Good Hates Iowa

Iowa Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to uphold gay marriage in Iowa.

Iowa Goes Rainbow

Que in Fred Phelp's reaction, it will be coming in a few days, if it hasn't already. As you can see by the title of my post, I already predicted exactly what he'll say.

The thing of it all is that I cannot think of anything outside of Biblical verses as to why I should be against this. Gay marriage does not affect me, nor does it hurt me, nor does it affect or hurt anyone else. Children growing up in gay households won't 'catch the gay' from gay parents. Provided that a gay couple can raise a kid in a loving and caring manner, I don't see how sexual preference will affect the kids.

So I don't see why I should deny the right of being in love to gay people.

In other news, 70% is too hard for students to achieve in school.

70% Is Too Hard For Precious Snowflake Students

Three parents Pennsylvania complained that the eligibility requirements for staying on an extra-curricular activity is too tough. The standards are being raised to a shocking 70% (C average).

Apparently, getting a C is too hard to achieve.

"It's overzealous that (students) have to carry very high scores through every class," said parent Wayne Zimmerman of Yorkana.

A C is considered a "very high score."

Give me a break.

Is it too much to ask for parents to encourage their students to do the work in school? Honestly, school wasn't hard. I took maybe an hour or two every day to do homework and I did fine, mostly B's with a few A's and C's (An F was a 65.)

A C average is not a difficult achievement and I don't think it is overburdening a student to expect him to maintain a low grade such as a C.

Zimmerman also said that students may quit co-curricular activities in order to focus on their studies, as his daughter did.

Guess what pal, the purpose of school is to educate. Co-curricular activities are not as important as the actual classes being taught. The education is far more important than the other activities that schools offer and it actually frightens me that some parents don't understand this. The focus at school should be on grades, not footballs and dance recitals.

And people wonder why Europeans and Asians laugh at the American education system. We should not be coddling precious snowflake children, we should be encouraging them to learn. Standards need to be high so we have intelligent people entering our societies.

Hell, colleges lately have to dumb down entry-level classes for students who don't grasp things that should be taught in high school, like algebra and basic English composition. It's shocking.

My high school required two algebra courses and a geometry course as a minimum for mathematics. I went up to Pre-Calculus and was glad I did when I hit college because I was ready for College Algebra and Introduction to Calculus.

Schools need to have at least a passing average standard or our system will fail.

Obviously, this all has to be done with special ed in consideration, but honestly, if you think 70% is too hard to achieve, you aren't even trying.

Finally, I think this is relevant: George Carlin on Children:

Child Worship

J Kuhl Signing Off