This isn't far from the truth. ]
I would also hazard the accusation that their lawsuit against the school district is solely b/c they know just how deep the MTown district's coffers are. Nobody would bother filing suit against nearby school districts like Palmyra, Willingboro, Riverside and Delran - you can't get blood from a stone.
this girl sux...
who cares???
I was something like 62nd in my class of 237...wasnt even in the top quintile
got into the top school in the field i wanted...now at grad school at my top pick for grad school
plus shes already gotten into colleges...thats all validictorian will help u with...its not like when you are looking for a job after college they look at your high school record
who cares???
I was something like 62nd in my class of 237...wasnt even in the top quintile
got into the top school in the field i wanted...now at grad school at my top pick for grad school
plus shes already gotten into colleges...thats all validictorian will help u with...its not like when you are looking for a job after college they look at your high school record
OK, I'm voting for tort reform
U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson ordered the Moorestown school district to name Blair Hornstine the sole valedictorian for the class of 2003.
The case will move forward to trial on Hornstine's claim for damages. Her lawsuit seeks $500,000 in compensatory and $2 million in punitive damages, as well as legal fees and costs.
U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson ordered the Moorestown school district to name Blair Hornstine the sole valedictorian for the class of 2003.
The case will move forward to trial on Hornstine's claim for damages. Her lawsuit seeks $500,000 in compensatory and $2 million in punitive damages, as well as legal fees and costs.
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Unfortunately, you will not be given the opportunity to vote, as too many politicians are either lawyers or strongly influenced by them. That goes for both parties. Tort reform will always be talked about, and that is all.
I am not suprised that a judge ordered the district to name her sole winner. If there was ever a ruling class it is judges. What damage has in occured to merit such a large award? Nada. Nevertheless, I think she will win, because of her blue blood, unless this is settled out of court. In either case, she will win because here status demands it. I however, would never, never hire here and I know of no one who would. Not a problem as she has her parents to buy or influence whatever she wants. Oh BTW, I am not amused.
Talk about a petty lawsuit
My highschool grad class voted for valedictorian, the girl that won that vote was no where near tops in grades. BTW she gave an excellent speach. This was about 13 years ago.
My highschool grad class voted for valedictorian, the girl that won that vote was no where near tops in grades. BTW she gave an excellent speach. This was about 13 years ago.
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Actually, Moonbeam makes lots of good points, but they aren't always about having you agree, but rather to prod people into thinking rather than complacency
What I wouldn't give to be the dean at those colleges that accepted her. I'd revoke that acceptance letter so quick that she wouldn't even know what hit her. Of course, I'd get a good lawyer first, but hey, it would be worth it just to make this whiny bitch cry.
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There's a fine line between prodding someone into thinking and meaningless philosophy. Keep in mind I didn't say what side of that line I think Moonbeam is on most of the time.
I hope this girl flunks out of her ivy league school because her teachers there make things especially hard for her.
Doesnt valedictorian have something do with a persons character as well? This girl has shown just how ugly of a person she is, and that alone should make her undeserving of even SHARING the award.
Doesnt valedictorian have something do with a persons character as well? This girl has shown just how ugly of a person she is, and that alone should make her undeserving of even SHARING the award.
Actually, I'm kidding about the tort reform if it resembles proposals by the current gaggle of characters pushing it (AMA, Bush admin, GOP). Tort reform should not be enacted if it isn't going to be done well . . . and I have little faith that a collection on interests working through this administration will do it well.
And before this becomes another . . . oooooh, he hates Bush thread . . . I doubt Clinton would have done any better.
And before this becomes another . . . oooooh, he hates Bush thread . . . I doubt Clinton would have done any better.
No one who benefits from the system is going to change the system to be any less beneficial. It is a vicious circle and I am resigned to the fact that NO ONE can ever change it. Well, of course except for me. I could clean up DC is a matter of months.
damnit.
she reminds me of some stupid mother of someone in my graduating class in high school.
my friend was the valedictorian. my other friend was the saltuatorian. they announced their gpa's at senior award night (4.6 and 4.5 respectively) and some mother got PISSED.
therefore in the program for our graduation, there was no mention of the valedictorian or the salutatorian's names. NOR was it mentioned at graduation. neither wanted to give a speech, so they both read out names. they received a cheesy medal that said valedictorian and salutatorian, and that's it.
the difference in their gpa's? one took an extra ap class than the other. did the other complain? no because he didn't feel it was his place. he knew that he wouldn't be able to argue it.
GOSH I CANNOT STAND PEOPLE LIKE THIS. its belittles what everyone else has done! she still got into FIVE FRIGGIN GOOD SCHOOLS. what you did in high school means NOTHING once you get to college. everyone there is a valedictorian. her story will just be "well i sued to be the sole valedictorian." if i heard that story i'd be "what? so you didn't earn it on your own? but everyone else here did..."
she reminds me of some stupid mother of someone in my graduating class in high school.
my friend was the valedictorian. my other friend was the saltuatorian. they announced their gpa's at senior award night (4.6 and 4.5 respectively) and some mother got PISSED.
therefore in the program for our graduation, there was no mention of the valedictorian or the salutatorian's names. NOR was it mentioned at graduation. neither wanted to give a speech, so they both read out names. they received a cheesy medal that said valedictorian and salutatorian, and that's it.
the difference in their gpa's? one took an extra ap class than the other. did the other complain? no because he didn't feel it was his place. he knew that he wouldn't be able to argue it.
GOSH I CANNOT STAND PEOPLE LIKE THIS. its belittles what everyone else has done! she still got into FIVE FRIGGIN GOOD SCHOOLS. what you did in high school means NOTHING once you get to college. everyone there is a valedictorian. her story will just be "well i sued to be the sole valedictorian." if i heard that story i'd be "what? so you didn't earn it on your own? but everyone else here did..."
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Actually that's my quote.
Those at my HS were....
amish
Well if you had experence with more then four Valedictrorians then you may not be in a position to judge
Its difficult to say how much of a 'disability' the girl has and therefore just how difficult it was for her to pull-off that GPA. People without disabilities just don't 'get' how difficult it is to live with a disability. I know, I went from a picture of perfect health to having a disability, and I would never in a thousand years be able to make the 'former' me understand how difficult every aspect of my life would become.
I was so accustomed to doing far better than average yet always putting-out a half-hearted effort. I was a classic underachiever because I could be and get away with it. Now I have to put-forth 100% all the time just to achieve the average. It was quite an adjustment, one that I haven't fully made or accepted to this day.
I can't fault anyone for not understanding because it is something that is beyond comprehension until it happens to you and you live it, not for a day, or a week, but hour-by-hour, day-by-day, every waking moment it is with you for months. Then you understand it.
Our health, and to what extent we are dependent upon it (completely), are taken for granted by almost every reasonably healthy person whose barriers to achievement are typically self-imposed more than anything else.
I suspect if this girl was half of the monster 'princess' some have made her out to be, she wouldn't have done as well as she did in her GPA and SAT. She may have spent the most difficult 4 years of her life to achieve what would be a stellar accomplishment for perfectly healthy students. And they want her to 'share' this distinction with students whom did not do as well despite having no disability at all?
I withhold judgement.
I was so accustomed to doing far better than average yet always putting-out a half-hearted effort. I was a classic underachiever because I could be and get away with it. Now I have to put-forth 100% all the time just to achieve the average. It was quite an adjustment, one that I haven't fully made or accepted to this day.
I can't fault anyone for not understanding because it is something that is beyond comprehension until it happens to you and you live it, not for a day, or a week, but hour-by-hour, day-by-day, every waking moment it is with you for months. Then you understand it.
Our health, and to what extent we are dependent upon it (completely), are taken for granted by almost every reasonably healthy person whose barriers to achievement are typically self-imposed more than anything else.
I suspect if this girl was half of the monster 'princess' some have made her out to be, she wouldn't have done as well as she did in her GPA and SAT. She may have spent the most difficult 4 years of her life to achieve what would be a stellar accomplishment for perfectly healthy students. And they want her to 'share' this distinction with students whom did not do as well despite having no disability at all?
I withhold judgement.
Tim, I think narcolepsy is a massive difference between an immune deficiency. Secondly, her actual symptoms and severity were never qualified. I can't believe you are going to adopt a liberal mantra here because of your own disability. You have FAR exceeded this girl is what she has accomplished and you know it!
Provigil
Her immune status is actually irrelevant. She achieved despite her physiological ailment through the resources provided by her parents AND the school system. She deserves to be recognized for her academic achievements but not using a standard which "handicaps" the able-bodied. The school system requires (and scales) physical education b/c they want to encourage physical fitness/health knowledge without overemphasizing it. They never intended it to be the determining factor in who becomes the valedictorian.
It's a shame she has no concept of what good citizenship entails . . . and I've certainly lost a degree of respect for schools that have accepted her b/c clearly they've misjudged her character.
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