True! My son was struggling the last quarter (especially since he missed many days because of our trip to LA for dad and all), but he did fine with the little studying we got done.
I am just guessing that maybe the sticker meant that you should find a job you enjoy.
I tell my kids in my class that they need to work hard NOW in school, so they don't have to struggle and be miserable later. Bottom line that I tell them is that they should find a job in which they feel like they're getting paid to have fun. If you're happiest when you're around math, then teaching math is like your hobby anyway. If you love law and legality, being a lawyer makes great money and you'd be reading it anyway. If you love religious matters and theology and worship is your life, being a priest is like being paid to do something you find utterly joyful.
For me, I love academics like history, literature, math, geography, languages, etc. so when I go to work each day, I feel like I'm having some fun. Throw in angry and deadbeat, lazy parents plus a broken "no-child left behind" system, and I'm feeling less fun of it by the minute!
You always make me laugh, Scott. Yes, what you said makes lots of sense. I agree that we should find a job we enjoy and it's more like a hobby. I don't know how many people really get to do that, but I'm sure there are many out there.
Well, what is so funny is that most of the "perks" that people told me about going into education turned out to be bull:
'you get to be your own boss' YEAH, RIGHT!
'it'll be fun grading papers!' ru kidding me?
'working with parents, you'll make a difference' someone was on crack when they told me that one evidently!
'you get to go home at 3pm' gotta be joking!
That's certainly not what i define as "fun." That is what the world defines as fun. Fun to me is reading a good book outside, taking a hike in the forest and looking up at the stars. I also enjoy Baseball (GO DODGERS!) You define what fun is, don't let others or the media define it for you. Indeed, as Orthodox Christians we are told to live apart from the world, and sometimes it hurts. Many of my family members see me as "having no fun", and my former friends in high school were the same way."having fun" - that term makes me think of people drunk/wasted, acting the fool, debauchery. But I know there are different types of fun, such as playing sports, playing with your children, going to the movies, going to an amusement park etc. I don't know. That sign just sounded kinda strange. Enjoying your job is very important. Having fun at it? I don't know, unless you work in the circus or something.
