NY insanity continues...

[Nomad.2nd]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/2...de-to-let-others-win-reading/?intcmp=trending

 

[JBP55]

I Concur.

 

[CEHollier]

*Other kids quit because they can’t keep up,* Gandron said.

There have been times other people being ahead of me in contests spurred me on to beat them. And frequently I did. We have become a nation of lazy, spoiled, pussified whiners who want the prize. But are too lazy to give 110% to get it. Kinda like the presidents Nobel Prize.

 

[nola_]

Maybe the librarian isn't happy there aren't more prizes for "pet rock creations."

edit: best rock people creations

 

[CEHollier]

On the other hand at 51 I would love to be a professional foot ball player. If they would let me try out I think I would be both age and racially discriminated against. Maybe they could give me a three second handicap after the ball is hiked. Around 3 Million per season sounds like a fair salary to me. Let's not forget endorsements. I could be the poster child for Icy Hot rub. Or maybe Brett Favre already has that gig.

 

[JWG223]

I think the librarian is right.

Is there a lawyer here who will (donate of course!) some time to help me draft cease and decist letters to the following?

Bill Gates
Bob Vogel
Jerry Miculek
Randy Pobst
Ron Jeremy (no, I might be serious about this one...he needs to throw in the towel)
Brad Pitt
Anyone Else Who Does Something Better Than Me?

It's bad for my feel-good, and that's no-good.

 

[Jack]

All that stupid from someone in charge of a place of learning. Sad.

 

[1911Dave]

So sad but not surprising with the direction our public systems are taking. Everyone needs to be a winner and competition is bad. Award the slackers and punish the ones that try the hardest.

 

[Leonidas]

His Majesty did say that he is "uncomfortable with the concept of victory."

 

[4sooth]

This is more of that "equal outcomes for all" crap!. I worked with the local boys club in the early eighties. The director was one of thee "types". He went so far as to take players from one flag football team and put them on another so that all the teams would be "fair" and "equal". He was very frustrated when, in spite of his maneuverings, one or two teams established themselves as superior. He even tried to develop a scoring method which would reward the team which did not score so that they would not feel inferior. A nutcase for sure.

 

[trout25red]

He should agree to step aside from the competition if they would rename it the "Tyler Weaver is the best reader, we made him quit, see if you can compete with the other losers" Summer Reading Competition.

 

[JadeRaven]

Just give some second place prizes.

Or the top three are all winners, or some other solution.

Library director is a wimp.