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You shouldn't care if your kids get bad grades ($40M/year CEO)

3 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, Matt Ryder explains his parenting philosophy regarding education. He says he doesn't care if his children receive mediocre grades, emphasizing that they should focus on effort in activities they enjoy. Ryder argues that university education is only worthwhile for professions like doctors or lawyers, dismissing other degrees—especially MBAs—as useless. He criticizes high school for failing to teach practical life skills such as filing taxes or grocery shopping. Ultimately, he states that the only educational outcomes he values for his kids are a strong work ethic and the ability to learn independently.

With my kids, if they walk out with mediocre grades, I don't care. I'll tell them to put effort in things they enjoy. I don't see any point in going to uni unless you want to be a doctor, a lawyer. Like, what else? Like an MBA. I could not think of a more garbage thing to have. High school doesn't teach you how to have a life. You don't learn how to do your taxes, how to go to the grocery store. The point for me of education with my kids is as long as they learn a work ethic and they learn how to learn, that's all I give a shit about.