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Posted by Steve on 2/9/2009, 7:47 am, in reply to "Re: Tao Te Ching #1 Chuang Tzu's Way."
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: Freed from the burden of having to 'get it
: right,' what perils could possibly await me?
:
: This reminds me of studies of "
: underachievers " or children who did
: very poorly in scholastics. Many of them
: admitted they would not study for tests,
: because they were afraid they might fail
: anyway, and the emotional distress of
: failure after preparing for a test would be
: much greater than if they did not study...
: This way they gave themselves an excuse.
: Many of them said they " didn't care
: " or that " it didn't matter
: anyway ".
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Hi PuddinHead,
If I were a teacher and there were such a child in my class, my message to that child would be something like this:
"You are excellent no matter what you score in this test. Your excellence does not depend on how many questions you get right or wrong. No one or no thing can diminish you, because you are whole and complete just as you are.
If we can improve your skills in this area, however, life may be easier for you in the future. You may be able to do and get more of the things you'd like to do and get.
So, let's see if you can do better this time than last time. And if not, we'll try again--and maybe then you'll do better."
Steve
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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