tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post1819526713156815737..comments2024-03-28T12:42:24.854+00:00Comments on jabblog: Buddy is a teacherjabbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-43251312556445626262010-09-20T12:13:28.884+01:002010-09-20T12:13:28.884+01:00Susan - I'm guilty of the same thing and even ...Susan - I'm guilty of the same thing and even as I am being extremely pedantic I'm telling myself to stop it - trouble is, I don't listen ;-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-9426094959659185592010-09-19T21:08:01.456+01:002010-09-19T21:08:01.456+01:00I love this post!
Interesting observations - I ha...I love this post!<br /><br />Interesting observations - I have to agree with some things because a friend of mine is a teacher and so help me sometimes I catch myself nearly saying 'yes maam' to her -- she DOES expect to get her own way and 'teaches' everybody who crosses her path LOL<br /><br />It's a calling, that's for sure, and a blessing to everyone who's had a good teacher, or even one that changed a life.Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-28990229191162700762010-09-18T12:51:42.444+01:002010-09-18T12:51:42.444+01:00Gattina - thank you! All cats know that they are s...Gattina - thank you! All cats know that they are superior to every other form of life and so always know best!<br />EG - thank you! I always think I really should be Taurus . . . ;-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-16955611664997080352010-09-18T12:41:27.199+01:002010-09-18T12:41:27.199+01:00I enjoyed this post, Janice. I began my working li...I enjoyed this post, Janice. I began my working life as a teacher too, so I can relate. But I'm not an Aries, although I have a lovely daughter who is. :) So I'm quite certain Buddy (and you too) and I would get along even if he (and you) is (are) a Ram. LOLEG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-13724972577818573702010-09-18T10:26:05.377+01:002010-09-18T10:26:05.377+01:00After this waterfall I am sure you feel better ! I...After this waterfall I am sure you feel better ! I am still laughing about your teacher or teaching descriptions and the whole post ! <br />Buddy sounds to be like ALL my cats, stubborn, lol !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-78194066084904008942010-09-18T08:46:21.047+01:002010-09-18T08:46:21.047+01:00ChrisJ - I always had a quiet classroom too and I ...ChrisJ - I always had a quiet classroom too and I was strict. Most of the time I enjoyed the children and the teaching.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-39305864758062421812010-09-17T22:36:21.465+01:002010-09-17T22:36:21.465+01:00My husband and Your husband would get along togeth...My husband and Your husband would get along together just fine! I know I'm a born teacher -- I have to teach -- it's the children that are the problem. Oh dear I should never have said that out loud! My classroom has to be quiet. I can't stand noise and lest you should think I'm very hard hearted I have to tell you, it is the children who are struggling or picked on that I taught for so many years.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-66120360128450268432010-09-17T18:51:34.903+01:002010-09-17T18:51:34.903+01:00Thank you all and Kay twice ;-)
I have exaggerated...Thank you all and Kay twice ;-)<br />I have exaggerated a little - my children would dispute that I couldn't do anything with them and my grandchildren seem to quite like me ;-)<br />Jinksy - some teachers are born and your daughter is obviously one of them.<br />Kay - give him a few more years. My husband has definitely tempered my tendency to 'teach' all the time - he just laughs at me when I get unnecessarily on my high horse.<br />Janie - all animals can teach us a lot about life, and sometimes especdially the elderly ones.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-55007439278803053012010-09-17T16:58:41.271+01:002010-09-17T16:58:41.271+01:00Funny about teachers and their dispositions. Ther...Funny about teachers and their dispositions. There's a lot of truth there, albeit exaggerated a little bit.<br />I can see Buddy as a teacher. Interesting that he wants to do things by himself, even when he probably needs some help. But then, I guess we all want to remain independent.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-45895632159951337972010-09-17T16:58:28.725+01:002010-09-17T16:58:28.725+01:00That's the problem here!
I married late in lif...That's the problem here!<br />I married late in life so I'd have someone with whom to talk, because dogs and cats, however much they loved me, seldom repl.<br />Companionship in my old age and all that.<br />But I married a retired teacher. When I talk, HE decides whether or not my remark DESERVES an answer.<br />"You didn't answer me," I say.<br />"I didn't need to," he says.<br />I cry.<br />When he does reply, it is to correct me. He never says, "Good point" or "You're right" or "I never thought of it that way"! He presents the other side of the argument, an argument that didn't exist until he pointed out where I'm wrong.<br />I scream.<br />Or: "You didn't ask a question. If you ask a question, I will give you an answer."<br />Aarrgghh.<br />He's a teacher. And he's an Aries. Now I know what's wrong.<br />Of course, he talks to the dog. And I talk to the dog. The dog doesn't answer, which makes HIM happy. Makes me want to talk to a human. One who has never been a teacher.<br />Sigh.<br /><br />Kay<br />Alberta, CanadaKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-15621650543043872942010-09-17T16:50:18.036+01:002010-09-17T16:50:18.036+01:00Thank you thank you thank you!!
You've just ex...Thank you thank you thank you!!<br />You've just explained my biggest problem. I've been bashing my head against this particular brick wall for the past nine years.<br />Late in my life, I married a retired teacher, thinking to have a companion in my old age instead of, or in addition to, a motley collection of cats and dogs.<br />I talk to him. He doesn't answer. He does NOT answer. He decides whether or not my remark or my invitation to conversation DESERVES an answer. If he, in his own mind and without saying anything to me, decides it does NOT deserve an answer, he gives none.<br />I scream.<br />"What's the matter with you?" he might (or might not) say. Sometimes he doesn't even reply to the scream.<br />"You didn't answer me," I plead.<br />"It wasn't necessary," he says, convinced that he IS RIGHT. Oh, you nailed that one for me. He is right, and everyone else is wrong. Never mind that I've been an adult for more than 40 years, so I'm quite blatantly not a fifth-grader.<br />If he does decide to answer my conversational ploy, it is usually to tell me I have it all wrong. He never says, "That's interesting" or (especially) "You're right." He always says the opposite.<br />And I've never understood why, until now.<br />Like you and Buddy, he's a teacher. Like you and Buddy, he's an Aries.<br />And I, a chatty Sagittarius, have to talk to myself or to the dog.<br />Oh, wait, he has started replying lately, now he says, "I can't hear you. Stop mumbling!" because he doesn't have a hearing-aid. He's still shopping for one at "the right price" and is willing to drive for two hours to find it, but in the meantime, it's my fault because I mumble.<br />I must stop screaming. It doesn't help and it gives me a sore throat.<br />Kay<br />Alberta, CanadaKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2060029060849550094.post-3134145408778059382010-09-17T16:17:34.684+01:002010-09-17T16:17:34.684+01:00My daughter's a teacher, but has superpowers w...My daughter's a teacher, but has superpowers when it comes to 'reading' children (and their parents) and keeping in control of both! She decided at the age of five she wanted to be a teacher, and is still going strong!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.com