Comments on: Polite Conversations In Department Stores http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/ Good to the last blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kate5kiwis http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38366 kate5kiwis Sat, 03 May 2008 04:09:34 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38366 ah yes, the <i>Polite Conversations</i>. i have those all. the. time. with well-meaning members of the public who bail me'n'my three homeschooled kiddos up in the middle of the supermarket, asking all the same questions. (and i also get it from the homeschoolers who think we're mad giving our two older kiddos the option to go to school.) may i have an extra helping of graciousness, puhleeze? i am sometimes so tempted to get snarky. cos well-meaning people think they are the *first* ones to ask the questions, and to steer us back onto the "straight" road. funny, i have just connected with three girls i used to teach 18 years ago (on Facebook). they remember me!!! and all said some beautiful words. teachers have such an opportunity to pass on the love to their students. one thing i notice every time i read here, kelly, is your heart for people. all people. and you inspire me. mwah X ah yes, the Polite Conversations.
i have those all. the. time. with well-meaning members of the public who bail me’n'my three homeschooled kiddos up in the middle of the supermarket, asking all the same questions.
(and i also get it from the homeschoolers who think we’re mad giving our two older kiddos the option to go to school.)

may i have an extra helping of graciousness, puhleeze? i am sometimes so tempted to get snarky. cos well-meaning people think they are the *first* ones to ask the questions, and to steer us back onto the “straight” road.

funny, i have just connected with three girls i used to teach 18 years ago (on Facebook). they remember me!!! and all said some beautiful words. teachers have such an opportunity to pass on the love to their students.

one thing i notice every time i read here, kelly, is your heart for people. all people. and you inspire me.

mwah X

]]> By: Kim http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38365 Kim Sat, 03 May 2008 03:02:54 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38365 Ditto! Amen! Yup! I, too, teach in "one of those neighborhoods" and wouldn't be <i>anywhere</i> else! I have even had my students over to my house for a Christmas party! They were so appreciative and had such a good time! It is a memory I will always cherish. It is impossible to put into words how gratifying the little victories and successes are - the ones that would seem insignificant in the private schools or even the high socio-economic public school where I once taught. Thank you for loving "our" kids! Ditto! Amen! Yup!

I, too, teach in “one of those neighborhoods” and wouldn’t be anywhere else! I have even had my students over to my house for a Christmas party! They were so appreciative and had such a good time! It is a memory I will always cherish.

It is impossible to put into words how gratifying the little victories and successes are – the ones that would seem insignificant in the private schools or even the high socio-economic public school where I once taught.

Thank you for loving “our” kids!

]]> By: Betsy http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38299 Betsy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:06:18 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38299 Hunt that woman down and send her over to my school. PLEASE. My community needs to hear that message, too. Hunt that woman down and send her over to my school. PLEASE. My community needs to hear that message, too.

]]> By: Jakki http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38294 Jakki Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38294 Bravo to you AND Your Avenger. Wouldnt it be nice to have someone with you at all times to do this very thing??? To bring That Lady to her place in such a classy way...hats off. Bravo to you AND Your Avenger. Wouldnt it be nice to have someone with you at all times to do this very thing??? To bring That Lady to her place in such a classy way…hats off.

]]> By: Daisy http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38293 Daisy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38293 This was the post I needed to read. I got home from a very discouraging day of staff development in which so many little things went wrong that I almost wished for the Big One to go wrong and get it over with. But when tomorrow arrives and the kids are back, I'll remember that I teach some wonderful, wonderful children. And anything I did or said today, I did/said it for them. Maybe I should have gone shopping instead of making extra-butter popcorn and pouring a wine cooler! This was the post I needed to read. I got home from a very discouraging day of staff development in which so many little things went wrong that I almost wished for the Big One to go wrong and get it over with. But when tomorrow arrives and the kids are back, I’ll remember that I teach some wonderful, wonderful children. And anything I did or said today, I did/said it for them.
Maybe I should have gone shopping instead of making extra-butter popcorn and pouring a wine cooler!

]]> By: Mompaca http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38292 Mompaca Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:06:47 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38292 Kudos to you for following your passion and being so successful. You are teaching children whom you are talented enough to reach. It is good that those teachers are not in your school because they should not be there and have the good sense to stay away. Kudos to you for following your passion and being so successful. You are teaching children whom you are talented enough to reach. It is good that those teachers are not in your school because they should not be there and have the good sense to stay away.

]]> By: Lara http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38291 Lara Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:58:47 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38291 a cool blogger i know just started a new site called "thank a stranger" (http://thankastranger.blogspot.com/), and this would be a perfect submission for there. you should have it posted over there. :) strangers who take up for us? they're just awesome. a cool blogger i know just started a new site called “thank a stranger” (http://thankastranger.blogspot.com/), and this would be a perfect submission for there. you should have it posted over there. :)

strangers who take up for us? they’re just awesome.

]]> By: ms_teacher http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38290 ms_teacher Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:35:50 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38290 When people find out where I teach, I am often met with a sympathetic look mixed with much horror. The majority of my students do not look like me and there are days where I feel like drinking one too many appletini's. That being said, I love my school and I love my students. I went into education with the profound belief that all children deserve a quality education provided by quality teachers. It is rarely my students that I have issues with, rather it is too often lack of positive administrative and parental support. When people ask me why I continue to teach where I'm at, my question to them is if not me, then who? When people find out where I teach, I am often met with a sympathetic look mixed with much horror. The majority of my students do not look like me and there are days where I feel like drinking one too many appletini’s. That being said, I love my school and I love my students.

I went into education with the profound belief that all children deserve a quality education provided by quality teachers. It is rarely my students that I have issues with, rather it is too often lack of positive administrative and parental support. When people ask me why I continue to teach where I’m at, my question to them is if not me, then who?

]]> By: White Hot Magik http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38289 White Hot Magik Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:21:21 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38289 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> By: Heather http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/comment-page-1/#comment-38288 Heather Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:31:28 +0000 http://www.mochamomma.com/2008/04/28/polite-conversations-in-department-stores/#comment-38288 That is a great story. Good for you and good for her and I hope those other women got their education for the day. That is a great story. Good for you and good for her and I hope those other women got their education for the day.

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