Sunday, January 20, 2008

Achievement Based Nazis

This is an umbrella category for Yuppie Parents, Sports Parents, and the overzealous PTA presidents who are usually stay-at-home moms who have given up a career and now feel they must justify their existence. It also includes Dads with small penis issues.

These parents are the ones purchasing Baby Einstein products and begin the brain washing while they're still pregnant so their child can have a high 'score' on whatever paper-based test that will ever be issued. Everybody knows how smart Einstein was, right? He's marked as one of the most intelligent people in history, right?

I've got news for you. Einstein had a severe learning disorder (dyslexia) and did not learn to read until he was a LOT older than his peers. He did not grasp math until adulthood. Yet, this same person came up with the theory of relativity. So much for "test" scores. He would have been labeled as an unteachable idiot by the modern educational system.

Same goes for Thomas Edison, you know.... the man who invented the light bulb plus numerous other technologies? A teacher told his mother that we was retarded and should give up any hope of ever amounting to anything. He was also dyslexic.

So, all of you achievement based nazi's out there should just lighten up. Your obsession with "tests" and "scores" and "grades" only measures your own insecurity. Baby Einstein products are a starkly ironic contrast to how the real Einstein lived.

2 comments:

CG said...

I never thought about the irpny in that...you're right.

Anonymous said...

Soooo much truth here. Wish more would see it...