Read an article on the W-S Journal’s site about a father in Durham who sued a school over his kid’s grade.

Now, my wife and I have had some problems with how our youngest son’s teacher grades some of his stuff (always with literature and her too-literal interpretation of the stories being reviewed), but if we’ve got a problem with it we take it up with the teacher.  If that doesn’t work then we have the "life isn’t fair" talk with our son. If it goes too far I’m sure we’ll have a talk with the teacher’s boss.  But sue?

What kind of message is this guy sending his daughter?  Granted the school is a highly competitive atmosphere that draws the "best-of-the-best" type crowd, but that doesn’t justify this kind of behavior.  After all these kids are bright, and probably as capable as any of understanding the vagaries of life.

On the other hand suing someone or something when you don’t get what you want seems to be becoming the American way, so I guess we can call this a good civics lesson.

Oh, and I got this item off the Journal’s RSS feed.  Good job guys!