Read the whole article before commenting.. http://www.dailymail.com/story/News...+parent+sues+over+grade+that+hurt+4.5+average At the beginning I was thinking about the usual dumb story about sueland.. then I thought they were right. then again it's stupid. You have president to discuss this kind of stuff..and then to finally be sure that they are Dumb: The student's parents are seeking an injunction, punitive damages, and damages for "emotional stress, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of scholarship potential." Code (markup):
What an idiot....I blame the student for not telling the teacher about the absence before hand...I know when I had to miss a class, I let the teachers know in advance. The fact that she is suing proves that they are making a stupid case over a simple misunderstanding.
"When they fail to meet a deadline and they start suing over leaf collections, it's not really teaching them important life lessons," McGinley said. It's funny that he wants to make the leaf collecting sound trivial when the school made it the most important thing they did in that class. Obviously all the information is not in the story, but I don't doubt some teachers make lame judgments that screw up someone's GPA.
Yeah..and if you GPA goes down you lose "enjoyment of life"..I think someone need a therapist..so from sueland we go in therapistland..
whats funny is that in college there is nothing over a 4.0....having that in High School is just stupid...
Do they really look at your GPA when you try to enter on High School? It's ok if you check if someone is an idiot..well, not really "idiot", but I think you know what I mean. If you have to check for idiots, I think that this girl will not be accepted by any High School. Btw, I'm not american.. (you can see it by my English maybe..)
The school system that I was a part of had a GPA starting in 9th grade (high School)...weighted classes, such as Advanced Prep (AP) were worth 6.0 on the scale, and honors worth 5.0. So technically, you could make a C in an AP course and still have a 4.0, and a B in honors and still make a 4.0...on the same hand, you could take all the regular non AP or honors classes, make A's, and still get a 4.0....
" it's not really teaching them important life lessons," it's teaching her a very important lesson in life. crying to daddy get you anything
Here's my life lesson for the kid: If its a school thing he/she was on, I don't see the big deal in turning it in late *shrug* However, for the kid being a brat and suing about it, I'd grade much more harshly every else they turn in for the rest of the year to make a different point.
Its stupid that something like this is going to court... America is amazing sometimes... Would be interesting to see if the student actually wins this
I am not surprised at all. However, if the student has such a high grade normally then the education system should allow a late inclusion for such ones. It makes a HUGE difference in the students life for what grade he/she ends up with. Col
If I were that kid I would of gave the teacher one in the jaw and then make her taste the lab tables. Its 100% the teacher's fault... the teacher should read her damn mail. Nothing like this goes on without teachers knowing about it. I also think the teacher needs some mental help. Who gives highschool students a project where they collect leaves, I would of given my teacher a weird look if she assigned it in 3rd grade.
I had to do it high school biology. They make you gather a bunch of different leaves and identify each one, maybe look at them under a microscope later. It's a pretty normal project, as far as I can tell. It has to do with field experience and identification.
First of all, if a student wants to turn in a project late due to a school activity, it is the student's responsibility to make arrangements ahead of time. Generally, if there is a large amount of lead time ahead of a project, the student simply needs to bite the bullet and make a choice. Reduced grades for the late project, skip the activity, or work their butt off to get it done early. The student likely also had the option of asking a classmate from the class to drop off their assignment for them.