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Friday, September 30, 2011

Maybe teach the other kids to stop him? .

Be All You Can Be
Unless it makes others feel inadequate


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The kid's just too 'talented'
Youngster "Scores at will"

Because 11 years old Demias Jimerson  is so good at football ("runs circles around the other kids on the field"), principal Terri Bryant has decided he’s not allowed to score more than three touchdowns, provided his team has at least a 14-point lead. [Full]
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8 comments:

  1. Squeak9/30/11, 9:08 AM

    I'm betting that the principal was a band member and on the chess team, oftion the one with a wedge..

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  2. Anonymous9/30/11, 10:16 AM

    I can't *make* you feel anything.

    ...otherwise I'd make you feel ashamed of that stupid decision.

    [see also and again: Ayn Rand]

    e~C

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  3. Kristophr9/30/11, 11:05 AM

    They tried this crap with a kids soccer league in the Portland area ... if a team got too high of a score, the automatically lost.

    The day after this stupid little rule, the coach of the most competitive team in the league had his kids deliberately score enough own goals to make the other side get a score of 5 to 0, and therefore lose under the new rule.

    That rule was rescinded the next day.

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  4. Ten Mile Island9/30/11, 11:14 AM

    Kristopher--

    Brilliant example of unintended consequences. And crony capitalism.

    It's a win-win!
    .

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  5. JMcD9/30/11, 12:39 PM

    Now lemme see...... Would that be an "Educatore" or an "Educatorn"?

    WV: drodo....drodo?...that's NOT how you spell dodo

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  6. pdwalker9/30/11, 1:13 PM

    Welcome to the world of Harrison Bergeron

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  7. Squeak9/30/11, 5:04 PM

    Eee read it this time Terri not Terry She obviously did not grow up with older and younger brothers, I do not like sports but I understand them and it is more about the competition that drives people to be there best. If she ever complains about girlymen someone should slap her.usierisc

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  8. Cheesy10/1/11, 9:24 AM

    pdwalker, I recently encouraged all my facebook friends to read HB. An object lesson if ever I saw one.

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