I'm really glad I had that experience my junior year of high school, because it was really a shock, and a good lesson. Also, he graded on the curve, so I still got good grades, even after not getting everything.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 19, 2011 3:33:46 pm PDT #2290 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kate P. - Oct 19, 2011 3:37:38 pm PDT #2291 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kristin, thanks for sharing that article! Totally fascinating, and makes a lot of sense.
Allyson, holy shit, that's a lot to deal with all at once.
Liese S. - Oct 19, 2011 3:42:17 pm PDT #2292 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Allyson, I'm sorry, I didn't see that I'd crossposted until I got home. Good heavens, that's a lot of upsetting in one go! ~ma to everyone who needs it!
erikaj - Oct 19, 2011 4:32:29 pm PDT #2293 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mom used to call me "Miss Scarlett" when I got like that, JZ. And I wouldn't get anything if I asked liked that.(She didn't want me playing the, you know, SPED card. Because my asthmatic dad was such the Special Snowflake that he still doesn't play with others.
Maria - Oct 19, 2011 4:53:07 pm PDT #2294 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Oh Christ, Allyson. I'm so sorry.
Much ~ma to your entire family.
JenP - Oct 19, 2011 4:56:50 pm PDT #2295 of 30001
I bookmarked Kristin's article, because it's too late for me to read anything requiring too much thinking right now. I know for sure that I would do worse today than I did at 10 or 11 on and IQ test my mother's colleague did on me for practice. If I recall, a lot of it had to do with memory and visualization, and both of those things are deteriorating in my, sad, formerly brilliant but eternally lazy, little brain. I do look forward to the article.
Accomplished a couple of onerous tasks today. Yay.
That's a lot of crap right there, Allyson. Directing some coping and dealing thoughts towards Boston.
I was going to "Yay!" something, but I've forgotten. See first paragraph re: deteriorating memory.
JenP - Oct 19, 2011 4:58:04 pm PDT #2296 of 30001
Oh, wait, now I remember.
Happy Birthday Calli and Burrell!
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 5:00:53 pm PDT #2297 of 30001
Because books.
I only read the one about praising (or not) intelligence over effort, but I want to go back and read the others. IQ has always fascinated me.
Allyson, are your parents okay with having them there for a while?
JenP - Oct 19, 2011 5:06:08 pm PDT #2298 of 30001
I can say without reading it that I was too often praised for something pretty much out of my control - intelligence - and not for effort, because I was lazy as shit, but no one really noticed, I guess. God, how I wish I had noticed! Before, like, thirty-five. Effort and self-discipline, my holy grails. (You can have two, right? Oh, hell, I've got several more!)
smonster - Oct 19, 2011 5:08:46 pm PDT #2299 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Lots of ~ma, Allyson.
Happiest of birthdays to Calli and Burrell!!
I am JenP.