tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post111653191006483423..comments2023-10-12T03:35:59.807-07:00Comments on I thought this would be more like having a cat.: Just me--No SophieMissuz Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185674492467062254noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116625157804340002005-05-20T14:39:00.000-07:002005-05-20T14:39:00.000-07:00Congrats on the award! Teachers are great. We (par...Congrats on the award! Teachers are great. We (parents of 5th thru 8th grade) just gave my 14 year old daughter's Band and Choir teachers (they are married) a year end gift. A trip to Hawaii!<BR/><BR/>So... maybe you should demand something more than just an award for your work despite your C+ grade!!! :) j/k<BR/><BR/>Oh... and I totally am with ya on the kid running into the street thing. Before my first born was able to walk, I had this paranoia about it and spent anxious moments figuring out how I'd teach him the "YOU'LL DIE" concept if he stepped into the street.<BR/><BR/>One of my biggest fears is that my kids run into the street and get hit by a car.<BR/><BR/>So I started my son at a young age telling him to wait on the sidewalk if I ever had to step foot on the street: to take the garbage can out, to get a ball, to enter the car.<BR/><BR/>And if he ever ventured near, I'd react scared. I'd act out fear, rushing to him with desperation, my voice rattled, and I'd bring him back to 'safety'. It was an act, but it was motiviated by true fear.<BR/><BR/>He's five now, and he has only went out on the street once without me telling him to. And that was yesterday as he followed me to the car. He was safe, but I still played the part and told him not to do that again unless I held his hand. He said, 'okay'.<BR/><BR/>BUT...<BR/><BR/>Kids are different.<BR/><BR/>My daughter is hard headed. She is a daredevil. Scared of NOTHING. So if I reacted in the same way with her, she just shurgs and waits for me to 'rescue' her. The only thing that helps is that my son now tells her not to go out on the street and she seems to listen to her five year old big brother.<BR/><BR/>Whew!<BR/><BR/>"I'm not an abocado!" Love it!Glenn Magashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095868988301575631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116624249092598472005-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:002005-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Glenn Magashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16095868988301575631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116615901439755512005-05-20T12:05:00.000-07:002005-05-20T12:05:00.000-07:00I would bet money that you really do deserve that ...I would bet money that you really do deserve that award. You sound like a fantastic teacher - identifying with the "bad" kids is extremely important. I'm sure they don't often get treated with empathy. They have to love you. <BR/>I had a boss who pointed out to me that women rarely take a compliment because they never feel completely deserving. But Jen is right - by not thinking you deserve it you are in a way dismissing everyone who thinks you do. I hope you had a wonderful time at the ceremony and they all convinced you that you are not only a good teacher - but just short of a deity. <BR/><BR/>And I hope to use "squished like an abocado" in my conversations from now on.NMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013773933321448030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116602528330890252005-05-20T08:22:00.000-07:002005-05-20T08:22:00.000-07:00Just march right up there and get your award. I'm ...Just march right up there and get your award. <I>I'm</I> telling you you deserve it - for what you do and where you do it. And if your focus is a little less close this year than it was previously, I think that's understandable, and I'd imagine that over a long career teaching there will be up years and down.<BR/><BR/>How about "blogtastrophe?"Marksthespothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190776991879492445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116601877384138832005-05-20T08:11:00.000-07:002005-05-20T08:11:00.000-07:00I too think you deserve it, or they would certainl...I too think you deserve it, or they would certainly have found someone else to have the award. but at the end of the day, it's you that you have to impress.<BR/><BR/>sophie is such a cute kid. abocado? priceless. like one of those things you have to remember to bring up often when she's older.<BR/><BR/>I offer up blogness, because I just don't see the collective blog thing as a world or town or anything. I don't know.hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271974376993899077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116563699444531162005-05-19T21:34:00.001-07:002005-05-19T21:34:00.001-07:00PS I like BlogopolisPS I like BlogopolisKatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999205269519295825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116563676198045412005-05-19T21:34:00.000-07:002005-05-19T21:34:00.000-07:00We are pretty damn proud and you're super fab. Qu...We are pretty damn proud and you're super fab. Quit being so damn humble and live in the praise. God knows you deserve it.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999205269519295825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116556631711426922005-05-19T19:37:00.000-07:002005-05-19T19:37:00.000-07:00blogopolisblogopolisSarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067036014872267118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116556450959855162005-05-19T19:34:00.000-07:002005-05-19T19:34:00.000-07:00She put her HAND. Not her HAD. I are a smart lette...She put her HAND. Not her HAD. <BR/><BR/>I are a smart letterer.Jen O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01907030178277140111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11882938.post-1116556403883616822005-05-19T19:33:00.000-07:002005-05-19T19:33:00.000-07:00Hey, CONGRATS on the award!! I was once an editor ...Hey, CONGRATS on the award!! <BR/><BR/>I was once an editor for a literary magazine. I felt I lucked into the position and that I didn't really deserve it, and that I didn't do a great job of it, and why did they pick me? (It was a part-time, volunteer gig, but it was still a big deal, and I in no way felt qualified.) I lamented about this once to our editor-in-chief, who was also my professor at the time. <BR/><BR/>She put her had on my arm and stopped me. She said, "Don't ever fucking say that again. Don't blame your accomplishments on luck, or you'll never feel like you deserve anything."<BR/><BR/>I think about that moment often. I know you're not saying that you've won this award based on luck alone, but it's plain to see that your peers and supervisors think you're pretty fucking awesome, so be sure not to take their esteem as casual or undeserved.<BR/><BR/>Again, congrats! I'll bet your family's pretty damn proud.Jen O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01907030178277140111noreply@blogger.com