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[Norm Lenhart]

If it’s a case of the teacher with an attitude problem, I hope she wins. If not...oh well.

[Still Thinking]

Her attorney, Richard Orloski, argued that Eckhardt targeted Thode because she is an outspoken advocate for gay marriage.

Because as we all know, the academic environment is VERY intolerant of liberal beliefs. [eyeroll]

[TheDon]

Graduate student Megan Thode wasn't happy about the C-plus she received for one class,saying the mediocre grade kept her from getting her desired degree and becoming a licensed therapist — and, as a result,cost her $1.3 million in lost earnings.

Judge: "If you wanted a better grade, you should have studied harder. Case dismissed."

[FormerACLUmember]

Finally. The very first woman to offer a serious challenge Sandra Fluke as Reigning Consummate Asshole Democrat Human Douchebag.

[TheDon]

Stephen Thode, the plaintiff's father and a longtime finance professor at Lehigh , testified on his daughter's behalf and said her participation score was highly irregular.

Hmmm....

[DemforBush]

“She said Thode had outbursts in class, did not participate appropriately, was emotionally unstable and failed to heed a warning letter.”

Should be easy enough to verify all of this.

[onona]

Gee.........

I'm kind of having trouble rooting for either one here....

[EDINVA]

Is that Thode or Eckhardt?

[Oztrich Boy]

She said Thode had outbursts in class, did not participate appropriately, was emotionally unstable and failed to heed a warning letter

Sounds like ideal therapist material.

[ScottinVA]

This is going to have a nasty effect on fair grading if it succeeds. Imagine a whole new tort industry among trial lawyers.. We’ll soon see TV ads about “grade justice.”

[ScottinVA]

This is going to have a nasty effect on fair grading if it succeeds. Imagine a whole new tort industry among trial lawyers.. We’ll soon see TV ads about “grade justice.”

[olezip]

The C-plus prevented Thode, an otherwise A student, from going on to the next class and advancing in her professional therapist studies.

Given the dumbing down of academics, and grade creep, I wonder how many of the otherwise A grades were inflated? Or, were each and every one really earned?

If she knew that class participation was 25% of the grade why did she not try to please her teacher by behaving and participating in an orderly, polite manner?

If she received all A's otherwise, why would one C+ totally destroy her? If I recall a C+ was a passing grade, even for graduate school. It was not a good thing because grad students were expected to maintain a B average. Strange case. Should have been dismissed.

[Jack Hammer]

Yeah, I’d surely love a million bucks for every grade of c I got as a student.

Professors should be forced to give everyone straight a grades as a matter of course.

Right.

[originalbuckeye]

But she is a protected minority and SHE IS ENTITLED! /s

[rightwingintelligentsia]

So she’s finished for life, and doesn’t expect to make a single penny at any sort of career ever, just because of a grade in a single course?

In a saner world, she would just realize that perhaps she wasn’t cut out for this particular field of endeavor, and try to make a go of it in something else. How many stories are there of people who appeared to be a failure earlier in life, who eventually found their niche and achieved happiness and success later on.

But no, in the society we have today, the path to success is to sue someone and live off the proceeds.

[JamesP81]

Without details, it could easily be either side in the wrong here. It could easily be both.

But couldn’t she just retake the class at some point?