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"lisa in mass." |
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21 Jan 2008 11:21:35 PM |
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My kid did a good job |
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
22 Jan 2008 11:22:05 AM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A2D39E4B93Amccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
I would have loved to see that presentation. About the embarrassing
crying....just the other day my youngest said to me, "You know mom, I can
remember me and other kids getting all embarrassed over their parents
getting emotional over them and stuff, but secretly we love it." Ha!
Secrets revealed after all these years. I thought that was great!
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Rhi
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
22 Jan 2008 04:15:17 PM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A2D39E4B93Amccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
that's awesome, lisa. *really* awesome.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
22 Jan 2008 08:08:41 PM |
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On 22 Jan 2008 05:21:35 GMT, "lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
That's great, Lisa. You must be so proud of him. Jeanne
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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22 Jan 2008 08:29:44 PM |
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wrote...
On 22 Jan 2008 05:21:35 GMT, "lisa in mass."
<mccats@rcn.com> wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go
behind the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at
a Martin Luther King celebration at a local church. They
had photos depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the
Holocaust and other genocide, war and inequality today, and
peace activists and hope for the future. Some of the images
were so striking, especially along with the songs and
oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck, but at least I'd
brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People from the
various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by to
tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and
asked if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he
said. I know.
That's great, Lisa. You must be so proud of him. Jeanne
That I am.
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
21 Jan 2008 11:41:09 PM |
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On 22 Jan, 05:21, "lisa in mass." <mcc...@rcn.com> wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
Yay your kid and a big yay for his mum! Kids don't get to be good ones
just by chance.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
21 Jan 2008 11:44:07 PM |
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BoredToTears <beejayceee1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote...
On 22 Jan, 05:21, "lisa in mass." <mcc...@rcn.com> wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go
behind the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at
a Martin Luther King celebration at a local church. They
had photos depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the
Holocaust and other genocide, war and inequality today,
and peace activists and hope for the future. Some of the
images were so striking, especially along with the songs
and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck, but at least
I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People from
the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and
asked if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he
said. I know.
Yay your kid and a big yay for his mum! Kids don't get to
be good ones just by chance.
Thanks. While I might have something to do with it, I got really
lucky with him, too.
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| User: "faex33" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
23 Jan 2008 06:29:07 AM |
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On Jan 22, 12:21=A0am, "lisa in mass." <mcc...@rcn.com> wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
I agree. He's got really good parents. Very nice post to read.
Congratulations to your son and his friend.
Larry
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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23 Jan 2008 09:03:20 AM |
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faex33 <Larryredux@gmail.com> wrote...
On Jan 22, 12:21 am, "lisa in mass." <mcc...@rcn.com>
wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go
behind the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at
a Martin Luther King celebration at a local church. They
had photos depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the
Holocaust and other genocide, war and inequality today,
and peace activists and hope for the future. Some of the
images were so striking, especially along with the songs
and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck, but at least
I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People from
the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and
asked if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he
said. I know.
I agree. He's got really good parents. Very nice post to
read.
Congratulations to your son and his friend.
Larry
Thanks!
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| User: "Gayle" |
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| Title: Re: My kid did a good job |
22 Jan 2008 05:59:04 AM |
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lisa in mass. wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go behind
the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at a Martin
Luther King celebration at a local church. They had photos
depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the Holocaust and other
genocide, war and inequality today, and peace activists and hope
for the future. Some of the images were so striking, especially
along with the songs and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck,
but at least I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People
from the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and asked
if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he said. I know.
The presentation sounds so cool, Lisa. I was looking deep
in my files yesterday and found the Black Death report one
of your sons wrote -- I think it was the same one. He is a
good kid and smart, too.
Gayle
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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22 Jan 2008 10:10:56 AM |
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Gayle <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote...
lisa in mass. wrote:
My 14-yr-old and a friend put together a slide show to go
behind the final hour's presentations (song and speech) at
a Martin Luther King celebration at a local church. They
had photos depicting slavery, the US Civil War, the
Holocaust and other genocide, war and inequality today,
and peace activists and hope for the future. Some of the
images were so striking, especially along with the songs
and oratory, I cried. Embarassing as heck, but at least
I'd brought a tissue and my kids didn't see. People from
the various churches who'd sponsored the event stopped by
to tell him how wonderful the presentation had been.
On my way out, another high school student stopped us and
asked if I was his mother. "He's a really good kid." he
said. I know.
The presentation sounds so cool, Lisa. I was looking deep
in my files yesterday and found the Black Death report one
of your sons wrote -- I think it was the same one. He is a
good kid and smart, too.
Gayle
Yes, it was the same kid. He has difficulty with writing
assignments, other than poetry, but anything with graphics or
math and he's a whiz. I can't wait to see how he does in his
2D art class in school this semester. He hasn't done much art.
He was good enough in computer aided drafting to help other
kids understand how to use the program. I'm wondering whether
drawing will bring out a new area of communication for him.
It was weird, he had a neuropsych evaluation and one of the
problem types on the test was to reproduce a complex image
from memory. He got it completely right, but the entire image
was rotated 90 degrees. The tester'd never seen anything like
it.
Very bright, but definitely an unusual mind.
-lisa
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| User: "Gayle" |
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22 Jan 2008 12:49:34 PM |
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lisa in mass. wrote:
Yes, it was the same kid. He has difficulty with writing
assignments, other than poetry, but anything with graphics or
math and he's a whiz. I can't wait to see how he does in his
2D art class in school this semester. He hasn't done much art.
He was good enough in computer aided drafting to help other
kids understand how to use the program. I'm wondering whether
drawing will bring out a new area of communication for him.
It was weird, he had a neuropsych evaluation and one of the
problem types on the test was to reproduce a complex image
from memory. He got it completely right, but the entire image
was rotated 90 degrees. The tester'd never seen anything like
it.
His mind might work too fast for him to feel comfortable
writing yet. When I stopped trying to start by writing the
final outcome, in a linear process, it got much easier.
Now I just start writing sentences, maybe even paragraphs
that are floating in my mind. It helps me understand my
thoughts on the topic in pieces, not the full-fledged
version. Out of the apparent chaos, a kind of outline
emerges by ordering the sentences/paragraphs. Even when
the sentences suck, they're a touchstone of what I'm
trying to say.
That complex image story is really interesting.
Very bright, but definitely an unusual mind.
The times will call, more and more, for the
unusually-minded. imo.
Gayle
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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22 Jan 2008 12:58:14 PM |
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Gayle <gayleco@rcn.com> wrote...
Yes, it was the same kid. He has difficulty with writing
assignments, other than poetry, but anything with graphics
or math and he's a whiz. I can't wait to see how he does
in his 2D art class in school this semester. He hasn't
done much art. He was good enough in computer aided
drafting to help other kids understand how to use the
program. I'm wondering whether drawing will bring out a
new area of communication for him.
His mind might work too fast for him to feel comfortable
writing yet. When I stopped trying to start by writing the
final outcome, in a linear process, it got much easier.
Now I just start writing sentences, maybe even paragraphs
that are floating in my mind. It helps me understand my
thoughts on the topic in pieces, not the full-fledged
version. Out of the apparent chaos, a kind of outline
emerges by ordering the sentences/paragraphs. Even when
the sentences suck, they're a touchstone of what I'm
trying to say.
He has more trouble if he doesn't write linearly. He can't
organize, especially language. He used to dictate his papers
to me, since he does better out loud than in writing. We've
been trying to get him to dictate his high school papers,
either with a recorder or speech to text software, but he's
resistant. Another intersting fact: he can spell out loud much
better than on paper. He's always been like that. Apparently,
he has trouble with the kind of memory it takes to take a
thought then hold it long enough to write. They call it
working memory. While he's incredible at math, he can only do
that in his head, as well. Has a lot of trouble showing his
work, though the answer's invariably correct.
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