You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims adults appreciate school things like spanking more later, suggesting they pay for similar experiences in therapy.
- In plain terms
- Kids don't like being spanked, but adults pay money for similar things later.
- What can you take from it?
- Things we dislike now might seem valuable later.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do we change our values?
- Is pain always learning?
Another view
The comparison to therapy is controversial and simplistic.
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