Seems like a simple lesson (the first few years of your career constitute an eight-hour-a-day test, FYI), but the hilariously haughty and utterly off-base email from a former lifeguard to his old boss published by Deadspin shows that not all young ladder climbers have grasped this logic.

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Clapping and singing echo across the central courtyard, as a teacher leads a group of doll-like eight- and nine-yearold girls in a dance lesson.

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Aimed at children between the ages of eight and 12, the projects inside each package teach a basic lesson in science, technology, engineering or math through a hands-on experience.

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Over the course of his eight presentations, Mr. Granberry experienced a progressive dynamic that provides a helpful lesson for any presenter.

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When a live auction featuring a signed guitar wasn't generating enough interest, Springsteen took the microphone and upped the ante, throwing in a free guitar lesson with himself as the teacher, a ride in the side car of his Harley, eight tickets to the E Street concert of their choice, a backstage tour and lasagna made by his 87-year-old mother, Adele.

CNN: February 10, 2013 -- Updated 0155 GMT (0955 HKT)