Which is why at age 19 I was not accepted into the police academy. The sargeant giving the test told me I'd get too bored with the job. He was actually right.
This story is from back in September 1999. He sued, and the resulting case, Robert Jordan v. The City of New London, was dismissed by Judge Peter C. Dorsey, who argued that the practice was constitutional, as all intelligent applicants are treated the same: "Plaintiff may have been disqualified unwisely but he was not denied equal protection."
Which is why at age 19 I was not accepted into the police academy. The sargeant giving the test told me I'd get too bored with the job. He was actually right.
Instead I ended up in I.T.
This story is from back in September 1999. He sued, and the resulting case, Robert Jordan v. The City of New London, was dismissed by Judge Peter C. Dorsey, who argued that the practice was constitutional, as all intelligent applicants are treated the same: "Plaintiff may have been disqualified unwisely but he was not denied equal protection."
What!?!
You mean, that isn't a joke? Not satire? Really?
Oh well... lost another hope in humanity... it's not like I didn't expect it.