In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Janet" > wrote in message
> >> t...
> >> > In article >,
> >> > says...
> >> >>
> >> >> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in
> >> >> message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> > so "Kids of that age are old enough to do or not do for
> >> >> > themselves and then suffer the consequences if they don't do it
> >> >> > right." but you are here soliciting data for her so she doesn't
> >> >> > suffer those consequences
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> I have in fact contacted her teachers a few times and two told
> >> >> >> me to stop. They want her to deal with things. Not me.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > but you are here soliciting data for her so she doesn't suffer
> >> >> > those consequences
> >> >>
> >> >> And why shouldn't I?
> >> >
> >> > Because it's contrary to the professional advice given by her
> >> > teachers, that she is at an age when "kids are old enough to do or
> >> > not do for themselves and suffer the consequences if they don't do
> >> > it right".
> >> >
> >> > You failed to let her learn that very important lesson when you
> >> > were
> >> > toon ill to buy or cook food. Now you're failing her again by
> >> > trying to do her homework for her.
> >> >
> >> > When you train her to be helpless, lazy, dependent and
> >> > incompetent,
> >> > Angela will pay the price.
> >>
> >> I didn't do her homework for her.
> >
> > of course you did. it was you that started this thread
> >
> >
> >> She couldn't very well ask here.
> >
> > could she have asker elsewhere?
> >
> >
> >> I asked. I got one response. That was perfect! She only needed one
> >> more person.
> >
> > which you didn't make clear in your original post
> >
> >
> >> I helped her friend with his project. He needed one more person too.
> >> I was that person.
> >
> > so you were the subject of his project. BFD. did he have a cat? if not,
> > could your daughter have taken your cat to his house to get one of the
> > adults in the house to be a test subject...or ask one of them to come to
> > your house to be tested with your cat?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> She only knows so many people. I'm not going to have her go out and
> >> ask strangers.
> >
> > Do you consider all of the students/teachers at her high school to be
> > strangers? what about the people at your church? what about using her
> > computer to join a forum that specializes in cats and asking there?
>
> The people at my *church*? Last time I looked, there wasn't an atheiest
> church but even if there was, I wouldn't feel compelled to go to it! There
> is a cat newsgroup and nobody posts to it.
there are also people who have cat oriented blogs
> I know that people here have
> cats. So I asked. It never hurts to ask.
except it wasn't your project, it was your daughters.
>
> She knows a lot of people
but you said she only knows so many people.
but not all people like cats, have cats or were
> able to come to our house at a time that was convenient for us. We have a
> very tight schedule right now and in order to get all of those people over
> here, she wound up missing dance class.
so she did ask them to come over. good. and she learned a lesson about
scheduling
> Most of her friends have jobs and
> have to go to work right after school.
most is not all
> At any rate, it's all over now.
> Give it a rest.
why? if you aren't taught what you are doing wrong, you'll just keep
doing it over and over
> >
> > of course this begs the question: why have a project that requires real
> > live humans to be the test subjects when you don't have access to enough
> > human test subjects?
>
> Who cares!
you should