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mer_saulty

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mer_saulty··on Childhoods of Exceptional People
We’ve lost track of the best parts of being alive.
mer_saulty··on Childhoods of Exceptional People
Maybe they were, and then they ran into real competition to be at the top of their field, and that dream just disintegrated.

What are you left with when you are raised on one specific value system and reality proves you’re not going to excel in that system?

We need to teach our children to have a variety of value systems, and that, of all of those, their academic or professional performance is not the priority.

mer_saulty··on Childhoods of Exceptional People
What makes you think it isn’t?