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QUESTION:

Jonathan,

I am listening to Doug Fields at the moment about hurts and he keeps referring to young people as students and it's really, really annoying me! I was just wondering...why do you call young people 'students?' Does it mean that you only work with university students?

Phil
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ANSWER:

Phil,

Wow. I never realized someone could be annoyed by the word "students." Maybe you'd like my seminars. I always just call them "stupid little punks!"

Seriously, sorry you're annoyed, but I use the word "students" a lot too. The fact is, kids have to be in school until age 16-18 anyway, and one word that seems to work describing them is the word "students."
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