Things that annoy you

[FingerDub]

Thanks for taking the time to pen your very sensible outlook and for such a thoughtful response.

I think the reasons vary per case, but denial is partly in play. Every parent wants their child to succeed, but success looks very different for everyone, and some parents just don't quite grasp that their child's success is going to look different from their own.

A few years ago I was tasked with teaching college-level business document editing to a child who couldn't read or write his own name. Parents were dead set he was college bound. We could have taught him to dress himself, which he couldn't do, or how to practice decent hygiene, or how to make friends and be a good citizen, but no. We taught a boy who couldn't dress or bathe himself or act appropriately around others how to edit documents he couldn't read because his parents were too proud of what they thought he could be to see what he was- a sweet, happy boy who loved sports and needed some serious help taking care of himself. Hell, we could have at least taught him to read.

This isn't an isolated case. We get a generous handful of kids each year who genuinely don't belong in our program, and it's not because they aren't "smart enough"- It's because the things they need help with the most aren't the things my program teaches, while the one that does teach those things is right next door.

In a sense, denial is more like a common symptom of many different problems. Sometimes it's cultural- we have students come in from overseas who were in the general education population because there wasn't even a concept of a SpEd program in their home country. Other times, it's guilt- parents thinking they owe their child all the advantages other kids get so they can't waste time on learning how to use the bathroom properly and how to not hit people. Other times still, it's plain contempt, with parents insisting that no child of theirs is going to be "lumped in with the retards."

Whatever the reason, it's one of the worst things you can do for your child, denying them the help they need the most because you expect "better" of them instead of just loving who they are.

--^@

 

[ZenG]

Think he's saying

"Every time I ask for Apple strudel, all I ever get is semolina!!!".....

So, in fairness, hand gestures seem appropriate....

No..the words shown have nothing to do with Apple Strudel. Unless you hate Apple Strudel.

 

[Chicory Blue]

Thanks for taking the time to pen your very sensible outlook and for such a thoughtful response.

And thank you for letting me rant. Feels nice. c:

--^@

 

[Fat Freddy]

No..the words shown have nothing to do with Apple Strudel. Unless you hate Apple Strudel.

That's what I thought at first.....Then my suspicious mind took over and I decided that the printed words were just a clever ruse to deflect us from the semolina.....

Crafty, these youtube types.....

(Where's the 'conspiracy' emoji when you need it?)

 

[Munjibunga]

Think he's saying

"Every time I ask for Apple strudel, all I ever get is semolina!!!".....

So, in fairness, hand gestures seem appropriate....

Uhhh, put it in Google Translate ...

 

[BurnOut]

The houseful of junkies that set up shop diagonally from me on the corner across the street. Every miscreant in town is in and out of there 24/7. The police have been there 4 times in force in less than a week and a half, yet it continues on. Did I mention it's also across the street from the new public preschool, a "Drug Free Zone". Also the customers that try to park by my house, then walk over to score. I don't allow that to happen though. The dogs and I send them elsewhere.

 

[Gazman]

Call me stupid if you like but I'm drawing a blank here.....

I’m not going to call you stupid.

That’s the entire planet, and the thread is “things that annoy you.” You can draw your own conclusions.

 

[5StringBlues]

Why you gotta pick on us Eye-talians? *waves pointy hands*

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Reminds me of the joke.................




How do you get an Italian to stop talking?


Tie his hands together.

 

[Thisguy]

People popping into a thread and just posting "use the search function" or "this should be in X forum".

 

[Fat Freddy]

I’m not going to call you stupid.

That’s the entire planet, and the thread is “things that annoy you.” You can draw your own conclusions.

Ahhhhh!.....Get it now......Sometimes I wonder just how many brain cells I killed off in the 70's.....80's.......90's..........

 

[shadowtippy]

Ahhhhh!.....Get it now......Sometimes I wonder just how many brain cells I killed off in the 70's.....80's.......90's..........

Rhetorical questions/ statements annoy me. I want to answer them.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Rhetorical questions/ statements annoy me. I want to answer them.

Go ahead....Give me an answer...........

What was the question again???.....

 

[Killed_by_Death]

People popping into a thread and just posting "use the search function" or "this should be in X forum".

or when a musician dies & half a dozen people post R.I.P. threads, because they didn't search first, and sometimes just didn't look at the first page of the sub-forum they posted it to

 

[shadowtippy]

Go ahead....Give me an answer...........

What was the question again???.....

It was more of a statement. I think the response should be: 2, or rather, too, as in "too many" brain cells.

 

[Fat Freddy]

It was more of a statement. I think the response should be: 2, or rather, too, as in "too many" brain cells.

What?.....

Sod it.....I'm off for a nap.....

 

[D M C]

People popping into a thread and just posting "use the search function" or "this should be in X forum".

Hey man! Don’t post music related anything in OT! Capeesh?

 

[S-Bigbottom]

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[Jay2U]

People responding to a question like: "I'm not an expert, but if you ask me...".

 

[Stewie26]

Call me stupid if you like but I'm drawing a blank here.....

I think the poster, Gazman, is annoyed cause neither photo includes Austria which he resides in. Perhaps he feels left out.

 

[Fat Freddy]

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I think the poster, Gazman, is annoyed cause neither photo includes Austria which he resides in. Perhaps he feels left out.

Well....I'm not an expert, but if you ask me, having finally understood what he was getting at, I'm inclined to believe that......

Errrm.....What were we talking about again?....