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I didn't want to hijack Nomad's thread in WC...
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 136299"><p>Thinking "out loud," hope this is okay...</p><p> </p><p>Star and Fran....Those were the type of things I was almost "forced" to listen to at the book club. Perhaps they thought of me as the "odd man out." (Actually, I'm sure some of them were sure I was the odd man out). What's really interesting TO ME Star, is that most of these moms had such TREMENDOUS power over their children. Sooo....if mom wanted their kid to take Calculus 3 over Spanish and then apply to a certain university, even if there was much gnashing of teeth, mom got her way. I have no idea what this means down the road. It is a weird kind of tragedy when someone finds themselves graduating from medication School and has no idea how they got there. However, one might guess that a person who graduates medication school would have some options. Perhaps they could work their way through art school! LOL! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p><p> </p><p>Ya know, my good friend is from the Domican Republic. She use to avoid speaking in Spanish whenever I was in the group and still, for the most part does (although others almost insist upon it in recent years.) If she is getting family or some other kind of pressure, she'll speak in English first and then immediately translate.</p><p> </p><p>Sooo....what I'm thinking is I wonder if we are in "mixed company," if we should refrain from overly discussing difficult child business and these folks should refrain from overly discussing ultra easy child business. Just like the Spanish example. Just like we would refrain from mentioning our great worries with our difficult children, if we knew a parent in our midst had a child suffering from a terminal illness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 136299"] Thinking "out loud," hope this is okay... Star and Fran....Those were the type of things I was almost "forced" to listen to at the book club. Perhaps they thought of me as the "odd man out." (Actually, I'm sure some of them were sure I was the odd man out). What's really interesting TO ME Star, is that most of these moms had such TREMENDOUS power over their children. Sooo....if mom wanted their kid to take Calculus 3 over Spanish and then apply to a certain university, even if there was much gnashing of teeth, mom got her way. I have no idea what this means down the road. It is a weird kind of tragedy when someone finds themselves graduating from medication School and has no idea how they got there. However, one might guess that a person who graduates medication school would have some options. Perhaps they could work their way through art school! LOL! :raspberry-tounge: Ya know, my good friend is from the Domican Republic. She use to avoid speaking in Spanish whenever I was in the group and still, for the most part does (although others almost insist upon it in recent years.) If she is getting family or some other kind of pressure, she'll speak in English first and then immediately translate. Sooo....what I'm thinking is I wonder if we are in "mixed company," if we should refrain from overly discussing difficult child business and these folks should refrain from overly discussing ultra easy child business. Just like the Spanish example. Just like we would refrain from mentioning our great worries with our difficult children, if we knew a parent in our midst had a child suffering from a terminal illness. [/QUOTE]
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