Short story I read when I was younger?

Question: Short story I read when I was younger!?

I read a short story in English class when I was younger!. It was about a society where they tied weights to strong people and implanted devices in smart people's heads to distract them with loud noises in order to make everyone equal!.
I don't remember the details, but I know at one point someone escapes!.
Does anyone know what this story and author are!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
"In the story, societal equality has been achieved by handicapping the more intelligent, athletic or beautiful members of society down to the level of the lowest common endowment!. This process is central to the society, designed so that no one will feel inferior to anyone else!. Handicapping is overseen by the United States Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers!.

Harrison Bergeron, the protagonist of the story, has exceptional intelligence, height, strength and beauty and thus has to bear enormous handicaps!. These include headphones that play distracting noises, three hundred pounds of weight strapped to his body, forty pounds of birdshot around his neck, eyeglasses designed to give him headaches, and a rubber ball on his nose, black caps, and shaven eyebrows to hide his beauty!. Despite these societal handicaps, he is able to invade a TV station and declare himself emperor!. He strips himself of his handicaps, then dances with a ballerina whose handicaps he has also discarded!. Both are shot dead by the brutal and relentless Handicapper General!. The story is framed by an additional perspective from Bergeron's parents, who are watching the incident on TV, but because of their handicaps cannot concentrate enough to appreciate what occurs nor remember it!."
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Harrison_Be!.!.!.
You can read the entire story here:
http://instruct!.westvalley!.edu/lafave/hb!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sorry not but it sounds interesting!.!. you could read City of
Ember if you like that kind of story!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the first person to answer was right i read it in 10th grade Www@QuestionHome@Com