Overturning a grade is it possible?

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I have been failed in a nursing program. I believe I had a good reason to overturn my grade so I filed a grievance with the school and they would not overturn it. They told me that because it has been over ten weeks since I finished the class they cannot overturn my grade and that is written in their policy. I don’t want to have this F on my transcript. So if I have a good reason to get it overturned I am wondering if I am being given false information? I am thinking about suing the school but i don’t know if a judge could force the school to override their policy. The only reason why ten weeks have passed is because the grievance process took many months at the school so it is not my fault that this much time has passed. I don’t want to waste my time suing the school if it will be pointless and I will not win.

On 10/15/2019 at 5:08 PM, angel0309 said:

I really, really, really, really hope this is sarcasm

It's not. Why do you hope it is?

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2 hours ago, Kooky Korky said:

Did the Instructor tell you that you WOULD pass? Or that you Could pass? These are not the same. Could = Might Would = will

My instructor told me I I COULD pass mid semester and WOULD pass at the end of the semester.

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2 hours ago, Kooky Korky said:

You should have scheduled your appointment for some other day. You should have figured out the drive time, too, and allowed lots of extra time. This tardy was not the school's fault.

The not notifying you of a time change - I'd hold their feet to the fire about that. Of course, they can find out if the message was sent to you. So be absolutely certain that you didn't get it. Check with your service provider before you swear you didn't get it.

I could not have scheduled it for another day, because it was a doctor in Boston the next appointment that I would be able to get would be in months. And I was having health issues for which I needed to see the doctor .I know it’s not the schools fault. You can’t predict the Drive time when it comes to traffic Adding onto the time. So anyways I know it’s not the schools fault but I was upset that other people who were tardy did not seem to be disciplined.

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On 10/13/2019 at 11:37 AM, CommunityRNBSN said:

Strict! My work has a 7 minute rule. If I arrive at 8:07 I’m on time; if I arrive at 8:08 I’m late.

Both hospitals I’ve worked in 7:01pm/8:01am both count as late. 6 min “grace period” for pay but no grace period whatsoever for tardiness.

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On 10/11/2019 at 8:00 PM, RNNPICU said:

I don't see your case here for allowing you to continue. It also sounds like there may have been other issues that you are not stating

agree 100%

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On 10/19/2019 at 11:10 PM, Misscruella said:

You can’t predict the Drive time when it comes to traffic Adding onto the time.

Did you notify you clinical instructor in advance that you had a doctor's appointment that day? I go to nursing school in Boston and there's literally always traffic, especially around morning and evening rush hour.

I don't know what school you go to (I'm in an ADN program) but at my program they'd have been more lenient if you had given them advance notice.

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This was actually for lab. I was late for lab not clinical on this day and no I did not notify anyone I would be late I only told them after

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11 minutes ago, Misscruella said:

This was actually for lab. I was late for lab not clinical on this day and no I did not notify anyone I would be late I only told them after

Many programs consider lab to be part of clinicals. And not notifying ahead of time? Unless a true emergency, that won’t fly in programs either.

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16 hours ago, Rose_Queen said:

Many programs consider lab to be part of clinicals. And not notifying ahead of time? Unless a true emergency, that won’t fly in programs either.

An unapproved late would be a clinical warning for sure in my program. Two and you're out.

That being said, lab hours DO count as clinical hours...it seems like your failure was more than just your clinical and it all just added up.

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You have no case.

You aren't taking responsibility for YOUR part in any of this.

Even if you sued, it would cost you more to sue than the value of what you might or might not accomplish. Bottom line is, you do not have a case. No lawyer is going to take this. And if they did, likely they would not succeed. Then what? You sue the lawyer for not winning?

Time to suck it up and move on. The facts are, if you had not had some very preventable things happen on YOUR end, the errors on THEIR end would not have had fertile soil in which to take root. That is the part of this you just aren't getting. Life isn't and never will be "fair". You can try to make it more fair, but in this case, its a waste of everyone's time, especially your own. Get on with your life. Part of growing up is in learning what battles are worth your energy. This one isn't.

You are coming up on a year since all this went down. If it is still stuck in your craw this badly, get some therapy to help you move past it. You are delaying your life getting bogged down here.

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First off you're in the wrong for your actions there's no disputing that. However, I think the instructor should never have said you could pass after you had the conversations about your lateness and improper mobile phone use. It sounds like the instructor either didn't understand what the punishment from the school for these infractions are or was giving you false hope. Generally I'm always told how wide a latitude have in assigning grades. Suddenly in this case they're overruled by other facility. Something stinks here either this was a way to get rid of you due to other issues, or the instructor screwed up policy. I've seen at my school how someone who should have been shown the door was able to return multiple times because they found a policy violation by the same professor to the point that the professor refused to teach the class with the student in it.

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On 10/24/2019 at 6:29 AM, Nurse SMS said:

You have no case.

You aren't taking responsibility for YOUR part in any of this.

Even if you sued, it would cost you more to sue than the value of what you might or might not accomplish. Bottom line is, you do not have a case. No lawyer is going to take this. And if they did, likely they would not succeed. Then what? You sue the lawyer for not winning?

Time to suck it up and move on. The facts are, if you had not had some very preventable things happen on YOUR end, the errors on THEIR end would not have had fertile soil in which to take root. That is the part of this you just aren't getting. Life isn't and never will be "fair". You can try to make it more fair, but in this case, its a waste of everyone's time, especially your own. Get on with your life. Part of growing up is in learning what battles are worth your energy. This one isn't.

You are coming up on a year since all this went down. If it is still stuck in your craw this badly, get some therapy to help you move past it. You are delaying your life getting bogged down here.

Have a feeling that no matter how many times, however many of us, state basically the same thing, OP is not going to let go of this bone she is guarding with all her might. She could have found another program and been that much closer to, or already have a nursing license by now if she would only face reality and do what needs to be done.

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