Mine was “why can’t you be as hard-working as (whichever kid got the highest score)?”. Unless that kid was me, then it was suddenly irrelevant. Did fucking wonders to my work ethic.
Sometimes teachers would use me as an example of a hard worker… when I was busy on yesterday’s homework or really caught up in a library book. Like, you sure about that chief?
Mine was “why can’t you be as hard-working as (whichever kid got the highest score)?”. Unless that kid was me, then it was suddenly irrelevant. Did fucking wonders to my work ethic.
Sometimes teachers would use me as an example of a hard worker… when I was busy on yesterday’s homework or really caught up in a library book. Like, you sure about that chief?
“Why can’t I have a better parent to teach me?”