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Mary Saville
Charlottesville, VA
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Educator - STEM, ACTS Homeschool Teaching Support

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I'm tired of....

Sometimes when I begin a class, I notice a buzzing of grumpiness in the air. When that happens, I occasionally yell, "10 seconds for everyone to say as loudly as they want what is bothering them. No penalties!" The first time, they are surprised. After that, they use this "free swing" time to vent, there's chaos for 10 seconds, then they gather themselves for learning. I join in as well.

So, here's your free swing time. What are you tired of?

I'm tired of being nice. I'd much rather be purposeful, compassionate, challenging or direct, rather than being a confection.

Topics: catharsis full life purpose tired vent

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Debra Smith 200+
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Apr 19 2011: I'm tired of WINTER - it's April 19th and it snowed here yesterday!
- Revett Eldred 10+
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  Apr 19 2011: At risk of starting a firestorm where none is needed, I remarked yesterday that anybody who lives in Canada and still believes the world is warming clearly just stepped off the shuttle from Mars or has been living underground for the past three years.
  
  Yes, I am heartily sick of plowing my driveway!
  - Krisztián Pintér 200+
    
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    Apr 20 2011: i don't think you would notice if the average temperature in your place rised 0.3 degrees, would you?
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    Apr 20 2011: I'm tired of people using local weather forecast as an argument against climate change. If you're working up a fever you can still have really cold feet!
    - Revett Eldred 10+
      
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      Apr 20 2011: I'm tired of people who sit in their ivory towers fiddling with computer models and ignore what is happening outside the window.
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    Apr 20 2011: Not everything we know about global warming is derived from computer models (in fact computer models only give an idea of the future). You might find this TEDtalk interesting:
    
    http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss.html
Mary Saville
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Apr 18 2011: I'm tired of people trying to "solve" each other's pain by explaining why he or she shouldn't feel that way, without empathy. It's much better just to honor suffering.
- Krisztián Pintér 200+
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  Apr 18 2011: wow, the good ol' man-woman communication breakdown. i always realize it some time *after* i went in the wrong direction.
Laszlo Kereszturi 500+
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Apr 16 2011: I'm tired of hearing fellow citizens saying that it was better under communist regime, lead by Ceausescu.
And I’m tired of anxious drivers using the horn as first resort.
- Sabin Muntean 30+
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  Apr 17 2011: A sincere thumbs up for the first one!
- Matthieu Miossec 100+
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  Apr 17 2011: I'm surprised anyone would even think that! I can understand your frustration!
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- Krisztián Pintér 200+
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  Apr 16 2011: carbon ... atom ... falls ... to the ... ground?? that's indeed revolutionary thinking. but wait! oxygen atom is heavier! i'm so confused!
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    - Krisztián Pintér 200+
      
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      Apr 17 2011: i could not say i don't agree. i must say "carbon atoms falling" makes no sense whatsoever. it is wrong on so many levels, it would not make much sense to pick a few. it is like trying to describe the difference between a ladder and an egg. you don't even know how to start. every difference seems to be irrelevant, as they differ in almost everything. that's how bad this falling atom argument is.
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    - Julie Ann 10+
      
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      Apr 17 2011: Hi Masonic, perhaps you refer to what is commonly called "black carbon" or carbon particulate matter which is essentially soot from burning carbon-based material such as coal. This will fall to the ground - folks who live near the industries which generate this stuff often complain of blackened drapes, black dust on the furniture and so on. The bigger problem of course, is that they breathe in this stuff as well. The finer particles will stay in the atmosphere for a while, however, and can be transported around the globe by atmospheric winds. The processes that create carbon particles, however, can also create carbon gases, CO and CO2 which will rise to higher levels in the atmosphere. Hope this helps. Cheers.
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    - Julie Ann 10+
      
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      Apr 17 2011: Hi Mason (hope you don't mind the short form), there really is a lot that we are not clear on with the climate change phenomenon and the Earth, as you say, has endured many upheavals in nature during its lifetime. I usually try to keep away from climate change discussions as they can become quite vexatious without being constructive. I prefer to focus on the health effects of pollution and also the simple fact that we should not waste things because our resources are finite. There are people who are genuinely concerned and there are others, again as you say, that will capitalize on anything that brings them some form of gain. On your last note, if we change our mindset, the change in behavior will follow. Thanks for the post. We are a little off topic here so I hope we don't get kicked off :-)
- Matthieu Miossec 100+
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  Apr 17 2011: I'm sorry Massonic, but that's complete and utter nonsense. Whether you believe climate change to be a reality or not, the fact is our planet would be screwed if carbon dioxide didn't provide a way for sunlight to be reflected back to Earth. I share Krisztián's bafflement.
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      Apr 17 2011: We don't need to make this personal. I'm just pointing out that your line of reasoning with regards to the carbon atom is frankly strange. You can believe that climate change isn't manmade (although you're going against the scientific consensus on that one) but you're going to provide an argument that actually makes some sense. I dare say viruses and microbes don't seem to have a problem floating around and yet they're full of carbon (lots of it).
Matthieu Miossec 100+
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Apr 16 2011: I'm tired of people who think overconfidence is a perfectly reasonable substitute to being right. I'm tired of of people who think that being drunk absolves them from responsibility for their actions. I'm tired of national pride (as a child of two countries, I will never really understand it).
Krisztián Pintér 200+
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Apr 16 2011: i'm tired of people who are outputting more information than they ingest. it should be the other way around. anyone who thinks that he can know a topic without studying it first, is an idiot.
Maxime Losier
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Apr 15 2011: just like the word sorry, are we truly sorry every time we say it?
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- Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
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  Apr 15 2011: I love you Birdia!
Kavik MB
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Apr 15 2011: I am tired of having to see those annoying headlines at the bottom while I watch the news
Julie Ann 10+
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Apr 15 2011: Folks who constantly complain about environmental doom and calamity, yet when presented with solutions, they shoot them down one after the other.It appears that satisfaction comes from the process of complaining rather than finding solutions. In addition, they always point the finger at others, never at themselves, as part of the problem.
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  Apr 16 2011: maybe they don't have to do the homework if the world is about to end anyway?
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    Apr 16 2011: :-)
- Matthieu Miossec 100+
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  Apr 16 2011: That's why I tend to look up to environmetalist that are known for being pragmatic. They're a rare breed though.
Tim Colgan 50+
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Apr 15 2011: I'm tired of people saying greed is the problem and love is the solution.

Human emotions consist of a combination of love and greed. The solution will tap into both.
- Matthieu Miossec 100+
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  Apr 17 2011: it reminds of a scene in Donnie Darko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q38N9QvsdzU
Revett Eldred 10+
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Apr 15 2011: I'm tired of a whole bunch of things I won't bother to list here, but I LOVE what you do with your kids at the start of class! I may even shamelessly steal your idea for our company meetings.
- Mary Saville
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  Apr 15 2011: good for you. it's surprisingly cathartic, humanizing and effective at focusing a group.
lynn eschbach 30+
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Apr 15 2011: I get tired of women (women, because that's the only public restroom I use) who don't clean the seat if they've made a mess.
- Mary Saville
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  Apr 15 2011: oh so true. how can women make such a mess if they are supposed to be sitting?
  - Lee Wilkinson 20+
    
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    Apr 15 2011: I'm intrigued to know the answer to this also?
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      Apr 15 2011: Umm, the only thing really suitable for print is that it involves hovering.
Lee Wilkinson 20+
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Apr 15 2011: I am extremely tired of two things: I am tired of people looking at me with that 'sad for me' look on their face as though they have something disgusting under their nose when I say I am not a 'Born Again Christian' and how sorry they are that I will go to hell. I am also tired out by men who believe they have some right over the decision making process of what a woman can and cannot do with their bodies. It's their body, they get to chose!
Kavik MB
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Apr 15 2011: I´m tired of people complaining of being tired of something ,and then they never do something to fix or improve it .(including me , of course)
Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
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Apr 15 2011: I am tired of people being afraid of being wrong and/or ignorant.

People learn best when when they are wrong because after that all they can do is absorb more information to consider!

This is why the academic education system is complete garbage and denies true potential that exist within each of us!

Edited: This is a great thread idea, and like Revett denoted, possibly good in a lot of group environments let alone a classroom.
Tom Comerford 50+
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Apr 15 2011: I'm tired of polarization and arrogance in politics. Too many people believe that their ideology is absolutely correct (and free of spin), and that those who don't agree are stupid. It's a divisive attitude that poisons our civil discourse.
- Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
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  Apr 16 2011: Tom,
  
  Thank you.
Tim blackburn 30+
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Apr 15 2011: this is a good idea! im tired of humans treating other humans as less than human. its disgusting, worng, and has no place in this time or the next.
- Mary Saville
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  Apr 15 2011: hear, hear!
  - Tim blackburn 30+
    
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    Apr 15 2011: with specificaly the bradley manning situation.
- Nicholas Lukowiak 50+
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  Apr 15 2011: I am on Tim's page.

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