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... I was having one of my good days when I was stopped at a traffic light and this little, old lady was crossing the street with her walker, all stooped over. I looked at her and thought to myself "one day that will be me" and that set me off for days.
Yes, thinking about the harsh realities of the aging process can upset many of us. As my infirmities have worsened and the future becomes somewhat less predictable, that is when it bothers me the most.
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Originally Posted by chiluvr1228
Someone posting a mean comment to me or even someone else can upset me. I don't think some posters realize it when they make a completely uncalled for or unkind comment how fragile some of us can be.
That is true for some ... however, there are plenty of individuals who are cognizant of their insensitive and cruel comments and take delight in them, then hide behind the relative anonymity of online transactions.
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Originally Posted by chiluvr1228
Someone posting a mean comment to me or even someone else can upset me. I don't think some posters realize it when they make a completely uncalled for or unkind comment how fragile some of us can be.
I say it's not unreasonable to be upset, especially when there is a reasonable expectation to be treated with dignity and respect, PLUS the other person clearly meant it as a deliberate attempt to degrade either your self-worth (and implicitly inviting others do to so). You shouldn't have to shoulder responsibility for your feelings in this matter. Assuming you should is to implicitly condone bullying acts. If anything, make the person who degraded you take responsibility for his or her own acts, namely by reminding him or her that they chose to demean, and they should be willing to bear the consequences.
I got really upset at school today. I'm a special ed teacher for high school kids and I love love love what I do and I love working with my students. I think I'm good at what I do b/c I work so hard to encourage them and help them realize that there are many things they can do and that there's a place in this world for all of them.
Then today they came in from lunch just bristling about something and one of the students pulled me out and told me that a kid in detention (not one of mine but I have to sit in ISS an hour every day) had come into last hour class yesterday and stated loudly that he had talked to Ms. S and that she had said that she "teaches a bunch of RE-tards every day." (I never spoke to the kid.) I know he was using it to bully my students and I'm so mad I could spit fire. It's bad enough that they get bullied like that but to believe, however briefly, that I would say such a thing must have been devastating. I simply asked them if they could imagine me doing such a thing and they calmed down.
I guess this one is not ridiculous but I wanted to share.
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