Recently, I met with the parents of a Bios student who through a series of assumptions and mistakes on the school's part had caused a normally straight A student to receive a failing grade on a test. As a school we quickly changed the situation and the future circumstances so the incident did not occur again and the student's educational goals would be stronger than ever.
But at the end of the meeting, the father explained that he had already told his child that the grade would stay. And for no other reason than life was unfair. The father went on to explain how he gave examples from his job on how there was always going to be unfairness in the world. His child just had to let it slide and move on.
After listening to the father's story, I explained to him that I understood that life could be unfair, but part of our job at Bios was to provide a fair treatment for each student. Life could be unfair but we are to be diligent in making it fair here. With that said, the failing grade which was a result of the schools decisions was dropped, and the student began fresh with the new goals.
Life is not fair, but at Bios we strive to do better at life.
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