Thread: This is just too funny...

8-Year-Old Gets 'Catastrophe Award' for Most Homework Excuses | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!

This is just too funny. This woman claims that her child is scarred from the embarrassment of being called out for not turning in her homework in front of her classroom, but then she turns around and tells the nation? Huh? That's not embarrassing?

People are seriously losing it around here.

I didn't bother reading the story. This is just beyond stupid. She should try being a good parent and make sure her child turns in her work every day instead of looking to the media for............well ****, why the **** would she take this to the media?? What does she want?.......I guess I'll just ead the story after all.

what ever happened to those parent teacher conference thingys.....

Originally Posted by jammer06

what ever happened to those parent teacher conference thingys.....

Still going strong here in the state of Washington ... and useful too!

While I agree that teachers should not entice other students to recognize a peers shortcomings in a public display, it sounds like the mother should be the one who is embarrassed.

A big fail all around.

Mom doesn't want kid her embarrassed so she goes on national TV to whine about the "award". Good looking out mom. Your kid really won't get teased now. Idoit ! Moran !

Somewhere, the ghost of Ben Franklin is sleeping with a streetwalker and weeping when he hears of this afterwards.

As my wife is a 5th grade teacher (for the time being), it is amazing the amount and types of excuses she gets on homework and projects, from kids AND their parents.

(edit: I should probably be scolded for use of a run-on sentence.)


I don't think she'd ever give out a "catastrophe award", but we often are amused at the lengths some parents go to avoid disciplining or taking responsibility for their kids.

Lovely Tucson.

Wonder if she used the excuse "my mom ate it"

**See the article and you will get my humor**