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Sorry Philip





Bruna Dutra
Brazil

I �ve just read something now and:

Did you really believe I was trying to prove you �re not perfect because I mentioned the cactus pacifier drama?

Maaaaaan... I really did not mean that.

Couldn �t you see that I was trying to make an example of how sometimes people overract and make assumptions that are not really true about others (like in that case, which I DID NOT AGREE BY THE WAY - It was a silly picture, it was not a gun pointing to a kid �s face FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!! And in my opinion (not that it matters) it doesn �t say anything about you, a person, a teacher, Zailda).

EDIT: Maybe my mislead was discussing with you (on the same post, I mean) about things other members have mentioned in their posts about this drama. Sorry for not sticking to what you said. I was too general talking about the whole thing and I guess you thought I meant to say it was for you and it was actually more an overall.

8 Oct 2010     



zailda
Brazil

I completely understood everything you said - even if I have to admit that summarizing is not among your strong points (neither among mine, BTW).
 
I have just considered improper to mention a situation in which I was attacked / defended on the forum and ingaged in a heated discussion. I mean - I joined a thread to give my opinion and didn �t tell anyone what they should or shouldn �t do, and I felt you used that old situation just to show you POV against the others.
 
Even if it wasn �t your intention - and I am no one to know other person �s intentions - it wasn �t fair. (I �m not telling you that you HAVE to be fair either...)
 
If a student of yours doesn �t turn in his homework for lesson 1 on time, but he turns in lesson 2 and 3 on time, is it fair if other student is doing something wrong you tell the first student "shut up, remember you don �t turn in your homework on time �?
 
When you mentioned that event (which doesn �t bother me at all) you showed that you judge people - and worse - you don �t pay attention to their progress or learning, you try to judge them from their past (and not characteristical) actions. If only I had the same behavior every day, and it was one of my characteristics, so your comment would make sense.
 
And the funny thing was that you judge me as a way to show others they shouldn �t...
 
You know, no one is obliged to understand your intentions, we are only able to understand the words you write and - believe me - the words we write and the way we use them show very much about us, much more than single actions we do when we have a bad day.
 
I �m not the one who �s reporting and removing other person �s work only because they seem to be useless to me. I �m not the one who feels in the position to judge others. If you want to address to them, maybe you should collect some examples of their behavior, I �m not a role model to anyone. And I never wanted to be.

8 Oct 2010     



elderberrywine
Germany

hey, you two, give it a break!!

8 Oct 2010     



Bruna Dutra
Brazil

To sum up then, I give up.
You clearly don �t seem to understand that I admire you as a member of this site, and most probably a person and a teacher, and I never meant to say (and haven �t said) what you �ve pointed out.
Maybe it �s something about your judgement of me that keeps you from getting that I haven �t judged you for a second. {And I even pointed out that I did not believe it was right of people to judge you on that case.}


8 Oct 2010     



Bruna Dutra
Brazil

Hey, Dorothea! How did you find us!? LOL

We �ve turned this into our personal chat! Just kidding.

but don �t worry. Nothing bad will come out of this. At least not from my part.

8 Oct 2010     



zailda
Brazil

Sleepy

8 Oct 2010     



elderberrywine
Germany

sorry for intruding ... Tongue

8 Oct 2010     



Bruna Dutra
Brazil

Shocked Shockingly mature

8 Oct 2010     



zailda
Brazil

Should I keep repeating the same things forever? I prefer to give up, if that doesn �t sound mature enough for you and you prefer to continue sending comments to this thread, go ahead. I confess I �m tired of it.

8 Oct 2010     



Bruna Dutra
Brazil

I meant the smiley. But either way. It �s clear it �s personal, so... 

8 Oct 2010     

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