Having Your Cake And Eatin' it Too

It seems that an aspiring rocket scientist in Wisconsin has a problem with being assigned homework over summer break.

“MILWAUKEE — A student whose vacation plans were spoiled has sued to end summer homework in Wisconsin, claiming it creates an unfair workload and unnecessary stress”.

“Peer Larson, 17, had lined up a dream camp counselor job last June, but honors pre-calculus homework turned his summer into a headache.”

"It didn't completely ruin my summer, but it did give me a lot of undue stress both at home and at work," the high school junior said Thursday. "I just didn't have the energy or the time for it."

So help me see if I have this story straight.

This guy has attained the ripe old of age of 17. He’s going to a watered down, politically correct, metal detector equipped government school to get a so-called “education.” He is apparently smart enough to be allowed to enroll in “honors pre-calculus.”

After Mr. Larson is forced to burn the midnight oil solving a few math problems in between summer camp panty raids and singing “Kumbaya” by the campfire, he decides to file a lawsuit to change the curriculum so that future students won’t be forced to endure the mental anguish of choosing between studying Calculus and playing video games or running around spending their hard earned summer job cash.

Is that the way you see the situation?

Well then, let me ask you this…

Why the heck does Peer (I bet that being tagged with the name “Peer” represents a ticket to a lifetime of rhyming taunts in school) think that the administration might have chosen to include the word “HONORS” in the course title. Might not it involve an effort to identify a class that includes advanced subject matter and extra coursework?

If “Peer” didn’t want to do homework over his beloved summer break, why didn’t he elect to take “CALCULUS FOR DUMBASSES,” Abacus 101, or maybe “counting past ten with your shoes on?” Unless the “honors pre-calculus” class has just been added to the curriculum, I’m sure that the teenaged rumor mill had previously documented the requirement for summer homework.

And the most damning thing about this story is that Peer’s father is helping him pursue the lawsuit and is acting as the attorney.

It would seem that stupidity runs deep in the Larson family tree.