While this does seem like a rich daddy's girl given every opportunity for free, I don't think any student should be failed because their...    behavior in class was not acceptable for someone seeking a master’s degree in counseling. On at least one occasion, they said, she used profanity in class. Another time, she broke down crying.    In most cases anyways. if I had been paying 10's of thousands of dollars a year myself just to go to such a university (yes, I know she didn't but the point still stands), profanity should not affect that unless it is used aggressively. Doing it because of breaking down and crying would also be an overstep on their part.     My 'behavior', unless extreme, should NOT affect my grades of work I've done, and it does seem like this teacher graded her more on her behavior than on her knowledge of the material, which is counter productive to a free society and freedom of expression AND higher learning. I know many people who act professional while on the job, but are completely different when it's on their own time.     This hits home for me, because many years ago I was screwed by a college, albeit in a different way. They tacked on costs after I had already signed up and had been going to classes, costing me thousands more than I had planned and discussed with the college. I was forced to drop out because I could not continue to go there if I didn't have the money. Then they screwed me even further by me still owing that money due to a little obscure fine print in the contract. I wasn't even going there for more than a month.     So here I was, unable to stay in that college because they were going to kick me out for not paying the extra, and still owing the money even after the fact. It was a lose lose. I couldn't stay and just owe the money, oh no. Their minimum payment they would accept was $500 a month, something that was pretty unreasonable at a college students age with no family support net. Also keep in mind I didn't live on campus nor get any student aid spending money. I was on my own, paying my own bills, my own vehicle, my own place, etc. I had no one to co-sign loans for me either.    I probably had a legal case against them, but the cost of fighting it would have been too expensive for me to afford. I also later found out I was just one of hundreds of people they did this to that year alone. They essentially get your money without having to provide a service at all. A term I like to call shadow students.     What I'm getting at, is cases like these need to be made against universities, because for too long they haven't been culpable for their actions which dramatically effect peoples lives. There needs to be precedents like these set, even if frivolously, to force universities to take more responsibility for their actions and keep them from taking advantage of students.    A university is not just a business, it's a stepping stone to a prosperous future. When universities pervert their purpose for their own gain or their own petty notions, they can do great harm to the future of students.    I'm not rooting for this girl to win, but even the awareness such precedences bring is enough to make them worthwhile and can be a stepping stone to affect a positive change.