Today I had to term someone. My son who was in the other room finishing late homework he had to stay after school for, overheard the short meeting. Afterward I came back to the room he was working in & he looked somewhat somber. /1

“Did you overhear that?” I asked. He shook his head in acknowledgment.

“The world waits for no one, son. If you cannot come prepared, perform the tasks given you & complete the work in a timely manner, correctly, you will not succeed, here with me or elsewhere... “ /2

“ ...you are promised my love & guidance, not a living. If the standards I, teachers, bosses, set for you are higher than the ones you set for yourself, you’ll be left wanting things that the world will not give to you & should you come to work here, I will not give to you” /end