Selfish, whiny girl sues school to be named sole valedictorian

[Arrian]

That's right, Leo, judge us by Floyd's example. He's very representative, you know.

-Arrian

[Spiffor]

Canadians

[Ben Kenobi]

Freedom

[vonManstein]

REMEMBAR 9/11!!!!11

NEVAR FORGET!11

[Rex Little]

The dual-valedictorian thing reminds me of what happened when I graduated high school. There were two kids who had higher GPAs than I did. I didn't know which one would be valedictorian and which would be salutatorian, and I didn't care. The important thing to me was that either way I wouldn't have to give a speech, which I was deathly afraid of.

Except I did. It turned out that the two ahead of me were tied, so they were named co-valedictorians and I was salutatorian. Making that speech was one of the most excruciating moments of my life.

[DarthVeda]

People like that give the top a bad name.

[Rogan Josh]

$2.5 million!

How can being Valedictorian be worth that much???!!!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rex Little
Making that speech was one of the most excruciating moments of my life.

Yeah, I hated that too. I even played lots of AD&D the night before, and was woken up by a phone call from the headmaster, who was wondering where I was.

[Tingkai]

My bet is that the father is the one who pushed the lawsuit. He probably wanted to go bragging about his kid.

Is being a valedictorian really worthless? I thought that being valedictorian can provide that extra little bit of leverage that makes the difference in getting into the best school or the best job after graduation.

Maybe it does make a difference in a person's starting salary in which case, the school board's decision could create an economic cost.

Then again, I could be wrong.

[Arrian]

Is being a valedictorian really worthless? I thought that being valedictorian can provide that extra little bit of leverage that makes the difference in getting into the best school or the best job after graduation.

Look, as some have said, it's possible the girl had a point (though most of us seem to agree that we think it was a weak point). But even if she did... $2,500,000 in damages?

You're no doubt correct about the father (parents) pushing this. I can hardly imagine it going forward without their consent at the very least.

So maybe it's her Dad that deserves an asswhooping.

-Arrian

[Tingkai]

We all know that lawyers just pull numbers like $2.5 million out of a hat. The problem isn't what they ask for. It's the juries that award big mulla.

The more I think about it, the more I think the girl and her family were right to sue.

Imagine you're disabled, you work hard and get the top marks in school, then the principle says you don't deserve the full prize because you're disabled. That's discrimination plain and simple.

There's a principle at stake and courts exist to protect people from this type of discrimination.

[Sava]

That's discrimination plain and simple.

There's a principle at stake and courts exist to protect people from this type of discrimination.

actually, the people who had to take P.E. are the ones being discriminated against. Reverse discrimination is just as bad.

[Japher]

It doesn't sound like she even went to the school!

I mean it is suppose to me the student with the best grades, and maybe she did, but if they factor in all her incompletes for those PE classes than she would be right out.

I say cane her because she is whiner, and than beat the living snot out of her parents for not teaching her how to be humble.

[Arrian]

I.... agree.... with.... Sava.

*peers down at hell, to see if it's frozen over yet*

She wasn't discriminated against because she's got an immune system problem. She was granted special consideration for that problem which resulted in her ending up with the highest grades. The school's timing could have been better, but I think they need to figure out a way of getting PE out of the GPA calculations.

-Arrian

[TCO]

I don't think that any monetary damages are warrented. Changing to be the only valedictorian should be the only result in her favor.