Former student suing Geelong Grammar for "failing to get her into law"

[Flying Emu]

Kinda stupid how you try to sue a school, when you just failed LAW...

[ecvkcuf]

Kinda stupid how you try to sue a school, when you just failed LAW...

She didn't fail law.. she didn't even get in the first place.

[Flying Emu]

Kinda stupid how you try to sue a school, when you just failed LAW...

She didn't fail law.. she didn't even get in the first place.

xD oops my bad... Thats even worst.

[EvangelionZeta]

Apparently it's another case of mother-forcing-it-upon-unwilling-daughter, according to someone I know who went to Geelong Grammar.  Oh dear.

[paulsterio]

A school has obligations and there's reason to believe that if you're paying large fees you might expect special help or a tailored program. Independent of the media beatup, there are legit reasons to criticize the school

But the thing is, I don't understand why this is being brought up now, after the dust has settled. Like had she attended the school in year 12, I believe that there would be a case, but the truth is, she attended the school several years prior, and whether or not she needed special help...etc. is a case which should have been brought up with the school back then when she needed help, not now after she already failed to get into law.

It seems like opportunistic suing to me, just trying to make money and/or gain publicity more than an actual case.

[Russ]

It can be both...

If the school chronically failed her and she went somewhere else to try and make the best of it, then she's entitled to seek recompense imo
She doesn't have to seek it immediately or at all, but she's entitled to it if the school made claims and misrepresented a gifted program

[ninwa]

On the theme of ridiculous education-related lawsuits,

Too much homework no reason to sue ANU College: magistrate

[sam.utute]

Please note that I am in no way trying to play down the following article. It seems like she may have a case (judging by the very limited information that was provided in the article).

I'm just trying to draw attention to the fact that a lot of ex-students seem to be suing their former schools.

On a side note, I think The Age was supposed to write Mac.Roberston Girls', not MHS.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/disfigured-former-cadet-sues-melbourne-high-school-20120522-1z2l5.html

[pi]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/disfigured-former-cadet-sues-melbourne-high-school-20120522-1z2l5.html

I think they were part of our cadet unit, so it's not really a mistake, as "Melbourne High School cadet" is kinda accurate (although could be better worded).

[sam.utute]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/disfigured-former-cadet-sues-melbourne-high-school-20120522-1z2l5.html

I think they were part of our cadet unit, so it's not really a mistake, as "Melbourne High School cadet" is kinda accurate (although could be better worded).

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/former-mac-robertson-girls-high-school-student-sues-government-for-negligence-after-camp-accident/story-fn7x8me2-1226363570597

That makes sense.

[lynt.br]

there will almost certainly be an issue with contributory negligence.

she'll be successful, but she won't get much compensation.

[paulsterio]

I think that cadet issue is even more stupid than the Geelong Grammar issue.

Like seriously, she cut her own finger, she put herself in a position where she could fall onto a fire.

It's about time people took some responsibilities for their actions. Like the thing is, we live in a "suing obsessed" world, where if anything happens, you sue, because:

1) You can

2) You might get compensation

What next? Can I sue my school for tripping over in the yard and breaking my nose, leading to disfigurement?!

[Russ]

Or, you know, the people running the camp didn't do it properly and should have given her different equipment or whatever. This thread is pretty close to tall poppy syndrome territory...

[pi]

What next? Can I sue my school for tripping over in the yard and breaking my nose, leading to disfigurement?!

That's probably happened in the US, no joke.

[paulsterio]

Or, you know, the people running the camp didn't do it properly and should have given her different equipment or whatever. This thread is pretty close to tall poppy syndrome territory...

But it's a cadet camp, which is teaching her to make do with a pocket knife, afaik?

Either way, it's her decision to do what she did, no one forced her to, you can't just go around blaming people for everything