Grad student sues over recieving a C-plus claiming it cost her 1.3 Million

[DaveFla]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

People: this case has nothing to do with torts. The lawyer's suing under breach of contract and discrimination based upon the girl's advocacy for gay marriage--and neither cause of action are considered torts.

Is her name Sandra Fluke?

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by corpgator

That's a poor way to teach a lesson. She should have pulled you aside and told you to stop or your grade would be lowered. A teacher can't just give lower grades because the class was too easy especially when there's no mention of said rule for lowering your grade beforehand.

It's really the colleges' faults for requiring ridiculous classes for people who don't need them.

Class participation will always be a subjective metric for grading someone--and if that was the difference between myself and the other student (all other things being equal), I'm going to be self-critical and admit I didn't try nearly as hard as I could have in that class. Only one person could get the A+ and if she went with a student who worked harder, I could hardly blame her.

One of my majors was History, so it counted towards my degree and not as a gen-ed requirement. And yes, I intentionally selected that class because I knew it'd be easy.

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by gregthegator

I think my scenerio more likely than yours...and ANY lawyer who ASSumes stuff...such as IF or "could have similarly learned"....and then makes character judgements w/out ALL the facts...certainly wouldn't represent moi.

I've no doubt certain professors/teachers have agendas and/or biases towards students. My mom told me a story about how she got a lower grade in college from one of her teachers on a paper--and solely due to the fact she was a foreign student from a country that professor happened to dislike. The teacher admitted to it later on and asked for forgiveness, saying she'd change the grade; but I don't think my mom really cared since she was graduating and it didn't affect her overall GPA.

Sorry for your experience though.

I'm not representing her, so I don't have all the facts and never said I did. It would appear you're just as guilty at ASSuming things as well. What I do know reflects extremely poorly on the girl and the father in this situation--and the judge in the case said the same thing too, btw. The teacher said the primary reason she made that *subjective* call was because the student failed to demonstrate the ability to listen...which is absolutely vital in that career path. I knew a few people in law school who washed out after their first year for various reasons--but mostly because they couldn't handle various aspects of the curriculum. Advanced studies are *supposed* to weed-out people who aren't cut out for the career path for one reason or another. Suing the school is a petty and extremely immature action to take.

[corpgator]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

Class participation will always be a subjective metric for grading someone--and if that was the difference between myself and the other student (all other things being equal), I'm going to be self-critical and admit I didn't try nearly as hard as I could have in that class. Only one person could get the A+ and if she went with a student who worked harder, I could hardly blame her.

One of my majors was History, so it counted towards my degree and not as a gen-ed requirement. And yes, I intentionally selected that class because I knew it'd be easy.

I see your point of view, but she couldn't show you a hard reason for the grade. I tried significantly less than most in a lot of my classes, but that didn't mean I deserved a lesser grade. I worked smarter, not harder.