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Author:  Rumpole [ Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Pa. grad student sues, says C-plus cost her $1.3M
Pa. grad student sues, says C-plus cost her $1.3M
Published - Feb 13 2013 09:26PM EST
Associated Press

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Talk about grade inflation.

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.

A judge is hearing testimony in the case this week in Northampton County Court. Lehigh and the professor contend her lawsuit is without merit. Northampton County Judge Emil Giordano declined to dismiss the suit Wednesday, ruling that there was enough evidence for the suit to proceed, according to The (Easton) Express-Times (http://bit.ly/Ye2Aj1).

Thode took the class in the fall of 2009. Her instructor, Amanda Eckhardt, testified this week that she stood by the grade, saying Thode failed to behave professionally and thus earned zero out of 25 points in class participation, bumping her down a full letter grade.

"I ... believed she received the grade she earned," Eckhardt said.

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Author:  Rumpole [ Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Pa. grad student sues, says C-plus cost her $1.3M
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