Hey, They Owe Me!

[madrobins]

Via the beauteous sdn I bring you the sordid, whiny, entitled tale of the recent college graduate who sued her school for not finding her a job.

Where to fucking begin? Because this drives me to profanity, fersure. Ms. Thompson complains that

Monroe [College]'s "Office of Career Advancement did not help me with a full-time job placement. I am also suing them because of the stress I have been going through."

Swoon. Because no other student from her school, or schools nationwide, or people who have been laid off or people looking for work because their place of business went under--none of them are under stress. It's only Ms. Thompson, and it's all her college's fault.

As Thompson sees it, any reasonable employer would pounce on an applicant with her academic credentials, which include a 2.7 grade-point average and a solid attendance record. But Monroe's career-services department has put forth insufficient effort to help her secure employment, she claims.

"They're supposed to say, 'I got this student, her attendance is good, her GPA is all right -- can you interview this person?' They're not doing that," she said.

Okay, I have to admit that I never used my college placement services. Maybe I'm wrong about what they're supposed to offer: leads that the candidate goes after on her own. Thompson sounds as if she were expecting a lot more, sort of concierge job-seeking: you supply the resume, we'll do the icky calling around part. If this girl expects that jobs are just out there, dangling like low-hanging fruit, she doesn't do much keeping up with economic news, does she?

I will note that there's a slight tone of snark to the next section of the article, in which Thompson complains that the students with good grades got preferential treatment from the Office of Career Advancement. Not that I have a problem with that; this story just brings out the virulent snark in me.

The one question I had was: what lawyer in his/her right mind would take this case? Then I finished the article and realized that Ms. Thompson doesn't have a lawyer. Can't afford one, because she doesn't have a job. I feel so much better realizing that no one who passed the Bar vetted this suit.