Nemo Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Fran and I always have the best quality time on match days. Coming back from last Satuday's match we were talking about the "ways" of today's teenagers, people his age. He tells me other Puero Rican kids in school constantly ask him why doesn't he "act" Puerto Rican and African-American kids make fun of him for not "being" black enough Anyway, somewhere towars the end of the conversation he said: "In this school I am not normal. It seems as if it wasn't OK with anybody. I don't care, I will only be me." An individual teenager. There is hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Spoken like a true adult- feeling good in his own skin! Be your self at all times- dont let others try to make you what they "THINK" you should be, do or act like!! Rick Grassie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) Sounds like someone who is going to do well in life. And sounds like some good sound parental advise has crept in there as well. The other kids don't want him to be normal, they want him to be average - just like them. What's the point of striving to be average? Edited October 26, 2009 by Graham Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpops Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Nice story. You have a squared away young man...CONGRATS! I remember having the same conversation with my sons. We took a drive around town, observing some of the locals at various eating establishments and stores. I showed them what "cool" and "gansta" would get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Yes Nemo. Congratulations and nice work! be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnut Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Are any of us really "normal"? I'm not even sure what normal is... nor do I think I want to be. Good for your son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierman Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Normal is very overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dame Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 "Everyone is someone elses weirdo" Not sure who said it, but I've always liked that quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liontribe Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders. liontribe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 My mom often said, "Don't be afraid to be different." Well, that got me into trouble a few times--and produced incidents of rejection at other times--but the inherent reward was recognized in being 'different' and I wouldn't trade it for anything. It ultimately was an awareness booster and kept me intellectually sound--and far above the lemmings all around me. I didn't want to be "average" or "normal" at all. And I'm STILL doing things that are "different." Let's hear it for "different." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Yay, different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Lord Gomer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Whenever someone mentions "normal", I think of my favorite Waffle House waitress... In 1998 several of us from SC and GA hop in the truck and drive all night to make it to Dallas for one of our first nationwide, internet arranged group dirtbike rides. We got to Dallas in time for breakfast and stopped at a Waffle House. One of my friends, MXTuner (chronic smarta$$), asked: "How are the waffles?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, how are they? Do they, like, look...normal?" At this point she drops the pad and pen with her hands to her hips, looks at him for a second, and says, "Do you think *you* look normal?" She got a $20 tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 This would be funnier is I didn't know what Waffle House food actually looks like. Blech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasOPM Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 He has already figured out that the future is not shaped by the "normal" people. Here's to him and his self-ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Nice work Nelson Fran, leaders do not follow Keep your sights on the high road, let the others wallow in their own failure. We, like your father...are proud of you Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) Be a salmon, Swim upstream. You'll get banged around, but the trip and the places you go along the way are worth it. It is not the easy path. Many make an attempt, however only a few make it. Don't let minor setbacks deter you. The goal is always upstream and to windward. Jim Edited February 16, 2010 by Jim Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Wasn't it Lee Ioccoca that said, "Lead, follow, or get out of the way!"....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I liked that young man right off when we met. That's saying something because I'm not a big fan of most kids. Maybe I should qualify that... I'm not a big fan of most kids parents. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sam Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Our 16 year old was complaining to one of her school mates that I wasn't cutting her any slack. The other girl said, "if he's going to be like that, you should just go live with your Mom". "I DO live with my Mom. And she only backs him up". "Wow.....your pretty much screwed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxohhotxo Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Great kid, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolguy Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) I call it the "crab pot syndrome". If there are several crabs in a pot and one tries to climb out, other ones will come over and drag him down. In human terms, people who will not make anything of their lives don't want any of their peers to be successful either. It doesn't end well for the crabs that stay in the pot. It's not about color or heritage. It's about behavior. Kudos to Fran! Edited March 17, 2011 by Toolguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdzman Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 The crab pot analogy is pretty good. Everyone wants to blame the kids but most of it stems from poor parenting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 First of all.....congrats May be a a little off topic... Just the other day I was speaking with a co-worker, who's step daughter turned down a full scholarship to a excellent university. The reason??? Get this.... "I wont fit in" WHY BE NORMAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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