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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Undue Stress

From the Complete Fanny Files, I give you this:
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - 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 counsellor job last June, but honours 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."

Larson and his father sued in Milwaukee County Circuit Court seeking the end of summer homework across the state. They argue that homework shouldn't be required after the 180-day school year is over.
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Undue stress? Pardon me if I don't get it here but which of this clot's fundamental rights was violated? I don't recall being bummed out as legitimate grounds for a law suit. God forbid this kid be forced to work a couple math problems over the summer, as I can only imagine how taxing random summer prepatory work PRE-calculus can be. It seems to me that a bloke enrolled in pre-calculus is on a college-prep course, and, as such, is preparing himself for a life of hard work, sacrifice, and a helluva lot more calculus problmes. I guess being forced to pull out the Ti-89 2 times a week in exchange for missing the Kum-bay-ya and s'mores at the fantasy camp was too much a sacrifice for Young Larson. Very impressive.

After this bullshit claim is dismissed, someone should sue his parents.. And it shouldn't only be this poor educational institution that has had the misfortune of trying to educate this boob with voluntary honors classes but the town as well, simply for the fact that Ma and Pa Larson produced a whining, arse-faced bugger that has done nothing but shame them in the act of wasting everyone's time.


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