Comments on: Punishing the Different, etc. http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/ and rockin' tha house Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: christopher garlington http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-440 christopher garlington Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:46:18 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-440 I can't express myself in regards to this posting and your blog in general. It makes me want to throw things. Usually this kind of thing makes me click out ASAP because I can't handle it. But usually these kinds of things are either cynical or riddled with sap to the point where you just don't care. But good lord, I read these things and I'm just there, just in the scene. It's real and gets there fast. It kills me. Christ I sound like an idiot. A handful of bloggers have gotten book deals lately. I hope to god you do. People need to read this. I can’t express myself in regards to this posting and your blog in general. It makes me want to throw things. Usually this kind of thing makes me click out ASAP because I can’t handle it. But usually these kinds of things are either cynical or riddled with sap to the point where you just don’t care. But good lord, I read these things and I’m just there, just in the scene. It’s real and gets there fast. It kills me. Christ I sound like an idiot. A handful of bloggers have gotten book deals lately. I hope to god you do. People need to read this.

]]> By: papyrus http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-435 papyrus Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:20:36 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-435 It's interesting that you've put this up as I was going to append this comment to your last post about normality. My wife and I saw a TV program on Tuesday evening about Abbé Epée, a catholic priest who pioneered sign language. He really flew in the face of society when he did this but he stuck up for these kids and for their ability to live normal lives if helped. At the time deaf and dumb (and I use the expression deliberately here) kids were considered mentally retarded. One woman even abandoned her kid and let it be put out that he was dead. It was quite shocking but it did show the difference loving care could make in the lives of these children. It’s interesting that you’ve put this up as I was going to append this comment to your last post about normality. My wife and I saw a TV program on Tuesday evening about Abbé Epée, a catholic priest who pioneered sign language. He really flew in the face of society when he did this but he stuck up for these kids and for their ability to live normal lives if helped. At the time deaf and dumb (and I use the expression deliberately here) kids were considered mentally retarded. One woman even abandoned her kid and let it be put out that he was dead. It was quite shocking but it did show the difference loving care could make in the lives of these children.

]]> By: Tense Teacher http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-434 Tense Teacher Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:22:48 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-434 You can't fix them all, especially when no one else is willing to help, much less listen. Makes it harder and harder to behave like a person with morals and common sense, doesn't it? You can’t fix them all, especially when no one else is willing to help, much less listen. Makes it harder and harder to behave like a person with morals and common sense, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Pacian http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-431 Pacian Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:47:42 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-431 FYI, I wrote about my mother's deafness <a href="http://spacecatrocketship.blogspot.com/2006/05/blogging-against-um-deafism.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I'm not her teacher or anything, but you might be interested. o_O FYI, I wrote about my mother’s deafness here.

I’m not her teacher or anything, but you might be interested. o_O

]]> By: gary http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-430 gary Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:37:08 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-430 You are making me feel so glad that I don't have any bad neighbors. I hope you get some better ones soon. You are making me feel so glad that I don’t have any bad neighbors. I hope you get some better ones soon.

]]> By: Margaret http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-429 Margaret Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:13:21 +0000 http://singingthesky.com/writing/2007/01/24/punishing-the-different-etc/#comment-429 We've become such a throw away society--our appliances, our cell phones, our computers that most people won't put the money or effort into repairs. I think that attitude carries over to kids sometimes too. Parents and some educators won't work hard enough to fix/repair/remediate. So, they become throw away children. I don't know what the answer is, Michelle. We’ve become such a throw away society–our appliances, our cell phones, our computers that most people won’t put the money or effort into repairs. I think that attitude carries over to kids sometimes too. Parents and some educators won’t work hard enough to fix/repair/remediate. So, they become throw away children. I don’t know what the answer is, Michelle.

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