In a case of patients running the asylum,

Pregnant students in a Denver high school are asking for at least four weeks of maternity leave so they can heal, bond with their newborns and not be penalized with unexcused absences.

The request is unusual in Colorado’s public schools, where districts tend to deal with pregnant students or new moms with specialized programs or individualized education plans.

The article goes on to say that the school in question requires students to return to school the day after being discharged from the hospital.  The idea that these kids want to take 4 weeks off from school and still complete school on time (or on time according to their IEP) is crazy.  To allow it is simply to continue allowing them to exist in the dream world of government education.

Of course, the optimal situation would be for each of these kids to give their babies up for adoption where they’ll actually have a chance at a normal upbringing with a stable home life.  Alas, in our self-absorbed culture, somehow the needs of the mother are ahead of the needs of the baby.  But then I am probably an evil, evil man for saying that.

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