A publication called "50 Rules Your Kid Won't Learn In School" gets an adamant thumbs-down from Martha Bruckner.
The Council Bluffs Community School District superintendent also characterized the book by Wisconsin radio and TV talk-show host Charles Sykes as an offensive publication that lacks wit and insight.
The rules include "Life is actually more like dodgeball than your gym teacher thinks," and "Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them."
"It makes me angry," Bruckner said. "We should not give people like (Sykes) credit. These rules are basically 50 one-liners that mostly put people down."
She said she cringed at rules like, "You are not a victim, so stop whining" and "You are not entitled ..." because they struck her as demeaning.
Others, such as "The real world won't care as much as your school does about your self-esteem," struck her as gratuitous slaps at students, as well as the teaching profession.
Since the book isn't actually released until tomorrow.... just imagine how offended she'll be if she actually reads the whole thing. In the meantime, I'd refer her to Rule #21: "You're offended? So what? No, really, so what?"
(And, yes, this is going to be fun.)
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