strabo wrote:

You say that you generally know more of some subjects
than others. I'll buy that. Because you didn't study a subject
and your child did is one thing but to bury yourself in
self-deprecating apologies is something else. Look up
passive-aggression.

Ed H. and Jim S. seem to be using inadequate sample sizes to make some
pretty sweeping statements. (As I'm only picking up parts of this as I
mark the thread read, I may be doing Ed H. a disservice.)