Paul Graham - продолжение, и долгожданная формулировка

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.

Your teachers are always telling you to behave like adults. I wonder if they'd like it if you did. You may be loud and disorganized, but you're very docile compared to adults. If you actually started acting like adults, it would be just as if a bunch of adults had been transposed into your bodies. Imagine the reaction of an FBI agent or taxi driver or reporter to being told they had to ask permission to go the bathroom, and only one person could go at a time. To say nothing of the things you're taught. If a bunch of actual adults suddenly found themselves trapped in high school, the first thing they'd do is form a union and renegotiate all the rules with the administration.

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one of those times when my face looks nicer than my clothes

а сумочку-то мою на въезде в сша обыскали. и квитанцию положили.

посмотрела Hotel Rwanda. фильм, похожий на репортаж. "You must shame them into sending help"

The UWashington Information School's self-presentation is full of bullshit. Жалко что fulltext version книжки убрали.

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ciling: До чего же хороши люди, о которых мы ничего не знаем!