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OT - I'm *REALLY* Angry Now
On Feb 5, 12:26*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
It's all well and good for Ben to say, forget about it and forget about them, they're not worth it. *But it wasn't done to HIM, he didn't feel that sting of betrayal You got that in one! Dave doesn;t understand because it wasn't done to him and he doesn't think it's a big deal as far as he is concerned it's what you get for hanging round with a bunch of geeks AKA role players....rather like our chairman who doesn't seem to understand how I feel 'cos basically I get the impression it's only me, I'm supposed to ...well be a bit annoyed at first then....forget it..if they did that to him he'd still be ****ed off but I'm supposed to be ladylike..like when was I EVER a lady! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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I'm grateful to my parents for a lot of things, but the one thing I'm most grateful for is that they didn't agree when the principle wanted to skip me two grades. *I took enough teasing because I was from two months to a year younger than most of my classmates. *My life would have been pure hell if I'd been two or three years younger than they were. Funny, I was always bitter that my parents wouldn't let the principal skip me two grades. My high school years were hellish as it was, and the fact that it took me so much longer to get through it and get out on my own to somwhere more secure still makes me angry. I wish I'd been able to start living in my own dorm room at university at age 17 instead of living "on the road" in between military training--it would have been far more comfortable and safer. DP skipped grades and started university when he was 16. Neither of us are involved in MENSA. For me, it's more that I feel I have enough other things to do that I don't need a social group based solely around my IQ. I'd rather spend my time talking about HALO, sci- fi, writing, cats, aviation and military things. I actually don't know my IQ score. For my own curiousity, I should retake the test some day. My parents and the principal made some weird agreement that I "should not be told what it is," but it's definitely up there...though I wonder with my current neuro damage if I could duplicate the results. --Fil |
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Lesley wrote:
On Feb 5, 11:52?am, wrote: In the US we had "Dick and Jane" books - same deal. A bunch of propaganda! Where they as awful as Janet and John? Designed to teach 5 year old kids that men did interesting things and women did housework and shopping? Probably. I haven't seen them since I was 6 or 7. I do remember that they taught us that everyone was white and lived in suburbia, though. Joyce -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. |
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On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:36:55 -0800, Lesley wrote:
All excellent ideas. I highly recommend SCA, role playing and Toastmasters. Good idea but none of them are immune to nastinesss. I've been a member of my local role playing club for 18 years and over that time I've held many posts. Last year I stood to be re-elected as treasurer a post I'd been holding for 3-4 years but this year I had someone standing against me.... horror story snipped Even some of the traditionally safe venues can be pretty nasty. When Nancy and I lived in California, we attended the church that Nancy had attended for some time in previous years. Since Nancy is and was pretty good at creating web pages she registered a domain for the church, designed a very nice web site, and took on the job of maintaining the site. She kept the calendar up to date, solicited and edited the news, etc. She did an excellent job on the site and never heard a word of complaint. She maintained the site for 3 years. During this time she kept the site current, solicited suggestions for improvement from all every source she could think of, and paid for the domain name renewal and web hosting fees out of her own pocket. After 3 years (during which time she never received a word of thanks from anyone on the church board) the church board called her and told her they'd like her to transfer the domain registration to them because they were turning the web site over to someone else to run. When she asked what they wanted to change they refused to answer, saying that it had already been determined that they were going to turn the site over to someone else. At my recommendation she never did transfer the registration - they can always come up with another domain name on their own. I also recommended that she archive the current content and replace the current page with a link to hamsterdance. When I grew up I was taught that church people were polite and trustworthy. Too bad that real life doesn't match up with reality. Dan |
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"Enfilade" wrote in message
... I'm grateful to my parents for a lot of things, but the one thing I'm most grateful for is that they didn't agree when the principle wanted to skip me two grades. I took enough teasing because I was from two months to a year younger than most of my classmates. My life would have been pure hell if I'd been two or three years younger than they were. Funny, I was always bitter that my parents wouldn't let the principal skip me two grades. My high school years were hellish as it was, and the fact that it took me so much longer to get through it and get out on my own to somwhere more secure still makes me angry. I wish I'd been able to start living in my own dorm room at university at age 17 instead of living "on the road" in between military training--it would have been far more comfortable and safer. DP skipped grades and started university when he was 16. Neither of us are involved in MENSA. For me, it's more that I feel I have enough other things to do that I don't need a social group based solely around my IQ. I'd rather spend my time talking about HALO, sci- fi, writing, cats, aviation and military things. I actually don't know my IQ score. For my own curiousity, I should retake the test some day. My parents and the principal made some weird agreement that I "should not be told what it is," but it's definitely up there...though I wonder with my current neuro damage if I could duplicate the results. --Fil ===================== Me too - I would have done SO much better in school instead of giving up in frustration (not that I failed anything, just that I never opened a book after the fourth grade and still got by with Bs and Cs). Hugs, CatNipped |
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"Dan M" wrote in message ... On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:36:55 -0800, Lesley wrote: All excellent ideas. I highly recommend SCA, role playing and Toastmasters. Good idea but none of them are immune to nastinesss. I've been a member of my local role playing club for 18 years and over that time I've held many posts. Last year I stood to be re-elected as treasurer a post I'd been holding for 3-4 years but this year I had someone standing against me.... horror story snipped Even some of the traditionally safe venues can be pretty nasty. When Nancy and I lived in California, we attended the church that Nancy had attended for some time in previous years. Since Nancy is and was pretty good at creating web pages she registered a domain for the church, designed a very nice web site, and took on the job of maintaining the site. She kept the calendar up to date, solicited and edited the news, etc. She did an excellent job on the site and never heard a word of complaint. She maintained the site for 3 years. During this time she kept the site current, solicited suggestions for improvement from all every source she could think of, and paid for the domain name renewal and web hosting fees out of her own pocket. After 3 years (during which time she never received a word of thanks from anyone on the church board) the church board called her and told her they'd like her to transfer the domain registration to them because they were turning the web site over to someone else to run. When she asked what they wanted to change they refused to answer, saying that it had already been determined that they were going to turn the site over to someone else. At my recommendation she never did transfer the registration - they can always come up with another domain name on their own. I also recommended that she archive the current content and replace the current page with a link to hamsterdance. When I grew up I was taught that church people were polite and trustworthy. Too bad that real life doesn't match up with reality. Dan Hey, I grew up in a church where the members are known to be pretty well behaved, and even so was taught not to mix business and church. Never, ever to trust someone just because they were a member of the same church. I just tell myself that people go to church because they know they need to be better people. If they know that, why should I assume anything less. Jo Jo |
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Lesley wrote:
On Feb 5, 12:06 pm, "Joy" wrote: I've never run into anything like that at the club level in Toastmasters. This was at club level- maybe I should join Toastmasters- what is that? Something to do with public speaking? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs I thought it was a club for people eating beans on toast. ;-) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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On Feb 6, 4:26*am, Adrian wrote:
I thought it was a club for people eating beans on toast. ;-) Just beans? Won't join if I can't be radical and introduce cheese on toast! And does it have to be toasted bread? Where does the membership stand on crumpet? How about jam and marmalade? Or are conserves too extreme? (You're talking to a hot toasted crumpet with butter and conserve addict here!) and will I get expelled for adding black pepper to the beans? Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:05:15 -0700, MLB wrote:
Lesley wrote: On Feb 3, 7:10 am, tanadashoes wrote: when one of my class mates, who'd gone to kindergarten, couldn't read "Fun with Dick and Jane" the first day of school. You're like me- I arrived at my first day at the Infants School (Not sure what it's called in the US but it's the one where you start at 5) and the teacher said "Can any of you read?" and I put my hand up- wrong move! I still remember she said something like "Stop showing off- here read this if you think you can" (Thanks to a dad who thought he had a child genius after apparently I taught myself to read from television- I have a vague memory of an advert for chocolate- in those days you'd see a picture of some chocolate, a voice would say the word and the word would also be on the screen- my dad then decided to show me the "Odhams Home Educator" I recall by the time I started school I could read "The kaydid is the most voracious as insect in North America" and comprehend the idea of "Insect" and knew what "Voracious" meant but wasn't too sure where North America was) so she gave me a pile of "Janet and John" books- don't know if anyone else here has read them but even at 5 they were rubbish- sorta "See John and the dog play- see John and daddy play football- see John climb a tree- see Janet help mummy with the washing up" It took me half an hour to read the lot and the teacher locked me in a cupboard as punishmet.....it had some enclyopaedias in it so it hardly counted as a punishment for me....I got hooked on the "Black's children's encyclopaedia"...a few years later my dad promised if I got to the top of the class that year he'd buy me a set....I still have the set I won Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs It is called Kindergarten in the USA. There are pre-schools too where kids are taught to socialize and learn manners. Some start them reading. There is an advertisement selling a program called "Your Baby Can Read". The ad indicates babies at 9 months can recognize letters. I have NOT investigated this program. My sister is 2 1/2 years younger than I am. When I was learning to read at age 6, she would sit next to me and follow along as I read. Fairly soon she surprised my parents by proving to them that she had now learned to read, at age 4. I might well have learned to read earlier, except that my parents didn't realize that I needed glasses until I was age 6 and in first grade. -- John F. Eldredge -- "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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