Imitating Parents
One student harshly criticizes another's 73% test score, then admits they were just imitating their own parents.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-10-09-imitating-parents/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A (to a kid holding a test): "73%? Terrible. You'll amount to nothing. Work harder."
B: "Hey! Rude."
A: "Sorry — I was just imitating my parents."
B: "Ah... aren't we all. *sigh* Aren't we all."