With all due respect, Mr. Wrenn, this philosophy has all but ruined America and its workforce. You see, when people are taught that they are entitled to something whether they deserve it or not, the people that do deserve it are the ones that suffer.

When the players that are better, and based on talent, deserve to play but have to sit the bench, they suffer. It tells them that no matter how good you are, or how hard you work, you are equal to the rest. This in turn breeds the thought of why try?

Should a high school student with a 2.5 GPA be given the same scholarship as a student with the 3.9 GPA?

When individuals are paid as much not to work as they are to work, you have to ask, why work? When sub-par candidates receive a position based on the laws of equality, more qualified individuals are left still searching for that job.

I ask you, do you choose who works on your car based on the everyone should play theory? Would you allow someone to operate on your wife, or child, based on the everyone should play theory?

You cannot teach a child that they deserve something, no matter their talent level at one age, then change the rules later. You cannot give someone a position based on everything has to equal out, and expect to have the best. To have the best you have to play the best or employ the best.

This world is all about being the best available candidate for the position. Whether it is on the playing field as part of a team, the job market when applying for a job, electing our representatives in government, or hiring someone to perform a service for you, you do not make a decision based on the “every child should play” theory.

When you raise a child you have to start at an early age teaching them what it takes to survive in this world. I do not believe we should start teaching them it doesn’t matter how good you are, when in fact, life depends totally on how good you are.

Jonathan Merritt

Roanoke Rapids