Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: I worked with people who had the opt out mentality. I say worked because they were just fired for choosing not to do what their boss told them to do. Because they thought they knew better than their boss thought they were smarter they thought that they could produce more of what the customer wanted.
Turns out none of that matters because they are now unemployed and will not even get a recommendation from their most recent employer.
But by all means tell your kids that their parents are smarter that they are special and can choose to do what they want when they want .
How did "opt out" come into this discussion?? Parents not forcing children to do homework (homework the children CAN'T do without parental assistance, such as in K) is hardly something they can be fired for. How do you get fired and end up unemployed because you didn't make your
5 year old cry every night over pointless worksheets? Add to that you have a PhD in childhood psychology or education and know it's bad practice, and doing it anyway creates more of a problem than not doing it.
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