Whilst attempting to avoid returning to work after lunch I came across an article about a young woman and her mother who are suing her former school because she didn’t score well enough to get into law.
Rather than accept the blame for not pushing herself towards something about which she is obviously passionate or even showing up to all her classes, she has chosen to place the blame firmly on the school.
To my mind, I know exactly where she should place what she’s proposing, but then this wouldn’t be a very impartial post. They claim her behaviour is typical of a bored but gifted student and perhaps the huge promises made by the school (And wads of cash demanded) means they should be fielding at least some of the blame.
Just like former Labor MP Craig Thomson claiming his phone was hacked so people could smear him, at what point do we stop making excuses, stand up and take the blame? What does it take for someone to say “Ok I arsed up, so where do we go from here?”
For the record, if it turns out someone did actually hack his phone to smear him consider me pre-admonished.
I just read that whole story. Really?? I mean REALLY?? The mother even wants to be compensated for her chocolate fortune cookie business lost earnings?
Fark me. What utter bulltwang.
It sounds like the girl should be allowed to study law – if only to be able to judge the likelyhood of such a lawsuit going through.
She and her mother each need to take a concrete pill and harden the f**k up.
Not a concrete pill
Suggest maybe a concrete
Suppository
With seemingly frivolous suits like this, it is now obvious why we are said to be the 2nd most litigious country, second only to the USA. Where is Judge Judy when we need her?!!
Disgraceful!
The school can only provide learning opportunites, it can’t make you excel, that has to be a decision you make and requires hard work.
She can get into law at a future point if she really wants too so this sounds more like a chance to get on TV/ in the news than a genuine issue.
And they’re not the first.
I remember back in 2009, a Monroe College graduate suing for $72,000 (the entire cost of her tuition plus some [for stress]) because she couldn’t get a job.
I heard of a student suing a college for not allowing them to enroll in courses.
I heard of another student who was enrolled, built up student loan debt, and was then told they shouldn’t have been allowed to enroll in the first place and they would not be allowed to sit for the Bar exam.
I’ve heard of students suing after being given failing grades and not being given their exams afterwards to prove that they deserved failing grades.
In the latter two examples, the cases might have some merit, but they’re just par for the course these days. Don’t get what you want? Just sue someone for it.
The simple fact of the matter is that this girl feels entitled to her uni place, like most of her ilk, there is a growing feeling of entitlement by many around her age, They’ve been molly coddled and told their whole life that they are special and smart, yet when push comes to shove and throwing money at the problem doesn’t help, then sue.
I hope she ends up having to pay court costs to the school.
There is a very funny article on The Punch in response tom this nonsense : )
Yes, it’s hilarious
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http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/they-must-pay-for-ones-bitter-disappointments/
That’s so funny!
*rolls eyes and sighs*
It’s unfortunate that we as a nation are now starting to take after the US in this department. Between this and people suing Woolworths for supermarket accidents that could’ve been easily avoided, I wonder where our collective commonsense has gone to. (The dogs, methinks.)
Hell, I didn’t even make it into university, does this mean I ought to have sued my former high school for “inadequate academic support” too? No. I had the sense to know who the buck stopped with and who ought to take the blame….and that person was me. Little Miss Entitled Princess and her Equally Entitled Mummy Dearest ought to do the same. Besides, as someone in the article pointed out, not like she couldn’t study law at another university….or is it beneath her to do so at any other uni BUT University of Sydney?