Earlier today, we speculated that one of the few Take Your Child to Work Day jobs that children would enjoy would be National Geographic's swashbuckling Explorer-in-Residence job. Apparently Nat Geo jobs aren't the only paradisiacal thing—at this year's TKCTW celebration, they auctioned an iPad. A reader writes in,

Everyone Hates Take Your Child to Work Day for the Wrong Reason

Maureen O'Connor

4/22/10 1:06pm

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School districts annually admonish Take Your Child to Work Day as disruptive to education. They're missing the point: This holiday sucks because the only thing more boring than their schools is your job.

National Geographic's Take Your Child to Work Day Was More Fun Than Yours

Everyone Hates Take Your Child to Work Day for the Wrong Reason

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