Beckett's Pozzo and My Son Ali

The other day son Ali preparing for end-of- year exams remarked that schools and exams were useless and therefore asked me and my wife to give him some convincing reasons to motivate him to study. We gave him some. But on the other hand this reminded me of Pozzo asking Vladimir and Estragon to give him a convincing reason why he should sit down. They try but in vain. "Try me again, " he says whispering to the twosome. Estragon says, "If you dont sit down you will have pneumonia." "No doubt you are right," says Pozzo and finally sits down