I’m asking this question at my brother’s. This is his account. My daughter should’ve graduated high school Saturday but her school refuses to give her her diploma because they are being unreasonable. This year they started a new program and “gave” her a laptop. Last week was finals. Lately, I’ve been short on money, I figured she wouldn’t need the laptop this summer, and I know that her college will be giving her one. So I sold the laptop. I hoped to get $3000 which would’ve come in handy to pay some bills, fix up my car, and have some left over. The pawnbroker told me that the laptop was only worth $200. I accepted it even though I was disappointed. When my daughter came home, she told me that the laptop actually belonged to her school and that they wanted it back by Friday. I had to wait till Thursday (payday) to get $200 but the laptop had already been sold. I went to my daughter’s school to pay the $200 but they told me that it was worth $1000. When I protested, they claimed they were doing me a favor by not filing theft charges. Today, my daughter’s crying hysterically because she didn’t get to graduate with her friends. Help. What should I do?
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Is my daughter’s school being unreasonable?
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Is my daughter’s school being unreasonable?
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009I’m asking this question at my brother’s. This is his account. My daughter should’ve graduated high school Saturday but her school refuses to give her her diploma because they are being unreasonable. This year they started a new program and “gave” her a laptop. Last week was finals. Lately, I’ve been short on money, I figured she wouldn’t need the laptop this summer, and I know that her college will be giving her one. So I sold the laptop. I hoped to get $3000 which would’ve come in handy to pay some bills, fix up my car, and have some left over. The pawnbroker told me that the laptop was only worth $200. I accepted it even though I was disappointed. When my daughter came home, she told me that the laptop actually belonged to her school and that they wanted it back by Friday. I had to wait till Thursday (payday) to get $200 but the laptop had already been sold. I went to my daughter’s school to pay the $200 but they told me that it was worth $1000. When I protested, they claimed they were doing me a favor by not filing theft charges. Today, my daughter’s crying hysterically because she didn’t get to graduate with her friends. Help. What should I do?