8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

[lbgraves]

For the last few years, I wondered what will happen when this generation of 'trophy kids' grows up and gets jobs. I've seen it as a college professor. Some (not all) students are so used to getting a trophy for showing up or every kid in the school being named "student of the month/week/day/hour/minute" that it is incomprehensible to them that they can show up for class, complete the assigments and not get an A. I have had parents call me to debate their 18-22 year old student's grade! Despite posting grades for assignments and test, a few students are always baffled that they are failing the class & I didn't set up a personal consultation with them to spell out that their grades are lousy! I guess I should add that if they come to me I will bend over backwards to help them succeed.

Frankly, I'm too lazy to look it up, but I heard a segment on NPR within the last few weeks about HR departments having to adapt to the grown-up trophy kids. They need constant encouragement and need to be told how special they are all the time. The are resorting to things like "Yay, we almost met a sales goal" or gatherings in the break room!

My DS8 commented that he had almost as many hockey medals as I have skating medals. I didn't bother explaining to him that when I was a kid you only got a medal for first, second, or third & that a trophy wasn't recognition for still being on a team at the end of the season.

I am all for inclusiveness in sports & other activities. I think every kid should have every opportunity. Every kid is special, and there should be various levels so that every kid has a chance to succeed, but they also have something to work for. My kids know they are special, but they also know that not everyone thinks they are as special as I do! And if they want to earn a Cub Scout badge or make the higher level hockey team, they have to work their little tooshies off!

Very well said!

 

[lbgraves]

Judy, I hope that the launch goes as scheduled. We were on the Magic during the last launch...which was a night launch. BREATHTAKING!!!!! I will never forget that experience as long as I live.

 

[captaincrash]

What a wonderful place! I have been a long time fan of Tom Sawyers Island and was not thrilled when the change was announced. They did a great job with the conversion of the island to a pirate theme. The main area (where fantasmic takes place) which was never anything special has now transformed into Lafitte's Tavern. You still can't go inside but a great feel for a staging area for the pirate show.

Great pictures Rodger! We were at Disneyland too Sunday ... however we never made it out of Toon Town/Fantasy & Tomorrow lands. We did note that the the new Nemo ride opens next weekend and we've already booked a hotel to hang out at DL 2 days on the 17th/18th! We hope to run in early with our cousins to get on the new ride before the line gets too long! They are goin' in with us as they're recently relocated from Sac to OC... and have annual passes for the first time this year!

OK... gotta go get my pot pie!

 

[windermerejudy]

Diane---boy when you said to "drop the monkey" all I could remember was that started in chat but I could not remember what we decided it meant..... I was picturing Todd being drunk and dropping the monkey appendage and then throwing a fit.......See Todd how truly inspirational you are.....

 

[lbgraves]

And then they stole it for the movie. Perhaps we should all get a free TOAL in exchange for royalty release?

Tom....you do realize where it came from originally? Naw...nevermind.

 

[daipp]

AND here is the first instance of an individual tally being posted for the thread. What laundry list of Mangy Pirates and Saucy Wenches, eh? Shoot... I just barely made the list with a post count of THREE and will ya look at LISA.... she's leading with a whopping 108! No one else is in triple digits.

I was there at the beginning with my 1 post

David

 

[windermerejudy]

You know what is funny about that first post tally------

30 of those people are all that are left on our thread......
10 are no longer a part of the DIS community
and a couple are West bounders.

Goes to show how things evolve.....

 

[daipp]

You know what is funny about that first post tally------

30 of those people are all that are left on our thread......
10 are no longer a part of the DIS community
and a couple are West bounders.

Goes to show how things evolve.....

Careful, you'll be accused of having too much time on yor hands.

David

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Andrew, Did the Magic run aground ?!

The Captain doesnt know his way around Europe at the moment, hes on the new Spain>Portugal canal, on his way to Euro Disney.

 

[captaincrash]

I would of been livid! Not impressed with our Y, although the new building is nice.

When dd was between 1 and 2, I had her in a church daycare. I noticed that dd's clothes had small bleach stains on the back! Found out that they were using too much bleach in the cleaning solution they wiped the changing table with. They weren't drying it well and sometimes when I would pick her up I could smell the bleach. I was concerened because smelling bleach all day isn't good for you and alot of the stains where up by her neck- so the back of her head was probably getting it too.When I complained to the director about the bleach stains, she tells me that kids are hard on their clothes! I told her there is no reason my child should be playing with bleach! I told her I didn't appreciated adults ruining my kids clothes and she said she would not change her sanitation practices! We went back an forth about this and I and another mom left for work. The other mom told me everyone has complained about it, but she won't change it.

I got to work and went on the internet and found the state agency that licenses daycares. I called and got a real nice lady and explained what was going on. Turns out I had a valid complaint. Never had the problem again and the bleachy smell went away! Heck hath no fury like a mother on the warpath!
Tell Gabbie give 'em heck!

See!

GOod Job reporting the issue! And I count ourselves all lucky that nothing more serious has happened (that we know of so far, eh?) with our little ones! And it is actions like that taken here by alert and responsive parents which clean up the care facilities that begin to slip the wrong way.

 

[daipp]

The Captain doesnt know his way around Europe at the moment, hes on the new Spain>Portugal canal, on his way to Euro Disney.

He's going the long way around.

David

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

He's going the long way around.

David

Very long!

Maybe signs are in spanish,

 

[lbgraves]

WHEW!!! Ketched up finally just in time for the SKs to get home from school and get my schedule done for 2 weeks.

 

[captaincrash]

Careful, you'll be accused of having too much time on yor hands.

David

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Hey!

That's NOT ME now... as I'm havin' my lunch! And I wuz WORKING late last nite when I took a last glance at some old postings before I turned in. Being quiet an' all here I was caught up - so glanced back to get to the postings I missed in those heady days when we meaasured the daily post counts by dozens of pages.

 

[sk8ingmom]

AND here is the first instance of an individual tally being posted for the thread. What laundry list of Mangy Pirates and Saucy Wenches, eh? Shoot... I just barely made the list with a post count of THREE and will ya look at LISA.... she's leading with a whopping 108! No one else is in triple digits.

I had ONE post!

Hi everybody!
WOW!! 35 pages for a cruise that we can't even officially book yet - I'm impressed. I only got through page 3, so far (girl's gotta work some time).

We are on THE LIST for the EB Repo. Anyone know what time booking starts on Wed.?? We are 4 hours earlier than FL time. Is my cell phone gonna ring at like 2 am??

Anyway the sk8fam is me, DH, and the DSs who will be 8 & 9-10 (birthday on board!) when we sail. It will be our 3rd DCL trip. I'm SOOOOOO excited!
It is a sad fact that I have no idea where my family will be living in 6 months (DH is military), but I'm planning a vacation more than 18 months away! DH thinks I'm nuts, I call it a coping mechanism.

BTW it is still a coping mechanism!

 

[goofyforlife]

For the last few years, I wondered what will happen when this generation of 'trophy kids' grows up and gets jobs. I've seen it as a college professor. Some (not all) students are so used to getting a trophy for showing up or every kid in the school being named "student of the month/week/day/hour/minute"

I'm wondering where these trophy kids are at...

I've quite the opposite as my DD has come up through the grades (but maybe it was due to where we lived.)

She was not rewarded. Only the "special" kids got to be student of the month (some two or three times) Special = mom worked at school or was really active in PTA.

In fact our school was even strict about who could be on honor roll. You had to have perfect marks in behavior and work habits.
DD was the only child who had straight A's and couldn't be on honor roll because she had needs inprovement marks for work habits. (if i haven't mentioned it before, DD is ADD and yes her work habits have always suffered because of it.)

Because Devon's behavior was different the teachers/faculty often isolated her and made her sit in a corner. (Not very rewarding or inclusional at all)

I will say that my Dd's baton troupe gives every girl a trophy at the end of the year. They've earned it IMHO. (Actually it's the parents who really should get one too for shuttling your kids around all year)

 

[micmse2003]

Hi again - I'm still up... every time I start thinking the packing is done, I think of one more thing I should do. It is sort of weird packing and getting organized without DH here.

I guess I'm not invisible! Thank you for the kind good wishes. DS8 and I have plans to do the stuff that DH never wants to stop for. We are going to look for hidden mickeys, and stop at any spot that catches our eye. DH always wants to get to whereever we are going as fast as possible, so it is hard to stop and "smell the roses". Actually, we probably will stop and smell the roses - I love the rose gardens at both MK and Epcot!

pdarrah

No one is ever invivible although there our times I would like to be I do hope you take time to enjoy!!!
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Hi Mates -
Most Importantly -Third - Mini- Meet w/Todd - our Captain! What can I say - those who already know Todd and family understand - for everyone else ----- Todd & Melissa are 2 of the most wonderful people I've ever met. Their son Destin is an amazing little boy. It is very obvious that he has incredible parents.
I'll share w/all of you - my DGS Matt has developmental delays - well Destin & Matt are the same age ( but Matt is 2 yrs. behind) - So - Destin, patiently played w/Matt - teaching him how to play a hand-held game. Destin is the reflection of wonderful parents.
Our Captain is a Great looking CJS - but more importantly he is simply a really great guy.
Now - I've got to turn in - driving to and from Las Vegas is quite a trek.
And life goes one - today was back to the grind!

I had a feeling Todd aka CJS was hiding the fact he trully is a nice person. Melissa has to be a saint to put up with Todd. Glad you had a great time!!!

I always wanted to see a shuttle launch. I wanted to be an astronaut for awhile growing up (except I was "afraid of heights, speed, fire and small places").

I got to see a landing from deck 10 of the Disney Magic, which was neat, although bittersweet now, since it turned out to be the last time Columbia returned safely.

Fingers crossed they get the launch off safely this weekend.

We drove from WDW while we were on vacction to Port Canaveral to watch a launch. We left at 4:am thinking there would be no traffic. Everyone else thought the same. Over three hours later we made it only to find there was no where to park. Some guy was selling space to view the launch. DH paid the $10 for a beach parking spot. Little did we know DH ended up standing in the middle of a fire ants nest. The Launch was a once in a lifetime dream. It was the most awesome event ever!!! Poor DH and a lot of memories not so good. He got bit about three hyndred time on his legs which were very painful.

I am afraid of heights. the ocean, and confined spaces. DuH!!! Why am I going on the cruise???

# 1,000 post on DISboards.com

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Congrats Tom!!!!

A quick HELLO from Turks and Caicos!

I love it, I love it, I love it!!!!!

Glad your having a great time!!!!!

 

[The FairyGodmother]

Hugs Laura for your friends........there sounds like there may still be hope....

Since we are discussing serious stuff for the moment.....NASA launches this Friday at 7:35 or so (unless it is scrubbed or postponed) but anyway one of the mission specialists on board is someone that went to high school with me in El Paso.....His name is Danny Olivas. So please keep those gentlemen in your prayers. I am especially nervous with this launch. I always get kind of queesy but I am really nervous for Danny. We are going to try and drive over. Every single time I have driven all the way there....they have scrubbed the launch.

Prayers all around. The closest we have been to a launch was when we stayed at Vero Beach and we all got up in the middle of the night to see a launch from there. Mostly just light and noise. But cool for us who never get that close.

Don't feel too jealous of our plans. The one thing we are doing this year is spending a week at WDW...but we wont be going to the parks every day. We will mostly be spending time with DISfriends from our past cruises and meeting a couple from this one. This is to replace our cruise that we transferred to the TOAL.

Well, I don't mind if John.R.Gray is jealous. I am extremely jealous of his ability to have a quick mind to come up with great comments on most posts.

 

[captaincrash]

I was there at the beginning with my 1 post

David

You know what is funny about that first post tally------

30 of those people are all that are left on our thread......
10 are no longer a part of the DIS community
and a couple are West bounders.

Goes to show how things evolve.....

I had ONE post!



BTW it is still a coping mechanism!

So... I counted 51 DIS folks represented on that 1st posting tally. Just for the record ... I did not double check how many were this or dat... but accepting those numbers as true... with 30 still on the thread and sailing with us... that's not bad. HOWEVER, what I find interesting is 10 of this number appear as "not part of the DIS community" anymore!??? THAT has me curious...

... does this mean we have THAT many transitory folks wanderin' 'round here and there on the DIS? I guess I'm only surprised because I spend my DIS time mostly with regulars here and ... in the past I've done mostly the same thing on the cruise meet threads we were booked for.

OH yeah... I do lurk elsewhere on the DIS too... however more authoratative folks usually beat me to replying on the fun questions in the general boards. snif...

 

[DisneyVegas1]

I can't believe that CJS has a ponytail and a braid. Have I really missed that much by not seeing POC3 yet?

um Hello ...he has always had a Pony Tail and a braid ..