Ah yes. The important lessons of school:
A high school senior says he earned an A+, not an A, and has sued to get the grade changed to bolster his chance at becoming valedictorian.
Brian Delekta, who finished 11th grade in 2002 ranked at the top of his class, says he should have received an A+ for a St. Clair County intermediate school district work-experience class in which he worked as a paralegal in his mother’s law office.
Let’s see: grades are important for what they get you, not as a reflection of what you’ve learned. And you should sue to get what you want. (His mom’s a lawyer—probably not a help.)
(From the Volokh Conspiracy.)
Further, I don’t know much about what qualifies a valedictorian, but if the title reflects character…F for both student AND parent.
Well, he sorta has a point. The two schools use different scoring systems. He earned the highest grade for the paralegal thing, but it translated into the second-highest grade at his home school. That might tick me off, too.
I think it’s a bit silly to make a legal case out of it, but then I was never motivated enough to try to be a valedictorian.
what do you ever learn in school that you actually retain and use in life? NOTHING!!!