This took me back to teaching days when a student got in some grade trouble because he didn't feel the need to do his homework. He and his parents came in for a conference and I was halfway expecting the parents to take their child's side (he doesn't like to read, homework is boring, he's busy with other activities, etc., etc.). They didn't and Dad got after his son. In a tough, no sympathy voice, "This your own ass fault for gettin' them grades." The kid's eyes bugged out when Dad said that (so did mine). It was a positive and productive conference and Little Johnny got a weekend to turn in his missing assignments with no grade reduction penalty.
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