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School annoyance. But am I wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 465151" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I know. been there done that. Back in the days when every single thing he ever told the teachers was true, nobody believed him. So he started telling them what they wanted to hear - and got branded as a liar, because they caught him telling things that were not true (but were what he thought they wanted to hear). Fast forward about 6 years, and school is complaining that... 1) he lies about everything, and 2) he has to learn to self advocate. So... I start tracking back the "lies"... and at least 50% are not lies, but they don't believe him. But, of course, school does nothing wrong.</p><p></p><p>However...</p><p></p><p>A long time ago, I ran into a wise quote that I can't even quote properly anymore... but the gist of it is this:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>Getting mad at somebody is a form of intimacy.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>1) Are you really sure you want to be intimate with this person or group?</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>2) Are you going to solve anything by getting mad?</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>If you can't honestly answer positively to at least one of those two questions... then there's no point getting mad.</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 465151, member: 11791"] I know. been there done that. Back in the days when every single thing he ever told the teachers was true, nobody believed him. So he started telling them what they wanted to hear - and got branded as a liar, because they caught him telling things that were not true (but were what he thought they wanted to hear). Fast forward about 6 years, and school is complaining that... 1) he lies about everything, and 2) he has to learn to self advocate. So... I start tracking back the "lies"... and at least 50% are not lies, but they don't believe him. But, of course, school does nothing wrong. However... A long time ago, I ran into a wise quote that I can't even quote properly anymore... but the gist of it is this: [COLOR=#0000ff][I]Getting mad at somebody is a form of intimacy. 1) Are you really sure you want to be intimate with this person or group? 2) Are you going to solve anything by getting mad? If you can't honestly answer positively to at least one of those two questions... then there's no point getting mad.[/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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