Statements on high school - Revision history

Vipul at 06:12, 14 February 2014

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	'''Rebellion is almost as stupid''' as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do. The best plan, I think, is to step onto an orthogonal vector. Don't just do what they tell you, and don't just refuse to. Instead treat school as a '''day job'''. As day jobs go, it's pretty sweet. You're done at 3 o'clock, and you can even work on your own stuff while you're there.}}		'''Rebellion is almost as stupid''' as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do. The best plan, I think, is to step onto an orthogonal vector. Don't just do what they tell you, and don't just refuse to. Instead treat school as a '''day job'''. As day jobs go, it's pretty sweet. You're done at 3 o'clock, and you can even work on your own stuff while you're there.}}

	~~Andrew Ho, in a Quora answer:~~

	~~{{quotation\|Don't waste your time on high school academics, do the bare minimum for a 4.0 and focus on extracurricular activities}}~~

Vipul at 09:43, 13 February 2014

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	'''Rebellion is almost as stupid''' as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do. The best plan, I think, is to step onto an orthogonal vector. Don't just do what they tell you, and don't just refuse to. Instead treat school as a '''day job'''. As day jobs go, it's pretty sweet. You're done at 3 o'clock, and you can even work on your own stuff while you're there.}}		'''Rebellion is almost as stupid''' as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do. The best plan, I think, is to step onto an orthogonal vector. Don't just do what they tell you, and don't just refuse to. Instead treat school as a '''day job'''. As day jobs go, it's pretty sweet. You're done at 3 o'clock, and you can even work on your own stuff while you're there.}}

			Andrew Ho, in a Quora answer:

			{{quotation\|Don't waste your time on high school academics, do the bare minimum for a 4.0 and focus on extracurricular activities}}

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Paul Graham, [http://paulgraham.com/hs.html What You'll Wish You'd Known], a speech he'd been planning to give at a high school that was vetoed by the school authorities. Relevant quote (emphasis added):

{{quotation|By putting you in this situation, '''society has fouled you'''. Yes, as you suspect, a lot of the stuff you learn in your classes is crap. And yes, as you suspect, the college admissions process is largely a charade. But like many fouls, this one was unintentional. [7] So just keep playing.

'''Rebellion is almost as stupid''' as obedience. In either case you let yourself be defined by what they tell you to do. The best plan, I think, is to step onto an orthogonal vector. Don't just do what they tell you, and don't just refuse to. Instead treat school as a '''day job'''. As day jobs go, it's pretty sweet. You're done at 3 o'clock, and you can even work on your own stuff while you're there.}}