In 2002 I quit school to work full-time. I was 16 and just became a father so I we the money. When I quit I was 1 credit short of graduating so I decided to take the credit through correspondence (at home). I finished the course and passed but the day I wrote the exam at my school, the school told me the due to changes in the curriculum I would now need another course. I fought this for years writing my MP, MLA and even the minister of Education but they all said they couldn't help me. Earlier this year a new Minster of Education was appointed and I wrote her an email explaining my case and she found out that it was a mistake because the curriculum wasn't to take effect until September 2003 and I wrote my exam in August 2003. The way I see it I wasted 4 years of my life not being able to apply for colleges or job that require a high school dipolma. I been working at **** jobs and letting the great jobs pass me by due to and error. Do you think I have a case??
2007-08-26 02:47:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. You are the cause of your own problems.
Also, the school may claim "sovereign immunity" to the lawsuit.
2007-08-26 03:02:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you've probably got a case. The fact is that you've actually LOST money that you could have been earning if you had gotten your diploma sooner. It seems that you've made enough effort to push through to get your diploma so that shouldn't be an issue. Four years is a long time. I think that depending on whether any of those great jobs that passed you by were greater than minimum wage and how much evidence you have that SHOWS that you've been offered those jobs without a doubt...you SHOULD have a case. Check with a lawyer, please and bring any documents that relate to work and school with you. Having signed statements from past employers and the would-be employers before receiving consultation at a law office would be wise. If you've had anything that you couldn't afford that hurt you or those you were supporting with money (hospitalization, required house and vehicle repair, dental problems, etc.), I'd bring records of that as well, just in case the lawyer needs to see them.
As much as I think you've got a case, I'm not a lawyer and I am NOT saying you CAN sue, but I'm saying that a lawyer could tell you and you should always bring him/her any relevant records that could help you in your case.
2007-08-26 03:10:54 · answer #2 · answered by PseudoSlySpyderGuyLied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me see if I understand this. When you were 16 years old you became a father and quit school so you could get a job and support your child. That I find commendable -- it was a good and admirable thing that you accepted responsibility for your child. You then tell us that you needed 1 credit to get your diploma and did that through correspondence school. Again, that's a good thing.
You lose me though when you say you "fought this for years" when it came to the second course. How long would it have taken you to complete the other course? Could it have been done by correspondence? If you had completed the other course you could have had your diploma years ago.
So now you're twenty, you have at least one child, you've got your diploma and you want to expend more time and energy on this matter by suing your school? Compare the cost of your own choices to the cost of the delayed diploma and I think you will have to honestly say that the delayed diploma has cost you very little compared to what you did to yourself. You've shown that you have integrity and a lot of backbone. Take your diploma, get some additional education and get on with your life.
2007-08-26 03:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't really have much of a case. This is pretty much aclerical error,if anything. Taking your exam in August does not guarantee graduation the following month and you are actually lucky to have your diploma now. Let it go.
2007-08-26 02:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while you are probably right and its not your fault, you do not have grounds to sue, it would just get dismissed. were you physically hurt because of this? are you emotionally damaged? no.
although you've been stuck working **** jobs, it has nothing to do with the school. plus you dont start getting the good jobs till you get a college degree, not highschool diploma, so that is irrelevant.
we'd all be millionaires if we could bring cases about this type of stuff.
2007-08-26 02:57:48 · answer #5 · answered by *J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a question for a REAL lawyer. I am NOT one.
IF you decide to pursue this, make sure that the lawyer is to be paid by contingency of success only like car accident lawyers are.
2007-08-26 02:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
diploma is only a piece of paper. doesn't guarantee you jobs. do you think you take it with you to an interview and say her look is my diploma? getting a job is based on qualifications
2007-08-26 02:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can sue anyone but that doesn't mean that you can win. Why haven't you taken more forceful action in all of that time?
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2007-08-29 22:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋