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Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by caffeine on Thursday November 19, 2009 @09:46AM (#950302)
maybe the act of doing boring work teaches a useful life skill

Yes - it teaches passive compliance. But this life skill is more useful to those assigning the drudgery than to those doing it.

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Re:Calgary couple fight their children's school to stop home... by three14 on Thursday November 19, 2009 @12:46PM (#950647)
I already have passive compliance down pat. I wait on lines at the Social Security Administration with the best of them.

I do have trouble sitting down to comment my code, though. And I think certain skills are better learned as a child.

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