Happened across this news article:
Heh. Good stuff.Karate Lessons Give Child Self-Confidence To Quit Karate
ENGLEWOOD, CO--After months of being taught to develop courage, inner strength, and other values of the martial arts, Daniel Finkelstein finally achieved the self-confidence necessary to stand up to his parents and quit taking karate lessons, the area sixth-grader reported Monday.
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A story like that one is what the experts define as "irony".