Re: Voice , the teacher voice, the poodle voice
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In a message dated 11/6/02 6:25:51 AM, ejcrewe@... writes:
<< How can I get Mark to stop using the cloying teacher's voice when he's
explaining something to the children? He just can't help himself. Maybe
because both his parents were teachers? I point it out and he tries to
change. Will this get better over time? Should I just let it slide? It's
like nails on a chalk board for me. >>
A tape recording? If it's like nails on a chalkboard, maybe ask him to take
it all into another room for now, until he has more time to work on it.
If his parents used that voice, it's going to be EXTRA hard for him to find
another one. And since the kids didn't have school examples, it might not be
bothering them.
Holly was talking to me yesterday about how she and her friend Jasmine had
been talking about how people had different tones of voice when they were
talking on to the phone to strangers, or maybe different when they talked to
adults than when they talked to kids. So even for kids not in school, they
have and hear different voices.
On another list, we had a WONDERFUL example of this.
I've saved it as one of the shortest and most useful tools for this:
Subj: Re: [AlwaysLearning] struggling
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2001 10:51:02 AM
From: dvilter@...
To: [email protected]
and sincerity. The unschooler your
children as people first. After much talk getting nowhere, one of the other
unschooling parents turned to me and in the French poodle voice started
thanking me for all the things I had done for the group that day. Something
like,"Oh Dan, thank you for bringing the stove for hot cocoa. You did such a
good job setting it up and heating the water! You're so strong carrying that
big jug of water all by yourself!" Everyone had a good laugh and the point
was succinctly made.
-Dan Vilter
<< How can I get Mark to stop using the cloying teacher's voice when he's
explaining something to the children? He just can't help himself. Maybe
because both his parents were teachers? I point it out and he tries to
change. Will this get better over time? Should I just let it slide? It's
like nails on a chalk board for me. >>
A tape recording? If it's like nails on a chalkboard, maybe ask him to take
it all into another room for now, until he has more time to work on it.
If his parents used that voice, it's going to be EXTRA hard for him to find
another one. And since the kids didn't have school examples, it might not be
bothering them.
Holly was talking to me yesterday about how she and her friend Jasmine had
been talking about how people had different tones of voice when they were
talking on to the phone to strangers, or maybe different when they talked to
adults than when they talked to kids. So even for kids not in school, they
have and hear different voices.
On another list, we had a WONDERFUL example of this.
I've saved it as one of the shortest and most useful tools for this:
Subj: Re: [AlwaysLearning] struggling
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2001 10:51:02 AM
From: dvilter@...
To: [email protected]
> The little sing-songy tone of voice, the little musical "Ooh, you're such ato
> GOOD girl!" gags me. I've always called that talking like they're talking
> a French poodle. It's horrible.At a park day, we were having a discussion about the usefulness of praise
and sincerity. The unschooler your
children as people first. After much talk getting nowhere, one of the other
unschooling parents turned to me and in the French poodle voice started
thanking me for all the things I had done for the group that day. Something
like,"Oh Dan, thank you for bringing the stove for hot cocoa. You did such a
good job setting it up and heating the water! You're so strong carrying that
big jug of water all by yourself!" Everyone had a good laugh and the point
was succinctly made.
-Dan Vilter