jgirlie99

Too old - Meryn Trant

I'm not religious, either, and if it helps, I can share my own understanding of forgiveness, and how it's more for you than it is for the person you're forgiving.

Forgiveness is simply giving up the hope that the past could have been any different. It's not saying what happened is okay or excusable. It's accepting the past for what it is, and using that realization to propel yourself forward.

Good luck on your path to figuring it all out.

I've done a lot of studies and market research that paid, and I've found them all by going to my local Craigslist, going to Jobs, then going to ETC at the bottom. All paid research studies on CL should be listed there =)

You can also call each individual company putting out the ads, even ones you don't qualify for, and be added to their calling lists. They will get your basic demographics and call you when you qualify for a study. I never did one for as much money as OP, but I've made an extra couple/few thousand a year by doing a bunch of smaller studies for $100-$600 per.

I left this in a previous comment, but I think you'd find this pedagogical method interesting. Comment stolen from someone on FB:

"I am a retired school counsellor. For decades, my school followed a protocol for dealing with a disruptive student who refused to leave a classroom: The teacher informed the principal via the intercom, and then calmly left the room with all of the other students (to the gym, an empty classroom, or outside). The principal would immediately send someone to supervise (not confront) the remaining student who almost always decided quite quickly that sitting alone in an empty class was not what he/she wanted and agreed to quietly rejoin the rest of the class. Usually, the only consequence needed was counselling. This always worked, was win-win with no violence and, through counselling, the real issues were addressed. The students behaviour was taken for what it was: a plea for help. The teachers felt safer and empowered, and the other students gained a valuable lesson on dealing with problems proactively. Positive discipline is not new. It can be learned and it can be practiced. We often started the monthly staff meeting by roll-playing a scenario to learn alternatives forms of discipline that were effective and positive."

I read this relevant pedagogical tactic for dealing with problem kids, thought you might find it interesting. Here is a quotation from a thread I read earlier where people were discussing the recent SRO incident:

"I am a retired school counsellor. For decades, my school followed a protocol for dealing with a disruptive student who refused to leave a classroom: The teacher informed the principal via the intercom, and then calmly left the room with all of the other students (to the gym, an empty classroom, or outside). The principal would immediately send someone to supervise (not confront) the remaining student who almost always decided quite quickly that sitting alone in an empty class was not what he/she wanted and agreed to quietly rejoin the rest of the class. Usually, the only consequence needed was counselling. This always worked, was win-win with no violence and, through counselling, the real issues were addressed. The students behaviour was taken for what it was: a plea for help. The teachers felt safer and empowered, and the other students gained a valuable lesson on dealing with problems proactively. Positive discipline is not new. It can be learned and it can be practiced. We often started the monthly staff meeting by roll-playing a scenario to learn alternatives forms of discipline that were effective and positive. Let's make this world better, not worse!"

Clearly it won't always be effective, but removing the attention sought after by the "problem child" removes negative reinforcement much of the time. Seems to me like the problem is that many teachers lack proper training in pedagogy. Teachers need to learn their subject in balance with pedagogical methods in order to be effective and serve their students well.