im sick of people saying things are businesses that aren't. I read crap all the time like "running a government is like running a business" or "running a school is just running a business" or "running a household is just the same as running a business." NO IT'S NOT. You can't fire your kids, or your constituency, or your students. You can't quit your family. The main thing is that a business is typically an organization whose purpose is to make money. A family is not, a country is not, and it is at least an issue whether a school ought to be. Thinking like a businessperson can be helpful when running a family or a school or whatever, but one ought not forget that there are huge huge important differences.