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June 18, 2006

Adventures with Bruce - A Paternal Tradition Runs into Trouble in the Modern Age

by Ferdinand T Cat

Being that this is Father's Day, I thought I'd tell a story about Bruce and his children.

It is traditional in Bruce's family that parents are responsible for their children's education. When Bruce was growing up, his father spent many hours explaining the ins and outs of history, politics, and culture. Bruce performs the same function, but it's a different world than it was thirty years ago, and there are some glitches in the general plan.

A typical example is something that happened a few weeks ago while The Girl Who Feeds Me was studying for a history final. She was reviewing the unit about the causes of the French Revolution, and Bruce launched into a discussion of the role of the middle class and the effects of the famine of 1789. After about a minute, she demanded he stop, saying

Dad! I don't want to know the truth! I have to remember what our teacher told us!

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat


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Sadly, Ferdy, Bruce is not alone. Yak the Younger refused to read a good science book I bought him until after the school year was over because he was afraid he would forget the things he needed to know for the test and give "more information than the teacher wants - and she won't like that, she wants one-word answers."

Let's hear it for public education.


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