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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP again. He has already screenshotted it.

He is going to talk to the teacher involved with the position who can back him up. They will probably end up going to her counselor and letting her know about the falsified resume. From there he will let the high school decide whether to contact the colleges she has been accepted to.

And again, he is not upset that he didn't get in. As I said before, he is committed to his first choice. Nor does he think that this made a difference with respect to the decisions.

What he IS upset about is that she is getting away with lying. He has a strong sense of justice and does not like the amount of rampant cheating that goes on in his high school, and that everyone gets away with it. He complains about it frequently.[/quote]

Catholic poster again.  I suppose this is a fair, compromise resolution under the circumstances.

The young woman will certainly have the fear of God put into her when the faculty advisor for that activity, as well as her college counselor, confront her with her lie (possibly in front of her parents, if they are invited to the meeting).  She will be not only be caught in her lie, but she will be rightly diminished in the eyes of the activity's faculty advisor and the college counselor because of it.  The young woman will certainly be mortified, clearly understand the serious nature of her lie, feel truly sorry and apologize, and correct the lie. Hopefully this resolution will allow the young woman to learn an extremely important lesson about ethical behavior, without the consequences derailing her future plans (at least this, hopefully the last, time).[/quote]

This reminds me of a valuable lesson I learned in Catholic high school and never forgot. I went to see the faculty advisor for the school newspaper, for which I was a Section Editor.  He genuinely liked me, and thought I was a great student (which I was).  In any case, I opened his office door, and he then spent the next two minutes berating me and criticizing my parents for my inconsiderate and ill-mannered behavior, as I had failed to knock on the door and wait for a response, before entering.  I left his office in tears that day, but I tell you I always, always knock on a door and wait for a response before entering.[/quote]

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