e premte, 15 qershor 2007

Hey Kid, You Suck.


Poor little Matt Porter. He was such a little brat in class that his teachers singled him out and awarded him the "Most Likely Not To Have Children" and "Sir Clowns-a-Lot" awards according to NBC10.com.

His parents are angry too. They “have asked the Decatur Township school system to reprimand the teachers, and they want an apology.” Apparently “Matt felt humiliated.”

Let’s be clear, if I had behaved so badly in school that my teacher had singled me out for anything, I would have been spanked so bad that I wouldn’t have been able to sit in my desk the next day due to my sore ass.

You take away all disciplinary measures that teachers have from paddling to standing in the corner to detention and then you let the spoiled little kids run the roost. That’s brilliant.

Matt’s parents should be humiliated; humiliated that teachers had to do their job for them.

And if Matt thinks that this is humiliating, wait until he discovers what happens in the real world to ignorant people who don’t learn in school because they act like jack-asses and don’t learn anything.

Apparently, Matt’s parents think that Matt “needs counseling because of the awards”.
That sounds like a great way to teach this kid absolutely nothing about personal responsibility or respect for authority figures.

I’m not advocating that children should be ritually humiliated, but let’s be honest, humiliating experiences teach us a lot. Some of my biggest learning experiences stemmed form humility. And, Matt's experience wasn’t that bad. And if it was, maybe he should behave in class so it won’t happen again instead of having parents and principals tell him that he is owed an apology.

Matt, with the grand wisdom that only a sixth grader can possess, opined “They (were) putting us down and everything," he said. "That is not what their job is for, to put kids down. They are supposed to teach us." Well said, Matt. But respect is a two way street and it’s your job to be a good student.

Now sit down and shut up before I award you the “Sir Pisses-Me-Off-a-Lot By Being a Wuss” award.