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Speak Out: Should a Student Be Able to Sue Over a Bad Grade?
A recent story out of Albany Patch has parents across the country talking. What do you think of the situation?
, a former student and his mother are suing the school district over a C+ grade the student received in 2011.
Bowen Bethards, 17, and his mother, Laureen, filed a lawsuit last month against former chemistry teacher Peggy Carlock, .
The grade, they said, did not reflect the student's academic achievements and, instead, was the result of intentional efforts by the teacher to ruin the boy's future.
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What do you think of a student suing a teacher over a grade? Would you or your child ever consider it?
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