Probably unpopular opinion here but families, usually wealthy, that use the legal system like this to avoid consequences are parasites. It reveals not only your poor job of raising your children. But also the poor character of the parents.
Glad the courts didn’t grant a similar “affluenza” ruling here. The student plagiarized, short and simple.
> Probably unpopular opinion here but families, usually wealthy, that use the legal system like this to avoid consequences are parasites
100% agree. Plus it diverts school resources -- in other words, taxpayer money -- to fight the court case, meaning they have less to spend on educating children which is what taxpayer's are funding.
The parents should be on the hook for the school's legal fees.
I think the only unpopular part of that is that you'd think it's an unpopular opinion
It depends on the audience. On HN, it's probably a popular opinion. Among typical American parents these days, it's probably not.
+1.
The article hints at a worry about college applications by the student. So perhaps this was an attempt to clean the student's slate of the cheating record. Still, I can't support the approach taken.
Agreed. Ironically it’s parents such as these who are the most loudly self-proclaimed staunch supporters of meritocracy, except when it comes to their children who are somehow not subject to it at all.