Jack’s Winning Words 11/16/21

 “Knowing that there is worse pain doesn’t make present pain hurt any less.”  (Gordon Atkinson)  A “healthy” student was scooting around in a wheelchair.  “What are you doing?” asked the teacher.  “I want to see what it’s like to be disabled.”  “Get out of that chair,” scolded the teacher.  “You’ll never know what it is to be disabled by doing that.”  That might have sounded harsh,, but only the disabled know what it’s like to be disabled.  “I feel your pain! Are empty words until we’ve had that pain.  We don’t know racism, poverty, shunning or similar things until we’ve experienced them.  Sympathy and empathy are not the same.  ;-)  Jack

FROM THE SCIENTIST:  Even though the child didn’t get a full experience, I wonder if they learned that there are some places that are hard to get to on wheels, some things hard to do, or other challenges that they are glad to leave behind when they get up. …. Of course if the kiddo was using the chair as an amusement ride that’s a different story===JACK:  In this instance the "child" was old enough to learn a lesson.  In fact, the whole class benefitted from the instruction.===S:  In this instance the "child" was old enough to learn a lesson.  In fact, the whole class benefitted from the instruction.===JACK:  Lessons (positive and negative) surround us daily.

FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  teacher was wrong to scold student for trying to see another's side of life... if all we focus on is our perceived victimization, we truly become little more than victims in every one of our endeavors..===JACK:  In this particular case, the lesson was learned, so the teacher was successful.  Not all teachers teach in the same way...nor do all parents parent in the same way.  Key: Has the lesson been learned?===LIZ:   no, she discouraged the kid from learning, and from investigating and discovering. she totally sucks as a teacher.===JACK:  This time you misread.  It was a "he", and he had been invited, along with others during the term, to make special presentations.  At the end of the year, the students named him as the most outstanding of all the presenters and "unanimously" asked for him to return.

FROM DAZ IN COLORADO:  And young people don't know what it's like to grow old.===JACK:  You and I were young once, too.  Growing older has its problems...but its joys, also.  I like the old song: "Count your many blessings; name them one by one."