A-student is down on athletics

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Updated: February 14, 2012 8:04AM

Dr. Wallace: I hate athletics. First of all, I’m not the athletic type. There are those who know me and consider me to be a nerd. But I’m a very intelligent nerd. I’m in the 11th grade and so far I’m a straight-A student, and my plan is to graduate with a straight-A average and then graduate from an elite Ivy League school such as Harvard or Yale. It really bugs me that at my high school the athletes get all the glory and the nerds are laughed at. When I’m making a million dollars a year, most of the school jocks will be working for minimum wage or, if they’re lucky, working at an auto repair shop. That goes for the snobby cheerleaders, too.

As for me, my wife and I will be living in a penthouse, driving Mercedes Benz cars and dining at expensive restaurants. It could be that one of our school athletes might even be our waiter. He would be lucky. I would be a good tipper. Down with athletes, and three cheers for us nerds! Someday we will be running the country!

Nerd, Nashua, N.H.

Nerd: I’m impressed with your goals to graduate from high school with straight A’s (valedictorian, no doubt), receive your degree from Harvard or Yale and then become a millionaire. These are lofty goals, and I wish you well on your journey toward them. But I’m sorry you are so fueled by revenge and seem to be as concerned about other people’s failures as your own successes. This means you’ll never be happy simply with your own accomplishments.

Write to Dr. Wallace
at rwallace@galesburg.net