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Posted by: fullfrontalhonesty Original: 2/7/2009 8:44 AM Views: 23 Comments: 2 eProps: 2 Read Comments Post a Comment Back to Your Xanga Site

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Saturday, February 07, 2009

Here's a conversation I overheard between the boys in my 4th Grade Chorus class yesterday:

B1: "My lawyer says when I'm 18, I'll get 100 million dollars."

B2: "You have a lawyer?"

[B1 nods.]

B3: "Yeah, well I'll sue you and get all of your money!"

B2: "Yeah, me too!"

B3: "I'll put lots of bruises on my face and tell them that you did it and then I'll get all of your money!"

At this point I jumped in and asked, "Do you think it's okay to lie to get his money?" and the student earnestly said: "But it would be worth it in the end because I'd be rich."

I can't tell you how frightening it is to me that this is the legacy we're handing to our children. The knowledge that to lie, cheat and steal is okay as long as you make a profit.

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I think the first part is disturbing. I work for an estate planning law firm, and I see this to some degree. To leave any one, especially a child $100 million (if this is the case) really gets them to lack ambition and gives them a sense of entitlement.

Posted 2/7/2009 10:40 AM by VoiceofSophia

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@VoiceofSophia - I'm sure he was exaggerating. The vast majority of my students are very low on the socio-economic ladder. If his family had that kind of big money I doubt he'd be going to a public school. I teach in a great school... but we don't have a lot of millionaires on board. :)

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