"All I know is that I don't know nothing."
- Operation Ivy
I'm not a stupid man.
I was an honour student in high school. I've got an honours degree in journalism and history. I've got a good job where I make decisions and I even get asked to speak at conferences and seminars sometimes.
This isn't bragging, people of the internet. This is setting context: I'm not a stupid man.
But toss a kid into the mix? A kid for whom I'm responsible? A kid who I am supposed to mould into a fine, upstanding citizen of tomorrow's world?
I'm useless. I think left when I should go right. I move up when I'm supposed to go down. I zig when I should zag. I bob when I should weave. I just plain get it wrong.
At least that's how it feels sometimes. You sure these things don't come with a manual?
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