New York State requires grade school students to take state-wide standardized tests. The New York Daily News reports on a small problem with a recent administration:

Five of the multiple-choice questions on the reading test asked students to select the answer from options A, B, C or D. But when the 65,000 kids went to darken the bubbles on their answer sheets, the only options were F, G, H or J.

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State educrats acknowledged the confusion but said schools were alerted to the problem before the exam began at 9:15 a.m.

"Students were then given instructions for correctly answering questions 18-22," said Tom Dunn, a spokesman for the state Education Department.

Hmm, problem solved, right? There was a small, almost inconsequential problem with five of the questions, and the students were notified of the problem before the exam even started. You'd think that would solve the problem to everyone's satisfaction, right? Think again.

"This is child abuse," said Jane Hirschmann of Time Out from Testing, who demanded the test results be scrapped.

(emphasis added)

Whoa! Five miskeyed questions is Child Abuse?! If that's child abuse, then I might be the most abused child in the history of the world.

People like Jane Hirschmann know no bounds with their ridiculous assertions and overreactions. They are so keyed to their beliefs and agendas that if you disagree with them, you're a"Nazi." If you don't support one of their government programs, you're a "racist." And now, if you want to administer an exam in school, you're a child abuser.

And they then wonder why people like me roll their eyes as soon as they even open their mouths.