It was mind-blowing to me. I tried to explain that to her: “No, you get an A for outstanding effort, you get a C for just doing enough to get by. That’s how it works.”

But she insisted I was wrong. “We always get As for finishing the assignment in our other classes. This guy is ruining our averages.”

And have no interest in saying “hey guys, we’re here, don’t worry, we’re not going to eat you/take over your planet. We just came to drop off a casserole and prevent nuclear war.”

So they mastered interstellar travel and they were interested in our comparatively pleb-tier nuclear weapons?

Seems legit.

Each semester, I have several conversations with my students that at its core is really only about the definition of the word “average.” If you do nothing more than fulfill the basic requirements of the assignment (ie: hit the page count), congratulations, you are an average student. Here’s your C. Want better than…

How many people get Super Bowl rings, and never play in the game? http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/2/1/7…

O had a friend who was in grad school and complained that her C on a project should’ve been an A because she hit the page count and turned it in on the day it was due.

This! Our office was open on Memorial Day and whoever worked, got paid overtime. One girl was scheduled to be off but was given the choice to work if she wanted. She had already made plans that day so she said she’d take the day off but was upset that she wasn’t going to be paid. She literally said “I don’t think it’s…

its not humiliatio, his kids thought the trophies were bullshit too. If that dude is you dad , your not a lil pussy. They showed him this and this is his reaction and theirs.

Y’know, this is a dick move, but I support it anyway, because someone has to make a stand against the trophies-for-participation mentality.

He’s right you know. This country is so entitled. Why just look at this football player who was upset about all the times he wasn’t invited to the White House just because he didn’t win that years Super Bowl. I wish James Harrison had been around to straighten him out.

Try working with millenials. “I know I didn’t have a great year, but I still deserve a raise because....”

I have to admit that as I got older I would occasionally see trophies I got playing youth soccer or some shit that were completely unwarranted, and I'd think to myself “Why did the hell did I get this?”

He’s not humiliating them. He’s attempting to humiliate the boobs who gave them the trophies.

Participation trophies were the beginning of the cuntization of the Millennials. “I’m special for just showing up, give me a trophy.” “I tried really hard, give me a good grade.” “I disagree with that professor’s well researched opinion, fire them.” “He didn’t call me after I gave him a blowjob, I was raped.” “She…

The biggest myth of the “everyone gets a trophy” era is that it’s about stoking the egos of the losing kids. It’s not. It’s about the parents. And the winning kids.

Giving a last place kid a trophy for showing up is a form of public humiliation.

But it’s so easy to differentiate between the two. It just smacks of laziness on the part of Gawker staff more so than disdain. Many people think of all ground pounders as soldiers but Marines also ride lots of boats and bring most of a combined arms approach whenever they get to go do their thing. The Army is…

The reigning, undefeated world champion in cross country land warfare for more decades then I really want to know.

Reading Tom Clancy’s books, you always get the impression that first day losses are disproportionally higher than later in the conflict since the bad guys have the element of surprise, and likely preparedness, on their side. The numbers on the chart are not overwhelming considering that they are distributed worldwide.…

Sup.