Breaking ITT

[kayot]

Plan B- I feel it is necessary to form a Plan B in case the Lawsuit fails all or some of us.

Plan:
If "ITT doesn't cave to our demands, and some how pulls a victory in court." Then
Lets assume each student pays 40k$

For each future student removed thats 40k$

Heres what we (or I) can do. Go to the local high school and post anti-Itt information. Talk with the counselor and convince them that ITT is a scam and to not recommend it to any one. In fact, have them tell students that going there isn't a good choice. Every where there is a bullition board, post anti-itt. Polls, shopping centers, and every where else. In all of your sigs on all of your forums. Leave no white space unspoiled.

If we can stop 10 people, ITT looses 400,000$. If we stop 100 people ITT looses 4,000,000$. In the end, we will make it cost a whole lot more to defeat us than to simply give in at the start. ITT's victory will be hollow.

[Monkeymook]

Excellent idea. I have been a long time supporter and poster of propaganda material, so I favor for. Many people at my campus are also simply dropping out and wiping ITT from their experience, since many companies merely laugh at the place.

[kayot]

From a technical standpoint, it's not propaganda as it's true.

[sevenalive]

Grab and print the flyer i provided in the "Spread the word Campaign" thread. Print a whole, bunch of them. Post them in the breakroom, on tables, on ppl's car windshields!!!

[Monkeymook]

From a technical standpoint, it's not propaganda as it's true.

Although that should be the case, it is only propaganda to the people opposed to it, whether the material is fighting for a good cause or not. But we'll save that for another time!

[sevenalive]

LOL @ your sig monkey. Ya those shirts were cheap crap, i wore it once and burned it in disgrace.

I went to ITT Tech and all i got was a $40,000 book collection.

[Monkeymook]

You should add that as a choice for an ITT opinion!

[sevenalive]

Well i could change it from a list of funny opinions and just make it a text field.
But i love my list, i think they r quite good.

[Monkeymook]

Maybe...It's good as is, but maybe it could be changed in the future...

[sevenalive]

I wish there was a way there can be a list or you can choose custom custom, ill look into it, ill probably need to mod the board again, but i like doing that. This board has about 20-30 mods on it.

[Hatuey10]

When I first sign with ITT, they gave me a T-Shirt. I only wore it once and rip it off just like Hulk Hogan would do!!

[MSTie1]

Ha, at least you got a t-shirt to tear up....I got a friggin pen when I did How can you dramatically rip apart a pen?

[MBAsmart]

While I think your posting idea is a good alternative I have to say it could also backfire on you. I say this because it could be turned in to libel, slander, or defamation with the action that you are proposing. I had a similar incident with a car dealership. I had been wronged by them and wanted to let the rest of the public know what happened and almost ended up being sued in return for my approach because of defamation. One false statement on any of the documents that you put out or misleading information that causes an economic impact against them will definately not win your case. While I have my own likes and dislikes about classes and instructors, it isn't all freedom of speech. While I believe that each student has their own truth about what happened in a class and how bad the school may have been for them, there is also a larger number of students that the school has helped to start a new career. I already have a degree from a university that didn't do anything for me, so I can't say they were any better. But I can say that people at those schools had similar issues with what they believed they were told whether it was right or not. I would say that the best thing you could really do is see too it that the individuals at the school that you attended are brought to light. You would have a better chance of proving that then some of the other issues I have seen posted around these forums. And you wouldn't be setting yourself up for the libel/slander/defamation direction in return.

[sevenalive]

Well i think that law is a bunch of BS and contradicts with the first admendment, although there is no freedom of speech. Ya you got the right to say what you want, but that doesn't protect you from anything, especially any consequences.

From Wikipedia

in law, defamation (also called vilification, slander, and libel) is the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressively stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image. Slander refers to a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report, while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images. Most jurisdictions allow legal actions, civil and/or criminal, to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism. Related to defamation is public disclosure of private facts which arises where one person reveals information which is not of public concern, and the release of which would offend a reasonable person.[1] "Unlike libel or slander, truth is not a defence for invasion of privacy."[2]

Well honestly we aren't spewing bullshit and we got plenty of articles on the site to help back it up, also it's not one person, its many persons, and if many persons agree on an issue. Honestly they already got 40K from us, it would cost them a lot more to do any action. They might as well try to bribe me with 500K to shutdown the site, they already lost 6x40,000 to 6x80,000 because of this site. They can't afford bad pr, hmm wouldn't that be great, they write checks to all of us lol, but that will never happen.

[MBAsmart]

I have to admit that I like your perspective. But do you really believe that you are making that big of an impact. Perhaps given enough time you may and I certainly hope that at the least you get what you are seeking. But last I checked there some somewhere around 90 to 100 campus coast to coast. If they even averaged 300 students at each campus losing 6 won't be that significant.

I have been reading some of the articles and I must say that I am certainly glad that I did not attend those specific campuses as some of that certainly doesn't sound very good. But it doesn't sound any different then any other university really. I had an alegbra teacher at UNM pass the entire class because it was her last semester there. I ended up with a C in that course when I should have failed. So just because it is a different school doesn't change the fact that things don't go as planned. Nor do the people teaching always have the best interests for the students in their classes. As for not spewing bullshit and plenty of articles - well I have seen some bs on this site and some of the articles really aren't proof that something isn't right. I have seen many valid points though and I look forward to hearing good news on your CAL - that is truly a big undertaking. But thinking the law is a bunch of BS isn't going to change the verdict of a judge or the desire of a lawyer to represent a case.