I was sitting on the throne today at work, and I came across a letter in the OpEd section from a woman who objected to students @ Dunlap being rewarded for doing well on a test, while students that scored below a certain level didn’t get to go. She felt that these students were being punished when they were “trying just as hard.”

Are you fucking kidding me? This is the exact reason why we have millions of shithead spoiled pricks running around between the ages of 15 and 40. People that say things like, “I quit my job because my boss was always telling me what to do,” and “I’m not working for minimum wage when I can pop 3 kids and make more money off of welfare.”

Let me tell you something, lady. Standardized tests in high school are not that hard. I don’t count the SAT or ACT in this group, as they are optional. If your child a.)Attends school regularly, b.) Does not use massive amounts of narcotics, and c.) Can spell their own name, they should be able to pass the test. Now, I’m not familiar with the standards that students are asked to meet in order to go on the Six Flags trip, but IMHO, it doesn’t matter. Since when is it wrong to reward students for performing at a higher level than their peers? When they get to the real world, do the lower scoring students expect a raise at their job because they “tried their hardest”? God, I hope not. If you try and don’t perform, you probably need to find another line of work. You can’t expect the employer to drop their standards to let the runt catch up.

Why are people so damn thin-skinned and sensitive anymore? These parents are so worried about their kids’ feelings getting hurt, they’re willing to risk their ability to survive in the real world for it? Does that strike anyone else as fucked up?

Pistons just won, they’re moving on to the Conference Finals. Wee.