Melissa's Idea Garden

Well, technically out of 1015. What the heck am I talking about, you are wondering? Well, on Wednesday night, I received my final scores for my paralegal class. For the semester, we had ten tests/assignments. Each counted as 10% of our grade. On three of the tests, our teacher gave us 5 bonus questions, so the real possible score for the semester was 1015. But for the purpose of the office book keeping records, I got 999 right out of 1000 for the semester! WOW! That grade sure has set a high bar for me for my future classes!

I had the highest grade in the class. I know this because our lovely teacher (I really do like her a lot) gave me a gift and told the rest of the class how well I had done. The next highest score was 975 out of 1000. Then she told the class that my score was why she wouldn't be offering bonus questions next semester...oh dear...that certainly won't go far to make me popular, now will it?

Still I was very pleased and I am looking forward to taking Family Law next semester.

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Do you notice now that when you go through the drive through at restaurants, there are little warning signs in the windows that say be careful...hot beverages may be hot.... Did you know thost signs haven't always been there? How many times have you heard mention the woman who sued McDonald's for spilling coffee on herself and was awarded millions of dollars? How many times have you heard that used as a shining example of the fact that we live in a sue happy society where no one takes responsibility? We throw around these things that we have heard via email or partially on the news or around the water cooler, but we don't necessarily know the story.

Last night in class, our teacher reviews the Stella Liebeck Story with us and it made me see the whole thing in a different light.

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