Former high school honors student who says she can’t read, write sues district where she graduated

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bigmig19 wrote:

In this day and age? Im calling BS on this. 4 yrs nobody ever asked her to read out loud in class, fill out a form, take a test? No way.

She was probably a pain in the butt for teachers and administration so they just stopped giving a crap and waved her through. I mean, this lawsuit is an indication that maybe she's just a bitter loser who throws fits when she can't get what she wants. I'd just ignore her and pass her if I was a teacher also.

DIY wrote:

Certainly there is no excuse for a high school gradating a student who can't read, but WTF was the student doing to remedy the situation? Even if the school was literally doing nothing, one could easily learn to read in their free time over 4 years of high school.

Even if we assume that every minute of time spent in school was completely wasted, learning to read is something that could be accomplished independently outside of school hours.

bigmig19 wrote:

I think I know what happened here... wrote:

She was probably a pain in the butt for teachers and administration so they just stopped giving a crap and waved her through. I mean, this lawsuit is an indication that maybe she's just a bitter loser who throws fits when she can't get what she wants. I'd just ignore her and pass her if I was a teacher also.

I think that was the thought in the 70s. Nobody can pass 4 yrs of HS now without even reading. Too many moving parts with teachers, parents, standardized test admin, SATs ACTs, all having to be in on it. BS. A school has too much to lose by doing something like this now days.