Kindness Matters More Than Test Scores — So Don’t Raise An A**hole

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Kindness Matters More Than Test Scores — So Don’t Raise An A**hole
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Kindness matters most.

You bought your little darling flashcards. Your bought your little darling ABC Mouse. You bought your little darling LeapFrog and CodeyBot and then said fuck it, and threw all of it out because Wooden Toys Are Better for the Imagination And Yield Higher Test Scores .packed up all your shit and moved into a different school district

While you’re flashcardin’ it up at home, little darling was plowing over kids at the playground. While you were ABC Mousin’ and LeapFroggin’ and CodeyBottin’, your special one was stealing the other kids’ shovels and pails, then screaming and refusing to give them back. Those wooden toys were great for bashing people over the head.

Guess what? No one gives a shit that your third grader can do algebra. When you tell me that, I roll my fucking eyes. Because your third grader just punched the shit out ofWhen you raise a bully, when you raise a kid who runs over others in pursuit of success, who pushes in the lunch line, who doesn’t take turns, who gossips and teases and spreads meanness, you’re contributing to. You also set your precious wittle baby up for failure.

I don’t believe in much anymore. But there’s a Kurt Vonnegut quote I cling to. It’s a line from the novelThe main character’s preparing a speech to give to newborn twins, and he comes up with this:

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