[P-Marlowe]

If I see a rule that I believe I cannot morally or ethically follow, I will break the rule - but I will not whine when faced with the consequences.

If you read the article, the student didn't "whine". She said it was worth it. Probably true in a weird sense. She made international news.

She'll probably get some interesting scholarship grants because she asserted her Native American heritage and got punished for it.

I think she'll bleed this event for much more than the $1000 her parents will have to pay to get a copy of a diploma that no one will ever look at anyway.

My two sons were both home schooled through high school. They are both 6 figure engineers now. No one ever asked to see their high school diploma.

[CA Conservative]

I actually read a few more articles on this case, and in some of the interviews, she did "whine":

"I don't think it's fair at all. I feel like it's discrimination," the 17-year-old says.

“I feel like this wasn’t fair. It felt like it wasn’t legal,” Ramer said. “It really did hurt my feelings."