"If you made 110 points on my test then you can afford to give some to the person who made 72"

[PD Turk]

61. What a farce

Comparing test points to income is like comparing bananas to battleships, You earn points on a test by answering questions correctly. You answer questions correctly by knowing the answer or sometimes guessing. Knowing the correct answers may or may not take a lot of study, depends on the subject and the student, but bottom line, answer correctly, receive the points.


The adult world of making a living doesn't work that way. Income can come from work or it can come from wealth and ownership. Some people are born with "110 points" and some are born with zero. Many of the hardest working people in the country never get anywhere near the "top score".

How many "points" one get in the income game are determined by an arbitrary "market". You can answer all the questions right but someone above you gets to decide what your answers are worth.

If you're the shit shoveler you work the hardest, get the dirtiest and get a fraction of a point for each answer. If you're the big cheese you sit in an air conditioned luxury office and you get all the points, including some that rightfully belong to the shit shoveler, plus you get the bonus points.

That asshole is a public school teacher, I'd love to ask him if he thinks he's getting paid what he's worth....