By TOM RASCH

The straight F student, some people say we should sympathize with him.

The straight F students are know‑it‑alls. They know so much that they can rip all the pictures they see of the President because they know that he is wrong and they are right.

The straight F student picks on kids that he knows he can whip. He goes down the halls knocking the books out of hands of underclassmen and tripping them and of course knocking on their heads with his class ring.

The straight F student enjoys his lunch period. He loves to smash Twinkies and Suzy Q's. He loves to make a mess by dumping mashed potatoes on the floor and whipping meatballs all over the place. He loves to make the janitors work, work, work.

The straight F student meets a straight A student; at first, the straight F student doesn't know that the straight A student is a straight A student. The straight F student thinks the straight A student is a "right on" kid‑until he finds that the straight A student is a straight A student.

The straight F student smokes in the john; it is very obvious to see this‑even when he tries to conceal his cigarette. When a member of the faculty walks in, the student says, while blowing smoke out of his nose, "I wasn't smoking, honest," before the teacher even asks.

The straight F student thinks he has the solutions to lessen the chance of a teacher catching him smoking. One of these is standing on the toilet seat watching over the top of the stalls to see when the door opens. Then he can efficiently throw his cigarette in the toilet and be prepared to meet the intruder face to face. This method does not always work, though‑for one time, as a teacher told me, a student became extremely nervous and excited and fell into the toilet. He left a trail of water all the way to the dean's office.

The straight F student cuts nearly half his classes and talks back to all his teachers in class (if he is not sleeping).

Should we sympathize with the straight F student?