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Q:Why haven't you graduated yet?
A:Well, Dad,
I could have finished years ago,
but I wanted my dissertation to rhyme
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They are never encouraged to make something of themselves. Material, concepts, and studies have been presented to them at the lowest, simplest, and most glitzy level, so they see no need to make any effort to study or accomplish anything difficult.

This leads to a greater problem: They have no direction or goals in life. Everything is so easy and exciting that they have no reason to struggle LINK TO CHILDREN WHO STRETCH UP IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH

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