I dont believe in good for nothing.
I was walking down the aisle of a large supermarket when I heard a mother hissing to her crying child, Good for nothing! Nothing! You better stop this now or I will leave you with the police man. Not that I am angel when it comes to being a parent to my kids. Sometimes, I falter too and I will yell and shout and throw a massive, scary temper and my kids would cower in fright thinking that their mom was going crazy. Hey, I am human, amnt I?
But I would never call my kids stupid or good for nothing.
For one thing, I sincerely believe that education is important but its not everything. We, as parents, have to carry this grave responsibility of providing our children with education. Not only do we have to fund it, we have to ensure that they learn whatever they can learn from the education system so that they can benefit from it later on in life. Knowledge is a funnel. A funnel whereby information can flow into and train a mind to think and react in a certain knowledgeable way. Its important.
But frankly, I dont think its everything.
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