Graduate sues college after being unable to find a job

August 4, 2009
By Fraser Wilson

Trina Thompson may not have graduated from Harvard with a degree in Rocket Science but you would still expect an IT graduate from Monroe College in New York to be pretty smart, with a smidge of commonsense. This is apparently expecting too much however, as the 27-year-old graduate is suing her college after being unable to find a job in the three months since she donned her cap and gown.

Ms Thompson is whining that her college has not provided her with the help in finding employment that they had promised and so wishes to be reimbursed for the $70,000 she spent in gaining her degree. The recession and the fact that jobs are thin on the ground in America is apparently their fault.

As ludicrous as the claim seems it isn’t that great of a surprise in a world where we are encouraged to seek compensation when we fall off a ladder or slip on a wet floor in the workplace. Blame culture is rife within our society as well as the urge to make money whenever possible.

Gary Axelbank, a spokesman for the college, has dismissed the claim as ‘completely without merit.’ Indeed, not since 2003 when fast food chain McDonald’s was sued for making people fat has there been a case so entirely without merit.

The only way that the college may have failed Ms Thompson is that she clearly has not learned to be independent or to take responsibility for herself. While Ms Thompson may be a master of spreadsheets, she clearly hasn’t embraced everything that higher education has to offer. As if to underline this point, Ms Thompson was joined in court by her Mommy. And not only joined by but supported by her too.

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