child sceptics

POSTED BY: boris
UPDATED: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:32
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BORIS

Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:38 PM

Thanks shinygoody, you are absolutely right. I get what you are saying about disney claptrap...or any sensationalist media inspired clap trap for that matter. Happily I've been doing what I've been doing with kids for a good 20 years so I know how to engage and direct rather than impose or lecture. it is up to us to actively head them in the right direction. I get what you are saying about their frankness. Kids are very frank...however I agree with your niece about the honesty factor.Kids lie a lot...generally to avoid getting into trouble for things they've done they know you know about. E.g. the other day I saw a boy throw a grape at the back of a a girl's head. She squealed I pulled him on it. His response:"I didn't do it"
me: "Ah buddy chum I saw you with my very own buggy eyes"
"it was someone else"
"using your hands?'
"um um it was Jesus" (half the kids attend Catholic school)
"Jesus threw the grape?"
"yep...so you can't be mad at him"
"Oh great now Jesus is a delinquent...go and apologise...etc etc.
damn I love my job.

BORIS

Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:56 PM

actually re the subject of snobbery towards different professions. I was on the bus the other day on the way to university. Two youngish students were talking. One of them had some disparaging things to say about a cashier at a supermarket trying to engage her in conversation. She was actually offended and I heard her saying to her friend " Oh my god! she was like trying to converse with me..I'm a f_cking law student! why would I talk to a check-out chick?"
I was so peeved, I looked at her with my most vinegary gaze and told her that any troglodite could be a lawyer, but it took people with immense strength of character to serve the likes of her for hours every day whilst maintaining a pleasant demenour and I for one would not be able to do that.

BORIS

Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:58 PM

No offense meant to any intelligent, decent, hard working lawyers who might be reading but she was a trog, so obviously there is something wrong with the "who should be allowed to be a lawyer" filter.

SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:04 PM

My mother has told me, practically from birth, that any job was honorable, especially if you gave it your all. That has always stuck with me. I raised my son the same way. I am proud to say that he has never looked down on those who serve.

I've raised him to see people for what they are, how they treat you rather than the stereotype. Having said that he has admitted to me that 9 to 5 is not his thing. I can dig it and I appreciate him for being honest with me (right here I'm gonna give myself a Saliva Medal of Honor for raising a good kid - and he smiles like a Cheshire cat).

I kinda serve the public within the company I work for. I mainly deal with the secretaries and account assistants of financial managers and consultants in providing printed copies of presentations. You get all kinds, mostly young kids fresh outta college - they all have stories to tell. Some treat you well, while others give you what you describe in your scenario. I treat all with respect. I've only had words with one and he later came and apologized (I have not seen him in a long time).

But yes, I have run across people that think in that manner (their shit don't stink. I often think of that if ever I get to uppity for my own good. Everybody bleeds red and everybody's poop smells - except for YoSafBrig - lol).

Thanks Boris, you are definitely shiny!

SGG

Tawabawho?

BORIS

Monday, May 17, 2010 11:32 AM

Ta shinygoody. Sounds like you and your son were raised right. My parents always encouraged my brother and I to get an education but to remember where we came from. They were peasants in Sicily...literally. They did working class jobs when they immigrated to Australia. they wanted us to be doctors and lawyers. We are both pretty intellectually inclined but My brother worked as a waiter and labourer then in television and film production. I've always worked in community services but I've also done a variety of jobs on the side: marketing and concept development,voice work for govt depts,cleaned houses for years, washed cars, was a brothel receptionist for a short period (there's a story). everyone you meet is worthy of respect unless they are disrespectful.

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