Maryland high school seniors triumphantly reach the floor

The Washington Post reports that only 11 of 60,000 high school seniors in Maryland were denied diplomas for failing to pass 4 supposedly "rigorous" exams in math, English, science, and government.  (Well, only about 40,000 students actually passed all 4 tests while the others slid past by other means, but let's never mind the trifling details.)  "Now that we have achieved a floor," crows state superintendant Nancy Grasmick, "I think the next step is to raise the standards."

That's exactly what I said the last time I drank too much and found my nose buried in the carpet!