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Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx
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Student asks judge to name her best in class
In another example of how stuck-up some kids are these days, I present you an article of... stupidity.
from - http://www.boston.com/dailynews/122/...udent%3A.shtml Quote:
I apologize now if any of you are valedictorians and want to tear my head off. I'm just a little miffed about this story. Valedictorians ARE special, because it shows the dedication and effort on your part to achieve so much in school.
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Psycho
Location: 4th has left the building - goodbye folks
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Being English I find the whole valedictorian thing a little bizarre and overly competitive, but then I guess that means it fits well with the American way of life. In England you are encouraged to think that you are really only competing against yourself, and should be judged according to how well you perform within your own boundaries. You might say "but life's not like that", but I think it produces better adjusted school-leavers and therefore does prepare you better for the world.
As for this kid. It just seems that she is so smart that she has come top (or joint top) of her year and realised that the litiguous nature of American society means that the law courts are fair game for makeing as much money as you can in any ridiculous way that you can. The stupidity seems to lie with the system for (a) having valedictorians and (b) not having the rules in place that would make expensive court cases unnecessary. Three more questions: 1) She has a disability. She was given help to compensate for that disability. It was compensated for. She was back on a level playing field. She got better grades. What's the problem? 2) Why did she only get 4 A+s when she took 5 courses? Is she thick or something? ![]() 3) Why does something seem wrong with SATs? She isn't the smartest of kids (she dropped a grade) but she got 1570 out of 1600 on the SAT. 30 points out of 1600 (or 2%) seems a small gap to leave for brighter kids (those who got 5 or more A+s) and some must presumably get 1600, and any test where people get 100% is probably failing to show the true range of test-takers intelligence. Nice avatar though. I could look at that all day.
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The sky calls to us ...
Super Moderator
Location: CT
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The position is good for college apps, that's it. I honestly couldn't tell you who my class valedictorian was, and that was less than a year ago. Suing a school is about the worst thing you could do. With our underfunded systems suffering now, taking money from them is only going to make things worse.
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Junkie
Location: Toronto
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I have no pity on this girl.
They should say, ok, until such time as the issue is resolved in court, we can not in good concious allow you to be validictorian. Therefore, joe blow is validictorian period. She needs a kick in the ass for being so full of herself. |
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Loser
Location: who the fuck cares?
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As a teacher in an American school, I will tell you that this news is appalling. This angers me beyond belief. The school district has already gone out of their way for her, and now she wants money. That's what this comes down to. "You wont give me what I want, so I want ridiculous amounts of money."
We had a situation in our district with the Valedictorian last year. Our district, being 65% Hispanic, has a great deal of parents (and students) who cannot speak or understand English. This young lady wrote her speech for graduation in both English and Spanish. The Board of Education and Superintendent would not approve her speech. She thought it was because she planned on doing it in Spanish. The young lady got the media involved which angered her classmates as well as the school district. She claimed it was discrimination and was bringing the school district to court. The reason why the speech was not being approved: It was WAY too long. The Valedictorian's speech is limited to 5 minutes in length. Her's was 5 minutes for English, 5 for Spanish. So she doubled the length of speech time. Time limits are important because the location of the event is a theater that has other events taking place. She didn't see the time limit as the offending portion of her speech. I still don't understand how she could think that the Spanish portion of her speech would be offensive. Every year that we've had a Valedictorian who was Hispanic, the speech has been delivered in both English and Spanish (and kept under the 5 minutes). If this is any indication of the types of students we are releasing into the world for our futures, I'm a little frightened of the outcome. |
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This pisses me off as well. Someone need to explain to this spoiled rich brat that no one in the real world gives a damn if you were valdictorian of your high school or not. I can honestly say that I have never seen that question on a job application. I also agree that suing a school is the stupidist thing she could do. But what do you expect everyone in this country is sue happy. I agree whith the line in the song by the Eagles "lets shoot all the lawers"!!!
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#7 (permalink) |
I change
Location: USA
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adolescence is a state of mind.
needing a kick in the ass and being full of oneself are symptomatic of this sorry state of affairs. I would imagine her parents - as per usual - would be enabling her attitude...
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Fear the bunny
Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing
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Just another story of some disabled person who wants the world to be in as much misery as they are themselves. What sucks even more is that she wants to become a lawyer, and probably will. Then she can use the legal system to ruin lives to make herself feel better. Eat shit and die, bitch.
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Location: NY
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I think that this just goes to show that most of the kids growing up today believe that the only way to get what they want is to just sue everybody. All of these lawsuits are getting more and more ridiculous. One of the first of these ridiculous ones was the lady suing mcdonalds for making the coffee "too hot", but nodoby in the courts thought "Gee, you shouldn't be driving with a hot cup of coffee between your legs". The other lawsuit that I also remember was a bunch of kids here in NY suing Mcdonalds for making them fat (As if they couldn't find someplace else to eat, or actually eat some fruit or something).
As has been mentioned before, being valedictorian only helps you get into college, most jobs won't even ask for your gpa or academic history, they just want to know that you can do the job they ask. |
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Psycho
Location: 4th has left the building - goodbye folks
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It doesn't have to be like this you know.
If you want to live in a society that isn't dominated by a blame-and-sue culture then stop it being one. A culture will only develop in ways that its members let it. TFP is the perfect example. I wrote a post that challenged people to think about whether blacks were less intelligent than whites (based on the book Bell Curve). I thought that this would be an interesting, contentious issue (with genuine academic underpinnings) for people to discuss. My post was removed. I didn't like that the Mod was stiffling debate, but they clearly thought that to keep the friendly open-hearted nature of TFP you have to rule borderline cases out of bounds. A line must be drawn somewhere, my post was it. And I accept that and think they may well be right. But there aren't Mods in real life. Or are there. Next time you are asked to be a juror, don't give millions to the coffee spillers. The next time you see someone jumping to put the blame on someone else, tell them to stfu. The next time you are in a car accident, don't be a jerk and refuse to be kind to the other person in case it goes to court and your kindness is misconstrued as guilt or admittance of responsibility. Don't let the term "brain-storming" be removed from the classroom because it seen as un-pc towards epileptics. Don't hold back from hugging an upset co-worker for fear of sexual harrasment charges. You will be taking risks, but you will be upholding your right to be a caring, autonomous human being. We are all Mods and must all take responsibility for the state of the world around us.
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Cracking the Whip
Location: Sexymama's arms...
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And she wants to be a lawyer.
Irony or destiny?
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Location: Deep South Texas
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In our case it has not gone to court yet.
The valdictorian this year is a JUNIOR who is gratuating early. The seniors are really up on arms about it, because she was not part of their graduating class---there is a lot of talk now of a boycott by the rest of the class.....yea she has high scores and did it in three years (also partally disabeled). |
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Just one more example of why we need a "loser pays" court system. Being named valedictorian if of no value, other than pride. It should be based on more than grade point average, and should go the best overall student. That is the one with good grades who participates fully at the school in sports and arts and academics. Any one who would sue over becoming valedictorian automatically disqualifies themselves because they clearly have not developed appropriate priorities in their life.
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Junkie
Location: Chicago
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I bet, with her attitude towards sharing and thinking she's the best, she's got all kinds of people clamouring to be her friend.
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Location: With Jadzia
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The part that bothers me the most is how this makes other people with disabilitys look bad.
From now on when a student with a disability asks to level the playing field and make the system meet the standards of the ADA, someone is going to say, "You're just like that girl who sued the school." Petty, single minded behavior like this is not the standard by which all cases should be judged. |
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Please touch this.
Owner/Admin
Location: Manhattan
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Just goes to show, book smarts cannot substitute for common sense
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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complete lack of common sense... *sigh*
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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I guess things have come a long way from when you would take things as they came.
I happen to think that the majority of lawyers choose the job for money .. (Not all..) And it looks like she's getting an early start. ..
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Insane
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In cases such as this shouldn't total class participation be the tiebraker? Both of our valadictorians had straight A's all through High School and were hardcore sports players. The girl did track, softball, basketball, volleyball, and chorus while the guy did basketball, football, and baseball. To me that is amazing to juggle all that stuff and they were recognized accordingly.
Honestly as far as college is concerned you can still put Valedictorian on your application isn't not like they want to know if you're Valedictorian #1 or #2 |
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"Officer, I was in fear for my life"
Location: Oklahoma City
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What is up with people anymore. Granted I haven't been around as much as some people have but it seems every day more and more people get on the sue happy bus. What happened to only suing people when you were in an accident and they wouldn't pay for your medical. And the amount of money. Good lord, don't anyone call this girl a bitch. You'll be looking to pay like $5 million when she sues you for definition of character.
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Think about it
Location: North Carolina
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This is plain sickening.
What a whiney, rich brat. I'm sorry but I don't even remember who the hell was Valedictorian was when I graduated. It's not important except for maybe college. But then what college would want a sue happy brat going to their school just waiting for the chance to sue them also?
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Location: IN, USA
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Um, One question, what happens to her college acceptance if she loses the case? I mean she wants to be a lawyer and she loses this case? That'd look mighty bad, and ya know.. I want that to happen. She asked for way to much money, shit i don't know why she asked for any money. I hope she loses, this is sickening. Sure she's looking for a way to pay for it.. but she got a 1570, she can get some good scholarships.
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