giving to others is a fine thing.
so is giving to yourself.
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politics
a time to serve others. and myself.
if there is to be a time when I will serve others, a partner, children, it will come.
or not.
for now I’ll work on myself.
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after all,
“I” matter TOO. wink emoticon
punishing kids like this is wrong
here is a petition to get rid of an apparent policy where they make kids SIT AND STARE AT A WALL for NINETY MINUTES as punishment, in, of all places, MY SCHOOL DISTRICT in rochester NY where I am from (I’ll not say “grew up”… cause… well, that would imply that I did so.)
https://www.change.org/p/west-irondequoit-board-of-education-overturn-jeff-crane-s-abusive-sit-and-stare-policy?recruiter=10947751&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-reason_msg&fb_ref=Default
Hey. I’m from here. I went to numerous schools here. As a creative artist, I’m ADHD and proud of it. I learned a lot about music in Irondequoit schools from grade 4 all the way through high school graduation (after which I continued to study music (and to perform and teach it) to this day.
School was hard enough, what with other kids berating me for talking fast and being different.
I persisted, even got a lot of A
s in high school. (and I WASN’T on adhd-meds at that time.)
If I had been treated like this, FOR BEING DIFFERENT, for being higher energy (which, to put it politely, is no crime,) if I had been “Labeled” MORE THAN I ALREADY WAS….
to this day I suffer from believing that I am unlovable and invalid, and “how I was treated by mom and dad AND kids (and teachers) at school has
EVERYTHING to do with that…
if I had been made to sit and stare for NINETY MINUTES… BECAUSE OF HOW MY BRAIN WORKS, the SPEED of it.., my DIFFERENCES in LEARNING and THINKING than “AVERAGE PEOPLE” (that, normal people,)
Imagine how much MORE guilty and shameful I’d feel, JUST BECAUSE I AM MYSELF and not someone else!
I DESERVE TO BE HAPPY whether I think and learn and act the same as everyone else or not.
there are plenty of ways of “helping” children of ALL varieties GET THROUGH school.
treating them like they are broken and bad and criminals isn’t one of them.
stop this now.
greater individualism in business, not conformity
so it would seem that maybe a lot or most average business people are
NOT VERY IMAGINATIVE…
either that and/or they are sellouts, catering to average people and the lowest common denominator.
how else do you explain the fact that most of their ideas are status quo, not that interesting, when
SO
many more fabulously creative and interesting and
repeat after me-
IN-DI-VID-U-AL
things are possible?
like a bloody food or coffee establishment with a QUIRKY unusual menu, one that’s NOT designed to BE what all the other ones are but better,
but to be
DIFFERENT, different as in
IT-BLOODY SELF!!!!
like SELL INDIAN food, or self-help books, or art books, or architecture magazines, or some other QUIRKY shits that don’t usually or EVER go together! and play classical music on certain days, and miles davis only on thursdays at 1am or somethin.
don’t be what everyone else ALREADY IS, dammit.
Like CalArts, my school. (though I graduated ages ago, I don’t use the term alma mater, no no no.) I wouldn’t want to see IT turned into what most other schools ALREADY ARE, only a lousier version of them, while ALSO becoming a LESS “IT” version of ITSELF….
(this is called, by me, THE GERSHWIN-SCHOENBERG ARGUMENT.”
America Composer George Gershwin, (this may be made up, but who care)
may have approached 12-tone inventor Arnold Schoenberg, for “composition lessons” at one point.
apparently, Schoenberg (this, again, may be just legend, but it’s point is excellent maximus)
ahem, Schoenberg allegedly said that he would NOT give Gerswhin lessons, for “If I gave you lessons, you’d just become a bad Schoenberg…. you’re already such a great Gerswhin!”
that goes for PEOPLE TOO! especially my artist friends.
and seriously, anybody wanna partner up (that is, pay for) investing in such a thing, I’m seriously down. up hit me.
( I tagged this, among the usual things,
to do with “WOMEN” and “POLITICS” because well I think it could apply to politicians and to “people in the dating scene.” as well. stop trying to be what everyone ELSE Is, dammit, just BE. YOU. dammit.
all kinds, judging, energy, not judging
some people are monkeys, others are elephants, still others are ants, and others may be trees, or grass.
when it comes to how much energy I have or do not have, remember, judging yourself by the standards of the norms, or by the standards of those who are very different than you (in my case, less energetic)
makes about as much sense as judging en elephant on it’s ability to climb trees, or an ant on it’s ability to grow, like grass, etc.
perhaps this is what them people who are like “celebrate all, differences” are on about, as well as what those who say that a one-size-fits-all approach to education is bogus, which is pretty much true, about education, and everything.
booyah
Thoughts on Scott Walker and Michael Corleone…
Thoughts on Scott Walker and Michael Corleone…
I just last night read such a review about…well… that Vito was all about his family, but Michael just does everything for power… and yes, loses his family, not unlike CREON in ANTIGONE (which we read in like 9th grade in high school I think (apparently I really had a good education… (just felt normal at the time.))
not unlike Anakin Skywalker as well… sorta… and any tragic hero
Wotan from The RIng as well…
I’ve never understood that… being into power for it’s own sake… and not in the service of “things that ACTUALLY matter.”
hey, Dear Irondequoit High School:
thanks for the good education, seriously:)
I would resent less a world
I shall say, I resent VERY deeply that so many people are either
not authentic or
not very bright or
sellouts,
or just bloody boring.
good thing I’m not:)
believing that the way you do things is normal
believing-
that the way you do things is normal and right,
just because it’s the way you do things…
may indeed be normal,
but it doesn’t seem inherently right.
never say that’s just the way the world works
be VERY wary of people who say
“that’s just the way the world works.”
for them, maybe.
they’ve made a decision to perceive and assess things the way they do, good for them.
Doesn’t mean “I” have to agree with them.
never did mean it.
Be Wary
Be wary-
wary of depending on others who’s tastes and opinions are very very different than yours….
that might require context and explanation…
but no, let’s give it a shot on it’s own first.
then again,
perhaps if you are very confident, and not afraid, and secure in yourself, perhaps one need not be wary, but how does one beCOME confident, in such a way? harder to answer.
Self-Love is the way.