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NYU Professor Fired for Giving James Franco a 'D'?

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    Lawsuit claims teacher was booted after bad grade caused drama with actor

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New York university and NYU professor is now suing the school to get his job back.

That professor says he was -- and for giving an award winning actor who was also his student a the actor the -- the Golden Globe winner James Franco.

The teacher says James Franco blew off twelve of fourteen classes while pursuing a masters in fine arts.

And earlier this year -- unity then why you posted a photo on -- of James Franco.

That's the slate.

Mouth open during a lecture.

Some background now about James Franco according to the Internet Movie Database.

Prime DV.

Franco acted in about 69 movies and TV shows including the Spiderman trilogy.

127 hours and Eat Pray Love -- that Julia Roberts.

He -- to the 83 Academy Awards for the actors and Hathaway.

A spokesman for the NYU calls the lawsuit ridiculous.

To the professors lawsuit now to lawyers are back Arthur right dollar Zandi rather.

I don't.

Twelve of fourteen.

What that's about -- Mark -- that's about 14% of the time he attended -- he -- and the one time he was there.

It was mostly one of the two time so was it like eat pray sleep I mean come on there wasn't James Franco and it was Randy zealot what do you think Wendy's -- -- would be.

I say to mr.

Frankel look at yourself in the mirror.

What did you really deserved the minutes out of a job because of this I think getting yanked -- -- card because she got a -- Back first of -- he's he's going to get his masters in fine arts and it's not that he wasn't people that you we just -- there from the class of the ball and -- what -- to -- thank you there.

Shepherd I cannot believe that NYU is gonna walk into a courtroom and yes we fives -- for giving this guy -- My guess is they're gonna have a laundry list of things that the professor did wrong.

The policies he didn't follow having nothing to do -- James you know last I checked.

The teacher told you demand -- -- cuts you can have and some teachers will say you're have to come to class just have to do the work James Franco says -- -- the work.

-- -- That's why this doesn't make sense to -- what makes sense to me is that the school had.

A lot of different gripes -- just -- very particular professor and just a coincidence he gave -- would be out of the NYU gives a real.

A lot careful right I don't think they -- lots about James Franco and what his.

-- somebody smarter than I -- -- if it walks like a doctor if it talks like it not.

It's a duck back what it out quacks like -- -- what an amazing -- -- -- -- police he'd be coincidence.

That here we are here's a guy.

No problems no wish you suddenly gives -- -- All right he's going to.

We'll follow what people what you pay go to NYU -- outage has everybody has an arm and a pretty -- -- and.

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