[HN Gopher] How to Do What You Love (2006)
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How to Do What You Love (2006)
Author : revorad
Score : 17 points
Date : 2022-06-09 11:27 UTC (1 days ago)
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| paulpauper wrote:
| _The world then was divided into two groups, grownups and kids.
| Grownups, like some kind of cursed race, had to work. Kids didn
| 't, but they did have to go to school, which was a dilute version
| of work meant to prepare us for the real thing. Much as we
| disliked school, the grownups all agreed that grownup work was
| worse, and that we had it easy._
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| _Having a job is said to be even more onerous than schoolwork.
| And yet all the adults claim to like what they do. You can 't
| blame kids for thinking "I am not like these people; I am not
| suited to this world."_
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| Hardly. school is much more strict compared to many work
| environments, from my own experience at least. Think of how many
| ppl do their jobs half assed but are still employed, or come in
| late, etc. School was so strict growing up. Mouthing off to a
| teacher means calls to parents, detention, = 2x punishment
| (parents + teacher) etc. Can't eat at school except for lunch
| time , must pay attention, etc. School kids get treated like such
| shit compared to workers.
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