70 IS WONDERFUL...BUT
Birge-Bytes "THE YOUNG WERE DISRESPECTED WHEN I WAS YOUNG;
THE OLD DISRESPECTED NOW THAT I'M OLD; .seems like I missed out coming
AND going!!"
"Old age is NOT for sissies"...Betty Davis once said.
To me, old age is always someone else 10 years down the line. You see, I have CHOSEN
DEEP DENIAL DISORDER voluntarily and with solid conviction that somehow or way
I will "skip" the old part of the human existence.
I taught High School for 27 years and had them convinced that "How you THINK is HOW
YOU ARE! THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "CHILDISH" AND "CHILD-LIKE!"
SOMEWHERE AS AN ADULT WE LOSE THIS GIFT OF "CHILD-LIKE" JOY IN A CLOUD OF "REALITY" THAT ENDS UP STIFLING OUR LAUGHS . WOULD YOU PLAY IN A SPRINKLER WITH ALL YOUR CLOTHES ON; HAIR AND MAKEUP IN PLACE?
WOULD YOU DRESS UP AS "GRIZZLY ADAMS" IF YOU TAUGHT A LESSON ON MOUNTAIN MEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY? WOULD YOU DECLARE YOUR CLASSROOM AS BIRGEWORLD SO STUDENTS COULD HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE TO GO TO FEEL LOVED AND SECURE IN A SCARY WORLD? CHILDREN DON'T HAVE A CHILDHOOD MUCH ANYMORE. HOW SAD. KIDS AGE 6 OR 7 ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY "MORTAL COMBAT" AND GO TO "R" MOVIES BECAUSE THE PARENTS DON'T WANT TO PAY A SITTER. I WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD BUT THE CHILDREN I TAUGHT HAVE IT MUCH WORSE TODAY. THE WEAPONS ARE BIGGER,THE DRUGS ARE STRONGER AND VIOLENCE IS ALMOST SEEN AS A VIDEO GAME TALLY!
I LOVED MY STUDENTS FOR WHO THEY WERE RIGHT NOW...NOT WHO THEIR PARENTS WERE OR WHO THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE MY ROOM OR
EVEN HOW THEY MIGHT TURN OUT IN TEN YEARS FROM NOW.EVERYONE OF THEM HAD BEAUTY( excuse me...there were 5 that Mother Theresa would have slapped and I'm not even Catholic)
Sorry, I have to be honest!. For a teenager to make it successfully through the sometimes very troubled waters of adolescence THEY NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY RIGHT NOW....NOT WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN....NOT WHO THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BECOME...BUT RIGHT NOW! HUMAN BRAINS ARE NOT COMPLETELY WIRED UNTIL THE MID TO LATE TWENTIES!!!!! The three areas NOT DONE YET are very important areas: FRONTAL LOBE where decisions and plans are made wisely...the LIMBIC SYSTEM of emotional controls , moods and feelings and THE AMGDALA
where our most INTENSE activities are controlled such as RAGE,HATRED,JOY,FEAR...
I WILL BE WRITING MORE ABOUT TEENAGERS, MARRIAGE,RELATIONSHIPS ETC.
IN UPCOMING BLOGS AS I SEE A NEED...PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITH YOUR COMMENTS AS TO WHAT YOU NEED. MRS.B.
THE OLD DISRESPECTED NOW THAT I'M OLD; .seems like I missed out coming
AND going!!"
"Old age is NOT for sissies"...Betty Davis once said.
To me, old age is always someone else 10 years down the line. You see, I have CHOSEN
DEEP DENIAL DISORDER voluntarily and with solid conviction that somehow or way
I will "skip" the old part of the human existence.
I taught High School for 27 years and had them convinced that "How you THINK is HOW
YOU ARE! THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "CHILDISH" AND "CHILD-LIKE!"
SOMEWHERE AS AN ADULT WE LOSE THIS GIFT OF "CHILD-LIKE" JOY IN A CLOUD OF "REALITY" THAT ENDS UP STIFLING OUR LAUGHS . WOULD YOU PLAY IN A SPRINKLER WITH ALL YOUR CLOTHES ON; HAIR AND MAKEUP IN PLACE?
WOULD YOU DRESS UP AS "GRIZZLY ADAMS" IF YOU TAUGHT A LESSON ON MOUNTAIN MEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY? WOULD YOU DECLARE YOUR CLASSROOM AS BIRGEWORLD SO STUDENTS COULD HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE TO GO TO FEEL LOVED AND SECURE IN A SCARY WORLD? CHILDREN DON'T HAVE A CHILDHOOD MUCH ANYMORE. HOW SAD. KIDS AGE 6 OR 7 ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY "MORTAL COMBAT" AND GO TO "R" MOVIES BECAUSE THE PARENTS DON'T WANT TO PAY A SITTER. I WAS ABUSED AS A CHILD BUT THE CHILDREN I TAUGHT HAVE IT MUCH WORSE TODAY. THE WEAPONS ARE BIGGER,THE DRUGS ARE STRONGER AND VIOLENCE IS ALMOST SEEN AS A VIDEO GAME TALLY!
I LOVED MY STUDENTS FOR WHO THEY WERE RIGHT NOW...NOT WHO THEIR PARENTS WERE OR WHO THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE MY ROOM OR
EVEN HOW THEY MIGHT TURN OUT IN TEN YEARS FROM NOW.EVERYONE OF THEM HAD BEAUTY( excuse me...there were 5 that Mother Theresa would have slapped and I'm not even Catholic)
Sorry, I have to be honest!. For a teenager to make it successfully through the sometimes very troubled waters of adolescence THEY NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY RIGHT NOW....NOT WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN....NOT WHO THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BECOME...BUT RIGHT NOW! HUMAN BRAINS ARE NOT COMPLETELY WIRED UNTIL THE MID TO LATE TWENTIES!!!!! The three areas NOT DONE YET are very important areas: FRONTAL LOBE where decisions and plans are made wisely...the LIMBIC SYSTEM of emotional controls , moods and feelings and THE AMGDALA
where our most INTENSE activities are controlled such as RAGE,HATRED,JOY,FEAR...
I WILL BE WRITING MORE ABOUT TEENAGERS, MARRIAGE,RELATIONSHIPS ETC.
IN UPCOMING BLOGS AS I SEE A NEED...PLEASE LET ME KNOW WITH YOUR COMMENTS AS TO WHAT YOU NEED. MRS.B.
