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Intelligent-Hunt7557 t1_izdb0cg wrote

Reply to comment by 1eyedsniper in UVM Students Charged for 'Extreme' Dorm Damages by Hazmat1575

It’s not necessarily worded well, but it’s all the student residents who split the costs, so no proof each/any individual student did the damage. My guess is that they mean to encourage group responsibility. If you’re that teacher that says the entire class must serve detention for the actions of a few, maybe it pays to make it reduced…

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justreadthearticle t1_ize40yz wrote

It seems like there were a bunch of different incidents. In certain incidents they found out who did it and only charged the students for 1/3 of the damages. In other incidents they didn't know who did it so they spread the charges out among the students. The question is, in the incidents where they know who did it, why didn't UVM charge them for the entire cost of the repairs.

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Mr-Bovine_Joni t1_izedx6c wrote

The cost per student was about $4 in the case that it was spread around. I get that it’s annoying for everyone to share it, but probably not worth fighting too hard.

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5teerPike t1_izewd59 wrote

It's the principle of footing the bill for someone else's damage

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deadowl t1_izmqtbs wrote

When I was in college, I got a bill for well over $100 for shit I slept through and wasn't witness to. Following semester the other people named someone who had rich parents and had already left the university--didn't reverse the bill.

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5teerPike t1_izew80d wrote

Or now you'll have innocent people resenting the administration for punishing them for something they didn't do.

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