RIGHT ON! (November 5, 2005 2:56 AM)
Posted by: Taylor Scheiner
Posted by: Taylor Scheiner
>>>RIGHT ON!
>>>
>>>> A young woman was about to finish her first year of college.
>>>> Like so many others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal
>>>>Democrat and was for distribution of all wealth. She felt deeply ashamed
>>>>that her father was a rather staunch Republican which she expressed openly.
>>>>One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition to
>>>>higher taxes on the rich & more welfare programs. In the middle of her
>>>>heart-felt diatribe based upon the lectures she had from her far left professors
>>>>at her school, he stopped her and asked her point blank, how she was doing in
>>>>school.
>>>>
>>>> She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him
>>>>know that it was tough to maintain. That she had to study all the time,
>>>>never had time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't
>>>>even have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have many college friends
>>>>because of spending all her time studying. That she was taking a more
>>>>difficult curriculum.
>>>>
>>>> Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Mary?"
>>>>She replied, "Mary is barely getting by", she continued, "all she has
>>>>is barely a 2.0 GPA" adding, "and all she takes are easy classes and
>>>>she never studies." But to explain further she continued emotionally, "But
>>>>Mary is so very popular on campus, college for her is a blast, she goes
>>>>to all the parties all the time and very often doesn't even show up for
>>>>classes because she is too hung over."
>>>>
>>>> Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the
>>>>Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it
>>>>to your friend who only had a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both
>>>>have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair equal distribution of
>>>>GPA."
>>>>
>>>> The daughter visibly shocked by the fathers suggestion angrily
>>>>fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I worked really hard for mine, I did
>>>>without and Mary has done little or nothing, she played while I worked
>>>>real hard!"
>>>> The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."
>>>
>>>> A young woman was about to finish her first year of college.
>>>> Like so many others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal
>>>>Democrat and was for distribution of all wealth. She felt deeply ashamed
>>>>that her father was a rather staunch Republican which she expressed openly.
>>>>One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition to
>>>>higher taxes on the rich & more welfare programs. In the middle of her
>>>>heart-felt diatribe based upon the lectures she had from her far left professors
>>>>at her school, he stopped her and asked her point blank, how she was doing in
>>>>school.
>>>>
>>>> She answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him
>>>>know that it was tough to maintain. That she had to study all the time,
>>>>never had time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't
>>>>even have time for a boyfriend and didn't really have many college friends
>>>>because of spending all her time studying. That she was taking a more
>>>>difficult curriculum.
>>>>
>>>> Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Mary?"
>>>>She replied, "Mary is barely getting by", she continued, "all she has
>>>>is barely a 2.0 GPA" adding, "and all she takes are easy classes and
>>>>she never studies." But to explain further she continued emotionally, "But
>>>>Mary is so very popular on campus, college for her is a blast, she goes
>>>>to all the parties all the time and very often doesn't even show up for
>>>>classes because she is too hung over."
>>>>
>>>> Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the
>>>>Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it
>>>>to your friend who only had a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both
>>>>have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair equal distribution of
>>>>GPA."
>>>>
>>>> The daughter visibly shocked by the fathers suggestion angrily
>>>>fired back, "That wouldn't be fair! I worked really hard for mine, I did
>>>>without and Mary has done little or nothing, she played while I worked
>>>>real hard!"
>>>> The father slowly smiled and said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."