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A Northampton County judge on Thursday rejected the claims of a Lehigh University graduate suing over her C+ grade, a verdict that upheld the school's insistence that she earned the mark she got.
After four days of testimony in a civil trial that captured worldwide attention, Judge Emil Giordano decided that the Bethlehem university neither breached a contract with nor sexually discriminated against Megan Thode, whose lawsuit had sought $1.3 million in damages.
In reaching his conclusions, Giordano said that as a father, he would be unhappy if what happened to Thode at Lehigh had happened to one of his children.
But he said Thode nonetheless failed to prove her grade was based on anything other than "purely academic evaluation" and her professor's conclusion that she "was unprepared to move on to the next level" of her course.
Thode, the daughter of Lehigh finance professor Stephen Thode, was attending the university tuition-free in 2009 when she got the C+ in her master's fieldwork class. She needed a B or higher to take the next course, with her attorney, Richard J. Orloski, arguing that his client's dream of becoming a licensed professional counselor was unfairly scuttled as a result.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-lehigh-university-student-sues-over-grade-c-20130214,0,3075382.story
Response to The Straight Story (Original post)
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winetourdriver
(196 posts)A bit harsh but right on target none the less!
we can do it
(12,189 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)Go figure.
"They said she showed unprofessional behavior that included outbursts and swearing in class."
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)almost defy belief.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Now she needs to reimburse the university for the litigation costs, less they be passed on to the other students in the form of higher tuition.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)I can say, unequivocally, that many + or - grades are gifts from the teacher. It's like this: "You earned a C, but you were good in class and I see potential if you work harder." However, at the graduate school level it probably just means you earned the C+ and no more.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Rick Orloski: http://lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/2010/03/date-sat-27-mar-2010-170518-0400-to.html
(For further FWIW: The Blogger's father was a good friend of Kurt Vonnegut and is a main character in "Slaughterhouse-Five." No lie.)
I have a Post-Graduate Counseling Certification from Lehigh U., and took this same course. I earned "a B or higher."
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Do you have a couch I can sit on and talk to you? Cause I am not talking to someone who got a C
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)Get the fuck over it and retake the damn class. Suing the school because you don't pass? Really? That's taking thing way too far. You don't see the 49ers suing the NFL because they lost the Super Bowl do you?