Student Sues University Over Grade

A student is suing his Massachusetts university after receiving a "C" instead of the "A minus" he was hoping for.

Brian Marquis, 50, told Reuters on Wednesday that he filed the lawsuit against the University of Massachusetts last week because he feels everyone should be aware of this terrible injustice brought upon him by his evil Philosophy Professor, who is evidently hell bent on ruining his life.

"Quite frankly, I find this utterly unacceptable," Marquis, who had worked as a legal assistant before returning to college for a much needed education, said from the university in Amherst in western Massachusetts. (Reuters)

The teaching assistant redrew the grading scale "to make grades more representative of student performance", which turned Marquis's 92.1 percent points into 84 percent, which became a C, according to an e-mail sent by the teaching assistant. (Reuters)

At the university, an 84 percent score can produce a grade between "A-" to a "C" depending on the professor's preferences, according to the school newspaper, the Daily Collegian.

School officials declined to comment on the case.

Sheldon Steinbach, a former chief attorney for the American Council on Education, representing over 1,800 colleges for over three decades, said such cases are rare and the handful of students who have sued over grades typically lost in court. (Reuters)

(Reuters, dailycollegian.com)