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In 2007, I went to see a school advisor to help me set a course for what classes I needed to graduate “on-time,” I was told to take certain classes and also sign language 2, even though I told the advisor I had no prior knowledge of sign language, I was still advised to take the class as she said it was “easy”. With each semester, I went to see an advisor just to make sure everything was in order, and with each visit I was advised to take the same sign language course.
This term, my graduating year, I decided to take the sign language class only to have to drop it has it was an intermediate class and the format was far too fast for a beginner. When I went to see the advisor and graduation counselor, they both advised me that it was an “error” on those advisors part and that the only way I could graduate would be to either take the foreign language equivalency exam or to take sign language 1 and 2, thus postponing my graduation until the following year (Spring 2009).
I am not the only student they have done this to either. On the first day of class, another student and I began to talk and she was also advised to take the class, even though she had no prior knowledge of sign language either. She has since dropped the class. I went on the strict word of these “trained” advisors to help me maneuver my way through college and I feel that instead of them trying to help and rectify the situation, they gave up and essentially, told me “tough luck.” Is there any case against their incompetence or is it just my “tough luck”?
In 2007, I went to see a school advisor to help me set a course for what classes I needed to graduate “on-time,” I was told to take certain classes and also sign language 2, even though I told the advisor I had no prior knowledge of sign language, I was still advised to take the class as she said it was “easy”. With each semester, I went to see an advisor just to make sure everything was in order, and with each visit I was advised to take the same sign language course.
This term, my graduating year, I decided to take the sign language class only to have to drop it has it was an intermediate class and the format was far too fast for a beginner. When I went to see the advisor and graduation counselor, they both advised me that it was an “error” on those advisors part and that the only way I could graduate would be to either take the foreign language equivalency exam or to take sign language 1 and 2, thus postponing my graduation until the following year (Spring 2009).
I am not the only student they have done this to either. On the first day of class, another student and I began to talk and she was also advised to take the class, even though she had no prior knowledge of sign language either. She has since dropped the class. I went on the strict word of these “trained” advisors to help me maneuver my way through college and I feel that instead of them trying to help and rectify the situation, they gave up and essentially, told me “tough luck.” Is there any case against their incompetence or is it just my “tough luck”?
