Yeah, you heard me... slander.. and the joys associated with it...mostly by others.
Three perdicaments..
1.) Not relaying information clearly to me and then I take the blame.
2.) You don't know me, but you will talk crap about me.
3.) Judgemental zealots with closed eyes and minds.
1.) Basically what has happened here is a classic case of not actually informing me of what was really going on. Therefore plans were not changed to attend to such actual happenings and all hell breaks lose. Assumptions are made and stories created, stories quickly become lies, which become slander. Then I have to get out my snow shovel and clean up after you. All because information was not passed directly or though the normal channels to me on your behalf.
2.) Based on aforementioned slander. You do not know me. You have heard my name and maybe seen me around, but you do not really know me, let alone have ever carried on a conversation with me (even a casual one in passing). Yet you jump on said misinformation, add to it, and then pass it off as genuine. You have a right to talk, and to be an idiot, but you should have learned respect, prudence, and consideration in your words and actions. The resulting afterbirth from this marred conception of careless assumption and crass judgement have left me with both a laugh and a potentially annoying predicament to gradually clear my name (if it actually needs clearing). In short, you suck.
3.) Basically in this instance isoloated people judging others who are in a different situation than their own. With different values, wants, needs, etc. However, these people pass on rather final judgements of others without a whole lot of consideration for why people different then themselves are making such choices or to consider a situation different than their own. What make things worse for this type of people is the unique person in their ranks that not only does such things regularly but also has disrespect for the people they are judging who happen to have been treating them very well and helping them out up until this point.... and then rave about it publicly in blogs or to whomever will listen and that will agree with them... the other person that agrees is usually a candidate for section two mentioned above.
So basically this is a small rant about stuff you cannot get away from pretty much no matter where you are in the world. Everyone can learn from this, even me, we are all guilty at times. Some display this "ability" all the time or it has a propensity to arise and dominate thier behavior and relations.
I only apoligize to my mother for this because I am sounding rude and should probably behave better; at least this way she gets a blog post. So she cannot complain. The rest of you can deal or go find your "coping corner" as my niece would say.
More importantly things are great here. Other than dealing with fallout from morons and miscommunication (which I don't think is really all that bad) things are actually going well. Coaching basketball at a school, I absolutely love teaching first graders, getting back in shape, excited to see family and friends Stateside in May, my reviews at school have all been well and my schools like me, stoked about teaching swim lessons in summer, longboarding is fun (still painful at times), thinking about getting a road bike and riding with friends around the area, stuffed pandas are the best things for teaching lessons of all ages, only worried that I am involved with all my schools a little that I cannot be involved with any one school a great deal (I can only strech so many ways), and did I mention that my host family still rocks.
