Student Sues University after failing class twice.

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Millennials...

DALLAS, Pa. (AP) — A nursing student who says anxiety and depression made it difficult for her to concentrate has sued a northeastern Pennsylvania university after twice failing a required course.

Jennifer Burbella claims her Misericordia University professor didn't do enough to help her pass a class on adult health patterns.

She said the professor gave her a distraction-free environment and extra time for her final exam when she took the class a second time but didn't respond to telephoned questions as promised, creating even more stress.

Burbella says the lack of help caused her to break down crying.

She says the Catholic university near Wilkes-Barre gave another disabled student better accommodations and that her treatment violated a federal disability discrimination law.

The Citizens' Voice reports (http://bit.ly/1QFHxSC) the Stroudsburg woman is seeking more than $75,000 in damages.

A Misericordia spokesman told the newspaper it doesn't comment on pending litigation.

Burbella entered the university's nursing program in 2010 and struggled toward a bachelor's degree in nursing because of her conditions, the lawsuit says, and experienced great anxiety from social and academic challenges and family medical issues.

After failing the first time, Burbella says the university forced her to re-take the class in a summer session beginning four days later, causing "great trepidation."

Misericordia has an undergraduate enrollment of about 3,200 students.

http://news.yahoo.com/nursing-student-failed-class-twice-sues-her-university-170601655.html

 

[hawkifann]

It makes sense. Once she's a practicing nurse, her coding patients will be sure to allow her extra time so that she can properly cope with the stress.....as they die.

 

[pablow]

Maybe she should try a stress free profession like tenured college professor. I think at that job you can break down and cry any time you like.

 

[hawkeye54545]

This country sure does love it some stupid lawsuits.

 

[SoDakHawk]

If you ever end up under the care of this woman just pull the plug and get it over with.

 

[TexMichFan]

I get the student feels wronged, but would love to know what the lawyer is thinking.

 

[Wahawk56]

I get the student feels wronged, but would love to know what the lawyer is thinking.

 

[Funky Bunch]

I wouldn't want to be the one to give her the herp

 

[iowalaker]

Shocker that she would be depressed at a school with the word Misery in it.

 

[linkshero]

Jersey Shore?

 

[bagdropper]

Since when does a person get HELP on a final exam? Is this that newfangled learnin' I keep hearing about?

I'd think it would be easier to not flunk if I got helped on an exam, too.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

It makes sense. Once she's a practicing nurse, her coding patients will be sure to allow her extra time so that she can properly cope with the stress.....as they die.

Agreed. ^^ While this example is a far point on the spectrum, for now, it doesn't surprise me too much as more and more people expect to be accommodated, protected, provided and cared for by others, etc. and live their lives thinking, "it isn't fair...". So for one person to sue someone else for their own shortcomings is not a shocker.

I think the real question is..."How does she feel about her answers?". Because if she feels like she should get a good grade then by all means we should move her to the head of the class.

 

[whatsup12579er]

First of all the college can't force this girl to do anything. If taking the summer course was that big of a deal take it in the fall or even the following spring. Second if she wants to be a nurse but can't function under pressure, she is going to be a terrible nurse and will probably end up suing her future employer over said stress.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

People talk about emergencies at work, but her job would literally be dealing with emergencies! If taking an exam would cause that level of anxiety, there's no way I would be seeking that sort of profession.

 

[JWolf74]

People talk about emergencies at work, but her job would literally be dealing with emergencies! If taking an exam would cause that level of anxiety, there's no way I would be seeking that sort of profession.

Yep. If she can't get through book work, she'll never survive her clinical years, or her future career. Perhaps she should become a rad tech, still in medical field but not as stressful.

 

[BubsFinn]

Agreed. She has no idea what pressure is yet. If she ever manages to become a nurse, she’ll quit before her first coffee break.

 

[hoks2415]

I often find myself embarrassed to be a millennial.

 

[linkshero]

People born 82 to 90 are the worst. I think they were in JR High and HS during 9/11 and I'm only guessing parents went overboard making them feel special.

 

[WisestIowan]

People born 82 to 90 are the worst. I think they were in JR High and HS during 9/11 and I'm only guessing parents went overboard making them feel special.

I was born in 82 and was a freshman in college for 9/11. Second week of college.

 

[TJ8869]

I see a stripper pole and a good-for-nothing boyfriend in this girl's future.

 

[TexMichFan]

I see a stripper pole and a good-for-nothing boyfriend in this girl's future.

Not sure she would be able to handle the stress of that job.

 

[mstp1992]

Yep. If she can't get through book work, she'll never survive her clinical years, or her future career. Perhaps she should become a rad tech, still in medical field but not as stressful.

My wife teaches micro and a lot of the students are pre-nursing. It's amazing how many kids just don't even know how to learn. For years they've been taught to memorize for some arbitrary test, but can't think their way out of a paper bag. If something can't be "googled" then it must not be worth knowing. If the tests from classwork are creating this much anxiety in this young woman, I can't imagine what a couple of lab courses would do to her. Cut her loose from the program and give her some good vocational advice.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

My wife teaches micro and a lot of the students are pre-nursing. It's amazing how many kids just don't even know how to learn. For years they've been taught to memorize for some arbitrary test, but can't think their way out of a paper bag. If something can't be "googled" then it must not be worth knowing. If the tests from classwork are creating this much anxiety in this young woman, I can't imagine what a couple of lab courses would do to her. Cut her loose from the program and give her some good vocational advice.

Yep. The world needs gold digg........errrrr.......ditch diggers too.

 

[SoDakHawk]

My wife teaches micro and a lot of the students are pre-nursing. It's amazing how many kids just don't even know how to learn. For years they've been taught to memorize for some arbitrary test, but can't think their way out of a paper bag. If something can't be "googled" then it must not be worth knowing. If the tests from classwork are creating this much anxiety in this young woman, I can't imagine what a couple of lab courses would do to her. Cut her loose from the program and give her some good vocational advice.

Yep. I see this with my own kid. While this is anecdotal evidence, I believe the schools are slipping in teaching critical thinking and problem solving skills.

 

[Wahawk56]

I see a stripper pole and a good-for-nothing boyfriend in this girl's future.

56 checking in sir.

 

[linkshero]

I was born in 82 and was a freshman in college for 9/11. Second week of college.

So I was within 6 months. I'm not saying every kid born during that stretch is the worst, but as a whole....probably weren't done any favors during their formative years. Maybe it was the explosion of video gaming. Cell phones, probably extended to teens for the first time in this group. Probably the first teens with their own pc, web connection in their own room. A lot of changes that this micro group had to deal with from 14-20 years old.

 

[Chuck C]

Why don't we just make the whiny bitch emperor of America while we're at it.

 

[hawkifann]

Yep. I see this with my own kid. While this is anecdotal evidence, I believe the schools are slipping in teaching critical thinking and problem solving skills.

I've actually seen the opposite. My oldest is in 5th grade and his homework has been full of "thinking" and problem solving for years. He has to have the underlying knowledge blocks to get through the problem, but the focus of a great deal of his work has been to work through logic/real problems, not memorization for testing. He's had way more of that training than I had prior to middle and high school.