Sarcastic ‘Catastrophe Award’ Given to 3rd Grader Angers Parent

Modern day education – especially of young children- is infamously infatuated with the concept of “self-esteem.”

And within reason, why not? They’re young, they’re malleable, they’re easily damaged. It’s not as though teachers should be fountains of verbal abuse. However, when it comes to education, reason is rarely involved, as overprotective parents and overly careful teachers frequently end up taking this concept to a ludicrous extreme. That’s certainly what happened in this story, where a little gentle sarcasm from a teacher has been turned into a miniature scandal by an angry parent and some thoroughly dubious education “experts”:

Cassandra Garcia, an 8-year-old student from Tuscon, Ariz., became upset after her teacher gave her the “Catastrophe Award” for the “most excuses for not having homework.“ Garcia was given the ”award” despite having a folder full of completed assignments, KGUN-TV reports.

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