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My mother's being in the mental ward for a week is only one small piece of the time she took off...she worked for about a month that year before everything went down, and she didn't go back until the next fall. Thank goodness for health insurance, otherwise the bills for her counseling and psychiatric visits would have been enormous.
I'm not saying suing is the right thing to do...what I'm saying is that I understand where she is coming from. Generally, though, I would say we live in a sue-happy country...and it's become America's most popular way of making a stand. I think the weight of the woman's struggle is discounted by her legal action. If she had found another way to bring her situation to light, I think she would have a lot more credibility. But I also applaud her for being unwilling to be pushed around by a student and her school district.
That brings up another question...where is her union in all of this?
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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