# Special needs student can't wear varsity letter jacket. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 28, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170 "2015-03-28T00:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170/301 "2015-03-31T01:50:22Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Obviously, you are not familiar with my opinions on adoption. Aside from that this woman’s behavior screams “look at (and feel sympathy for) for me and the disabled kid”. The kid couldn’t make a varsity team. Most rational, adults would respond with, “So what, it’s not the end of the universe. There’s plenty of other things in life.” Instead when the child couldn’t win a letter honestly, she took the dishonest route. The letter obviously means something important to her, otherwise, why buy it and why fight the school when they said it’s inappropriate. No, I’m not familiar with your opinions on adoption. Should I be? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170/302 "2015-03-31T01:52:35Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > No, I’m not familiar with your opinions on adoption. Should I be? Run! Save yourself! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170/303 "2015-03-31T02:26:30Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > No, I’m not familiar with your opinions on adoption. Should I be? She’s a legend in her own mind. For your information, the ZPG stands for zero population growth. ---
**Author:** ![Fantome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170/304 "2015-03-31T02:43:01Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I trust that my abilities and competencies will make me distinguished. Not my “paper”. I understand that, monstro. But you keep ignoring my point. Would you have gone to the institution that you did if you could get the same education and credentials that you did but that institution was also a known paper mill for those that wanted to just buy the diploma at the end? If you answer yes, I’m confident you’d be in the minority. Most people interested in a legitimate education would choose a different school that wasn’t also a paper mill as they wouldn’t want the piece of paper at the end that others don’t know if it was earned the old fashioned way or not. Not because they only care about the piece of paper at the end, but because having it be known to others what one’s capabilities and achievements are is important for multiple reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170/305 "2015-03-31T02:55:39Z")
That’s enough. Y’all are lucky I didn’t hand out a couple more warnings here. Everybody return to your corners, take a break, and you can resume hating on each other in the morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-needs-student-cant-wear-varsity-letter-jacket/716170.md?page=15)