If this doesn’t put me at the top of your friend’s list, I don’t know what will. You say jump, I say HOW HIGH, my friends.

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A community member’s daughter recently experienced bullying at school. Not cool. The funny thing about bullying is it is so far removed from the real world. Can you imagine someone at work telling you to hand over your lunch money or you’ll get a punch in the face? No. The bottom line is, as we grow older, it is easier to see why people bully: insecurities, jealousy, an embarrassing lack of intelligence… 

I remembered one time at work, someone pulled a co-worker aside and told them I was stupid. Have you ever had a stupid person call you stupid before? You just don’t quite know how to take it. As hard as I tried, it still hurt my feelings. We all have to deal with situations like this sooner or later. My approach is usually to call people out on it. I’m wondering what your thoughts are on the topic. How do you tell your children to react to such behaviour?

Do you tell your child to fight fire with fire? Don’t hit first, but be ready with a good upper cut. Do you tell your child to “talk it out?” Let us know what you think!

I’ve been making a few observations about people’s wishes lately.  You know what I notice most? Poor writing. I mean, we’re not all born Hemingway, but a little click of that ol’ spell check button works wonders for everyone. Also, what’s the deal with grammer? I thought it was standard high school curriculum, but alas, maybe that is only in Canada.

Right or Wrong, people will not be able to empathize with your wish if they cannot understand it. If you put a little effort into making it awesome, you’ll notice a difference, I guarantee it. Promoting your wish is no different from selling a product. Would you buy something if you couldn’t understand the label?
Don’t stop there! Making your wish easy to read is just the first step! Tell us a story. Weave us a tale. It can be funny, it can be sad, it doesn’t matter. The key here is to get us to relate to your situation. Obviously, this isn’t about making something up, it is about sharing who you are as a person, so we understand the “why” behind the wish.

…and you betcha, I will put my money where my mouth is. If you have a wish you’d like me to review before it goes live, send me a private message or email me: blue@greedyorneedy.com Alternately, you can approach someone else in the community that you believe to be a good writer and have them review your wish. GoooooooooOOOOOOO Team!

Something about this wish just struck me as awesome. Thanks to some great community members, the wish has already been granted. If it wasn’t, I’d tell everyone to vote for it or risk the wrath of The Blue. What sets this wish apart from other wishes? I’m not sure exactly, but I do know I’m excited to hear about Justin’s progress in school. Findingmyfriends, keep us posted as to how the headphone experiment goes!

Justin to be the next Einstein

Justin has a very hard time blocking out noises around him. He works much better when it is completely silent. In school, there are 20 other students. At home, there’s a little brother and a very loud big sister. He is extremely intelligent, but isn’t able to accomplish the smallest school assignments because of the noises.I found some headphones online that are called noise-cancelling headphones. They block out ALL noises. He can wear these while doing homework, he can wear these when he is having a meltdown and just needs quiet time, he can wear these when he reads a book (which he loves to do). They range anywhere from $30.00 up to $200.00. I feel sure I can find him a good pair for under $50.00 (shipping costs included). If this wish wins and I find some cheaper, I will use any left over and let him purchase a good astronomy book.