Get a B and get grounded, network like a boss, dress for success, and don’t let mom hug you w/o permission.
This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays. I summarize and discuss two articles — one from a blogger, and from one a “traditional news” source. I also provide links to two other blog posts you should read on your own, with a goal to feature bloggers that have popped up on here before and/or that I read on my own.
This concept is inspired by my father, who sends everyone in the family articles links by email, by my older brother, who sends articles so long I never read them, and my wife, who became tired of me sending her articles, and has been telling me “TL;DR” for years.
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2 Things For You To Read:
#1: How To Network Like A Boss: Best Practices from Every Single Dollar
#2: How does how you dress play into ambitions for yourself? by Save, Spend, Splurge — my favorite shirt costs $1 and says “Trust Me, I’m a Dr.”. Not sure what that says about my ambition.
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2 Things I Read For You
#1
Source: Done By Forty
Title: KFC & the Middle Class
Summary: This child of Asian immigrants was once grounded for 9 weeks after receiving a B in school. Good grades were rewarded with a trip to see Colonel Sanders at Kentucky Fried Chicken. The author enjoyed the reward so much that she worked extra hard for good grades just to be able to go to KFC, and not to avoid being grounded for 13 years for a C. As an adult the author, with much greater wealth than they had as a child, wants to enjoy having greater means, but also to avoid spending for the sake of spending and avoiding chasing the Joneses.
Conclusion: I have a distinct memory of a disapproving look from my mother when I once received an A- in elementary school. After all, I could do better. I was not grounded for receiving the A-, but it was clear what was expected of us. When we had family meals at restaurants, we often went places such as Wendy’s or Pizza Hut. If we got really fancy we went to Red Lobster — and it’s still a family favorite (the cheddar bay biscuits are amazing!). My parents had more income than this author, but when they spent money on us it was for our education, not fancy meals, clothes, or cars. Our oldest receives numbers (1-4) instead of grades in his school — it’s hard to get worked up and tell him he should have received a ‘4’ in math — it just doesn’t have the same ring to it (that’s probably the point — the teachers don’t want us focusing on grades). Getting them to internalize the drive to pursue excellence is difficult; some kids do it naturally, some will learn on their own over time, and some are just motivated by different things for different purposes. Perhaps some shock therapy — no screen time for 9 weeks — will get Rogue One’s attention.
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#2
Source: New York TImes
Title: Thank You For Asking
Summary: Antioch college has an “affirmative sexual consent policy.” This policy requires that “n each stage of a sexual interaction, consent must be verbally requested and verbally given, the policy says — and “silence conveys a lack of affirmative consent.” Students at this college expect they will be asked for permission before someone taps them on the shoulder or their mother gives them a hug.
Conclusion: Ridiculed when it was created ~30 years ago, the rest of the education world is now starting to sign on. The #MeToo movement has brought into the public eye in a new way the decades (centuries? millennia?) of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault faced by women in a variety of settings (yes, men too, but to a much lesser extent). I’m not sure I can sign on to the idea of my mother having to ask me (or my 3 kids) for permission every time she wants a hug. There is a very important lesson to be taught to children in terms of their bodies being their own — they need to know limits to help them understand when someone is trying to harm them, and to know there are things that are truly inappropriate. We’ve already taught some of those lessons in our house and will continue to do so, but I do think there’s a middle ground we’re skipping past.
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