I’ll let you read the article for yourself.  I wonder who turned this story in to the media, and why the reporter thought it was newsworthy.  Did the journalist think the student, the school, and the author were right or wrong?  Here’s my grading scale:

• The school assigning the book:  WRONG
• The student wanting the advantage without reading the book:  WRONG
• The student making outrageous excuses to get out of work:  WRONG
  
• The author motivating the student with sex, drugs, and profanity:  WRONG
• The author telling the student to do her  own work:  RIGHT
• Overall grade: 20% (F)

I wonder what the story would have been if a committed Christian had gone on line protesting the book assignment as a violation of God’s standards and her personal spiritual convictions.  Would she have been portrayed as a bigot rather than as a lazy teen; or would the story even have been acknowledged?

Hold on, Christians–I’m afraid the ride is just going to get bumpier before we get to the streets of gold!