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Old 04-28-2008, 05:31 PM   #41
kenf1234
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Kenny - I was thinking more along the lines of "Yes Officer, No Officer" when you're being ticketed for something you didn't do.
Doing what you're told, no matter how unreasonable or unfair, often has its benefits. This is news to no one.

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But being bright (or rich or famous or athletic or powerful) is no excuse for failure to follow requirements.
The kid was trying to make the best of a bad situation, learning in spite of the school he was in. The point the parent is making is that she should have homeschooled him, then his obvious accomplishments would have been recognized, and he would have been admitted.
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