Thursday, June 29, 2006

I love stories like this, LXIII

Can you imagine suing the school district over homework? It happened in The Peoples' Republic of Madison, WI. Thankfully both courts that have heard the case have thrown it out:

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a father and son who said students shouldn't be required to do homework over the summer.

The kid was in an honors math class which gives extra credit as it is. The appeals court said:
"The Larsons have utterly failed to present an arguable legal basis showing why their case should not have been dismissed,'' the appeals court said. "Summer homework - particularly for an honors class for which students receive additional credit - fits comfortably within the range of what is reasonable.''

Gad! Some people! You'd think that an honors math student would want to study more calculus! I know I would!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was extra credit, right? Not required?

Required, I'd agree with them. Extra credit?

They must have too much money. They can see some to me, care of Rabbit at ... ;)

Steve Erbach said...

Rabbit,

Your mistress has been entirely too serious of late! Glad to see you sniffing about.

It wasn't extra credit so much as an honors course in which the students are, apparently, expected to go above and beyond normal work requirements. I shed few – that is to say, no – tears for this young fellow or his parental unit. Sheesh!

Steve Erbach
The Town Crank

Anonymous said...

Susan cracks a mean whip of late... that's true. Life was so much more fun when she didn't have a clue. :)

Now, about that money...

Steve Erbach said...

Rabbit,

Tryin' to get to their money through me, eh? Won't work. I am a knight sans peur et sans reproche. Put that in your tossed salad and nibble it!

Steve Erbach
The Town Crank