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Suzie's avatar

At my niece’s high school graduation I was chatting with her boyfriend. I asked what came next for him.

He bashfully muttered he was going on to Technical school to become an electrician.

To his utter amazement I showered him with praise! I told him that was the absolute most brilliant thing he could ever have chosen to do!

My niece went on to college, whereupon she ended up dropping out because she couldn’t handle the pressure.

He went on, after completing his training and apprenticeship, to make upwards of $90k+ per year, married a nurse, (also making in the upper 5-figures), own a home and are expecting their first baby.

‘Nuff said.

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Agent 1-4-9's avatar

It starts at kindergarten. Studies show that kids that eat breakfast score better on tests, so we'll give every kid breakfast. No thought to the stable home environment that kids who eat breakfast at home have. Kids with higher self esteem score higher, so we'll give kids self esteem by praising everything they do. No thought to the fact that a kid has self esteem because he studied hard for a test and sees the results of his hard work reflected in the test score.

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