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I'm pretty sure you guys are gonna disapprove. I feel nothing but Evil Glee reading this story. via joannejacobs via Dr. Helen:
Schoolboy's bias suit: Argues system is favoring girls
revenge of thenerds real men
oh, yeah been there, done that In Social Studies, Christopher is graded on.....what do they call it? Something about 'artistic quality.' He's graded on the artistic quality of his covers on reports. Christopher can't draw. He's never been taught to draw. So he can't draw. Also, his fine motor stinks. But he gets graded, in social studies, on drawings he's required to do for report covers. For this last assignment the teacher told them it was OK to trace something from the internet. That sounds fair, right? Well, guess what. Tracing is harder than it sounds. (I happen to know.) Fortunately, I was prepared. I was prepared because, in some other Hypomanic Phase of my life, I just so happen to have purchased a light box for the Specific Purpose of Tracing Stuff from the Internet. (Question: Why would I do that? Answer: I forget.*) I dug it out, set it up, and Christopher traced stuff from the Internet, then colored it in. It still looked like hell. I say that deserves a lawsuit.
UPDATE 9-22-2006: No it doesn't. Miss Tucci was Christopher's social studies teacher for the year, and she was a doll. Just a lovely person, devoted to her subject matter, and kind to the children as well, albeit a little over the top with the drawing/tracing/artistic quality angle. Christopher learned a lot in her class and, if she teaches 8th grade social studies, I hope he has her again.
ok, ok, you're right I'm sure a bias-against-boys lawsuit is a bad idea. I'm sure a bias-against-boys lawsuit will have a gazillion unintended consequences, each one of which would directly impair & impede my OWN personal existence. I'm sure I'll rue the day. I don't care. This is PAYBACK. I like payback. Because I'm ruthless.
Doug Anglin, the h.s. boy bringing suit (I think the student council president likes him)
Here's a picture of my light box.
It works great if you've got some fine motor coordination.
* It may have been some scheme to create original, indivualized PECS cards for Andrew.
-- CatherineJohnson - 27 Jan 2006 Back to: Main Page.
I'm pretty sure you guys are gonna disapprove. I feel nothing but Evil Glee reading this story. via joannejacobs via Dr. Helen:
Schoolboy's bias suit: Argues system is favoring girls
revenge of the
Anglin's complaint has set off a buzz among the 1,000 students at the school. Little, the student body president, said she disagrees with students who think Anglin is chauvinistic. Of the 22 students in her honors Spanish class, only one is a boy, said Little, a senior. She also said that teachers rarely ask her for a hall pass if she is not in class, while they routinely question boys walking behind her. As for assignments, she said, one teacher expects students to type up class notes and decorate their notebooks with glitter and feathers. ''You can't expect a boy to buy pink paper and frills to decorate their notebooks," Little said.
oh, yeah been there, done that In Social Studies, Christopher is graded on.....what do they call it? Something about 'artistic quality.' He's graded on the artistic quality of his covers on reports. Christopher can't draw. He's never been taught to draw. So he can't draw. Also, his fine motor stinks. But he gets graded, in social studies, on drawings he's required to do for report covers. For this last assignment the teacher told them it was OK to trace something from the internet. That sounds fair, right? Well, guess what. Tracing is harder than it sounds. (I happen to know.) Fortunately, I was prepared. I was prepared because, in some other Hypomanic Phase of my life, I just so happen to have purchased a light box for the Specific Purpose of Tracing Stuff from the Internet. (Question: Why would I do that? Answer: I forget.*) I dug it out, set it up, and Christopher traced stuff from the Internet, then colored it in. It still looked like hell. I say that deserves a lawsuit.
UPDATE 9-22-2006: No it doesn't. Miss Tucci was Christopher's social studies teacher for the year, and she was a doll. Just a lovely person, devoted to her subject matter, and kind to the children as well, albeit a little over the top with the drawing/tracing/artistic quality angle. Christopher learned a lot in her class and, if she teaches 8th grade social studies, I hope he has her again.
ok, ok, you're right I'm sure a bias-against-boys lawsuit is a bad idea. I'm sure a bias-against-boys lawsuit will have a gazillion unintended consequences, each one of which would directly impair & impede my OWN personal existence. I'm sure I'll rue the day. I don't care. This is PAYBACK. I like payback. Because I'm ruthless.
Doug Anglin, the h.s. boy bringing suit (I think the student council president likes him)
Here's a picture of my light box.
It works great if you've got some fine motor coordination.
* It may have been some scheme to create original, indivualized PECS cards for Andrew.
-- CatherineJohnson - 27 Jan 2006 Back to: Main Page.