**1. Fortune favors the prepared mind. -- Pasteur & "If I have seen further than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants" - In other words, you’ve got to have something to think with and about. ** 2. I’ll grant you that one 3. Maybe that one too 4. Or that learning self-discipline through discipline is a skill and has it’s own rewards. 5. The first, perhaps. And the second to too great a degree. OTOH, there is value in learning to navigate society, read cues, and get along in the world. (Just ask any autistic child who has trouble reading social cues). [#writing](bear://x-callback-url/open-tag?name=writing)