Much has been written here about David Hogg – the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who became a hero to the gun grabbers because of his vocal, ignorant antics supporting their cause, and who continues to be an object of ridicule for the rest of us with half a brain, because every time he opens his mouth he demonstrates his ignorance about policy, about history, about political philosophy, about natural rights, and about the Constitution.

Normally, I wouldn’t criticize kids too harshly. I recognize they have much to learn, and that eventually most of them study, work, and gain life experience. But Hogg is a different case.

From the moment the bodies were carried away from the scene of the carnage, Hogg has stood in the blood of his classmates and used their tragedy to gain attention for himself. There were television appearances, there were rallies and protests, and there were speaking engagements. And every time, Hogg demonstrated his lack of knowledge and understanding about the fundamental issues he thought himself qualified to discuss.

He and his pals claimed moral authority, publicly proclaimed themselves to be the “experts” on firearm policy because they hid in a closet while a madman murdered their classmates. They consistently seek out national attention, thinking that their tragedy will shield them from criticism and that their admittedly heartbreaking experience will give them credibility and allow them to take what others have worked their asses off to achieve.

Recently, David Hogg tweeted that yet another college has rejected his application. One of the schools – University of California San Diego – flat out rejected him, while the other – University of Central Florida – deferred him.

Perhaps if David had spent more time going to school and actually learning about the policies he loudly and ignorantly condemns instead of attention whoring in the national media, these schools would actually consider taking him.

Perhaps if David didn’t act like an entitled prima donna and didn’t rudely hang up on the President of the United States, and then proudly admit his puerile antic on national television, colleges would actually accept him.

Perhaps if David actually showed a bit of maturity instead of asking “what if our politicians weren’t the bitch of the NRA?” in a national ad like a punk who can’t show just a little bit of respect to adults – people who are part of the legislative branch of this country, and who can’t keep himself from cursing in the national media, he would actually get into college.

Perhaps if David was just a little more professional and a little less hysterical, colleges would line up to take him.

But no, David apparently thought that his “activism” would be enough.

He apparently thought that going to school, taking exams, learning, and putting in some effort to show the colleges to which he applied that he is a hardworking, balanced, mature individual wasn’t necessary as long as he continued to walk that path littered with the bodies of his classmates and stood on their corpses to gain national attention.

He apparently thought that as long as he continued to exploit the tragedy and the national attention, hard work just wasn’t necessary.

And worse yet, he’s encouraging more kids to ditch classes during even more walkouts!

Gosh! What college wouldn’t want a student like that?

And instead of engaging in a bit of introspection, Hogg has decided to take a year off an focus on the “midterms.” Not schoolwork, mind you, but more politics. Because, school doesn’t matter. Grades don’t matter. Getting a diploma doesn’t matter. Becoming educated and informed doesn’t matter, because HE’S CHANGING THE WORLD!!!

You see, this is all about Hogg’s ego. It’s all about the attention he’s getting. It certainly doesn’t seem to be about continuing to learn and evolve as a spokesman for his cause (no matter how ignorant) and a human being. He wants the unearned. Much like he used his classmates’ tragedies to propel himself to fame, he’s now expecting colleges to accept him because he’s famous.

That’s not how any of this works, and I wonder why David’s parents haven’t stepped in yet to provide their son with a course correction.

Maybe it’s time for David to reevaluate his life choices and start working to deserve and achieve, instead of letting opportunistic adults use him as their political marionette and thinking that it’s an easy way to fame and glory.

In other words, maybe it’s time to grow up.