On what do you base that fully ridiculous assumption?

Absolutely results are more important than effort in the real world, but you're conflating how you treat an adult with how you treat a child. It works like this: let's say I'm a high IQ kid, and you tell me I'm smart when I get a good grade. I didn't really work very hard to achieve that good grade, I mostly got it…

Get real. If I've got fifteen years of experience under my belt and you hire me for a high-paying individual contributor job, you don't deserve your managerial position if you think the best use of your time is to outline my every task. Ambitious and capable people don't need mommy holding their hand.

Wow. Wrong. Actually, completely wrong. For those of us who think and solve problems creatively and work perfectly well independently, someone like this would be completely counterproductive. I guess this works for... I dunno, menial office jobs? And, anyway, if the boss actually does have to do all this in order…

As the adult child of a retired special needs teacher, I also wanted to say thank you for being a strong, advocate parent. So many times I listened to my mother either weep, defeated by parents who saw the public school system as an elaborate daycare or come home validated by folks like you who gave a crap. Thank…