tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post5987344708968267500..comments2023-09-22T03:32:33.934-07:00Comments on Half Soled Boots: Get (Ab)used to it.Shanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-69037413295473087282009-12-21T13:34:34.996-08:002009-12-21T13:34:34.996-08:00very well said.
In any event, people who have bee...very well said.<br /><br />In any event, people who have been subject to systematic bullying in childhood seem to cope cope less well with bullies later on than those who haven't. Being bullied does *not* improve anyone's copeability.Baba Yaganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-4437818990081627112009-12-12T04:05:16.693-08:002009-12-12T04:05:16.693-08:00Wow, powerful and true....Wish I was in the positi...Wow, powerful and true....Wish I was in the position to homeschool...Public schools really are very lax in lots of ways...especially with bullies....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-20981702073212212882009-12-10T09:28:27.715-08:002009-12-10T09:28:27.715-08:00I'm with Uncle Dave: this is pure brilliance.I'm with Uncle Dave: this is pure brilliance.clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-19868666052297512402009-12-09T22:18:38.515-08:002009-12-09T22:18:38.515-08:00Well said Shan!
You know that I agree on all of i...Well said Shan!<br /> You know that I agree on all of it and more. Another important thing is the pure act of giving another person their time. Time to learn everything. Tolerance, compassion, sharing as well as all of the rudiments of academic skills. I learned this lesson well from my dear Grandmother. She invested time in me, teaching me more than I could ever hope to learn from a course or a book.The time that is invested in each of us, by someone who loves us, is priceless. That is one of the reasons that homeschooling was such a natural choice for me.Your thoughts, your examples, your challenge to the exisiting public system- dead on!<br />KarenKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162633215341799777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-39702406885836182412009-12-09T18:02:33.885-08:002009-12-09T18:02:33.885-08:00If all things were equal in the school environ, th...If all things were equal in the school environ, then "the other side" would have valid arguments. The reality is that the institution simply doesn't remotely represent the "adult world". The goal is to raise adults. Period!!!Stace'https://www.blogger.com/profile/17019625670602026914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-85267902511546234962009-12-09T17:29:36.576-08:002009-12-09T17:29:36.576-08:00You make such great points. Most of my family memb...You make such great points. Most of my family members are teachers here in the States. They constantly complain about the out-of-control children, their inability to discipline children, and in some cases, the ruling to not give out homework. <br /><br />But there is very little that can be done, for fear of the reaction from parents. So the kids who really want to learn must suffer because of the teachers' fear of reactions from the parents of the kids who don't want to learn. <br /><br />And yet you have to prove that your kids are getting a good education outside of the system. Go figure.Genahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005093092821158706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-34289287174035186902009-12-09T15:18:25.264-08:002009-12-09T15:18:25.264-08:00Amen, lady. Your story of the interaction you had...Amen, lady. Your story of the interaction you had forced upon you at the crafting party literally left me with my mouth hanging open in outrage, and you just articulated so well (a few of) the problems with her attitude. <br /><br />You know, I'm continually dumbfounded at how convinced people are that a)they're 100% right, and b)other people are interested in what they have to say. I was just talking to a friend of mine with a hyphenated surname, who says that people confront her about it <em>all the time</em>. Freak out at her about how inconvenient and impractical it is/would be to have a hyphenated last name. Tell her they would never hyphenate, if they had kids. WHY DOES IT EVEN OCCUR TO YOU TO SHARE THIS? So rude, and so irrelevant!Emilyhttp://www.familytrunkproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-36531338175713917642009-12-09T10:15:51.354-08:002009-12-09T10:15:51.354-08:00I don't love the reason why you are so fired u...I don't love the reason why you are so fired up (I'm behind you, 100%) and I don't love thinking about you being so frustrated... But I love what you do when you're impassioned. You write brilliantly and you make us think and you make us care (if we weren't/didn't already). That's an enormous talent, Shan. In addition to making you one kick-ass mom.melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192297068158862693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-3531622257095442312009-12-09T08:01:58.531-08:002009-12-09T08:01:58.531-08:00Oh, so true. Makes me wish I was homeschooling.Oh, so true. Makes me wish I was homeschooling.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609303563648969281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-2435038046450864172009-12-09T03:39:04.929-08:002009-12-09T03:39:04.929-08:00SO f-ing well said. Robb and I talk more and more ...SO f-ing well said. Robb and I talk more and more about the real possibility of homeschooling Lucy; it's a ways off in the future, and I don't know how we'll make it work if I can't stop working entirely, but I think of everything I went through in school, and I am just not willing to put my sensitive, beautiful little girl through all of that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409709212362887409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-10182148106337730932009-12-09T03:09:35.876-08:002009-12-09T03:09:35.876-08:00Shannon, this is brilliant, in my work I want to m...Shannon, this is brilliant, in my work I want to make it so that organizations that care for people with disabilities must PROVE they are safe havens, safe places. I love the dealing with bullies is obsolete after school because after school - they become criminal.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-73160635496093988902009-12-08T19:55:59.083-08:002009-12-08T19:55:59.083-08:00Some people are so assinine. Your story about the ...Some people are so assinine. Your story about the peanuts reminds me of something that happened when my husband and I went home this past summer. My step-daughter is very sensitive to sugar. She used to have very bad emotional problems and got sick quite frequently. We took her completely off sugar and low and behold she calmed right down. She started being able to control her emotions and even her color improved. When we went home, everybody tried to give her sugar. Even when we told them in advance. I was saying to one of my close relatives how upset I was getting that people weren't respecting our wishes as parents and was told that I was being unreasonable. "What if she was diabetic?" I asked. "Well then, you would just have to give her a pill or something. People can't be expected to inconvenience themselves like that." What? Really? My daughter should have to take a pill, with all the side effects that come with it, so you won't be saddled with the responsiblity of respecting a parent's wishes? Douchebag.April Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17835628353024850120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34819224.post-5451236091856570972009-12-08T19:40:12.641-08:002009-12-08T19:40:12.641-08:00Wow, Shannon, I don't know what to say - excep...Wow, Shannon, I don't know what to say - except that right now I am crying and agreeing with everything you have said.Wendynoreply@blogger.com