People forget that decisions we make today can return to bite us tomorrow.
I recommended a former student for a job this week. I had another friend who needed help that the former student (I will call him Bob) could have provided. Unfortunately for Bob, my friend knows him. And knows, that while Bob is a hard worker and a nice kid, he is unpredictable.
When kids are late to class - or fail to come at all - I tell them they are building their reputations and the habits that will serve them (or fail them) their whole lives.
They don't get it. Presumably Mayor Bloomberg knows this - but like many politicians , feels the riff raff are too stupid to remember. So far, he's been proven correct.
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