Valedictorian who sued is dropped from Harvard class

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Maetryx
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Looks like she has never worked a day in her life.

I worked 20+ hours a week, lettered in 2 sports, did not feed any orphans, did not maintain a 4.0+ GPA and did not sue my school because I was a whiny rich biyatch :p
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: CChaos
Unbelievable world we live in where someone thinks that they deserve 2.7 million dollars because of something like this. As far as everyone plagiurizing, well, sorry but I never did.

Then you haven't been given enough complex writing assignments OR you have a different definition of plagiarism.

The thing is, if you look at plagiarism closely it's virtually impossible not to.

pla·gia·rize ( P ) Pronunciation Key (plj-rz)
v. pla·gia·rized, pla·gia·riz·ing, pla·gia·riz·es
v. tr.
To use and pass off (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own.
To appropriate for use as one's own passages or ideas from (another).

You see, it's not ver batim copying, it's the ideas that are important if a strict definition is used. I know I personally can not say that I've never borrowed an idea from another writer, if even unintentionally.
 

Ime

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Originally posted by: Rogue
This is the funniest part in her bio:

Dream Job: Poverty lawyer

Bwahahahaha!! First off, she's definitely not rich in the looks department, so she should start lawsuits against picture recording equipment makers and mirror manufacturers and represent herself. Second, she's gonna be the poor one when virtually no reputable school is gonna wanna touch her.

No man is gonna touch, either. EW! She's gross looking!
 

Dudd

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Ahahahaha. But one quick question: if she was so sick that she couldn't go to graduation or even to school for that matter, how the hell was she going to survive in college?
 

Rogue

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That was my thought too. Oh well, I always say that it all comes back to you. Well, here it is for her, in spades.
 

LordMorpheus

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HA! Karma's a bitch, aint it?

here is how we do plagarism at my school: any ideas discussed by teachers or other students in class are fair game.

any ideas on the interweb or obtained from existing papers = teacher tears your arm off and hangs it on the wall as a trophy, and then gets you expelled. you also get your arm hung on the wall if you read ahead and ruin the ending for your classmates.

Anywho, how does being made co-valedictorian instead of sole valedictorian make her deserve 2.7 mil?

And, hehehe! listen to how she won!! on charges of discrimination!!!! CAN YOU FSCKING BELIEVE THAT?!?!?!!!! Her daddy is a white judge!!! She is a white judge's daughter!!! The other poor valedic got discriminated against. RAAA!!!! The court system in America is broken (Dean Kamen said dat, see, i no plageramerize.)

I hope this little bitch gets hit by a truck.

Did you also see she has an immune diffeciency. I hate to say this, but . . . . couldn't happen to a better person.
 

xyion

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Originally posted by: Dudd
Ahahahaha. But one quick question: if she was so sick that she couldn't go to graduation or even to school for that matter, how the hell was she going to survive in college?

Universitys are very accomodating to disabled/ill people. I know people who have classes in the same building because they are not able to get across campus.
 

Stealth1024

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So she doesn't even have perfect SAT scores...

Well now that she's kicked out of college maybe she'll get her high school diploma taken away! LOL
 

Kev

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Originally posted by: zippy
Excellent. :)

I wonder if she has any friends? No, gerbils do not count.

nope, thats why everyone in her town signed the petition
 

Kyteland

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Originally posted by: djheater
BTW, I imagine she didn't go because she apparently has an immuno-deficiency disease.

I immagine she didn't go because she would have been booed off the stage and pelted with rotten tomatoes or something.

*shrug* Maybe that's just me.
 

leung324

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ALL ABOUT ME
On My Resume:

Co-founder (with big bro') of the eight-year-old service club, M.A.G.I.C. (Moorestown Alliance for Goodwill and Interest in the Community).
Founder of the Tri-County Prom Dress Drive, which collects more than 200 dresses a year for girls from low-income families.
Co-founder of the Tri-County Food Drive that collected 30,000 pounds of food for the hungry.
State Chairperson for a Smile-A-Thon that funded cleft lip and palate surgeries for orphans in China. "It was one of the most amazing things I've ever done," she says. "I never thought I'd be able to go to China!"
An Olympic Torchbearer in 2002. "I was so excited, I could barely sleep!"

This is so superficial. she is doing this solely for college purpose. stop faking, BITCH!
 

Graphicd00d

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Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: Graphicd00d
Originally posted by: rbloedow
"Hornstine skipped her school's graduation ceremony last month"

Ungrateful biatch.

I concur

BTW, I imagine she didn't go because she apparently has an immuno-deficiency disease.



Hornstine suffers from an immune deficiency, and during her last two years of high school received much of her instruction from tutors at her home and was exempted from classes such as physical education.

So what! She can go in a bubble. I imagine she has some sort of bubble suit to go out in public.

 

weezergirl

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Originally posted by: Graphicd00d
Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: Graphicd00d
Originally posted by: rbloedow
"Hornstine skipped her school's graduation ceremony last month"

Ungrateful biatch.

I concur

BTW, I imagine she didn't go because she apparently has an immuno-deficiency disease.



Hornstine suffers from an immune deficiency, and during her last two years of high school received much of her instruction from tutors at her home and was exempted from classes such as physical education.

So what! She can go in a bubble. I imagine she has some sort of bubble suit to go out in public.

hehe, i read some more articles about this and the real reason she did not go to graduation was because it was basically dangerous for her to go. she was getting threats and people were saying they would boo her when her name was called.

i also read this interesting part:
In June 2001, Blair was given the Congressional Award Gold Medal. To qualify for this honor, students must complete and document 400 hours of voluntary public service, 200 hours of personal development, 200 hours of physical fitness, and a 4-day exploration. Kelly Fanning, from the Congressional Awards office, says, "For her physical fitness she did jogging, power-walking, and dance." Moorestown High School students, it should be noted, take roughly 75 hours of Phys. Ed. class per year.


This is from a girl who waived out of gym because of her "illness" when in reality it was because her GPA would have dropped from taking gym. she also would home school a lot because of her illness...something doesn't make sense here huh? :p and noone even really knows if her illness is real or not, since her family will not disclose details about it besides the fact that it makes her very tired easily. yeahhhh ok.

I also read the articles that she plagiarized....it was EXTREMELY obvious she was plagiarizing. not the kind that most students might do sometimes..this was outright copying word for word almost.

gosh, this is hilarious. the only thign i feel bad about is i feel like it is more about her psycho father forcing her which is sad.
 

jjones

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Suing the school for that nonsense and then not even showing up for graduation ceremonies? And still pursuing a 2.7 million dollar lawsuit against the school? I hope they stick her with the court fees after she loses. Her father doesn't seem to have instilled much in her in the way of ethics if he even has any.