Posted by Dinah on February 24, 2006, at 9:19:34
In reply to No, that wasn't what she meant (got long) » pseudoname, posted by Racer on February 23, 2006, at 22:28:11
> I do tend to think that it's a sign of bad character to do the minimum. (I've said it before -- Calvinism is a form of emotional abuse.)
I think I understand that. In me it's mixed with laziness, but...
I was talking to my son about this the other day. While he gets good grades, he tends to do the minimum he needs to get the grades he considers acceptable. And my husband and I were talking about it. We came to the conclusion that if you do 102% of what's expected, everyone's happy. But that it isn't necessary to do 110% or 120%. I used to be a 110%'er. If you are too, do you think you could scale it back to just a bit more than expected?
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