The teachers responsible should pay restitution to the students for the scholarships they might have won had the recognition been known. If their chances were 100:1 and it was a full ride to some university, take that university’s tuition/year, multiple by 4, and divide by 100 (e.g., $40,000 x 4 = $400,000 / 100 = $4,000). Each administrator would owe that student $4,000. Do similar calculations for the other schools he applied to. If this goes unpunished, it will continue to happen and happen again.
Zactly! This crap will not end until these a5540!35 feel the pain of a bad decision.
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