There's a story in the news coming out of Iowa that is common sense----unless you're the news media.
Take a look at this photo:
Gavy Smith lives in Decorah in the northeastern part of the state. It's a quaint little community and the home of Luther college. Gavy appears to be a normal, albit chunky, 9th grader who loves playing volleyball and golf. There's a problem for Gavy's mother and she's made the news with her comments. Yesterday, Gov. Kim Reynolds(who gave the rubuttle to Joe's snoozefest address) signed into law a bill stating that in high schools etc. boys can only play sports activities with boys and girls can only play on girls teams.
The media somehow found one person, a mother, who thinks this is unfair since Gavy thinks he is a she and will not be able to pattern his/her life after the nincompoop swimmer at the Univ. of Pennsylvania.This poor kid picture put a huge bullseye on his/her back with the media notoriety. The mother(hey, where's dad in all this?), whether she knows it or not is raising a child who is a candidate for gun swallowing later in life---but that's just my amateur analysis talking. I mean, what do I know? I'm only the father of 3 and a person who taught hundreds and hundreds of high school kids in my twenty years of teaching.
By the bye, Just because I have Iowa blood coursing through my veins doesn't mean I'm completely naive. It's only a matter of time before some lunkhead lawyer files a lawsuit.
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