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As the old saying goes, "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." Whether it be education, athletics, or Selection, 9 times out of 10 the better prepared will be standing with their hands raised when all is said and done. Perhaps the Korean way is archaic, but at least they hold their children to a higher standard forcing the children to hold themselves to this standard. As Solar stated with his experienced high class dropout rate, one sign of adversity and the better of our society will submit. And submit with a smile. No shame. No remorse. I hate this victim mentality we seem to carry today. That everything should be handed to us on a silver platter. Maybe we should take a page from Korea and force every male to serve in the military. Force some LDRSHIP down their throat.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks nothing is worth war is much worse. The individual who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, whose only concern is for his own personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill
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