Kirby's classes and social aspect
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Pam S. wrote:
-=-When
my kids take college courses, the teachers go nuts over what fantastic
students they are - they stand out by a mile. I know why - it is
because the teachers can see in their eyes, read in their body
language, hear in their voices and tell just by the looks on their
faces that they are there to learn and understand, not to swallow and
regurgitate undigested material. There are teachers who get excited by
the existence of such rare students.-=-
I don't know how Kirby's teachers are feeling about him, but I needed to
correct something I think I wrote here. I said I thought he was hanging out with
people his own age, but he told me a couple of stories the other day. He was
talking through the last few things he wanted to be sure to do and one was to
"get Michelle's contact information." (I don't remember her real name, so I
loaned her 'Michelle.') She was his regular math partner. I assumed she was
someone his age, but didn't ask. He mentioned that she had a 14 year old
daughter, and so I added up and thought she must be at least 30. I asked him and
he shrugged and said, "I don't know, but she talked about her daughter working
at Subway, so I thought she might be 14." I said probably more like 16, that
few places would hire 14 year olds and he had been an exception.
He told a story of someone else in the class commenting that they got along
so well they should become a couple, and her saying, "But I'm married," and
laughing. So he does have older friends.
And he named another person, maybe my age he said (I'm 51), who had a hurt
ankle early in the semester and asked for a ride one day (just to the class in
general) and he gave her a ride, and offered her a ride every time until it
just became the routine that he would drive her home. She gave him $10 for gas
money the other day, and he said he accepted it and told her that of all the
people who had ever offered him gas money, she was the only one who'd actually
given him any. <g>
So for two months he's been driving an older woman to her apartment after
every class and didn't think it worth mentioning.
Seems interesting to me. I'm guessing some people his age (maybe most) would
be embarrassed or frustrated with an older woman who needed a ride.
Sandra
-=-When
my kids take college courses, the teachers go nuts over what fantastic
students they are - they stand out by a mile. I know why - it is
because the teachers can see in their eyes, read in their body
language, hear in their voices and tell just by the looks on their
faces that they are there to learn and understand, not to swallow and
regurgitate undigested material. There are teachers who get excited by
the existence of such rare students.-=-
I don't know how Kirby's teachers are feeling about him, but I needed to
correct something I think I wrote here. I said I thought he was hanging out with
people his own age, but he told me a couple of stories the other day. He was
talking through the last few things he wanted to be sure to do and one was to
"get Michelle's contact information." (I don't remember her real name, so I
loaned her 'Michelle.') She was his regular math partner. I assumed she was
someone his age, but didn't ask. He mentioned that she had a 14 year old
daughter, and so I added up and thought she must be at least 30. I asked him and
he shrugged and said, "I don't know, but she talked about her daughter working
at Subway, so I thought she might be 14." I said probably more like 16, that
few places would hire 14 year olds and he had been an exception.
He told a story of someone else in the class commenting that they got along
so well they should become a couple, and her saying, "But I'm married," and
laughing. So he does have older friends.
And he named another person, maybe my age he said (I'm 51), who had a hurt
ankle early in the semester and asked for a ride one day (just to the class in
general) and he gave her a ride, and offered her a ride every time until it
just became the routine that he would drive her home. She gave him $10 for gas
money the other day, and he said he accepted it and told her that of all the
people who had ever offered him gas money, she was the only one who'd actually
given him any. <g>
So for two months he's been driving an older woman to her apartment after
every class and didn't think it worth mentioning.
Seems interesting to me. I'm guessing some people his age (maybe most) would
be embarrassed or frustrated with an older woman who needed a ride.
Sandra
Sylvia Toyama
So for two months he's been driving an older woman to her apartment after every class and didn't think it worth mentioning.
Seems interesting to me. I'm guessing some people his age (maybe most) would be embarrassed or frustrated with an older woman who needed a ride.
Sandra
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Probably most kids Kirby's age who had been to school wouldn't even think to offer a ride to an older woman. Their world experience is almost exclusively other kids their own age. And how many 18 yo kids would be considered a likely, reliable choice for a regular ride by a 51 yo woman?
Your kids are such nice people, Sandra!
Sylvia
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Seems interesting to me. I'm guessing some people his age (maybe most) would be embarrassed or frustrated with an older woman who needed a ride.
Sandra
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Probably most kids Kirby's age who had been to school wouldn't even think to offer a ride to an older woman. Their world experience is almost exclusively other kids their own age. And how many 18 yo kids would be considered a likely, reliable choice for a regular ride by a 51 yo woman?
Your kids are such nice people, Sandra!
Sylvia
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In a message dated 4/9/2005 7:26:26 PM Central Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
And he named another person, maybe my age he said (I'm 51), who had a hurt
ankle early in the semester and asked for a ride one day (just to the class
in
general) and he gave her a ride, and offered her a ride every time until it
just became the routine that he would drive her home.
~~~
This just made me tearfully mother-proud.
He's *trustworthy*. That kind of solid character that most people recognize
right off.
Karen
www.badchair.net
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SandraDodd@... writes:
And he named another person, maybe my age he said (I'm 51), who had a hurt
ankle early in the semester and asked for a ride one day (just to the class
in
general) and he gave her a ride, and offered her a ride every time until it
just became the routine that he would drive her home.
~~~
This just made me tearfully mother-proud.
He's *trustworthy*. That kind of solid character that most people recognize
right off.
Karen
www.badchair.net
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In a message dated 4/11/2005 6:55:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
tuckervill2@... writes:
<<This just made me tearfully mother-proud.
He's *trustworthy*. That kind of solid character that most people
recognize
right off.>>
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Thanks, Karen.
I have e-mail I haven't read from Sunday and following, so sorry for me
posting back to older stuff.
Kirby brought a little paper home today that says he's getting an award
tomorrow for academic achievements this semester. As he's only taking two
classes and neither for college credit, I don't know what the deal it, and it might
be several from each class, or everyone who got an A, or really a special
deal. He didn't know what was up, but I'll go tomorrow and see. Holly says
she'll go with me. Marty will be at work and Keith in the hospital.
I hope they don't say "And here's someone who was apparently raised by
wolves and had never seen a math book before, but he got an A!"
Sandra
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tuckervill2@... writes:
<<This just made me tearfully mother-proud.
He's *trustworthy*. That kind of solid character that most people
recognize
right off.>>
======
Thanks, Karen.
I have e-mail I haven't read from Sunday and following, so sorry for me
posting back to older stuff.
Kirby brought a little paper home today that says he's getting an award
tomorrow for academic achievements this semester. As he's only taking two
classes and neither for college credit, I don't know what the deal it, and it might
be several from each class, or everyone who got an A, or really a special
deal. He didn't know what was up, but I'll go tomorrow and see. Holly says
she'll go with me. Marty will be at work and Keith in the hospital.
I hope they don't say "And here's someone who was apparently raised by
wolves and had never seen a math book before, but he got an A!"
Sandra
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