Rant: whiny students

[cards2468]

I can't take the professor rants here seriously until you guys start handing out brutal beatings to students that piss you off.

[AdmiralKird]

Pardon me if I have missed it elsewhere, but what subject do you teach, Smith?

[a_smith]

Pardon me if I have missed it elsewhere, but what subject do you teach, Smith?

nsfw?

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[lukethedrifter]

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.
Now Thode is suing her professor and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, claiming monetary damages and seeking a grade change.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/13/le ... z2KtcirlNm

[sighyoung]

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.
Now Thode is suing her professor and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, claiming monetary damages and seeking a grade change.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/13/le ... z2KtcirlNm

Barring professional malpractice (such as willfully being out to get a student), I would think that the judge would give the professor a lot of leeway to determine the class-participation grade, and I wonder what the student's classroom behavior was like if there's a paper trail concerning the student's behavior in class. It doesn't matter whether or not you show up every day if you disrupt everyday--and it sounds like the student's behavior was a problem.

At the same time, if the teacher isn't clear about grading expectations, the student may have a case if the grade seems arbitrary or the professor seems to be out to get the student. I assume that standard grievance procedures were followed at Lehigh. I have to admit--it does sound like the participation grade was specifically chosen to give the student a C+ -- just enough to be removed from the grad program.

[Freed Roger]

I can't wait until they turn the professors on each other as expert witnesses in the trials.

[MrSaigon]

If that class is offered every term or even twice a year I really hate this story.

However, if filing this lawsuit is the actual test for the course, I love this story.

[sighyoung]

The judge tossed the suit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/1 ... 91190.html

I thought the court would defer to the professor's judgment when determining the grade. It would have to be something unusual to warrant questioning that judgment.