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| As a child growing up, did you ever get stung by a bee? |
| Yes, of course -- hasn't everyone? |
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| Yes, but it was a big deal -- I am lucky to be alive! |
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| No, never -- does this actually happen to people? |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:10 am Post subject: Re: Bee stings, scraped knees, and other childhood boo-boos. |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
| thegadfly wrote: |
| During a discussion with my 5th grade elementary school students |
This probably explains it here. It's hard having a 'discussion' with 5th grade elementary students, even in your own language. Attention spans are just too short and not enough experience to really discuss anything. |
Again, actually, not quite true. They have the attention span necessary for the discussions we hold, and usually have the experience necessary for those discussions. I am aware of their limits and lacks, and do my best to structure the activities within their wheelhouses. I was mistaken in thinking a bee sting would be something they had some knowledge of, and as I said, it threw me.
You seem to have a very low opinion of students' abilities, and that bothers me. In my own experience, students will give you exactly what you expect of them -- if you expect bad things, you get bad things. If you expect good things, you get good things. My students frequently exceed my own expectations, so setting my expectations "too high" is clearly not the issue.
I appreciate that you are trying to help out, and I thank you for the time you have taken to reply.... |
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mukukja
Joined: 22 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:55 am Post subject: |
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OP: if you have been mauled by even a baby bear then you win the "wild child" award by default. It�s like a TKO in the industry.
Anyway, a lot of being the wild child is about the withering looks from the city cousins when they come to visit. You suggest a random foray into the woods with your trusty hatchet, they suggest Nintendo. You might opine that a lofty maple affords a spectacular view of your locale, and then their mother remembers that they have to go visit grandpa before he has his nap.
그리고 the wasps here look nasty but do seem pretty docile. I would not want to provoke the wrath of such a winged beast, but it in my estimation the fuse on their fury is quite lengthy. |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| mukukja wrote: |
OP: if you have been mauled by even a baby bear then you win the "wild child" award by default. It�s like a TKO in the industry.
Anyway, a lot of being the wild child is about the withering looks from the city cousins when they come to visit. You suggest a random foray into the woods with your trusty hatchet, they suggest Nintendo. You might opine that a lofty maple affords a spectacular view of your locale, and then their mother remembers that they have to go visit grandpa before he has his nap.
그리고 the wasps here look nasty but do seem pretty docile. I would not want to provoke the wrath of such a winged beast, but it in my estimation the fuse on their fury is quite lengthy. |
Hehe -- I've had this conversation with a few folks, to decide at what point I could claim mauling vs. clawing -- the claws drew blood, but the bear was just wrasslin' with me, so I only claim a clawing. I was about 120 pounds at the time, and it was about 150, so I was fightin' over my weight, but it was playful stuff, like with a big dog, as the owner of a private menagerie looked on. He bought the hay, straw, and grain from us for his animals, and on one delivery run, he let me in the bear pen...but he rushed in like a shot when I started bleeding. It wasn't bad at all -- just a scratch that bled a bit (it healed without a scar) -- but he was worried because the bear hadn't ever tasted blood, and he didn't want to see his neighbor and feed supplier's kid get eaten. I remember being disappointed about it, because I felt I could have pinned the bear if I had a few more minutes to wrestle, and wouldn't THAT make for a story? |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| mukukja wrote: |
| OP: if you have been mauled by even a baby bear then you win the "wild child" award by default. It�s like a TKO in the industry. |
Pfft. That's nothing. As a small child I would spend hours fighting a huge gorilla who kidnapped my girl. He would keep throwing barrels at me, which he never seemed to run out of. If that wasn't enough, these little fires would chase after me while I was trying to jump a couple of barrels at a time! I can't count the number of times I was burned to death by those buggers. Don't even get me started on the multi-colored ghosts that often chased me whenever I tried to eat pellets and various fruit.
Yeah, I had a pretty hard life. |
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| mukukja wrote: |
| OP: if you have been mauled by even a baby bear then you win the "wild child" award by default. It�s like a TKO in the industry. |
Pfft. That's nothing. As a small child I would spend hours fighting a huge gorilla who kidnapped my girl. He would keep throwing barrels at me, which he never seemed to run out of. If that wasn't enough, these little fires would chase after me while I was trying to jump a couple of barrels at a time! I can't count the number of times I was burned to death by those buggers. Don't even get me started on the multi-colored ghosts that often chased me whenever I tried to eat pellets and various fruit.
Yeah, I had a pretty hard life. |
Yes, and you lived inside those games until the Internet came along where there were other games and worlds where you could pretend to have a fantasy life to share with others. All with only one hand on your keyboard, hunting and pecking. |
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DejaVu
Joined: 27 Jan 2011
Location: Your dreams
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| WadRUG'naDoo wrote: |
| madoka wrote: |
| mukukja wrote: |
| OP: if you have been mauled by even a baby bear then you win the "wild child" award by default. It�s like a TKO in the industry. |
Pfft. That's nothing. As a small child I would spend hours fighting a huge gorilla who kidnapped my girl. He would keep throwing barrels at me, which he never seemed to run out of. If that wasn't enough, these little fires would chase after me while I was trying to jump a couple of barrels at a time! I can't count the number of times I was burned to death by those buggers. Don't even get me started on the multi-colored ghosts that often chased me whenever I tried to eat pellets and various fruit.
Yeah, I had a pretty hard life. |
Yes, and you lived inside those games until the Internet came along where there were other games and worlds where you could pretend to have a fantasy life to share with others. All with only one hand on your keyboard, hunting and pecking. |
How were you insulted by an innocently humourous comment? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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The one time I clearly remember being stung was when I took a hatchet to a beehive/mound in order to stir them up so my friends and I could get better shots at it with our BB guns.  |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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This reminds me:
When I was growing up, there was a pool in my back yard. I saw a wasp that had ended up in the water, and it looked like it couldn't get out. So, I scooped it up in a net and let it rest on the patio in the sunshine. I felt good, saving that little insects life.
Anyways, later, night-time came and I decided I'd go out, sit in the lawn-chair, and star-gaze. I put my hands behind my head, resting, looking at the lovely stars. Next thing I know, I feel an incredibly painful sting! I leap up out of the chair, and turn on the lights... and behold! It was the very same wasp which I had saved earlier! It must have crawled up the lawn-chair and sat there... that little bastard.
Furious that the insect who I saved decided to sting me, I squashed it right then and there! That disrespectful, no good, ungrateful devil! |
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