# What a stupid FUCK **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 2, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724 "2003-05-02T21:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/41 "2003-05-05T04:10:25Z")
I suppose so, but when I was a kid we had STEEL wheels. Not this sissy stuff that actually grips the pavement. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/42 "2003-05-05T15:10:07Z")
This kid sounds like a product of her parents. She should have majored in “shark” or “whale turd”. She seems to have THAT aspect of the law knocked! ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/43 "2003-05-05T15:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Yeah, but keyboarding is a physical exertion along the lines of golf or tennis? \*\* Certainly not tennis, but golf. . . :ducks and covers: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/44 "2003-05-05T18:02:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*It’s a shame we’re not allowed to wish death on people. \*\* Yeah, it`s too bad that we can`t wish for someone to be rear-ended by an open dumptruck full of road-kill either. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/45 "2003-05-05T18:52:52Z")
The answer for the school is simple. Create some new position, HIGHER than Valedictorian, and award the other two students with that position. Maybe Supercalafragilistictatorian. Spoiled bitch… ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/46 "2003-05-06T13:47:01Z")
I went to a somewhat odd “progressive” school (even though they were heavy on Latin and Greek) for boys. We elected our valedictorian. Pretty much took care of all this petty lawsuit nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/47 "2003-05-06T14:08:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertliguori \* > \*\*Don’t schools reserve the right to turn down applications for any or no reason, such as being a sue-happy bitch? \*\* Her being a sue-happy bitch would be valid cause to exclude her, but that wouldn’t keep sue-happy bitch from dragging them into court. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/48 "2003-05-06T15:39:29Z")
Her disability is chronic fatigue syndrome (she probably wouldn’t be so fatigued if she [didn’t use so many freaking exclamation points](http://www.studentrewards.com/r-winners/discover.html)) and as a result, she gets to take extra AP classes in the place of gym which is required for the other students. This means that, since gym is weighted less than AP classes, she can get a higher GPA (from weighting) than is possible for any other student. The principal realized this and made them co-veledictorians to ensure fairness. For someone who claims to be so altrusitic, I don’t see how trying to get a 2.5 million dollar judgment against a public school district for doing the right thing helps anyone but her. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/49 "2003-05-06T18:27:56Z")
From **Mojo** ’s link: 1. And she wants to be a _poverty_ lawyer?! We’ll see how long that lasts… 2. This girl was a freakin’ Olympic torch bearer! Why does she even care about being sole valedictorian? ---
**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/50 "2003-05-09T07:07:55Z")
A bump to point out that [the judge has ruled in her favor.](http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/09/education/09GRAD.html?ex=1053144000&en=bafbe2657f2c6d17&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE) > [@](#): > > A federal judge ruled yesterday that a South Jersey high school senior with an immune deficiency would be the sole valedictorian for her graduating class this year, after she contended that the school district was discriminating against her by proposing that two other students share the honor. The monetary side of things is to be addressed later. And now one of the would-be co-valedictorians has [countersued.](http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/5811678.htm) ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/51 "2003-05-09T10:30:07Z")
God what a increasingly sad and appalling situation. Now all anyone will ever remember from what should be hazy, happy memories of finishing school, a few speeches and looking forward to college, will be a nasty, vicious time of litigation and bitterness. I hope not, but I fear that this will sour the experience and the memory for all the students at this school. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724/52 "2003-05-09T10:40:14Z")
I do agree with the sentiment that she’s out of line. But I don’t think it’s a cut-and-dry evil kind of thing. My take on the situation was that she was to be the valedictorian, and they brought in two others to join her basically because she was handicapped. No doubt the other two sets of parents went into the school officials and said “hey! how come my kid isn’t valedictorian; s/he didn’t have the luxury of missing PE,” and the schools (wrongly in my opinion) caved in. If the rules were set beforehand of who would be valedictorian, and they changed them really based on the thought that being disabled gave her a leg up (so to speak), that doesn’t sound right. All that said, I agree that she should’ve just let this go, and that seeking punitive damages is just wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-stupid-fuck/172724.md?page=2)