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Originally Posted by strelnik
There are times when precision and punctuality matter, and times when they do not.
If you are 3 minutes late for a cookout that starts at noon, what is the damage?
If you are 3 minutes behind and miss your subway train and are delayed 5 minutes, what's the damage?
If you leave 5 minutes after the artillery barrage starts, it could be a problem...
If you put 63 oz of water in the gallon jug for KoolAid, does it matter?
If you double the dose of Plavix to a heart patient, it will matter. If you double the dose of metroprolol tartrate, it won't!.
Maturity is understanding what's important and what is not, and living thus informed.
PS NEVER EXPECT A SCHOOL SYSTEM TO ACT WITH JUDGEMENT AND/OR MATURITY! ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS THEIR STUDENTS, WHOM THEY TREAT WORSE THAN CONVICTS, IN MOST CASES.--
YOU SEE, EVEN CONVICTS GET CABLE TV!  
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All true. However, if you don't learn discipline and punctuality as a kid, when do you learn it? One thing I learned is that as a student, the penalty is very lax compared to as an adult. Fail a class? Take it again. Fail an assignment as an adult, you might be getting a copy of the Classifieds.