ETA: Okay, I've recently found out that this quote is not Vonnegut, although he did write something similar to this in a letter to schoolchildren. That letter was posted to three--ring's blog with her commentary posted below. Her commentary was copy-pasted to Facebook as being written by Vonnegut, and it's been passed around that way ever since. Proof here.

I'm fixing this post with proper attribution. I did do a quick web search before posting this, but apparently it was too quick. Bleagh.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago

Ugghh same. Expected to do well in school so why would they praise me for doing well? Expected to so well at extra curriculars so why praise? I stopped doing much.

I started a garden last year. I kept going this year. They suck ass and aren't optimized or doing well. I still have tomatoes. I'll still plant a garden next year.

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