People never die; they defer-live

[pez]

Oh, for God's sake. Sure, there might be more to it than what's reported, but how far are people going to protect children's feelings these days? If we tell them they never failed, but only deferred-successed, that everybody are friends with them and they'll be invited to all the parties out there, how are they ever going to handle disappointment when they grow up?

Actually, this is now reminding me of the conversation between tokyostory and me. *snicker* Clearly there's ground to sue for discrimination... against the kid who isn't friends with literally everyone.

I had to look up which one is correct, "between you and me" or "between you and I". English, why are you so difficult. orz

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[potter.livejournal.com]

I don't believe that article is real. *sticks fingers in ears and goes LALALALALA*

One of the things that worries me most about the next generation is the almighty fear of damaging Young Self-Esteem. Kids survive stuff like this. It upsets them for a day at most and then they get on with it. They're more resilient than a lot of people seem to think, and coddling them doesn't do them any good. You've got to prepare them for the world ahead, a world that isn't going to baby them, and by over-protecting them all the way you're cheating them out of developing survival tactics. Meh.

[xiu]

They're both right, depending on the context X_x;

"Between you and me, Sanada looks like a big dumb pengin." "There is nothing between you and I."


Also: "You never fail, you only succeed in finding out what doesn't work." :D;;

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

I don't know if your second example is actually right... but it's not my language, so. XD

[firescribble.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. The rule to not let kids invite each other to parties at school is pretty well known, so ignoring that is just stupid. I can't believe the school has filed a complaint though and the parents reaction is absurd. I wonder if there is more behind this story.

There was a news item a while back about a parent who was upset with her child's school. Apparently they kid had harassed other students and so a teacher had taken him aside and calmly told him that his behaviour was unacceptable and that the he'd have to transfer to a different school if it went on. The parent said that her kid felt violated because of this. Yeah, being told what the consequences of your actions are is so violating. -_-

[xiu]

It is 3 am and I am struggling with fic, do you expect me to come up with anything good? XD;

[impressioniste.livejournal.com]

I KNOW YOUR LANGUAGE BETTER THAN YOU DO. HA HA HA. Crap, it's your second language. I GUESS I JUST SUCK.

Sorry, shitty night at work and I had to feel superior to something for at least ten seconds or I was going to cry. :|

[impressioniste.livejournal.com]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv264.shtml ENJOY.

[semishade@livejournal (from livejournal.com)]

Actually, if I was the parent I would probably have put my own foot down over kiddie inviting all but 2 kids in the class - either invite all of them or have a smaller party. Disappointment is one thing, being made to feel ostracised from your entire class is another. Of course, the school and the legal case will have made the whole thing worse all round.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

The parents probably didn't know though - I would've just gone, "okay, you can have a party. Invite your friends." and not check if the kid invited everyone from the class. And then I'd see what the school's done as an over-reaction, regardless whether it was right to not invite those two or not.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

The parent's reacting to the school's over-reaction, I think. Who knows what's been said exactly... translation only offers that much accuracy and it's a brief article as well.

I wonder if the school tried to ask the parents if they'd like to invite the other two kids too, before taking such a big and unnecessary step. =/

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

THAT IS MAKING MY HEAD SPIN. @_@

[impressioniste.livejournal.com]

And I want to *teach* this stuff. :)

[firescribble.livejournal.com]

I checked a few more sources.

The kid invited everyone in the class except 2 kids, of which at least one was a bully. Since this was against the rules the teacher made the kids return the cards. As far as I can tell the school didn't file a complaint or something like that. The parent says that this violated the kids integrity, or something.

[semishade@livejournal (from livejournal.com)]

Well you could run a party for 8 year olds that way but you would have to know you were asking for disaster. In reality, it's more likely you'd be drafting in other adults to help with supervision and be obsessively interested in the numbers.

[crystalusagi.livejournal.com]

T___T I think my sister may be a parent like that.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Argh. Goes to show you can't just believe in everything you read.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

*pets* ^^""