Maybe it's not the left vs the right. Maybe...

[Diane Amberg]

Well, P. it seems I'm being set up again. No, nothing is all about me.  But I do have a wide open gabby window if that is what you are referring to.  Most teachers do. I am most certainly not an introvert nor would that be useful to me. (That has nothing to do with politics.) It also makes me vulnurable to bullies because I don't want to believe that people are that mean or get pleasure out of humiliating people. I was wrong. I was given some good advice about you (plural) and I'm taking it.  You are never going to "fix" me so I'll be happy about being the butt of low class crude humor so give it up.  By the way, how are your brain worms today? Hamsters indeed! Phooey!
Sorry Twirl. Once again I thought there was something interesting but I was tricked again.

[Patriot]

Well, P. it seems I'm being set up again.

The paranoia doesn't work.  If you had been following the thread carefully, you would see there was NO set up.  Not by Varmit at the outset nor by me. Come on, admit that your set up claim is an attempt to, again, be seen by others as a totally innocent, unsuspecting victim.  How, uh, liberal of you.

No, nothing is all about me.  But I do have a wide open gabby window if that is what you are referring to.  Most teachers do. I am most certainly not an introvert nor would that be useful to me. (That has nothing to do with politics.)

Feigning that nothing is all about you belies the content of many of your posts.  'Gabby window.'   Is that like a gastrointestinal disorder?  State certifications don't make teachers. Knowledge, wisdom & an ability to communicate are attributes that make teachers.  IMO you have demonstrated lack in at least one of the three.  As to your parenthetical statement...what does it have to do with?

It also makes me vulnurable to bullies because I don't want to believe that people are that mean or get pleasure out of humiliating people. I was wrong.  

It's convenient justification for perpetual victim status, too. Diane, 'mean' would be picking on some innocents who were unable to fend for themselves.  Reflection of fact is not the same as humiliation.  Pleasure has nothing to do with anything. You, on the other hand, have repeatedly made it clear that you are superior to most here and possess superior knowledgeable and/or experience on everything from parsnips to plutonium.  And you've expressed that you are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself.  So knock off the 'poor victim picked on by meanies' crap.  And, yes, on some things you are quite wrong.  BTW, is the spellchecker broken, teacher?

I was given some good advice about you (plural) and I'm taking it.

Good that you have other codependents to share with.  Support groups can be a good thing.  Since your supporter(s) are all silent in the foreground, we'll have to take your word on the matter as fact.

You are never going to "fix" me so I'll be happy about being the butt of low class crude humor so give it up.  

I see you have an adviser who's fluent in psychobabble. How nice.  Seriously, I have neither the time, the inclination nor any interest in fixing you.  If you're broken, that might be better left to professionals.  You obviously fail to see that what you write is often unclear, erratic, grammatically run on, inappropriate to the topic, self absorbed, or not well thought out.  Both subtle and direct reference to those facts publicly by persons here passes you by completely. You're blind self perhaps?  This entire dialogue with Varmit, you and myself is evidence.  With regard to fixing, as a self-help idea, go read (or re-read) "Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie.  Pay particular attention to the victim/martyr parts of the cycle.

By the way, how are your brain worms today? Hamsters indeed! Phooey!

Careful, that sounds like the incoherent rantings recently attributed to some really screwed up kid in Arizona.

Sorry Twirl. Once again I thought there was something interesting but I was tricked again.

And we exit again, the poor victim, who at 66 plus or minus, is still unable to stand the heat in the kitchen and must try to enlist sympathy from others on the way out.  Sheesh.  Must be a Delaware thing. Or maybe a volunteer firefighter trainer thing?  

[greatguns]

WHAT AN ASS!

[Diane Amberg]

 I just got back from a finance meeting. Sorry, P. bait all you want, insult all you want, not rising to it, not playing tonight. Yes, my spell checker is acting up and no I didn't proof what I wrote. You enjoy whatever you found.  Still off topic. If you don't know what a gabby window is then your knowledge of Johari Window Assessment is fake. I do have one question. Do you have a quota of people you need to drive away?  I can count at least seven so far. Bye bye.  

[Patriot]

Sorry, P. bait all you want, insult all you want, not rising to it, not playing tonight.

I wasn't baiting actually. However, if I were baiting, you would have taken it by reacting as evidenced by your latest post.

Yes, my spell checker is acting up and no I didn't proof what I wrote.  You enjoy whatever you found.  Still off topic.

Always chew your bait well before swallowing.  We've been off topic for a couple of days now.

If you don't know what a gabby window is then your knowledge of Johari Window Assessment is fake.

I'll freely admit I've never heard the term gabby window in connection with the Johari Window model.  Which is why I asked.  Though I doubt you can find it in Luft and Ingham's work either.  If you can, Ill gladly retract this inference that you are making things up for what ever reason.  Nothing on the world wide web seems to recognize a relation between Johari & a gabby window either.  Might be something unique to your experience I suppose.

I do have one question. Do you have a quota of people you need to drive away?  I can count at least seven so far. Bye bye.  

Attempts at blame, intimidation & guilt inducement!  Sorry, won't work.  As for quotas, it would be ridiculous to even try to establish such a thing.  If people leave, they are welcome to accept personal responsibility for that choice.  As are you. If you hope to influence an admin somehow by inferring these exchanges are somehow destroying this board, not likely.  I seem to recall recent talk of an upsurge in readership & participation.  And we both know you'll play again later, don't we?

Oh, while we're here... Greatguns... Thanks for your input as well.  Could you be a bit more expressive in the future?  Try to give a clear basis for the conclusion perhaps. 

[greatguns]

The conclusion would come from reading your posts.  Of course opinions are just like belly buttons, everyone has one.

[twirldoggy]

In the State of Kansas it is illegal to diagnose a mental disorder without a license  issued by the Behavioral Science Regulatory Board.  It is also illegal to treat a mental disorder without a license issued by the Behavioral Science Regulatory Board.