BYC Café

[Lauren Kim]

Seriously.

Have I mentioned that I still hate bow ties?

What is it that you hate about bow ties?

 

[sourland]

Ralph J always wore them. I associate bow ties with him. I am a rule follower - the Princess calls me 'The Boy Scout'. I cheated in his class - not to help myself, but to help others. I really like words and spelling - I would help with answers on the spelling tests .

 

[Lauren Kim]

Ralph J always wore them. I associate bow ties with him. I am a rule follower - the Princess calls me 'The Boy Scout'. I cheated in his class - not to help myself, but to help others. I really like words and spelling - I would help with answers on the spelling tests .

That’s really funny! I loved English, but hated arithmetics.

 

[sourland]

I like words, I like numbers. I'm a counter - we'll climb a flight of stairs, and the Princess will ask, "How many steps?". She knows that I am a counter. When doing math, I visualize numbers . She thinks that is freakish.

We were climbing the cellar steps one day, and she was behind me. As we reached the top, she asked, "Why don't you count the top step?" I don't because it is # 13. How did she know that - I think that is freakish, but then again she is a Gypsy.

 

[Treerooted]

Lol, my DH calls my a gypsy. It doesn't help that I have a Bohemian background

 

[sourland]

Lol, my DH calls my a gypsy. It doesn't help that I have a Bohemian background

Princess did one of those DNA tests. Primarily European, 13 + % Ashkenazi Jew, and 1.36 % Nigerian. All these years I've been in a mixed relationship, and didn't even know it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

There are teachers, and then there are 'teachers'. Had a teacher tell us that our son had too much empathy for others. Seriously ?



I don't have anywhere near your memory or brain power. When called upon, I would just freeze in my chair. My eighth grade teacher and I had a hate/hate relationship. I was not a particularly good student, and he used to love to do verbal math challenges. + - X divide. I always had the answer. He hated that. We were a sending district for high school, and he recommended me for the 'general' program. Then we had standardized testing. I did quite well and he accused me of cheating. He was assured that no way was that possible. Ralph J and his little bow ties - I bear a grudge.

Ridiculous! On both counts. Too much empathy? Seriously? No wonder there's so many narcissists and psychopaths lol

And at my first college we all had to take these like beginning courses 1 of 4, i chose the environmental one cause it sounded interesting or maybe we got assigned, idk. I think i chose it. Anyway, it was all like earth science, natural disasters, geology, etc. And I loved it but eventually stopped doing the work. Idk, I had problems with that. And my friend was in the class hah. Anyway, on the tests, i think it was the midterm or the final, maybe both, they talked to my like advisor person, idk. I was in a program to help you do better and i got notes and more time, etc. Etc. And i had to meet every so often and make sure i was doing work. So they talked to those people. Because I did so well on the test they thought I cheated because I wasn't doing any work. Well no. I was just smart and liked the material and I paid attention every class, I just had trouble doing the work.

Seriously.



I was assigned to an 'accelerated program' probably what is called an honor's program. Scared the crap out of me, because I had been assured for years that I was a 'dumb' kid. For sure if I was a child in school today I would be wearing some sort of label.

Have I mentioned that I still hate bow ties?

That's just mean. :/ i think theyre not really allowed to call kids dumb now but they DO still label them and make them feel like outsiders im sure.

Also.

I think sometimes kids just have ADD or learning problems and no one helps them so then they fall behind and get labeled stupid etc. And then they start to believe it themselves and/or stop caring and working and often fall into drugs or the "bad kids" thing.

Also on that same note, sometimes kids get rejected by all the other groups and then the only one left is the "deviant peer group" ha

You see that a loy, or i used to. A kid who was actually nice and a good kid but just hung out with the wrong crowd. But even those other kids I think just need help. A lot are of course from bad home situations too but still. So many of these kids just fall through the cracks then get labeled stupid or dumb or "bad", the druggie kids etc etc

Ralph J always wore them. I associate bow ties with him. I am a rule follower - the Princess calls me 'The Boy Scout'. I cheated in his class - not to help myself, but to help others. I really like words and spelling - I would help with answers on the spelling tests .

Oh wow

I like words, I like numbers. I'm a counter - we'll climb a flight of stairs, and the Princess will ask, "How many steps?". She knows that I am a counter. When doing math, I visualize numbers . She thinks that is freakish.

We were climbing the cellar steps one day, and she was behind me. As we reached the top, she asked, "Why don't you count the top step?" I don't because it is # 13. How did she know that - I think that is freakish, but then again she is a Gypsy.

I count too but I always thought that was OCD. i guess there are different causes. For me I don't particularly like math but count and read everything with the OCD.

I also often count with my fingers when doing math and always thought i was dumb or whatever. I knew i wasnt i guess but my parents are always asking why or making fun

 

[ShrekDawg]

Mostly dad

 

[Lauren Kim]

Why isn’t this post in the popular section?

 

[Alaskan]

There are teachers, and then there are 'teachers'. Had a teacher tell us that our son had too much empathy for others. Seriously ?

someone once criticized my eldest for not being pushy.

I am still ticked about that. That is often a negative trait.