I was thinking of having my children classically trained on the piano. I remember back when I was in college the kids who could accompany the other music students made a ton of money on the side. A lot of the piano majors were paying for school that way. Then I read this article by Paula Reed Ward in the Post-Gazette.com about a high school kid who won $90,000 by suing his school district.
Anthony Latour writes and records his own rap records. In April of 2005, while he was still in middle school, he was arrested at school and taken away in handcuffs. They expelled the boy due to complaints from the parents of other students who saw his lyrics online and found them threatening.
A lawsuit was filed on his behalf by the ACLU. Latour's attorney, Francis Moore, says that if Anthony had lived in a more urban area this would have never even been an issue. $25,000 will be put into an account that Anthony Latour will not have access to until he turns 18. Moore says that he hopes the high schooler decides to use the money from the settlement for college.
Instead of those piano lessons I am just going to by the kids some nice Eminem cds. Hell, the entire Snoop Dogg catalogue, a nice drum machine and a mixing board has got to be cheaper than four years even at a state college, right?
