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Girl singled out for mono sues teachers
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 5-9-2005 | STEVE PATTERSON

Posted on 05/10/2005 5:39:21 PM PDT by Cagey

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To: Petronski

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21 posted on 05/10/2005 6:21:46 PM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: Cagey
Chicago Catholic School?

Don't they reach anything about the tenth commandment? Thou shalt no bear false witness (gossip) against thy neighbor.

22 posted on 05/10/2005 6:22:26 PM PDT by ol' hoghead ( I know how hard it is to lose weight)
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To: Cagey
If the teachers did as charged, the kid has a valid case. This is disgusting "adult" behaviour by teachers who should have known better

If true as alledged

23 posted on 05/10/2005 6:24:21 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
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To: Arioch7
She could easily get an apology and a retraction. So someone indirectly called her a whore. This means she hets to take 450000$ by force?

Called her a whore, and talked about who she may have slept with. That's more than just an "indirect" thing.

A "retraction" is cheap, as is an apology. The teacher should be fired, AND the girl should get some recompense.

24 posted on 05/10/2005 6:38:50 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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To: sinkspur
Well, I will give you the first point and I do think the teachers should be fired.

I will stand by what I said though as I have called girls whores before and no, I don't think I owe them money.

The teachers are in an official position so it is a bit different but a lawsuit? When I was in college, the Profs would out me as a Conservative and frequently ridicule me causing (I would wager.) far more grief then she got.

So should I have sued? I am sympathetic to this girl's plight but I deplore the litigation that has run rampant in our society. As we have grown wealthier, we have also lost much of the greatness of the American people.

Let's say she takes it to Civil Court. What if they do prove that she is a whore, LOL! Would they still have to pay? If they were telling the truth, would they have to pay because they hurt her feelings?

25 posted on 05/10/2005 6:50:54 PM PDT by Arioch7
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To: Arioch7

Domb teacher... she confuse "mono" an "gono."


26 posted on 05/10/2005 6:57:12 PM PDT by ReadyNow
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To: Arioch7

An apology and retraction would do no good at all, the damage was done. Besides suing I would want the teacher fired.


27 posted on 05/10/2005 6:58:55 PM PDT by commonasdirt
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To: Cagey
Ha.... I came down with mono during the Army Military Intelligence Officer's Basic Course after a field exercise.

Of course no hanky or panky even in the months preceding.... It like to kill me.

I have no idea how I got it.

28 posted on 05/10/2005 7:01:44 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (Steel Bonnets Over the Border)
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I hadn't been with anyone and I got it.A horrible teacher and "Christian" students, they need some more learning on what makes a Christian.


29 posted on 05/10/2005 7:07:43 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: Cogadh na Sith
You must be a whore!

*You know I am kidding*

Did you like the course? I have a friend of mine that just finished Infantry. He is trying to get me to go enlisted Guard when I wanted an Officers course but don't have the credits yet.

He is now telling me to join the Guard as an enlisted Infantry guy. I went for the Guard because I liked it's Officer program. I have already been in an enlisted guy for the NAvy and if I want to go back to enlisted status, I would probably try for the Coast Guard if I could go to the Naval Dive School.

Yuma looked like a really interesting school though.

Arioch7 out.

30 posted on 05/10/2005 7:22:32 PM PDT by Arioch7
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To: Cagey
John Coleman, an attorney representing the school, said, "We'll contest this in every fashion."

When you bill by the hour, thst's the way to go.

31 posted on 05/10/2005 7:25:59 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. - Voltaire)
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To: TheBattman
I don't condone the comments by the teacher, but I also notice that the girl didn't deny the charges....

I noticed there was no strong denial from the teachers or school that the comments were made.

Sister Rose Wiorek, Mother McAuley's principal, said she wasn't aware of anybody on her staff discussing Alvarado's illness with students.

32 posted on 05/10/2005 7:31:37 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. - Voltaire)
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To: Arioch7
I'm with you -- and surprised at the overall uniformity of opinion on this thread jumping on the teacher. The teacher can't attribute the illness to a particular cause, but if the girl is in fact a whore and the teacher knows this then I'd think she has some leeway in making a point of moral turpitude in a Catholic school.

If she was just drawing a link between whorish behavior and mono, and leaving the inference to the audience, then that is a fairly cut and dried statement -- not sure what the medical research has to say about that.

I hate to see people ostracized for simply stating the truth. Whether what she was saying is true makes a lot of difference here.

33 posted on 05/10/2005 7:31:54 PM PDT by Monti Cello (I'm just a poor freedom fighter, singin' in a Contra band.)
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To: Monti Cello; All
Why thank you. I am a little surprised as well with the opinions expressed on this thread.

There is also the legal element that I find disturbing. I think the girl and her parents have gone to far and this case doesn't sound like a valid legal case to me.

Of course, the lawyers see ANY case as legally viable as it makes them rich. It's nice to know that these "Officers" of the court like to make money so much that they will tear society apart to do it.

Arioch7 out!

34 posted on 05/10/2005 7:46:39 PM PDT by Arioch7
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To: hsmomx3
I got momo almost 39 years ago. I was engaged to my now husband amd was NOT a whore !!!!!!!

The weird thing is, my then fiance did NOT have mono and didn't catch it from me; he never was ill at all. I have NO idea how on earth I got it.

35 posted on 05/10/2005 7:50:56 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Cagey

My sister came down with Mono from drinking out of a water fountain at school.


36 posted on 05/10/2005 7:51:49 PM PDT by Chewbacca (Not all men are fools -- some are bachelors.)
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To: Arioch7
Did you like the course?

LOL! No. I went in 1991. Military Intelligence Officer's Basic Course was absolutely worthless: August 1991, the instructor said:

"Well, I guess by now you guys have heard the Soviet Union fell. The test on Soviet Engineer units and doctrine is still on Monday. Study hard this weekend." Utterly worthless.... The whole world found out on 9-11 how worthless our intell agencies were.

37 posted on 05/10/2005 7:52:06 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (Steel Bonnets Over the Border)
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To: Cagey

So...
Is she a slut, or what?

;^)


38 posted on 05/10/2005 7:53:40 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: hsmomx3
This illness is commonly spread by sharing drinks, happens like that all the time.
39 posted on 05/10/2005 7:57:02 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Cagey
Sorry, I don't believe the girl's story at all.

She won't get a dime.

Leni

40 posted on 05/10/2005 7:59:39 PM PDT by MinuteGal ("The Marines keep coming. We are shooting, but the Marines won't stop !" (Fallujah Terrorists)
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