Kimberly Wimberly
If this allegation is indeed true, then I support this lawsuit. I commend the young lady for what she has accomplished and wish her the best.
Posted on 07/29/2011 5:59:45 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Kymberly Wimberly is an 18-year-old mother who was valedictorian of her graduating class at an Arkansas high school. Well, co-valedictorian.
Wimberly, who is black, alleges in a lawsuit that McGehee Secondary School Principal Darrell Thompson assigned a white student with a lower GPA as co-valedictorian after she was named the sole valediction. She’s asking for $75,000 in damages and for the school record to be corrected, according to the suit.
Molly Bratton, Wimberly’s mother who works as the school’s media specialist, learned of her daughter’s honor from the school counselor. But shortly after, said she overhead someone in the copy room saying the happy event was a “big mess.” Bratton confirmed that her daughter was top of the class with Superintendent Thomas Gathen, but Thompson then informed Gathen he had named a co-valedictorian.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Most highschools have such convoluted rules for the honor that it is a wonder anybody knows who got the title.
Some courses count, some don’t. Some courses count for 5 points for an A, some just count for 4. In many courses a good portion of the grade is entirely subjective.
In my highschool, the valedictorian was chosen and her GPA was adjusted after the fact to make her so. I was a witness to the event and was given an early graduation and an invitation to leave because I thought the whole affair was just wrong.
In the end, the whole affair was pointless and all people will have to prove themselves in the real world.
This girl doesn’t deserve cash and the fact she is whining about it and involving lawyers reflects poorly upon her.
“Kymberly Wimberly...”
You’re kidding, right?
“...an 18-year-old mother...”
Yeah, I get the picture.
“...Molly Bratton, Wimberly’s mother...”
Right.
It sounds to me like Kimberly, with the highest GPA, should be the valedictorian. She was at the top of her class; the honor should be solely hers. I don’t support the lawsuit’s demand for $75,000, but the record should be corrected.
“She deserves her sole spot on the stage, she worked hard to be so successful.”
I absolutely agree with you. They should not have done this. I say, sue them and teach them a lesson.
Then, the whole idea of "co-valedictorians" should be moot. Kimberly earned the top honors for her class.
The top 10 GPA’s are recognized at graduation, as well.
The theory is that students who want to go into the arts or other programs that do not require AP Physics or Calc BC have a shot at Valedictorian if they have straight A's.
In Chapel Hill, this young lady would recognized for her GPA, but would be denied the title “Valedictorian”.
There has been a two level grading system in this country for years. The white GPA was one thing however the black GPA was elevated by affirmative action to favor the blacks and women.
Gov-mint directed us to hire blacks, women and some others reguardless of qualification. Try to discharge one of these people results in the race/gender card being played.
Being required to hire people because of their skin color and their sex by the gov-mint should give me the right to fire them because they are useless!
Why's that? If she had a tutor to sharpen up on a couple courses, that sounds to me like she's taking initiative. I'm not seeing the problem with it.
You're making that assumption in this case. We don't know that occurred at that school.
Precisely my point. Too bad that the mother of this child has dragged her into the lawsuit. It cheapened all her efforts.
Kimberly Wimberly
If this allegation is indeed true, then I support this lawsuit. I commend the young lady for what she has accomplished and wish her the best.
I don’t think suing them is the answer here. Besides, it was not the kid who thought about suing, it was definitely the mother. There were other methods to bring this unfair treatment to the light, other than a lawsuit.
I think we are saying the same thing; I just took it for granted that we all understood that we could not possibly be getting the full or an accurate story from the Washington Post.
When are the editors and writers at the LSM going to learn to respect their potential readers’ intelligence and write for adults? Clearly, not before their their richly deserved demise.
I agree. But it’s still racism. Someone doesn’t want to hire a minority because it’s too hard to fire him. You don’t want to take a loan app because you can’t get what you need to process the loan or you know the property won’t appraise and you’ll get accused of racism. So, it’s still racism...forced by the government.
Do what??? The most I can see is that she is declared valedectorian, assuming there is any way to really determine the real difference.
Other people have pointed out: how do we know that KW took classes educationally equivalent to the other student? How about KW took every bonehead class on offer while the other student took every advanced placement class on offer? So now who’s more accomplished?
We know KW has a fine understanding of how to game the system for money. She’ll make a fine streetwalker when (or if) she ever grows up.
What is the alternative? It is NOT fair.
It’s NOT “racism”. Racism is an animosity for someone because of their race.
A business can not want to do business with a minority and have absolutely no animosity for minorities.
The word “racism” is so overused as to become meaningless. I’m insisting that the word be used correctly.
Denying a mortgage to a group of people because of government imposed hassles is not racist. It is “riskist”. Aversion to risk, not to race.
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