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Re: Kids.....
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:47:04 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: November 15, 2008 8:36:40 AM EST To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: Kids..... [Note: This comment comes from friend Scott Berry. DLH] From: Scott Berry <sjb () optonline net> Date: November 13, 2008 2:18:37 PM PST To: 'Dewayne Hendricks' <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: RE: [Dewayne-Net] re: Kids..... Dewayne, [For the list.]This "entitlement" stuff is rich. My eight-year old already acts this way, I can only hope she grows up before she gets to college. Seems like many
haven't.I remember someone in a college Physics class complaining to the professor. The prof took 10 points off on a test problem, and the student thought it
should have been much less. After all, he only got the placement of the decimal point wrong. The professor's response: "Young man, some day you will be building theplanes that I fly in. You damn well better not be off by a decimal point."
'Nuff said. Now excuse me, I have to go chase some young hooligans off my lawn. Scott
-----Original Message-----From: dewayne-net [mailto:dewayne-net () warpspeed com] On Behalf Of DewayneHendricks Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:36 AM To: Dewayne-Net Technology List Subject: [Dewayne-Net] re: Kids..... [Note: This comment comes from reader Mike O'Dell. DLH] From: Michael O'Dell <mo () ccr org> Date: November 11, 2008 6:49:25 AM PST To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: re: Kids..... my major professor had a phrase he would use (back in the 70s!!) to express his outrage at wacko "student expectations" "This is NOT a #$%@$!%@ High School with Ash Trays!" a bit dated, obviously, but the sentiment is no less the case 30 years later. -mo
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