The Ski Channel Offers Job to Jobless Graduate Suing Monroe College

It is complete and utter bull**** that anyone would even consider hiring someone after a stunt like that. I hope theskichannel.com is prepared to deal with the bad press it will get for even considering hiring her.

She's an at-best-mediocre student from a no-name college who thinks having a "solid attendance record" is something to put on her resume, and that suing her college is an appropriate response to not finding a job during a recession. She's not "a cunning out of the box thinker", she's a brat with a sense of entitlement.

2.7 GPA thats about right for fetching coffee?

This is awesome. I don't know if that student is an out of box thinker (actually I think I know the answer to that question) but it's clear you Ski Channel people are.

Don't do it! She's going to crash and burn, bring down the morale of the office, and then sue you when she gets fired. Actually, do it and put her in a cage.

You guys are awesome. The free publicity you get with this coupled with completely killing her court case is ingenious. Plus you can always fire her after a week if she's as stupid as she sounds.

She may have a job now, but could she win the case against Monroe College? The case is now publicly open here - http://bit.ly/OY7y0

great move, ski channel. How much have you set aside in legal costs for when she sues you when you fire her or don't give her a promotion?

You are all retarded. The CEO nullified her case; it is no longer pending. If she works out then she will be an asset to skichannel. If, and most likely when, she flames out, she can no longer sue Monroe for her inability to get a job. This is a brilliant move and, not to mention, hilarious.

Well, so long to the ski channel. If they put Trina in charge of the website, it will crash, and if not, she will sue them out of existence when she doesn't get a raise for doing nothing. Smooth move, Stevie - maybe you should lay off the bong for a bit

This is a genius move! We have people manipulating our courts everyday and we are paying for it. It is about time that someone pulled an end around. She now has no case because there are no damages. The Ski Channel can have her work for one day, then let her go and problem solved!

This girl could be completely sweet and dealing with a school administration that couldn't care less about her. If she is a good girl, I hope she wins the suit. These schools have no accountability. They just take the money, build statues of themselves and run.

This is ingenious! I commend you for taking the risk of hiring her and, in turn, nullifying her suit.

Granted it seems that this girl's lawsuit is somewhat sketchy. But I would suggest if The Ski Channel is just bringing her to their company just to fire her, then they are no better than her.

Anne, That makes complete sense, except this is a woman who is already 5 years late on a the job search, competing for positions with kids who are younger, have much better GPAs, and don't sue people for not giving them what they want. But she did have a stellar attendance record. I guess that's important if you're a girl scout. Oh, and should I remind you of the economic situation we're currently in? 9.5% unemployment and this brat rides in with a 2.7 GPA and wants a job.

I agree with part of what Anne is saying. We have not heard one word from the girl filing the suit. It is possible that she has a very reasonable reason for filing the suit. I am not saying that she is right and I am not saying that she is wrong. I am just saying that she might have an absolutely great reason for her behavior or she might be wrong. There is not enough information to pass judgement. I would rather take no stance until all the info is out.

Dear Not Giving My Name: I don't know what the definition of redundant is but I think it is when you say the same thing and then you say it again. Then when you are done you say it again. And, then you say it more. Then you say it again.

You want to get a job? Get a 4.0 instead of a 2.7 GPA. Find a diplomatic solution to your work as opposed to a law suit. Try to own your problems as opposed to pawn them off on others.

I know the girl and don't think it is a wise hire.

Is it possible that she is smarter than everyone? Maybe she has no intention of following the suit through and just wants someone like The Ski Channel to give her a job. Knowing that people might offer her a job just to stand in the way of the suit could be a brilliant move on her part.

The problem is not the girl. The problem is these ridicules institutions of higher learning bilking unsuspecting morons in society out of billions every year on a worthless education. I just went through a college orientation last year for my daughter and while I was going through it after already going though two before and seeing the results I realized the thing they have on their hands is time. You could never remember what they told you when you walk in the door, when you walk out the door. They promise you the moon or they use their words carefully and make you believe you are getting the moon and then 4 years later they toss you out the door and start sending you forms asking for donations a week later. It is the racket of all rackets.

Can I have a job?

Yes, all you have to do is sue your college. Or better yet, sue your parents for not giving you a good enough gene pool to be successful.

Legally, she can still sue, it is just that it will be a much harder situation for her to win. She didn't have a lot going for her originally and now if these are truly offering her a job, then the case will surely get thrown out. If she sues because they didn't perform - they are still not performing. The reality is that she did something that drew a lot of attention and that notoriety got her the job. It is possible that she could get this job and still win the case. But the likelihood is that she would get the suit thrown out either way. Amazing that people care more about this than the Jonas Brothers.

This is a farce. You don't sue because you didn't get a job. And you don't hire someone to prevent them from suing someone else that you probably don't even know.

Actually, i never heard of the ski channel before this whole job offer. Mad props to the CEO for pouncing on the opportunity to get your name out there. I am now intrigued to see what your show lineup is.

"We have not heard one word from the girl filing the suit." Uh, yeah we have. She told CNN that she felt Monroe should have called up employers and told them they have a girl with good attendance and an okay GPA, can you interview her. Does that sound justifiable to you? And by the way, this doesn't "nullify" her suit. Courts don't just sua sponte dismiss cases. Monroe still has to pay their laywers thousands of dollars to draft a motion to dismiss, which they probably would have won regardless, so the Ski Channel didn't really help them out too much.

This move not only plays into the notion of today's graduates having a sense of entitlement, as Trina does, but shows that a little extreme action and whining will get you noticed by companies. It's sad, really, even with your disclosure that her job won't last long if she's not a good fit. Had I that type of attitude, I would do the same thing right now as I continue my job search after several months of being laid-off. You're playing into the sad state of people who feel they 'deserve' a job without the persistence and hard work behind it. She graduated in April, I was laid-off in November - do the math and look at what I've done during that time to further grow myself for when I land a full-time role.

I like the Avatar thing. I just read a new article this morning that actually defends Ms. Thompson in this case. The support they show is not against peoples' views of education, but against these for-profit institutes that are showing up. I work in higher education, and I see both sides...I see students with no work ethic expecting everything to be handed to them, and I see administrators who just want to get students in and yeah, make more $$. On the other hand I see kick-ass professors, and kids growing up before my eyes, to become leaders and contributors to society. Everyone gets to play. This, plus the now famous Harvard endowment slam from a few months ago have certainly given people anger towards colleges and universities. In some cases, I don't blame them. However, in a lot of cases it's simply universities adapting to the times, and trying to serve customers. No more of this 'hallowed halls' stuff - students want to learn skills, and want to be told, nay guaranteed that they, the students, will be valuable and welcomed when they graduate. Here's where it gets grey. Some schools proudly admit what they are, and don't guarantee work, but simply 4 years of hardcore experience and growth. Some schools pretty much tell you in every way (except writing) that you will pretty much be given a job once you graduate. That's not right. It's not prosecutable either. Ms. Thompson gets props for saying she is fed up, to some extent. However, it would hold far more water if she were a stellar student, and showed some kind of questioning throughout her education. Did she just blindly take whatever she was given? What did she do with her summers? Maybe she sucked at classes, but did she pursue other opportunities? Why suing after only 3 months? Again this raises an issue, but she's not a good example of those students that are perhaps getting truly hurt. Or maybe, she is. Maybe her GPA reflects the fact that some of these "colleges" (note the quotes) just accept anyone, to fill up their quotas... Thank you for reading. My personal view is I want to see higher education get back to what it used to be, and what it needs to be. I'm not talking about hitting sofa-bound academics with balloons in a Laputian style...but honestly I'm not talkin very far off that, in humanities. In the sciences and engineering, you'd be surprised how lame it is. Ask somebody about nano sometimes, and decide for yourself what you think. And before anyone jumps on my bandwagon, please note that I DO think discovering stuff like new species, or geology, or anything about our planet or ecosystem, is freaking cool. I just consider it a bit of a waste of time because scientist A puts doo-dad B in machine C, because nobody's ever done that before. It's the equivalent of putting a baseball mitt in a blender, and reporting the results. I don't ski at all. I just fall. I think ski-ers are very cool though. Also, I think this webpage is pretty nift for offering this chica a job. Hell at least you'll have something to talk about. Nevertheless, I am pretty sure she's not gonna be hangin out on the internet for a while, and CERTAINLY not searching for her own name... :(

I would like to respond to two of the last posts. Andrew G - Great post and extremely dead on. I agree with it all. I would add that none of us should be persecuting the girl until we know her entire story. The media has only gotten a snippet of the whole situation. Mel - I am not a lawyer, but isn't the whole premise of these legal cases that a person can show damages or else our courts would be way more clogged? I would think she would have a hard time to show damages even before The Ski Channel publicity stunt (sorry Ski Channel, but I think that it what it is) But after she has a real job offer, I would think that it is impossible for her to show damages. What am I missing?