kid: do you know how many feet are in a mile?
me: just over 5000
kid: my math book expects me to know this off the top of my head.
me: it’s useful shit to know
kid (with whining, eyerolling teenage attitude): but i allready know
how to do all this stuff!!!!!!!
me: fine, take the test at the end of the chapter and if you do better
than 85% i’ll let you skip it.

wouldn’t it be nice if public schools let you skip the seriously
redundant stuff?

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The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Willem de Kooning