tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post5844373287369060938..comments2023-08-25T10:00:43.026-05:00Comments on Dreams, Deliriums, and Other Mind Talk: The TruthNevine Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-7729973376976387362010-04-05T15:46:26.281-05:002010-04-05T15:46:26.281-05:00Cat - These two are my reality. It's sad, but ...Cat - These two are my reality. It's sad, but I've been suffering with this crap at work for way too long. I've just about had it...Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-29747686897337790942010-04-05T08:29:09.680-05:002010-04-05T08:29:09.680-05:00Ok, now I'm crying. These two are a masterpie...Ok, now I'm crying. These two are a masterpiece. I'm sending them to my son, he needs to read this right now.Catherine Viberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354073276671196477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-7067003948815483262010-03-24T07:24:29.662-05:002010-03-24T07:24:29.662-05:00Hugs, Khulud! :-)Hugs, Khulud! :-)Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-41694528307320352572010-03-24T05:30:03.879-05:002010-03-24T05:30:03.879-05:00same comment as on "the instructions" :)...same comment as on "the instructions" :)khulud khamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14219709669555546025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-65034384138022130802010-03-23T06:22:03.379-05:002010-03-23T06:22:03.379-05:00Jessica - Well, you've managed to truly make m...Jessica - Well, you've managed to truly make me smile and beam inside my heart. There are challenges every day to doing this job. But I think it's important to bring a little bit of oneself to every job one does, even if it means bending the rules a little bit. Especially when working with children and most especially with teens, it is important to allow them self-expression, to allow Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-5201489985967828082010-03-23T06:09:57.982-05:002010-03-23T06:09:57.982-05:00Nevine, this has filled me with such and incredibl...Nevine, this has filled me with such and incredible sadness and yet elation too. Elation covers this sadness like a soothing and protective blanket. <br />The feelings of sadness got me to thinking - where would I be today had I had just one teacher such as yourself - one who encourages and sees the value of individualism, of free thought and talent when no others can see. Nurturer, encourager, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-51478267958176785432010-03-22T17:29:10.219-05:002010-03-22T17:29:10.219-05:00Steve - Oh, Steve, there's nothing for us to b...Steve - Oh, Steve, there's nothing for us to be more aware of. I think we all have this awareness, as adults. Maybe some of us pretend not to, because it makes things easier. I just think school kids get so much brainwashing... it makes me sick. They are the ones who need to be made aware. But... when you go against the system, you get hosed!<br /><br />Cuban - Ha ha ha! Of course I'm a Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-7061574609228427882010-03-22T08:58:36.744-05:002010-03-22T08:58:36.744-05:00Nevine,
Brilliant piece of work...
I have been h...Nevine,<br />Brilliant piece of work... <br /><br />I have been having an "in the box" experience at the school where I work, they don't like it that I am trying to think "out of the box".<br />Reason fear... they are afraid I may take away something from them in the process...<br /><br />"And my eyes wanted to cry<br />But the instructions say, Don't cry in frontA Friendly Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378288126748127445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-46227438551508227852010-03-22T08:53:33.598-05:002010-03-22T08:53:33.598-05:00@ Nevine
Its not me but your writing that brings ...@ Nevine<br /><br />Its not me but your writing that brings these sweet thoughts..:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737743663167912430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-72504094649204684942010-03-22T04:37:38.821-05:002010-03-22T04:37:38.821-05:00You're a teacher, aren't you? And if you&#...You're a teacher, aren't you? And if you're not, why are you not? :-)<br /><br />My God, what a first and second part. I am transfixed, like those kids, I am. By your power to mesmerise and hypnotise.<br /><br />Many thanks. You can continue to indulge yourself as long as you want to. I (selfishly and greedily) will be gulping down the results.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-3018133935151683162010-03-21T21:55:38.896-05:002010-03-21T21:55:38.896-05:00What an INTERESTING, and forever timely topic. I&#...What an INTERESTING, and forever timely topic. I'll try to say this humbly...a number of times each day I am embarrassed as one or another comes to me and says something like, "Steve, you said JUST what I needed to hear today, Yada-yada, etc."<br /><br />Shamefully, I do not remember WHAT was said, but I just look them in the eye and say something appropriate--like "Thank you?&steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498524940140288735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-22328792484325163612010-03-21T20:55:59.467-05:002010-03-21T20:55:59.467-05:00Judith – Thank you for that very high compliment o...Judith – Thank you for that very high compliment of a comment. I think this two-part piece really came from inside my gut. I had this experience just about two weeks ago, right before our school spring break. And when the break began, I was still haunted by my strong feelings of disgust for what those students had had to endure. It was almost like they had gone through a torture session. A part Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-49318690629412436912010-03-21T20:55:39.724-05:002010-03-21T20:55:39.724-05:00Kim – Oh, thank you, Kim. That’s so sweet. And I c...Kim – Oh, thank you, Kim. That’s so sweet. And I can’t help but notice, especially with teens.<br /><br />Dulce – I wouldn’t say shame on us, unless we fall into that system and don’t try to go against that wave. I think that when we still dare to do our own thing, what we think is the right thing, then there is no shame for us. The shame is for those that create the restrictions and those that Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-32492127420614697472010-03-21T20:38:31.052-05:002010-03-21T20:38:31.052-05:00Nevine... Nevine...
I am so late getting here, th...Nevine... Nevine... <br />I am so late getting here, this past week at work has been horrendous, and next week, more of the same, and on and on... and work is all inside the box, horribly so, box after box after box.<br /><br />The Instructions and this were quite excrutiating... why must humans be such monsters to one another, from an early age conformity is expected, imaginations are murdered, Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-64629303366155683732010-03-21T20:32:53.064-05:002010-03-21T20:32:53.064-05:00This reads like prose but has such a beautiful rhy...This reads like prose but has such a beautiful rhythym to it as well.<br /><br />The person enforcing the box is also in her own box. Profound. We are all in a box, each in our own way even when we try to be otherwise. Even when we try to be real heroes. <br /><br />This teacher is a real hero because she wants to tell the children it's ok to fail and fails herself at her attempt thus Jai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-82195954317601180302010-03-21T17:07:29.739-05:002010-03-21T17:07:29.739-05:00I was lucky to have good teachers at most of the s...I was lucky to have good teachers at most of the schools I attended, but the last lot were very much of the 'can't fail' type. Made me petrified to ever do less than superbly in any exam, just in case it made them look bad. Liked the follow up.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-5299554429285321962010-03-21T15:37:26.313-05:002010-03-21T15:37:26.313-05:00we do what we must to get to where we want to be, ...we do what we must to get to where we want to be, after that, most remain in the box that got them there, never knowing alternatives... and that keeps them 'safe', which is all the majority of us want, to fit in....laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-30889885056347392382010-03-21T15:30:59.543-05:002010-03-21T15:30:59.543-05:00It happened that because of a delay in my blog rea...It happened that because of a delay in my blog reading, I read this one right after reading The Instructions and am glad that it happened that way. The power of the first poem continued on through this one. Your voice is so haunting, Nevine, with a wisdom that slithers in amid subtly portrayed anguish. You are gifted.Judith Mercadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739476600999112092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-66695500159937830692010-03-21T14:12:59.317-05:002010-03-21T14:12:59.317-05:00What an inspiration Nevine...
Totally loved it.
I ...What an inspiration Nevine...<br />Totally loved it.<br />I am coming to take writing lessons from u although it is said that writing can't be learned..:)<br />Why I stayed inside my box??<br />I still need to figure that out now Nevine..<br />Cheers<br /><br />NutsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737743663167912430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-82666226683022626522010-03-21T14:00:52.109-05:002010-03-21T14:00:52.109-05:00you know, nevine, just after i had commented on yo...you know, nevine, just after i had commented on your previous post, it hit me and i realized that this was applicable to teaching - actually to my own life as a student - and to all the times i too had been admonished to not color outside the lines - do what was asked and do it in the manner told and do nothing more and nothing less - conform - be confined - but i was always the rebel - and if i GYPSYWOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-33998067033606210562010-03-21T12:53:57.954-05:002010-03-21T12:53:57.954-05:00Wow!
Faces exhausted by repetition.
Faces transfix...Wow!<br />Faces exhausted by repetition.<br />Faces transfixed by fear.<br />Faces lit by anguish.<br /><br />The message is clear, the voice beautiful.<br />You have such a talent...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-43061644794776437712010-03-21T12:26:34.931-05:002010-03-21T12:26:34.931-05:00You are brilliant. I think the loss of innocence ...You are brilliant. I think the loss of innocence happens much earlier than we realize. We are taught at a very young age that we cannot embrace our own minds. And that message haunts us.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217271340928929622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-82572195155915340332010-03-21T12:16:30.363-05:002010-03-21T12:16:30.363-05:00Mt post today will be a bit about the same... sham...Mt post today will be a bit about the same... shame on them and on us!<br />I feel so disappointed with our society.<br />:(Dulçe ♥https://www.blogger.com/profile/14958592985938279356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-71847679787358239202010-03-21T12:12:34.984-05:002010-03-21T12:12:34.984-05:00those in your world are gifted that you care - eno...those in your world are gifted that you care - enough to notice.Man Named Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299332753447389139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397758960634925062.post-60530220298643541722010-03-21T12:01:07.398-05:002010-03-21T12:01:07.398-05:00Ellie – The hope is that they eventually see throu...Ellie – The hope is that they eventually see through the delusion, and come into a place of clarity. Thank you for stopping in, Ellie, and for leaving your trail.<br /><br />Martin – Children are absolutely always learning, Martin. The trouble is with those who don’t happen to see things from that perspective. Failure is such a stigma, but if we think more of it as a growing and learning process,Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.com