Kid Suspended for Refusing to Answer Exam Question

This is a result of sheltered parenting. His mother needs to let him go scrape his knee every once in a while and let him play with other kids and have a sense of humor. He’s never going to be able to enjoy himself in life if she keeps covering his eyes and ears. His story probably would have made everyone laugh and got him a good result. He’s literally going to be a 40-year-old virgin with all the ‘respect’ he shows. What a tease to all the hot emo chicks that start catching onto him in middle school and high school.

How ya doing, buddy?

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Tyler, who's 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and weighs 70 pounds (32 kilograms), hasn't been the same since, his mother says.

Clearly a dramatization. I don't think size and weight has any bearing on what would have been his score.

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"He liked the principal before this,'' she says. ``He cried. He didn't understand why she'd done this to him.''

But then again, kids his age, size and weight have a tendency to cry when they're embarrassed, confused, upset or hungry. Another dramatization. Though I admit, insisting that an entire school's rating was on his shoulders was a bit much. That would've made me hungry enough to cry any day.

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Now, Tyler blows up at the drop of a hat, his mother says. ``They created a monster. He'll never take that test again, even if I have to take him to another state,'' she says.

No. He blows up because he's embarrassed. He's embarrassed because now he can't be a normal kid because his mom's a psycho bitch who thinks she's going to get rich by suing an already deprived Board of Education. He won't take the test no matter what state he's in? Good thing the state of National Security isn't riding on this.

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Tyler's attitude about school changed. He became shyer. He's afraid of all tests and doesn't do as well in classes anymore, his mother says.

So does every kid's attitude toward school, eventually. He's just an early bloomer. Shyer? He shouldn't be talking to girls yet anyway. Afraid of all tests? Yes, because he's afraid that Global Warming and Arctic Drafts will somehow ensue if he leaves a creative question unanswered. That much I don't blame anyone for. Doesn't do well in classes anymore? Because now he doesn't think he should have to do anything because his mother won't stop making out with his boo boo.

I think it's just too dramatic of a scene to be taken seriously. Mothers against WASL? How about 'Board of Education Against Intellectually Deficient Children'? It's not like they're being shipped off to sweat shops if they fail.

There's nowhere I can't reach.