tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post686701641032462249..comments2024-03-08T00:21:56.482-08:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: on the other handCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-85312721012967486612013-01-26T16:50:55.359-08:002013-01-26T16:50:55.359-08:00Jen - offhand I don't think that likeability *...Jen - offhand I don't think that likeability ***necessarily*** has a lot to do with temperament. <br /><br />I'm not sure about that....but that's the way it strikes me.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-91619040474861214102013-01-26T16:48:28.907-08:002013-01-26T16:48:28.907-08:00Interesting-----
I was talking to Debbie S about ...Interesting-----<br /><br />I was talking to Debbie S about this --- and she came up with a great term: "floater."<br /><br />Debbie says she was a 'floater' in h.s.<br /><br />Her main group was the popular kids, but she wasn't central to that group and she floated among the various groups.<br /><br />I think I was similar. To the degree that I had a group, it was a little group of smart girls, but I always floated -- I liked all kinds of kids & spent time with different kids....<br /><br />Today, reading this article, I'm thinking that those kids probably liked me just as I liked them.<br /><br />And I'm guessing that's part of the reason I emerged from high school pretty much unscathed. <br /><br />So, at this point, my formulation is: well-liked, NOT popular ---- and I do think that's a 'status' a parent can foster in a child, but that's just a gut feeling at the moment.<br /><br />I'm going to have to think it through.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-33763120582031407452013-01-26T11:55:51.938-08:002013-01-26T11:55:51.938-08:00The work world rewards braininess far more than th...The work world rewards braininess far more than the H.S. social world does. However, it's been my observation that among equally bright women, the ones who are good at interpersonal relations tend to have in general made better career progress than the ones who don't have as good people skills. Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-44523495179609044332013-01-25T19:43:41.632-08:002013-01-25T19:43:41.632-08:00I don't know -- is there any actual way to mak...I don't know -- is there any actual way to make/raise your kid to be any of these things? <br /><br />I mean, as much as we all like the idea of personal change, it really seems like we change within the range of our born with predispositions/personality. <br /><br />I did rather try to make my children less shy than I am -- but what did I know about that?! <br /><br />I'd have also taught them eye-hand-ball coordination, but I couldn't really do that. Jennoreply@blogger.com