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Published Jun 7, 2019

209: How to Trick Your Teenager into Following Good Advice | Feedback Friday

Jordan Harbinger and Jason DeFillippo delve into the art of influencing teenagers positively, tackle academic hurdles with sound strategies, and provide robust insights on building trust in relationships, using personal stories and listener experiences to enrich their advice.
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  • Attendance Issues

    Navigating attendance issues in school can be challenging, especially when dealing with strict professors. advises a respectful approach, emphasizing humility and understanding the professor's perspective. He suggests that confronting the professor head-on could lead to ego clashes, which are counterproductive 1. Instead, Jordan recommends addressing the issue politely and, if necessary, escalating it to higher authorities within the institution 2.

    Schools want to keep you there really bad. Not only does it look bad because they have a lower percentage of graduation, they want your money. They want your money much more than they want to let this professor play games with her students or be cocky or arrogant.

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    GPA Dilemmas

    GPA dilemmas often arise when past academic performance affects future opportunities. shares a listener's concern about whether to list a higher major-specific GPA on a resume to compensate for a low overall GPA. warns against this, citing the long-term risks of deception 3. He recalls a case where a long-time employee was fired for lying about her degree, highlighting the potential consequences of such actions 4.

    Think long, long term, not just, "We'll get past it once we get our interview or our first job." Also, this isn't just any job, this is actuarial science. This is literally the science of using accurate statistics and numbers to get a result somehow.

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    Double Standards

    Double standards in academic settings can be frustrating and demotivating for students. Jordan shares personal experiences of dealing with unfair grading practices and emphasizes the importance of addressing these issues through proper channels. He advises maintaining a polite and humble demeanor when raising concerns, as this can often lead to a more favorable outcome 5. If initial attempts fail, escalating the issue to higher authorities may be necessary to ensure fairness 6.

    Always, always, always start out relaxed, comfortable, cool and humble. And that will go a long way even if she is wrong.

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