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The example of Brett Kavanaugh is curious. Yes, his high school is focused on getting its students into good colleges--that's why it is Georgetown Prep, not Geo
by cafard 7y ago
The example of Brett Kavanaugh is curious. Yes, his high school is focused on getting its students into good colleges--that's why it is Georgetown Prep, not Georgetown Something Else. It is also focused on preparing them to get through those colleges creditably, and part of that is teaching them how to manage a workload. The husband of a sometime co-worker taught science at a well-thought-of state university, and said that more kids did poorly from lack of work habits than from lack of smarts.
Does getting your algebra homework done on time count as hard work on the same level as digging ditches? No. Does it count as work of a sort? Yes.
- ForHackernews 7y agoYou're not in disagreement with the author. > Any job that requires intense physical labor is on the list of “for sure, you worked hard,” as is anything that involves great emotional and psychological resilience, such as social work. But after that it gets tricky. How about someone who founded a trading company or a real estate agency in the 1980s, riding the wave of the business-friendly Reagan years? They’ve worked for decades, undoubtedly with some late nights or unusual hours. But is that the same as getting black lung? What about someone who just worked a fairly normal 40 hour week, from age 18 to 65? Is that “hard work?” What about someone whose job is creative and enjoyable? Is that also “hard work?” How do we measure this, exactly? Can it be done by number of hours? Intensity of work? Sacrifices made? Cubits of human suffering?