Out of the Shell

[Unkotare]

It is not entirely unusual for students to be placed in classes in the middle (or even the end) of an academic year. Some families move from other cities, some arrive from other countries (no, I don't have any idea about their immigration status), and some move from different parts of the city. When kids show up in class well into the year, they are often nervous, shy, and/or self-conscious. It's hard to jump right into the middle of a group of people who have been getting used to each other for half a year or more. These students invariably isolate themselves as much as they can physically and socially.

BUT, with effort and a little extra attention these students can find their feet and start coming out of an understandable insecure teenager shell. One girl showed up in one of my classes about a month and a half ago, very quiet and self-conscious. She didn't know anyone in the school, wasn't confident about her English, and was clearly overwhelmed by it all. It took a lot of extra effort to get her to participate in class, but when she did she did great work.

Yesterday, I pulled into the school parking lot and was getting out of my car when I saw that student walking to school. She waved and called out a greeting and seemed really confident. In class she worked with her classmates and communicated in English very openly. It's a good feeling to see a kid come out of their shell when you know what their potential is. I am very sure this student will be highly successful.

 

[ReinyDays]

It's just been these past 100 years that this has been possible ... before that, folks lived their whole lives in the community they were born in, following their father's footsteps into whatever trade he did ... or be married off to another family ...

This happened to me ... a lot ... and I lost all my friends every time ... got to the point I quit making friends and just fist-fought my way through school ... surprisingly, that made me more friends than anything ... "be my friend or I'll beat you up" still works today ...

Parents: don't move, don't divorce ... or don't have kids ... spay and neuter, it's the right thing to do ... or face the fact you'll have kids who behave like me ...

 

[deannalw]

It's just been these past 100 years that this has been possible ... before that, folks lived their whole lives in the community they were born in, following their father's footsteps into whatever trade he did ... or be married off to another family ...

This happened to me ... a lot ... and I lost all my friends every time ... got to the point I quit making friends and just fist-fought my way through school ... surprisingly, that made me more friends than anything ... "be my friend or I'll beat you up" still works today ...

Parents: don't move, don't divorce ... or don't have kids ... spay and neuter, it's the right thing to do ... or face the fact you'll have kids who behave like me ...

I seldom finished a grade in the same school. My dad was forever dragging us about the country and I also found it difficult to continue making friends after awhile.

I never behaved like you, however. I doubt seriously those kids you scared into being your "friend" were friends. They just didn't want an ass kicking.

 

[Donald H]

It is not entirely unusual for students to be placed in classes in the middle (or even the end) of an academic year. Some families move from other cities, some arrive from other countries (no, I don't have any idea about their immigration status), and some move from different parts of the city. When kids show up in class well into the year, they are often nervous, shy, and/or self-conscious. It's hard to jump right into the middle of a group of people who have been getting used to each other for half a year or more. These students invariably isolate themselves as much as they can physically and socially.

BUT, with effort and a little extra attention these students can find their feet and start coming out of an understandable insecure teenager shell. One girl showed up in one of my classes about a month and a half ago, very quiet and self-conscious. She didn't know anyone in the school, wasn't confident about her English, and was clearly overwhelmed by it all. It took a lot of extra effort to get her to participate in class, but when she did she did great work.

Yesterday, I pulled into the school parking lot and was getting out of my car when I saw that student walking to school. She waved and called out a greeting and seemed really confident. In class she worked with her classmates and communicated in English very openly. It's a good feeling to see a kid come out of their shell when you know what their potential is. I am very sure this student will be highly successful.

Don't discount the fact that she was a self confident person before she got to your school, where new and strange surroundings drove her into a temporary shell.

Just as you suggested!

 

[luiza]

It is not entirely unusual for students to be placed in classes in the middle (or even the end) of an academic year. Some families move from other cities, some arrive from other countries (no, I don't have any idea about their immigration status), and some move from different parts of the city. When kids show up in class well into the year, they are often nervous, shy, and/or self-conscious. It's hard to jump right into the middle of a group of people who have been getting used to each other for half a year or more. These students invariably isolate themselves as much as they can physically and socially.

BUT, with effort and a little extra attention these students can find their feet and start coming out of an understandable insecure teenager shell. One girl showed up in one of my classes about a month and a half ago, very quiet and self-conscious. She didn't know anyone in the school, wasn't confident about her English, and was clearly overwhelmed by it all. It took a lot of extra effort to get her to participate in class, but when she did she did great work.

Yesterday, I pulled into the school parking lot and was getting out of my car when I saw that student walking to school. She waved and called out a greeting and seemed really confident. In class she worked with her classmates and communicated in English very openly. It's a good feeling to see a kid come out of their shell when you know what their potential is. I am very sure this student will be highly successful.

Are you a Cultist trying to make first scripted steps toward Sainthood ?

I did similar on a wider scale for nearly a decade with many young men who were badly adjusted and lost .
And I had to out-compete them in every way as a yougish woman facing young men in their physical prime .
But I did not look for public applause then or now .

 

[Donald H]

Are you a Cultist trying to make first scripted steps toward Sainthood ?

I did similar on a wider scale for nearly a decade with many young men who were badly adjusted and lost .
And I had to out-compete them in every way as a yougish woman facing young men in their physical prime .
But I did not look for public applause then or now .

He's trying to butter his own bread by telling us that he worked a miracle with a lost young girl, in a month and a half.

The method he used to build the story made it just too obvious that it was bullsh-t created for his immediate self gratification.

 

[deannalw]

Good grief.

What a couple of assholes.

 

[Donald H]

Good grief.

What a couple of assholes.

It's not that bad, it's just Uncaegotare.