Each one, a small but determined opposition to the order of things in general, is forever doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, in the wrong place and in the wrong way.

每个孩子都绝对是事物普通秩序的小小对抗者，总是在错误的时间、错误的地点，以错误的方式做错误的事情。

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And in doing so, a subject and verb suddenly don't match up, or a period is left in the wrong place, or a set of dates gets knocked out of alignment. I see this in MBA resumes all the time.

就是因为这样做，他们突然发现主语和动词不匹配了，或者一个句号放在了错误的位置上，或者发现日期没有连贯性。

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"Like boxing, it's about convincing your opponent you'll do one thing so you draw them into doing the wrong action at the wrong time, or in the wrong place and then take advantage of their error to hit them, " says Ms. Halls.

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