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She's in for a surprise someday when she tells her boss... "why would I do that project? It just isn't on my priority list". The simple answer is you take what you're suppose to so you get the degree. But I'm sure she knows better than everybody else.

The point is that she was previously at a school where her varsity sports participation meant that she didn't need to take a gym class. Based on that standard, she didn't schedule gym when she was in an earlier grade and had more flexibility to schedule things. The graduation problem occurred only after she had spent three years pursuing an established plan. There's nothing here to suggest that she wouldn't be flexible for an employer. The situation only suggests that she realized that the approval of the educrats was less important than the course she had already mapped. If more people thought and acted as she did, maybe our society would break the power of idiots who value arbitrary rules over actually doing what's right and what accomplishes something.

Bill

What small business owner here doesn't have rules that you expect your employees to follow? Rules that your help probably find "arbitrary". How many here really want an employee that disregards the rules because he/she doesn't think they're a priority? Who here really wants to have an employee that doesn't value your arbitrary rules?

I think the opinion here for many is impacted by their dislike for public schools.

And what small business person here tells the IRS that their rules are "arbitrary" and not a priority.

No system is perfect anywhere. But ignoring it's rules has it's own consequences. That's the way life works. Hers in this case is that she went to school 18 years and didn't get a diploma. Maybe that isn't important to her. If it isn't then what are they complaining about????