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Cathy is always nice. Enough said.DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:Just be nice in your response! Not everyone knows how to spell every word correctly! And why use spell check, anyway. I am sure the MOTHER of the child, would be highly upset knowing someone they liked and trusted, was mocking them and being snarky. May even bring her to tears.
Be NICE! Take the high road. Be a kind and loving friend.
Love,
DWP
Congrats to both your niece and nephew!!DukieInKansas wrote:Proud Aunt, Part Deux:
Nephew Alex will be at MIT this weekend participating in the iGem World Jamboree. He is a member of the iGem team from Penn State. Here is a link to what they did this summer: http://2011.igem.org/Team:Penn_State
They sound like really great kids.Your French colleague is obviously very smart!ArkieDukie wrote:Fun Friday Story, Part Deux
Around 1:30, PPI and Minion showed up for their regular meeting with PHB. (He was out of town and failed to mention it to them.) PPI started chatting with my French colleague, asking what she was working on. She then told him all that we had accomplished in the last couple of years and what we had done this past week. He asked if she did any of her mass spec work in France; her response was, "No; I only work with the best." You should've seen the looks on PPI and Minion's faces!
(No, my French colleague was not aware of the manuscript drama; that's what made it classic.)
Thank you, VDB!Very Duke Blue wrote:Cathy is always nice. Enough said.DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:Just be nice in your response! Not everyone knows how to spell every word correctly! And why use spell check, anyway. I am sure the MOTHER of the child, would be highly upset knowing someone they liked and trusted, was mocking them and being snarky. May even bring her to tears.
Be NICE! Take the high road. Be a kind and loving friend.
Love,
DWP
We're both hooked up with our Droid 3 and our PC's with PDS.net so we can tether with our cell phones for the internet. I'm happy.That's so cool! You and Bud are far more technologically advanced than I am.Very Duke Blue wrote:I bought Bud a new PC today. He's using it now and so far, likes it.
Well, that's very debatable. I got Bud's phone voice mail done. The PC is up and running. Bud has not even tried to use the phone. He will be working in Rocky Mt., beginning Tuesday. I have to make him sit down tomorrow and teach him how to answer and get his voice mail before he leaves. Never mind the internet or email. Gads, you can not imagine. I think he needs a double dose of meds for his hdad. I need vibes.ArkieDukie wrote:That's so cool! You and Bud are far more technologically advanced than I am.Very Duke Blue wrote:I bought Bud a new PC today. He's using it now and so far, likes it.
I love to shop! Call me next time. Better yet, send me pictures of stuff you're considering. I love to shop online! I would love to help!ArkieDukie wrote:CathyCA, I thought about you today. I'm in the midst of a campaign to upgrade my work wardrobe and could've used a personal shopper today. Your fashion sense is better than mine. Finding the right blouses is always a problem for me.
I think this stuff sorts itself out. I have a young Turk (well, not so young - senior year of HS) who qualifies as an "outlier". The kids and the teachers know who the aces are soon enough. Smiling and nodding is a very good strategy. It's also good to mention the idiosyncracies along with the skills, e.g. "he really likes the Percy Jackson books, and also likes making armpit farts for fun..." No need to quote numbers...bluebutton wrote:Although I would love to hear more seasons parents give pointers on this, how does one tactfully discuss how one's child is doing? My husband and I are 1%-ers when it comes to test scores and I'm sensitive about this stuff. Although, currently it's not a big deal because my oldest is 2.5 and I have deliberately not read about what constitutes normal development. As long as her pediatrician says she's fine, I don't worry about her. But between nature and nurture there's a good chance our kids will be outliers in some regard, if only in exposure to very nerdy things. So clearly, it's deplorable to tell people "my kid is the awesomest and your's doesn't deserve to hold his/her toilet paper", but then what do you say? My impression is that my mom just spent a lot of time smiling and nodding when she was with other moms.
You could always go the Steel Magnolias route. "What a lovely story, and you tell it so well!"CathyCA wrote:One other factoid that I left out: the mother who wrote this note is a high school English teacher.bluebutton wrote:Don't you think the content of the note is why people are picking on the form (spelling errors, etc.)?DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:Just be nice in your response! Not everyone knows how to spell every word correctly! And why use spell check, anyway. I am sure the MOTHER of the child, would be highly upset knowing someone they liked and trusted, was mocking them and being snarky. May even bring her to tears.
Be NICE! Take the high road. Be a kind and loving friend.
Love,
DWP
Although I would love to hear more seasons parents give pointers on this, how does one tactfully discuss how one's child is doing? My husband and I are 1%-ers when it comes to test scores and I'm sensitive about this stuff. Although, currently it's not a big deal because my oldest is 2.5 and I have deliberately not read about what constitutes normal development. As long as her pediatrician says she's fine, I don't worry about her. But between nature and nurture there's a good chance our kids will be outliers in some regard, if only in exposure to very nerdy things. So clearly, it's deplorable to tell people "my kid is the awesomest and your's doesn't deserve to hold his/her toilet paper", but then what do you say? My impression is that my mom just spent a lot of time smiling and nodding when she was with other moms.
As I wrote in my first post, my response will be "That is so nice."
Oh! Arkie! How EVER did you keep a straight face,yourSELF!? I'd surely have snorted my Diet Coke through my nose!!!!!!ArkieDukie wrote:Fun Friday Story, Part Deux
Around 1:30, PPI and Minion showed up for their regular meeting with PHB. (He was out of town and failed to mention it to them.) PPI started chatting with my French colleague, asking what she was working on. She then told him all that we had accomplished in the last couple of years and what we had done this past week. He asked if she did any of her mass spec work in France; her response was, "No; I only work with the best." You should've seen the looks on PPI and Minion's faces!
None for me.devildeac wrote:Server/loading issues this AM for anyone else?
You got that right, VDB. Took the words right out of my mouth!Very Duke Blue wrote:Cathy is always nice. Enough said.DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:Just be nice in your response! Not everyone knows how to spell every word correctly! And why use spell check, anyway. I am sure the MOTHER of the child, would be highly upset knowing someone they liked and trusted, was mocking them and being snarky. May even bring her to tears.
Be NICE! Take the high road. Be a kind and loving friend.
Love,
DWP
Frequently. Not always.devildeac wrote:Server/loading issues this AM for anyone else?
Yes. Big time. Got an error message; the page wouldn't load at all.devildeac wrote:Server/loading issues this AM for anyone else?
You must have borrowed my slow, old tablet from my office.ArkieDukie wrote:Yes. Big time. Got an error message; the page wouldn't load at all.devildeac wrote:Server/loading issues this AM for anyone else?