Indiscreet teen costs father $80,000, and more
A Florida teen cost her father the $80,000 he won in an age-discrimination lawsuit when she violated the settlement’s confidentiality clause.
Indiscreet teen costs father $80,000
A Florida teen cost her father the $80,000 he won in an age-discrimination lawsuit when she gloated about it on Facebook, thus violating the settlement’s confidentiality clause. The private school that fired her father, a headmaster, was “officially paying for my vacation to Europe,” Dana Snay, 19, posted on Facebook. “SUCK IT.” A court then rescinded the settlement.
Student packs beer for lunch by accident
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A Texas high school student was suspended after he accidentally packed a beer can in his lunch. Chaz Seale says he thought he was packing a soda can, and turned the beer in to a teacher. But officials sent him to an alternative school for two months. “I gave it to the teacher thinking I wouldn’t get in trouble,” Seale said, “and I got in trouble.”
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