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May 17, 2005
It's a strange world
It seems to me that one of the trappings of modern society is that there are so many rules that are designed to prevent one thing, but end up creating other ridiculous problems instead. Combined with what I think is the asinine mindset of "rules are rules," we get stories like this one:
Scherr was referring to a requirement that the school’s valedictorian be enrolled in classes by the 20th day of their junior year.
It’s a rule aimed at keeping students from other schools from transferring into Kingwood late in their high school careers to claim one of the coveted top 10 academic spots.
Scherr’s been in the Kingwood school system since kindergarten. But she wasn’t enrolled in her high school on that 20th day of her junior year.
Instead, she was in a treatment facility seeking help for the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa.
“I was sick. That’s part of the disorder,” said Scherr. “It’s a mental disease.”
All I can really say is that I am so lucky that I am not going to elementary school at this time. I would be in jail or an institution or something. Then, when I got out of jail, I'd be sent back to first grade because my incarceration kept me from meeting No Child Left Behind requirements. Then I'd get depressed and make a snarky comment about introducing the principal to my little friend, and then the whole process would start over. Damn fools, they are. Damn fools.
Posted by oz115 at May 17, 2005 01:06 PM