I just had the misfortune of watching a little bit of American Idol, as the Mrs. had it on when I wondered into the room. After I worked my way through the gag reflex, I was captivated by the audition of some black chick who was absolutely horrific. After the judges ruled her out – and in a less vicious way than I expected – she was completely baffled by how “negative” they were. The blank expression on her face was almost as telling as her incomprehensible “why you got to be so negative” line of questioning.

I couldn’t help but think about how she is undoubtedly a fine product of our American public school systems. She had been told all her life that nothing she does is wrong, passed from class to class without having to face the negativity of being told that any of her answers were incorrect. She couldn’t believe that the judges didn’t share her same falsely-inflated self-image and lashed out at them as she left. Her mamaw didn’t help the situtation by suggesting that Simon go back to “British” cuz he shouldn’t be judging no Americans anyway.

Keep it up teachers’ unions – your continuing efforts towards dumbing the nation down is paying dividends.

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