A future programmer

While (!paper.atEnd()) {
Write "I will make better choices."
}

Smart

Looks like he already has

Can confirm. I did this as a kid- and now look where I am.

@noonesboy Using two pencils to write the line twice as fast

Define recursion.

I was allowed to write something similar repetitively on my computer back when I was a kid. My parents thought I was typing out the whole thing. cntrl-v to the rescue (hadn't learned any programming yet) and they bought it.

I did this as a kid too, although mine wasn't quite so obvious.

@donkeyScript same here, except my mother actively encouraged me to copy-paste everything. She did not agree with my teacher.

I see a hacker, I upvote

I dis the exact same thing in elementary school. My teacher did not approve.

Work smarter, not harder

I also batch-processed long papers in school.