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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The family’s evidence of discrimination is that the child’s Math II and Calculus grades were incorrect on her original transcript. Part of the evidence of Math II discrimination is that the child’s 81% test grade was once raised to an 88% “in front of the entire class.” Um, I’ve taught and I’ve reviewed other teachers’ tests. Teachers make marking errors all the time. Sometimes they don’t see a student’s answer; the teacher marks the paper in error; or a test question is poorly written. Correcting the error is a good thing, and I’m sure other Math II students had errors corrected that year.

This family twice took Sidwell to arbitration while their children were enrolled. And the lawsuit gives a quotation from the dean that seems to show he was well fed up with them. There’s no way this young woman could get unbiased college recommendations from Sidwell. Then she applied to only top-tier colleges and universities, no safeties, though she did have at least one C on her transcript. Now the student is 23, and she and her family want to take this matter to a conservative Supreme Court. I have no doubt that the family feels like they’re getting justifiable revenge against Sidwell, but after reading the “Reasons for Granting the Petition” section, they look unhinged to me.[/quote]

I thought this too.  Who doesn't apply to safeties with when doing Ivy's too.  Teachers make mistakes all the time and they did correct it.  I can see why they were upset over it being incorrect on a transcript but suing the school because she had no back up plan makes no sense.  They probably spent a fortune on attorneys.  [/quote]

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