You are not special

[raven70]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdhAE...&feature=share

Brilliance starts at about 3 min mark. Worth warching but sure some will disagree.

[emilywood7]

I posted this on my fb earlier and it is brilliance. Intelligence.... It's happening.

[Summer Ball]

Can you imagine the reaction if this was at one of Phrisceaux's high school's? All the soccer/hockey moms would be livid.......I would love it.

[Singapore Sling]

I tell my children that they ARE special...but only to me, to my husband & to the rest of our family that loves them. To the rest of the world, they are just my children & do not hold a special place in the hearts or lives of other parents or their future bosses or anyone else. In our house, we do not reward mediocrity...we expect straight A's, but will allow up to 2 B's...anything less gets you grounded. Our kids do not have a lot of rules, but they do have to meet expectations, have chores & responsibilities.

Some people think we are mean or our expectations are too high...those people can kiss it. Both our children who are in school have been on the honor roll every single grading period since they started getting letter grades. They are good kids & are frequently complimented by strangers, however, I will be the first to tell you that they are far from perfect...just as I am.

I think this teachers speech was fantastic & I wish ALL kids could hear this...too many people feel too entitled to too much. Too many people are helicopter parents who want to be their kid's friends, they coddle their kids & set them up for failure &/or disappointments.

We love our children enough to prepare them for reality, not give them a false sense of entitlement & are hopefully giving them the tools they will need to succeed, be contributing members of society & be happy in life.

[Bull_07]

My favorite part of it was.

Almost exact what he said

"Your planet is not the center of its solar system and your solar system is not the center of its galaxy.
The galaxy is not the center of its universe.
In fact astro physicists assure us the universe has no center therefore you cannot be it."

I am encoding that to memory so I can play it back to my kids on a weekly basis.

[penguin]

Lotsa goodies in that speech. Here's another -- I was once told by a high school career counselor that I'd make a good forest ranger -- actually, I found better advice from a bear. The spectators at the zoo were reading a sign that said "Don't feed the bear." The bear on the other hand was wearing a sign that said "Question Authority!" [grin]


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