Guests and power trips and what-not
Sandra Dodd
I received this by e-mail yesterday, in response to my explanation of
why a post had been returned.
"Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
so sorry for you."
This list has had 613 posts this month. In the past seven days, 404
of those. There might be more before I finish composing this.
I think probably only a dozen posts have been returned lately and
most of those clearly spam. Three or four were "Sorry, this is
inappropriate." I missed the "flame war" one or that would've made
it four or five.
I have some commentary on the sentiments expressed:
"Nice power trip Sandra."
OH YES! My life revolves around the hope of sending a post back,
y'think? Here's what I've been doing to help unschoolers this
week: http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com
Several others have also helped lots of people (I quoted some of the
best of them). A few people have just bitched and whined.
"I don't agree with your viewpoints."
Okay. I have no hesitations about my viewpoints. I would unschool
if every other person on the planet put their kids in school
tomorrow. I don't need people to agree with me to feel whole and
right. Apparently some people's mental health hinges on whether a
post goes through to a list or not. I suppose there must be a few
million Yahoo groups by now. There are others.
"I feel so sorry for you."
I suppose that's intended to wound or intimidate or manipulate me.
Tonight people are coming over to my house eat and play a board game
(or play with the game board and cards, anyway) and discuss the
Crusades, 11th century to the 16th, or so. People are bringing
stories. I have books out. Holly and I have shopped and cooked.
Marty and Holly will be in on this discussion. There will be ten or
twelve people altogether.
Later or tomorrow Holly and I are going to finish a Roman costume for
her because Friday night she's going to a history of Italy party. I
have two good gold-plated brooches someone gave me years ago and she
can drive herself to the party, about fifteen miles from here.
I can't go with her because Friday I'll be in Arizona to speak at a
conference the next morning.
So given that this is the life someone has said she feels sorry for
me about, picture these moments if you will:
People are at my house, my food is out in one room and my game and
books are out in another room. I say "Please don't throw the food at
the ceiling."
The response might be "Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with
your viewpoints. I feel so sorry for you."
I'm helping Holly get ready for a party and advising her on some food
she might take.
""Nice power trip, mom. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel so
sorry for you."
I'm having people over tomorrow night to watch Lost. I don't know
all of them well and one hauls out drugs. I might say "Don't smoke
dope in my house," and they might say
""Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
so sorry for you.""
But that's not happening, for several reasons. First and foremost,
it's my house. But more than that, I don't HAVE friends who are
destructive or rude or who would use drugs without asking.
Yet it happens on this list. And I'm presuming that all those on
this list are the parents of children, and I have good reason to
assume that those parents are involved in or claiming or imagining
that they're trying to become more mindful parents, or better
unschooling parents.
Add this to the checklist, then: Avoid acting like a Jr. High School
girl. I've already been to Jr. High, three years, and I was good at
the whole deal. And then I taught Jr. High. And I'm through with
Jr. High. The next person who writes (with intent, not quoting or
commenting) anything like
power trip
flame war
hag
bat
will not be on the list, unless it happens this weekend when I'm in
Arizona. You might need to wait a day or two to be thrown off the
list.
I have the power to cut the list down from 1626 members to 1625, JUST
LIKE THAT!!! I am so powerful. Bwa-ha-haaaaaa.
Sandra Dodd
owner of the Always Learning list
why a post had been returned.
"Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
so sorry for you."
This list has had 613 posts this month. In the past seven days, 404
of those. There might be more before I finish composing this.
I think probably only a dozen posts have been returned lately and
most of those clearly spam. Three or four were "Sorry, this is
inappropriate." I missed the "flame war" one or that would've made
it four or five.
I have some commentary on the sentiments expressed:
"Nice power trip Sandra."
OH YES! My life revolves around the hope of sending a post back,
y'think? Here's what I've been doing to help unschoolers this
week: http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com
Several others have also helped lots of people (I quoted some of the
best of them). A few people have just bitched and whined.
"I don't agree with your viewpoints."
Okay. I have no hesitations about my viewpoints. I would unschool
if every other person on the planet put their kids in school
tomorrow. I don't need people to agree with me to feel whole and
right. Apparently some people's mental health hinges on whether a
post goes through to a list or not. I suppose there must be a few
million Yahoo groups by now. There are others.
"I feel so sorry for you."
I suppose that's intended to wound or intimidate or manipulate me.
Tonight people are coming over to my house eat and play a board game
(or play with the game board and cards, anyway) and discuss the
Crusades, 11th century to the 16th, or so. People are bringing
stories. I have books out. Holly and I have shopped and cooked.
Marty and Holly will be in on this discussion. There will be ten or
twelve people altogether.
Later or tomorrow Holly and I are going to finish a Roman costume for
her because Friday night she's going to a history of Italy party. I
have two good gold-plated brooches someone gave me years ago and she
can drive herself to the party, about fifteen miles from here.
I can't go with her because Friday I'll be in Arizona to speak at a
conference the next morning.
So given that this is the life someone has said she feels sorry for
me about, picture these moments if you will:
People are at my house, my food is out in one room and my game and
books are out in another room. I say "Please don't throw the food at
the ceiling."
The response might be "Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with
your viewpoints. I feel so sorry for you."
I'm helping Holly get ready for a party and advising her on some food
she might take.
""Nice power trip, mom. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel so
sorry for you."
I'm having people over tomorrow night to watch Lost. I don't know
all of them well and one hauls out drugs. I might say "Don't smoke
dope in my house," and they might say
""Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
so sorry for you.""
But that's not happening, for several reasons. First and foremost,
it's my house. But more than that, I don't HAVE friends who are
destructive or rude or who would use drugs without asking.
Yet it happens on this list. And I'm presuming that all those on
this list are the parents of children, and I have good reason to
assume that those parents are involved in or claiming or imagining
that they're trying to become more mindful parents, or better
unschooling parents.
Add this to the checklist, then: Avoid acting like a Jr. High School
girl. I've already been to Jr. High, three years, and I was good at
the whole deal. And then I taught Jr. High. And I'm through with
Jr. High. The next person who writes (with intent, not quoting or
commenting) anything like
power trip
flame war
hag
bat
will not be on the list, unless it happens this weekend when I'm in
Arizona. You might need to wait a day or two to be thrown off the
list.
I have the power to cut the list down from 1626 members to 1625, JUST
LIKE THAT!!! I am so powerful. Bwa-ha-haaaaaa.
Sandra Dodd
owner of the Always Learning list
halfshadow1
Sandra, you have a wonderful life and are great here so don't worry
about some weird stuff like that email.--- In
[email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
about some weird stuff like that email.--- In
[email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> I received this by e-mail yesterday, in response to my explanation of
> why a post had been returned.
>
> "Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
> so sorry for you."
>
> This list has had 613 posts this month. In the past seven days, 404
> of those. There might be more before I finish composing this.
>
> I think probably only a dozen posts have been returned lately and
> most of those clearly spam. Three or four were "Sorry, this is
> inappropriate." I missed the "flame war" one or that would've made
> it four or five.
>
> I have some commentary on the sentiments expressed:
>
> "Nice power trip Sandra."
>
> OH YES! My life revolves around the hope of sending a post back,
> y'think? Here's what I've been doing to help unschoolers this
> week: http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com
> Several others have also helped lots of people (I quoted some of the
> best of them). A few people have just bitched and whined.
>
> "I don't agree with your viewpoints."
>
> Okay. I have no hesitations about my viewpoints. I would unschool
> if every other person on the planet put their kids in school
> tomorrow. I don't need people to agree with me to feel whole and
> right. Apparently some people's mental health hinges on whether a
> post goes through to a list or not. I suppose there must be a few
> million Yahoo groups by now. There are others.
>
>
> "I feel so sorry for you."
>
> I suppose that's intended to wound or intimidate or manipulate me.
>
> Tonight people are coming over to my house eat and play a board game
> (or play with the game board and cards, anyway) and discuss the
> Crusades, 11th century to the 16th, or so. People are bringing
> stories. I have books out. Holly and I have shopped and cooked.
>
> Marty and Holly will be in on this discussion. There will be ten or
> twelve people altogether.
>
> Later or tomorrow Holly and I are going to finish a Roman costume for
> her because Friday night she's going to a history of Italy party. I
> have two good gold-plated brooches someone gave me years ago and she
> can drive herself to the party, about fifteen miles from here.
>
> I can't go with her because Friday I'll be in Arizona to speak at a
> conference the next morning.
>
> So given that this is the life someone has said she feels sorry for
> me about, picture these moments if you will:
>
> People are at my house, my food is out in one room and my game and
> books are out in another room. I say "Please don't throw the food at
> the ceiling."
>
> The response might be "Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with
> your viewpoints. I feel so sorry for you."
>
> I'm helping Holly get ready for a party and advising her on some food
> she might take.
> ""Nice power trip, mom. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel so
> sorry for you."
>
> I'm having people over tomorrow night to watch Lost. I don't know
> all of them well and one hauls out drugs. I might say "Don't smoke
> dope in my house," and they might say
> ""Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
> so sorry for you.""
>
> But that's not happening, for several reasons. First and foremost,
> it's my house. But more than that, I don't HAVE friends who are
> destructive or rude or who would use drugs without asking.
>
> Yet it happens on this list. And I'm presuming that all those on
> this list are the parents of children, and I have good reason to
> assume that those parents are involved in or claiming or imagining
> that they're trying to become more mindful parents, or better
> unschooling parents.
>
> Add this to the checklist, then: Avoid acting like a Jr. High School
> girl. I've already been to Jr. High, three years, and I was good at
> the whole deal. And then I taught Jr. High. And I'm through with
> Jr. High. The next person who writes (with intent, not quoting or
> commenting) anything like
> power trip
> flame war
> hag
> bat
> will not be on the list, unless it happens this weekend when I'm in
> Arizona. You might need to wait a day or two to be thrown off the
> list.
>
> I have the power to cut the list down from 1626 members to 1625, JUST
> LIKE THAT!!! I am so powerful. Bwa-ha-haaaaaa.
>
> Sandra Dodd
> owner of the Always Learning list
>
[email protected]
>From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>You Go woman!
>Date: 2008/02/27 Wed PM 06:19:44 CST
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Guests and power trips and what-not
>
>I received this by e-mail yesterday, in response to my explanation of
>why a post had been returned.
>
>"Nice power trip Sandra. I don't agree with your viewpoints. I feel
>so sorry for you."
>
> The next person who writes (with intent, not quoting or
>commenting) anything like
>power trip
>flame war
>hag
>bat
>will not be on the list, unless it happens this weekend when I'm in
>Arizona. You might need to wait a day or two to be thrown off the
>list.
>
>I have the power to cut the list down from 1626 members to 1625, JUST
>LIKE THAT!!! I am so powerful. Bwa-ha-haaaaaa.
>
>Sandra Dodd
>owner of the Always Learning list
>
>
~Laura