quote:Originally posted by kovacs: I'm shaping them with my own prejudices and received ideas
May God have mercy on their souls.
I don't know if that's entirely fair though, obviously you have a lot of input to what they exactly they learn and how they learn but assumedly you've got a curriculum you have to stick to? And even your own 'received ideas' are likely to be the same as others in your field. Like, if you taught Physics, which I realise you don't, you couldn't just come in one day and say "Right, today we're going to learn about how electricity grows on trees and Isaac Newton was a lying **** ." You'ree not just making shit up or teaching them your own bizarre theories, you'll bne teaching whatever the perceived wisdom is across the board in your own field surely?
Anyway, for my part I think (a) Dang has done exactly the right thing and shouldn't be put off this general approach by the bizarre and inexpliacable ways of Teenage-dom and (b) I can't justify my own professional existence in any of the categories defined thus far. I'm not terribly well paid for my industry but I don't think that really makes it better, especially given that IT is generally one of the more grossly overpaid industries to work in. I suppose some students somewhere benefit from my labours but only in that they can get themselves into debt that little bit more quickly and efficiently.
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To be honest I don't think any amount of pushing from my parents would have prevented me from fucking up my education. When I dropped out of 6th form and college, it was simply that I was too lazy to carry on. I simply couldn't be bothered with it any more and thought I'd be better off without it. God my life's a mess.
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Right - 2@ and Norton please pile on Ringo for wasting his education and the taxpayer's money, even though he isn't gay.
See kids? It can happen to anyone.
Dang, you sound like you're being a great parent, and just because he's not sure now, doesn't mean he won't figure it out later on. You just have to make sure he keeps up his high standard so he'll have a wider range of options to him later.
My parents were very pushy, in a 'we're only doing it for your own good' sort of way. I did well academically, had a different extra curricular activity every night of the week, played two musical instruments whilst editing the school magazine and hated every minute of it, until I went to university and took lots of drugs and slept with inappropriate people, JUST BECAUSE I COULD. I am determined to give my children all of the opportunities my parents gave me, with slightly more choice.
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Actually I paid for college. 6th form admittedly I didn't pay for, but I wasn't there very long and I did actually leave rather than get kicked out.
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quote:Originally posted by scrawnus: Right - 2@ and Norton please pile on Ringo for wasting his education and the taxpayer's money, even though he isn't gay.
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: When I dropped out of 6th form and college, it was simply that I was too lazy to carry on. I simply couldn't be bothered with it any more and thought I'd be better off without it. God my life's a mess.
I'm seeing honesty, regret and the fact that Ringo dropped out without waiting to be pushed.
The absence of these from FtC's account was what produced the vitriol.
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if its any help, i feel like i'm only in molecular biology due to a choice i made at 18. i've winged it pretty much all the way through this. alright that's not strictly true.
but.
i do wonder what would have become of me if i didn't stay on and be the geek i am now.
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quote:Originally posted by scrawny: My parents were very pushy, in a 'we're only doing it for your own good' sort of way. I did well academically, had a different extra curricular activity every night of the week, played two musical instruments whilst editing the school magazine and hated every minute of it, until I went to university and took lots of drugs and slept with inappropriate people, JUST BECAUSE I COULD. I am determined to give my children all of the opportunities my parents gave me, with slightly more choice.
quote:Originally posted by scrawny: Right - 2@ and Norton please pile on Ringo for wasting his education and the taxpayer's money, even though he isn't gay.
See kids? It can happen to anyone.
God, you're tiresome.
cf Carter's comment above (exclusing the gayness bit).
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quote:Originally posted by 2@: God, you're tiresome.
What, because I've posted all of about twice since you started your pathetic crusade you now find me tiresome? You get exhausted pretty easy. Go lie down.
Ringers, sorry, I wasn't having a go at you, just the idea that because Fionulla didn't expressly come out and say
It was me
My bad
I was lazy
I fucked up
It was all my fault
And nobody else's
God I'm sorry, everyone
...people felt the need to make him realise his mistake.
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That's ok, I don't care. Nothing you say is going to make any difference to my situation anyway, whether you approve or not.
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Ringo do you want to read this magazine I have here, Intersection about cars. If you would like to look at it, will send it to you for free because otherwise I won't keep it.
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Oh he likes to give off that impression. If you look real close between the lcds, you can see he has a heart of Brass, and a sphincter of purist fools gold.
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