You know, I've found that often times when a person is faced with something they do not understand, their minds will fill in the blank. I was at a burger place in Burbank once wearing my "LA boys of Leather" t-shirt. Okay, I can see if you don't know anything about S&M or leather, it might make you to ask what it was, but this lady looked at my shirt and said "oh, you're with the LA boys of Leather... I need a new leather couch, where should I look?"

She came to the conclusion that my shirt meant that I had something to do with furniture. So I could see how a teacher seeing a "child" who looked a little older than usual might not even conceive that the child might really be 30, so the mind forces the teacher to view the child as a child. There is also a disease that makes children age faster. I don't remember what it's called. Does that ring a bell with anyone? So I'm sure, again, in the interest of being politically correct, a teacher might not want to ask the "child" why they appear to be much older.

It is scary that this was allowed to pass on the administrative level, though. It makes you wonder if they do any kind of background check at all. I mean, I can't apply for a Barnes And Noble card without them having all my details and proof of age and all that, how the hell did this guy enroll in grade school?