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Emo Philips

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.

Emo Philips

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The speaker humorously suggests that the strict discipline experienced in school, such as being spanked by a teacher, is something people only realize the value of when they are adults. This implies that certain tough experiences from childhood can become oddly appreciated or missed later in life because they are hard to come by outside of school.

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