I’d like to be able to say that my lack of blogging lately has been a consequence of some massive project I’m working on or some other noble pursuit. Well, I could say that, I guess, but of course it wouldn’t be true. Alas, I owe an apology to both all of my loyal readers. I have no good excuse, yet I am resolved to get right back into the swing of things. There’s so much to write about that I’m suffering from Brain Freeze now, so this will be a short post to attempt to begin the process of thawing.

According to NBC New York, a young lady named Trina Thompson has filed a civil suit against her alma mater, Monroe College. She wants a refund on her tuition money to the tune of $70,000. Why? Well isn’t it obvious? She hasn’t gotten a job yet, so she feels like she deserves her money back.

Um. Where should I start? I’m not a lawyer yet and not actually even a law student quite yet, but nevertheless I will pick this apart using my common sense, which is very keen and not even all that common.

1.  Just because your college may have a Career Services department that helps its students with job searches is no guarantee that you will be employed, with or without their help, within a certain period of time after graduating from said college.

2.  Speaking of certain periods of time, Ms. Thompson just graduated in April; this is just August. She doesn’t have a job yet? Boo freakin’ hoo. The article says that Ms. Thompson was an info-tech major at Monroe College. Apparently this had nothing to do with anything like watching the news or reading the paper or common sense, for that matter. It’s called a recession. We haz one. Google it.

3.  Just for kicks, let’s say you win your $70,000 tuition back from Monroe College. If you do get a job at any point in the future, aren’t you then obligated to repay the money? It seems only fair. If the main factor in determining whether your $70,000 was well spent on your education is whether or not you are suitably employed, then fine. You take the $70,000 back until you get a job, and then you pay it back. Of course, this is ridiculous.

4.  And anywayz, who’s going to want to hire you now that you’ve exposed yourself as a litigious, whiny, unrealistic, and generally annoying doofus?  You have student debt? Join the club. You’re having trouble making ends meet? Gee, nobody else has that problem EVER. Ms. Thompson’s mother is quoted in the article as saying, “This is not the way we want to live our life… This is not what we planned.” Well to that I say: Get in line, and good luck finding the back of it. I think it curves around the globe a few times.

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On a side note, the other night Ninja Kid and I went out to dinner with my mom (code name: Meemosa) and her husband (Mr. Meemosa?). In the span of about ten minutes I told a blatantly obvious lie and also did a bang-up job of pretending to like an entire family whom I really detest despise loathe don’t enjoy. Meemosa’s husband told me he thought I’d make a great lawyer. Is that a compliment?