AUDIO: KID WRITES NOTE TO TEACHER: “HOMEWORK IS NOT A REAL THING IN THE REAL WORLD”
A California teenager’s excuse to his teacher for not doing his homework went viral. Eddie Cortez, 14, had not done his homework, so his teacher asked him to write a paper saying why he didn’t do his homework, and this is what she got:
“I didn’t do my homework because I don’t want to do school work over the weekend because its a stress free time to go out with friends watch tv and play games. I don’t do it also because it make me very mad because I want to be happy plus my mom has been finding grey hairs not trying to stress out, dog. The real world jobs don’t give you homework unless you’re a boss or teacher. Homework is not a real thing in the real world so we should not have to do it in school because its not useful case closed.” The note came back to his parents, and his father, Alfred, thought it was hilarious and posted it on Facebook for family and friends to see. He said his son usually does his homework and is doing “alright” in school.
* By the time Eddie hits the workforce, “alright” will translate into being homeless when robots are doing all the ordinary jobs.
* It’s actually a pretty good note for a second grader — wait, did you say the kid was 14?
* Now he’s grounded. Not because of the homework – because he told the whole world his mom’s finding grey hairs.
* No homework in real life? Boy, is this kid gonna be surprised.
* Kid – you have to learn to read and write, unless you want to grow up to be president.
* PHONE TOPIC: What would you say to this kid? What would you say to his father?
CLIP: Our “Adolescent Motivation Center” parody spot.
