Speaking of School.....
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In a message dated 8/25/01 4:00:19 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
office for "talking too much" I spent so much time in comprehensive school
(high school to Americans) writing lines ("I will not disrupt the class by
talking so much)", so many hours sitting outside the classroom for "talking
too much", many report cards that said "Dawn talks too much and dispruts
other people: (even though I got A's and B's and refused to do homework) ...
my recollection of school is that you have to shut up and do as you are told.
So why with all my talking didn't they encourage me to take a job where I
talk a lot????? Surely all the teachers couldn't have been blind to see
where my talents lay? I guess so because when I talked about becomming an
actress, journalist or working on the radio they laughed and said I ought to
become a nurse...... Many years later I became an actress, a writer and I
work on radio across America.... Seems I found my natural way and talents
without the help of school. I often wonder how much sooner I would have
found it had I not been instituionalized and told to become something I had
no interest in...... (I didn't become a Nurse... but spend many years
floundering around until I discovered my passion in life)
Just my 2 cents.
Dawn
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dawn Falbe
Personal Development Coach
Relocational Astrologer
(520) 579-2646
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Path of Least Resistance is Inside of You
www.astrologerdawn.com
Enlightening women on how to live their Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world
are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and,
if they can't find them, make them." - George Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school."-George
Bernard Shaw
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[email protected] writes:
> I became seriously discourage myselfI can really relate to this.... I spent so much time at the headmaster's
> around 4th grade when they had charts w/ Gold stars and I couldn't get one
> in
> math and was reminded daily. Also being very good at reading I was tolds to
> be quiet and let other kids try since they knew I already understood the
> reading. UCK! I hate school.
> NICKI~
>
office for "talking too much" I spent so much time in comprehensive school
(high school to Americans) writing lines ("I will not disrupt the class by
talking so much)", so many hours sitting outside the classroom for "talking
too much", many report cards that said "Dawn talks too much and dispruts
other people: (even though I got A's and B's and refused to do homework) ...
my recollection of school is that you have to shut up and do as you are told.
So why with all my talking didn't they encourage me to take a job where I
talk a lot????? Surely all the teachers couldn't have been blind to see
where my talents lay? I guess so because when I talked about becomming an
actress, journalist or working on the radio they laughed and said I ought to
become a nurse...... Many years later I became an actress, a writer and I
work on radio across America.... Seems I found my natural way and talents
without the help of school. I often wonder how much sooner I would have
found it had I not been instituionalized and told to become something I had
no interest in...... (I didn't become a Nurse... but spend many years
floundering around until I discovered my passion in life)
Just my 2 cents.
Dawn
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dawn Falbe
Personal Development Coach
Relocational Astrologer
(520) 579-2646
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Path of Least Resistance is Inside of You
www.astrologerdawn.com
Enlightening women on how to live their Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world
are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and,
if they can't find them, make them." - George Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school."-George
Bernard Shaw
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In a message dated 8/25/01 8:11:23 AM, NumoAstro@... writes:
<< Seems I found my natural way and talents
without the help of school. >>
In spite of school.
Stories of what hurt children in school are truly, truly sad. As a student I
was getting the gold stars other kids would loved to have had, and soon I no
longer cared about them, and they got me not one speck of joy, but if some of
the other kids had gotten them their mother would have made them a special
dinner and they would have gone to sleep smiling. And as a teacher I
inevitably contributed to those kinds of failure moments. Usually I tried to
do what I knew was right, but people get tired and grouchy, and there are
grades required by the state, and some people sleep through and get A's and
some try hard and get C's.
I put up an apology to my students. I have no idea if any of them will ever
find it.
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
<< Seems I found my natural way and talents
without the help of school. >>
In spite of school.
Stories of what hurt children in school are truly, truly sad. As a student I
was getting the gold stars other kids would loved to have had, and soon I no
longer cared about them, and they got me not one speck of joy, but if some of
the other kids had gotten them their mother would have made them a special
dinner and they would have gone to sleep smiling. And as a teacher I
inevitably contributed to those kinds of failure moments. Usually I tried to
do what I knew was right, but people get tired and grouchy, and there are
grades required by the state, and some people sleep through and get A's and
some try hard and get C's.
I put up an apology to my students. I have no idea if any of them will ever
find it.
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
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I meant to include this in the last one. http://expage.com/sandraadamsgill
It's the apology to my students. I had six years worth of more or less
(mostly more!) 138 or so kids a year, with about 100 repeats after I switched
from 7th to 9th, so guess I had... (here comes real-life algebra) over 900
students. Sometimes some of them were having a really good time. Often I
was having a really good time. But there are dark pockets of bad temper,
unhappy kids, meanness between kids that I wasn't clever enough to divert
(some I tried)...
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
It's the apology to my students. I had six years worth of more or less
(mostly more!) 138 or so kids a year, with about 100 repeats after I switched
from 7th to 9th, so guess I had... (here comes real-life algebra) over 900
students. Sometimes some of them were having a really good time. Often I
was having a really good time. But there are dark pockets of bad temper,
unhappy kids, meanness between kids that I wasn't clever enough to divert
(some I tried)...
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
Sharon Rudd
You were the best you could be...and still are. What
more is there?
Sharon
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--- SandraDodd@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/25/01 8:11:23 AM,
> NumoAstro@... writes:
>
> << Seems I found my natural way and talents
> without the help of school. >>
>
> In spite of school.
>
> Stories of what hurt children in school are truly,
> truly sad. As a student I
> was getting the gold stars other kids would loved to
> have had, and soon I no
> longer cared about them, and they got me not one
> speck of joy, but if some of
> the other kids had gotten them their mother would
> have made them a special
> dinner and they would have gone to sleep smiling.
> And as a teacher I
> inevitably contributed to those kinds of failure
> moments. Usually I tried to
> do what I knew was right, but people get tired and
> grouchy, and there are
> grades required by the state, and some people sleep
> through and get A's and
> some try hard and get C's.
>
> I put up an apology to my students. I have no idea
> if any of them will ever
> find it.
>
> Sandra
>
> "Everything counts."
> http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
> http://expage.com/SandraDodd
>
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In a message dated 8/26/01 8:44:31 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
bearspawprint@... writes:
Regret?
Lingering perfectionism?
Luckily, there is also chocolate.
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bearspawprint@... writes:
> You were the best you could be...and still are. WhatGuilt?
> more is there?
>
Regret?
Lingering perfectionism?
Luckily, there is also chocolate.
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