But all of life is about dumb rules drawn up by somebody else. Learning that at 17 is better than learning it at 45. Her mom didn't do her any favors. You do what you're suppose to do to "make the grade". Learning that is more valuable than AP Biology.
Spoken like a good postal employee....
"But all of life is about dumb rules drawn up by somebody else. Learning that at 17 is better than learning it at 45. Her mom didn't do her any favors. You do what you're suppose to do to "make the grade". Learning that is more valuable than AP Biology."
Wow. Your life must suck.
"You do what you're suppose to do to "make the grade". Learning that is more valuable than AP Biology."
Personally I think a little "questioning authority" can be a good thing. I speak from experience -- my daughter was in a similar situation when she had to withdraw from P.E. due to an unexpected need for jaw surgery, thereby not only losing almost a quarter of P.E. time she'd already put in (the school refused to give her any credit and wouldn't work out an alternative she could do, like a walking program), but the H.S. wanted her to skip an AP college track class later on to make up the P.E. Suffice it to say, sometimes the bureaucratic intransigence can be very frustrating and needs shaking up. In our case, we finally "negotiated" a "settlement" whereby they granted her the disposition to take an extra period for a semester so she could take both the P.E. and the AP class (it was like pulling teeth to get them to agree).
In this case, it sounds like the student decided that what she would learn in the AP Biology class was more valuable to her, and to her prospective colleges, than a semester of P.E. Yes, learning to "play the game" is important -- we've all done that at times in our lives, I'm sure -- but so is learning to weigh one's options, think critically, and evaluate a course of action that will provide the best life experience, even if it's "outside the box" and goes against the bureaucratic "rules."
I was wrong, deacon. You aren't a sheep, you're a fool.
Well said.
Only if you plan to ship out on the 'B' Ark
I'm awful glad that American entrepreneurs don't have that attitude, or the American Dream would be dead. This girl knows that AP courses prepare her for a real future much more than a trumped up PE course, especially when she is a 3 sport varsity athlete. This is another case of little men given a little power becoming a bit too sure of their own rightness. Follow the rules to the letter, or blaze the trail...to each his own.