What comes to my mind reading this insightful piece by Amelia is the Myth of Normal. We make ourselves sick by assuming what normal is rather than embracing our differences as the healthy norm. As a child I was labelled with attention deficit disorder when in reality I only attended to the world differently. As an adult that difference i…
What comes to my mind reading this insightful piece by Amelia is the Myth of Normal. We make ourselves sick by assuming what normal is rather than embracing our differences as the healthy norm. As a child I was labelled with attention deficit disorder when in reality I only attended to the world differently. As an adult that difference is paying dividends as I write about how I attended to the world went against the cookie cutter order imposed upon me by school as a student. School had separated subjects that were inseparable to my mind. I was busy making connections that went against our order of things to see the bigger connected picture.
Indeed, when you put together all the stats of different groups who "aren't normal", I ask, as I have elsewhere, has it become abnormal to be "normal"??? If diversity outnumbers "normal" then isn't it well past time to stop separating people as "different" according to a minority measuring stick?
Exactly, Republicans fear- resent the fact that America is becoming a nation where minorities are becoming the majority...it sucks to be an illiberal white fantasizing about the good old days of the good old boys. Trumpism is all about resenting progressive change....diversity.
Later it was determined that I was gifted. I was bored at school. Not suffering from attention disorder at all.. So, I experienced being "special" in both ways negative and positive. Both labels were wrong. I was merely different as my parents were. They modeled lifelong learning, independent thinking skills-organic learning rather than FOLLOWING the standard procedures. School was interrupting my education. At university, in political science I argued we needed to DE- school society so that we are not so schooled to label but to embrace diversity and civics so that we can become a more democratic society. Lack of independent thinking skills and authoritarian personality traits have been measured and documented in FOLLOWERS of Trump.
You are very welcome, Amelia. We need more experience based-insight based reporting like you offer rather than data based-poll based-specialized spins that are deadline based rather than wisdom based. Speed and specialization- meeting deadlines-filling space fast leaves less room for holistic wisdom.
What comes to my mind reading this insightful piece by Amelia is the Myth of Normal. We make ourselves sick by assuming what normal is rather than embracing our differences as the healthy norm. As a child I was labelled with attention deficit disorder when in reality I only attended to the world differently. As an adult that difference is paying dividends as I write about how I attended to the world went against the cookie cutter order imposed upon me by school as a student. School had separated subjects that were inseparable to my mind. I was busy making connections that went against our order of things to see the bigger connected picture.
Indeed, when you put together all the stats of different groups who "aren't normal", I ask, as I have elsewhere, has it become abnormal to be "normal"??? If diversity outnumbers "normal" then isn't it well past time to stop separating people as "different" according to a minority measuring stick?
Exactly, Republicans fear- resent the fact that America is becoming a nation where minorities are becoming the majority...it sucks to be an illiberal white fantasizing about the good old days of the good old boys. Trumpism is all about resenting progressive change....diversity.
Later it was determined that I was gifted. I was bored at school. Not suffering from attention disorder at all.. So, I experienced being "special" in both ways negative and positive. Both labels were wrong. I was merely different as my parents were. They modeled lifelong learning, independent thinking skills-organic learning rather than FOLLOWING the standard procedures. School was interrupting my education. At university, in political science I argued we needed to DE- school society so that we are not so schooled to label but to embrace diversity and civics so that we can become a more democratic society. Lack of independent thinking skills and authoritarian personality traits have been measured and documented in FOLLOWERS of Trump.
Philámayaye (thank you in Lakȟótiyapi). "Normal ain't nothing but a setting on the dryer."
You are very welcome, Amelia. We need more experience based-insight based reporting like you offer rather than data based-poll based-specialized spins that are deadline based rather than wisdom based. Speed and specialization- meeting deadlines-filling space fast leaves less room for holistic wisdom.