Posted 1/06/2005 05:10:00 PM by Douglas

Remember back in the good old days, when there was still a inkling of personal responsibility? Back when human beings were held personally responsible for their own actions with consequences that affected them? Yeah, me neither. This story is so damn idiotic that it doesn't bear repeating, but hey, it's kinda a theme here at the blog.

Saying their daughter shouldn't be punished for being late to school because the family van wouldn't start, a Pearland couple went to school and served an hour of detention with her Thursday.

"We should be the ones who have to serve detention," said Susan Mantis, 41.

Why? In what possible way is the student, teachers, school, parents, Wal-Mart, Ashlee Simpson, or anyone else benefiting from these idiot parents serving detention in Jr. High? Is there no distinction between the child and the adult anymore?

After the one-hour punishment her daughter, Jessica Dunkley, 13, admitted that it was "a little embarrassing" to have her mom and step-father in detention with her, but said "I'm proud of them for sticking up for what they believe in."

You are an idiot, Jessica, but only slightly smarter than your parents.

It's not the kid's job to keep the car running, and it's not the parent's job to suffer the consequences when they don't. But let's just hope they've learned a thing or two in detention, and just be thankful that you don't work with the troglodytes and have to cover their slack because these "adults" were stuck in study hall.