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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
You left out "gifted". I was at the receiving end of the other end of the scale when the "Gifted" was popular. It wasn't pretty....
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Do forgive me, Sir. I didn't leave it out or mean disrespect but basically ignored it as it has no meaning to me. They are labels others use and their meanings change.
I grew up with an extended family that included just about everything. We never thought anything of it. Now-a-days if you had to "PC" label family members it would include (assume the quotes. please): mentally challenged, musical savant, gifted, visually challenged, etc.. They were never "different" until entering the school system and were labeled. Those same family members are now: 2 doctors, 1 lawyer (Harvard), 1 priest, 1 vet, 2 nurses, 3 pharmacists, 2 band members, 1 teacher, etc.
So much for "the system" labels, huh?
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Originally Posted by Lady Blue
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I remember, leaving the house in the morning, not returning until dark, and nary a concern that your picture would end up on a milk carton.
I remember when "Neighborhood Watch" didn't have a name or an organizational status. It was just a given, mutually understood and practiced.
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So true. Usually some mom would yell out the front door that so-and-so's mom was looking for them and it was time to go home or you were seen doing something and by the time you got home whatever you did or said was already known by your mom
I remember walking barefoot everywhere, sharing the same coke, and drinking from hoses