“Not everyone’s an academic, so why do we seem to judge, on that, rather than a whole person?”
Ritu Bhathal
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Linda was worried about posting late, this week. Well, I’m right with her there, today!
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25 May 2022 35 Comments
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But I Smile Anyway... 
May 28, 2022 @ 22:36:30
You are spot on, Ritu!
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May 29, 2022 @ 00:03:36
I knew you’d get this, Jennie 🤗
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May 29, 2022 @ 12:33:44
Oh, yes! 🙂
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May 28, 2022 @ 19:00:16
Interestingly enough, Ritu, I had this exact same discussion with my mother today.
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May 28, 2022 @ 19:02:08
It’s something that plays on my mind a lot!
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May 26, 2022 @ 02:50:06
Martin Luther King Jr. had it right. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
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May 26, 2022 @ 06:02:35
Absolutely! That is what is most important.
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May 26, 2022 @ 02:46:43
Good point. One that should be made more often 🙂
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May 26, 2022 @ 06:01:51
I always remind my children that they all have strengths, no matter what!
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May 26, 2022 @ 00:56:52
Good question.
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May 26, 2022 @ 06:01:14
It bugs me a lot, Dan.
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May 25, 2022 @ 18:43:03
It can make me so mad when I notice that people are judged by the way they appear (subjectively) on the outside. Very mad.
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May 25, 2022 @ 19:24:17
Me too, Sis, so mad…
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May 25, 2022 @ 17:57:59
People can be so shallow and pretentious 👎
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May 25, 2022 @ 18:01:33
Too true! 😞
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May 25, 2022 @ 18:06:27
🙏🏽💛😞
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May 25, 2022 @ 14:12:35
Yes!! And those credentials don’t make anyone a better writer or poet either! 💜💚💛
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May 25, 2022 @ 10:18:30
My answer to that question is, because we are humans. As a matter of fact people that don´t have an acedemicc carreer, some people, but quiet a few are smart as hell, they might use it for not the better things in life but street smart trumps academic. In my view.
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May 25, 2022 @ 10:45:30
I agree to a huge extent Charly!
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May 25, 2022 @ 10:10:05
Throughout my son’s schooldays he was always appreciated and praised for such things as trying hard, having a good attitude, being cheerful, being kind, a commitment to learning – and that was in the context of a special school. In some ways I feel he was in a protected environment. The traditional mainstream school environment is very different. My daughter suffered from that, on a personal level (although I must admit she is doing wonderful things now as a filmmaker). The mainstream school environment really needs to change its obsession with exam results and academic achievement – but how can it do that if it is driven by politics and the values of whatever government is in control? (I realise you know much more about this than I do!!)
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May 25, 2022 @ 10:45:05
I hate it, Sheila, that was have to judge children as young as 4… Some based on archaic thinking. It’s not healthy for children!
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May 25, 2022 @ 08:46:34
i so agree
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May 25, 2022 @ 08:50:21
It frustrate me so, because we judge children on things we shouldn’t from such an early age!
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:23:35
Agreed, but as an academic you can earn more money, if you go into politics. 😉 Even if later, as in Germany, it often turns out that the dissertation was stolen. :-)) xx Michael
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May 25, 2022 @ 08:06:04
But, Bro, happiness and appreciation are more important than money 💛
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May 26, 2022 @ 05:37:11
I fully agree with you, Sis! As an example it could not payed by money what joy a cat like Sonu is able to bring, right? 🙂 xx Michael
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May 26, 2022 @ 06:03:41
Indeed!
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:21:54
Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:08:55
Well done, and yes why not lookat the whole person? 💜🤣
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:09:59
It does my head in that children and young adults are judged on something they might not be strong in, Sis, when what they excel in, gets ignored! Xxx
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May 25, 2022 @ 09:22:20
Yes I really agree …lots of us get judged on what we can’t do rather that what we can 💜💜
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May 25, 2022 @ 10:42:56
💛💛💛
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:08:44
Perhaps in build snobbery
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:09:02
True!
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May 25, 2022 @ 07:09:13
👍🏼
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