It’s not the doctors who want the kids to sit still and not run around, it’s the teachers. I still remember my second grade teacher getting furious at some of the boys in my class for being too active. I felt sorry for them because she would hit them.
I never had trouble sitting still and I’m still good at it. Instead my teachers wanted me to stop talking or stop reading. In first grade I wanted to read aloud on behalf of the kids who couldn’t do it well yet. In fifth grade I was sent out to the hall because I was reading instead of listening. But I took my book out in the hall with me so I was fine with that. Now I write instead of talk, still wanting to help others figure things out, and I’m still reading.
I did well at school, but my eye doctor convinced my mom, and me, that if I didn’t stop reading so much I would go blind. For a while I actually thought I would go blind by the time I was 21, so I kept reading, only more substantial books so my mind would still have something to work on when it happened.
My severe eyestrain continued, but I ended up getting a scholarship and did well in college by majoring in physics (more thinking than reading). It all turned out fine. I haven’t thought about that for years.
I think they have it all backwards. Bach then I had the energy and now I don’t so sitting still and settling down is what I do best…lol
Yes, that’s the joke. š
Lol!
Actually my teachers never said that to me.
It was more like – Are you listening? Stop daydreaming!
And Iām still dreaming!
Ha!
xoxo
As I recall it was the boys in the class who had the most trouble containing their energy. I also did my share of daydreaming. š
Only thing I can say “rules are meant to be bent…If I move like when I was younger I would be over weight.”
Coffee is on
Overweight or underweight? Do you move now more than you did then?
So true. LOL
Yes. š
LOL!!!
love this one!
I do too! š
Those doctors never seem to be able to make up their minds!!!
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It’s not the doctors who want the kids to sit still and not run around, it’s the teachers. I still remember my second grade teacher getting furious at some of the boys in my class for being too active. I felt sorry for them because she would hit them.
I never had trouble sitting still and I’m still good at it. Instead my teachers wanted me to stop talking or stop reading. In first grade I wanted to read aloud on behalf of the kids who couldn’t do it well yet. In fifth grade I was sent out to the hall because I was reading instead of listening. But I took my book out in the hall with me so I was fine with that. Now I write instead of talk, still wanting to help others figure things out, and I’m still reading.
I did well at school, but my eye doctor convinced my mom, and me, that if I didn’t stop reading so much I would go blind. For a while I actually thought I would go blind by the time I was 21, so I kept reading, only more substantial books so my mind would still have something to work on when it happened.
My severe eyestrain continued, but I ended up getting a scholarship and did well in college by majoring in physics (more thinking than reading). It all turned out fine. I haven’t thought about that for years.