Clueless, 2007
Quick: name someone who makes Miss Teen South Carolina look like a rocket scientist! If you said “Idris Leppla,” you win!
The gents over at Wizbang alerted me to an article written by Miss Idris Leppla, a senior at Barnard College, in which she expresses shock - horror - dismay when she learns that the United States Naval Academy is not just a fancy college, but rather a training ground for future leaders of our nation’s military. Wizbang correctly identifies this person’s public display of idiocy as “…maybe (the) dumbest thing ever written on the intarwebs.” In a nutshell, Miss Leppla finally uncovers the shocking truth about the Naval Academy that her brother is now a part of…and comes to this conclusion:
While it has been difficult for me to accept that I have a brother in the military, I must allow him to pursue whatever path he is drawn toward, and he has admitted to me that he feels called to being there. However, for anyone else out there considering a career in the academy, let it be known: the U.S. Naval Academy is not an elite college; it is first and foremost a branch of the U.S. military
Remember, the person who wrote the article is a senior in college. Who just now realized that the Naval Academy is part of the Navy. That the Navy is part of the United States military. OK, that’s bad enough, that she just now managed to put together enough brain cells to figure that out. What’s worse is her attitude about it: “…difficult for me to accept that I have a brother in the military…“ Unbelievable. And disgusting.
And after a little clicking, I found some other articles that Idris has written. For instance, she wrote a piece about food additives and concludes with this:
College is a hectic time, but it is also a time when we form habits for our adult lives. As such, it is critical to understand that beyond just being bad for our waistlines, some commercial foods contain preservatives that pose real threats to our health, both now and later in life. Even though it is tempting to get sucked into fancy advertising, it is important to look at the chemical additives on the back of the packaging. Feeding our bodies well now is one way we can feel better and do all that we need to do.
Hmmm…maybe if the food analogy is applied to her brain…
September 18th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Wow. If it’s so difficult for her to accept her brother in the military the logical conclusion is that it’s difficult for her to accept the military. Where does she think the freedom to speak her mind (as empty as it is) came from in the first place? Unbelievable.
September 18th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
If Idris Leppla is typical of what the elite Seven Sisters (Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Wellesley College, and Vassar College) are producing, then, as a country, we’re in deep doo-doo.
September 18th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
It has been said fish is brain food.
Maybe, just maybe…
Everyone could take turns clubbing her over the head with a trout. Do you think it will knock some sense into her?
Probably not, but it sure would be fun trying!
September 19th, 2007 at 12:09 am
I’m sure her brother is relieved to hear that his sister is “allowing” him to pursue his chosen course. It sure would be embarassing for Midshipman Leppla to have to explain to the head of the academy that he’s going to have to withdraw because his sister made him. Then again, I’m sure he’s taking enough enough razzing from his classmates already.
Now, how long do you think it will be before Idris figures out that the U.S. Air Force Academy and, yes, even the U.S. MILITARY Academy are also part of the armed forces?
September 19th, 2007 at 4:32 am
Heh…Randy, I really like your suggestion.
September 19th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Yikes! We are in deep doo-doo:
From today’s (Wednesday, September 19), The New York Sun, “Students Know Less After 4 College Years”:
http://www.nysun.com/article/62901
September 19th, 2007 at 7:08 am
It’s truly unbelievable and more than a bit terrifying that, according to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, “Less than half of the students who participated identified the phrase “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” as a line from the Declaration of Independence. Many of them identified its source as “The Communist Manifesto,” or said that it was an inscription on the Statue of Liberty.”
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 am
Barnard College, oy. . .
Idris proves that education does not equal intelligence.