputes, according to The Morning Call. Thode did graduate from Lehigh with a master's degree, but not the one she aspired to have. According to Orloski, the $1.3 million Thode seeks in damages represents the money she'll lose over the course of her career because she isn't able to be a state-certified counselor. The attorney for the school sounded incredulous in court: "I think if your honor changed the grade, you'd be the first court in the history of jurisprudence to change an academic grade," Hamburg told the judge presiding over the case. "She has to get through the program. She has to meet the academic standards." Next, she's going to sue the bank that gave her the student loan because they should have known she was a loser. But how satisfying is it to see a university squirm? Imagine if a couple of hundred thousand students sued their schools for "breach of contract?" That might change things for the better in a hurry. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013...l#ixzz2KjrKq6vD Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
cricket Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Time to do away with arbitrary participation grades. At the whim of a professor (or teacher), an A+ student can go to a D, C, or B grade. And an otherwise failing student might go from an F to an A. According the news report above, the student received a "big fat zero." That seems pretty far-fetched to me. Who in a master's program doesn't participate? I know of one particular student who received a B+ in a history class (at the whim of a participation grade) when every other high school grade the same student earned was an A. That single B+ grade cost her $131,780 in lost scholarship funds. Meanwhile, another student in the same class was failing (and had done poorly in most other classes with a D average), but received a "do-over" final exam in order to get that passing grade. Why do we spend time and money helping people who won't help themselves, and sabotaging people who are working hard to be successful? Quote
Ted Oplinger Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Time to do away with arbitrary participation grades. At the whim of a professor (or teacher), an A+ student can go to a D, C, or B grade. And an otherwise failing student might go from an F to an A. According the news report above, the student received a "big fat zero." That seems pretty far-fetched to me. Who in a master's program doesn't participate? I know of one particular student who received a B+ in a history class (at the whim of a participation grade) when every other high school grade the same student earned was an A. That single B+ grade cost her $131,780 in lost scholarship funds. Meanwhile, another student in the same class was failing (and had done poorly in most other classes with a D average), but received a "do-over" final exam in order to get that passing grade. Why do we spend time and money helping people who won't help themselves, and sabotaging people who are working hard to be successful? Once people reach graduate school, professors *typically* don't screw up a grade on a whim. Part of the professorial tenure track is maintaining a consistent graduate student track - and no professor wants to be seen interfering with another's professional career. I'd wonder why a professor would award "a big fat zero" in class participation. Perhaps the student consistently treated the professor disrespectfully in class? As the subject was largely fieldwork, did she even show for classes at all? Too much is unanswered right now. Definitely a case where I'm not sure either side is worthy to root for... Blessings, Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan
nuff sed Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Hey, is it too late to sue AUC for not giving me the grades I deserved????? On second thought maybe they DID!!!!! Nuff Sed Quote
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