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2 years ago, I came on here lost; confused, disssapointed and broke asking for help on how to handle a dismissal just before my 10 month APPEs. God knows I was in a bad place. Some members were quite supportive and offered good suggestions. One wonderful member found out an attorney from Kansas who helped start the ball rolling. He could not file suit in Tennessee (only practised in Missouri and Kansas) but he led me to another lawyer who had handled a similar case. Before I continue, I want to thank those who had a kind word at that time. You were the thread that I clung on for life. The dismissal was so abrupt and brutal that in one month I was homeless. Yes, it was initiated while I was doing my finals of that quater. How I got a 3.4 GPA in that quater was a miracle. That was the first time I questioned my reason for living.
After that, I spent several months alternating between disbelief and anger, terror and anxiety and on. I do not have much of a social support system since my immediate family is out of the country. It was difficult. I lost faith in alot of things. It will take time to regain it. Maybe never.
I was able to raise funds and Sue the school. Their first reaction was to swamp my attorney with over 3000 copies of documents. I hear it is a strategy. Next, they started a smear/ witch-hunt campaign. They ransacked social media, the internet, asked past employers etc for anything negative. Even pulled out some tribal stuff that they could barely understand. They even tried to go after my immigration status. They manufactured emails and attributed them to me, and went as far as photoshopping my picture, superimposed it on someone's fb and claimed it was my account. I did not know any of the friends, most importantly, I have never ever had that number of friends on facebook. This is because my fb friends are mostly family, and people I know from childhood or have known along the way and still communicate with.
The depositions were the last 3 days. The school attorneys asked for them. My lawyer was concerned that the school was seeking to intimidate and rattle me. We were invited to their 25th floor lawyers office with a 'magnificent' view, offered their embossed mugs and coffee et cetera. I was deposed for 7 hours. Even insulted in the process, which I did not realize. I thought it was a genuine question.
The assumption had been that because I was livid when I was dismissed, I was a keg powder waitung to explode. Well, I was angry because my school had lied to me, I trusted them, and when I registered discomfort with the lies, I was dismissed. Like a dog. Why would I be angry at a random attorney who is just trying to do his work?
But my satisfaction was watching my former dean get pinned down for not following his own procedures. He is a lawyer, and he went through the first part of his deposition refusing to yield anything. Then my lawyer tweaked it and he was caught flat footed. I was failed because someone did not like me. Not because I failed academically. 'I am just going to give you an F'
Violating all their procedures.
They kept switching their responses, contradicting each other etc.
I know this is far from being in my favor. Very far when I look at the cost of the lawsuit and the way they are determined to destroy me financially. They have been so vindictive that they have contacted my current employers and anywhere I apply for further education.
I will try to hang in as long and fight with my every breath. At times the battle does not go to the strongest. If I know me at all, unless I fight for this, I will never trust anyone I am assigned to work for or with. Besides, I went in this place with so much good will that I recall pleading with other students to be patient with the teething problems of a new school . Turns out I was the fool.
After seing their fabricated and manufactured documents, I want my day in court. As a human being, I am allowed to be disappointed or even angry when wronged except commit crime while at it.
Thanks yo'll friends. Any ideas on how I can rebutt their newly manufactured documents or any opinion is welcome.
After that, I spent several months alternating between disbelief and anger, terror and anxiety and on. I do not have much of a social support system since my immediate family is out of the country. It was difficult. I lost faith in alot of things. It will take time to regain it. Maybe never.
I was able to raise funds and Sue the school. Their first reaction was to swamp my attorney with over 3000 copies of documents. I hear it is a strategy. Next, they started a smear/ witch-hunt campaign. They ransacked social media, the internet, asked past employers etc for anything negative. Even pulled out some tribal stuff that they could barely understand. They even tried to go after my immigration status. They manufactured emails and attributed them to me, and went as far as photoshopping my picture, superimposed it on someone's fb and claimed it was my account. I did not know any of the friends, most importantly, I have never ever had that number of friends on facebook. This is because my fb friends are mostly family, and people I know from childhood or have known along the way and still communicate with.
The depositions were the last 3 days. The school attorneys asked for them. My lawyer was concerned that the school was seeking to intimidate and rattle me. We were invited to their 25th floor lawyers office with a 'magnificent' view, offered their embossed mugs and coffee et cetera. I was deposed for 7 hours. Even insulted in the process, which I did not realize. I thought it was a genuine question.
The assumption had been that because I was livid when I was dismissed, I was a keg powder waitung to explode. Well, I was angry because my school had lied to me, I trusted them, and when I registered discomfort with the lies, I was dismissed. Like a dog. Why would I be angry at a random attorney who is just trying to do his work?
But my satisfaction was watching my former dean get pinned down for not following his own procedures. He is a lawyer, and he went through the first part of his deposition refusing to yield anything. Then my lawyer tweaked it and he was caught flat footed. I was failed because someone did not like me. Not because I failed academically. 'I am just going to give you an F'
Violating all their procedures.
They kept switching their responses, contradicting each other etc.
I know this is far from being in my favor. Very far when I look at the cost of the lawsuit and the way they are determined to destroy me financially. They have been so vindictive that they have contacted my current employers and anywhere I apply for further education.
I will try to hang in as long and fight with my every breath. At times the battle does not go to the strongest. If I know me at all, unless I fight for this, I will never trust anyone I am assigned to work for or with. Besides, I went in this place with so much good will that I recall pleading with other students to be patient with the teething problems of a new school . Turns out I was the fool.
After seing their fabricated and manufactured documents, I want my day in court. As a human being, I am allowed to be disappointed or even angry when wronged except commit crime while at it.
Thanks yo'll friends. Any ideas on how I can rebutt their newly manufactured documents or any opinion is welcome.
