This is on a website where people post their case in the hopes a lawyer will take it. What can you say except — No Child Left Behind — whether they should be or not.
School gave me diploma illegally
Forsyth Central High School gave me passing marks in Economics, Statistics, and 12th Grade Literature, in which I did not deserve. I totally failed my Lit. exam scoring a 24, but on my report card it was recorded as an 80, which was just enough for me to pass. Same with Econ., I missed the exam completely, didn’t even take it, yet it was recorded as a 100 on my report card. With Stat., I didn’t turn in most of my assignments, but I wasn’t given zeros, instead they were just left blank so it wouldn’t count against me. I know it’s wierd for me to complain about passing, but I was planning on being a 5th year senior and now my plans are messed up. I don’t know what type of lawsuit this would be, or what kind of compensation I should be asking for (I would like to get my diploma revoked if at all possible). Also, not sure if I should be sueing the actual school, or just the individual teachers. All I know is that it can’t possibly be legal for a school to pass a student without merit.
Not only legal; but, common practice. Crank those little robots out into the workplace, That’s all that counts.
Okay… so he was “planning on being a 5th year senior”… And after he gets out of high school he is “planning on” getting arrested for armed robbery and confessing to it so he can have 3 square meals a day in taxpayer funded jail.
My solution if this kid gets his way, public school should be free for 4 years only. After that you should pay to stay in if you are a slacker who won’t work to get it in 4. After all, any 5+ year HS student is almost certainly over 18 and legally an adult.
Howe about he continues his educations in the military?
I bet he would have made a better effort in school if that was a condition of failing 12th grade.
Or how about the school sues him for wasting tax payers $$. Where is this kids parents?
Sounds like a set up. Did he fail these classes deliberately so that he could “expose” what’s happening or is he just actually stupid?
Also, there’s no ‘e’ in suing. Didn’t pass English grammar either.
The guy is smart enough to know he didn’t meet the minimum graduation standards.
As someone who finished formal schooling a long time ago, most of what you learned in school is forgotten and never used again. (anyone care to tell us how often they use binomials at work) BUT, to successfully complete college courses, that knowledge is required.
Maybe we should be asking about the alternatives to a rigid education system. We already know too many kids can’t handle the regimentation. That doesn’t mean they aren’t intelligent, only they need a different environment to learn.
The thing to think about is this kid, or one similarly situated, could be the one who develops cold fusion, FTL drive, cures ingrown toenails, solves the energy crises, or shoots Bush after he assumes dictatorial power.
So he wants to sue and then not work for the rest of his life. That’s American.
He was home schooled!
This has happened where I live also. It’s more common than you think.
Sounds like he did learn something after all. Learning that he did not learn is a type of learning. So is learning that we are a ridiculously litigious society.
My only question for this young man is, “For which political office are you planning on running?
It’s no wonder he wanted to be a 5th year senior. Imagine the prestige! On the other hand, there might be a more practical reason behind this, like maybe his folks told him he had to move out of their house after he graduated.
Or perhaps he just has a phobia of receiving a
fluke mortarboard injury at the graduation ceremony 😉
My guess is he’s got a hot li’l number in 9th grade whose parents wouldn’t want a college jock to date, but if he were still in high school …
My wife is a teacher and this practice goes on as early as middle school (if not earlier). A co-teacher had a student who failed a grade, but was told by their principle to pass the kid. If this keeps up we’ll have a society of Billy Madisons 🙂
asking for academic honesty is a crime these days? I’d be congratulating the kid for at least realizing that he had a problem and knowing he might another year to get the job done right.
sort of typical these days though. you’re rewarded for shortcutting, short-sighted decision-making, and dishonesty while those who are legit and want to do things the right way get screwed.
maybe this should be a wakeup call.
The merits of this particular case aside, I always find it interesting how many people are dismissive of our society as being “litigious” – as if that’s an evil thing.
Would the preference be for a society like Russia, the Middle East, or even Japan’s – where governmental, societal, corporate, and personal “wrongs” are either washed over or worse – settled ad-hoc? Did you know that the conviction rate in Japan is 99.8%? That’s a fact.
Appreciate your legal system. It’s the only barrier between you and repression.