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- Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:06 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Tears Roll Down
- Replies: 96
- Views: 175070
Daska, I share some of your "results" of SES experience, particularly in terms of relationships outside of the family, even though I never attended an SES/SPP school. I never ever stood up for myself, talked about my emotions, was able to have fights or arguments (I'd immediately withdraw and accept...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:09 am
- Forum: St James and St Vedast
- Topic: How much were our parents to blame?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 80806
OK. Now I'm going to be a jerk and complain about words. TB - having separate facilities is NOT gender stereotyping. It is recognizing that most people of EITHER sex don't want to go to the bathroom or change, etc. with people of the opposite sex there, or have the chance of those people walking in ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:00 am
- Forum: General discussion of SES
- Topic: Musak
- Replies: 56
- Views: 77735
Let me know if I missed anything in the earlier pages about music but the only reason that Mozart is supposedly the best is because Maclaren thought so. In fact, I'd say that about 80% of rules/preferences in the SES were Maclaren's personal rules, opinions, and preferences, which is what makes the ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:50 am
- Forum: General discussion of SES
- Topic: the Irish ses school john scottus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 34080
I did a bunch of Vedic math in my youth group in the US - it works really well, and it's not an SES-technique. It is akin to many ancient math techniques that actually work differently but many more easily than our current system. HOwever, since most of the world uses our current standard, both shou...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:44 am
- Forum: The North American schools
- Topic: Greetings - Ex-SPP member from NYC
- Replies: 50
- Views: 87148
FT - I am with you on the Margaret Thatcher thing - personally I don't think she is a real woman at all! :) And thanks for sharing some of your experiences. I wish your mum all the best. And don't think of psychotherapy as "another form of SES" as hopefully it is the exact opposite - freeing up her...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:19 am
- Forum: St James and St Vedast
- Topic: Suicide
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8420
Thanks Alban, for that thoughtful post. I don't know of anyone in the US who has committed suicide due to the school, but it may have been hushed up or occurred when I was a child. I do, however, know of people here having mental breakdowns (particularly the longtime female head of the NYC school, w...
- Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:14 am
- Forum: Housekeeping
- Topic: The Flaming Has to Stop
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36718
Thank you Daffy, for bringing it up in its own thread. I, too, am taking some time off of my domestic chores (nothing like scrubbing the floor in an ankle-length dress after having been up since 5 am! I sure don't miss those days on retreats.) to reiterate what I brought up in my own introductory po...
- Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:13 pm
- Forum: The North American schools
- Topic: Greetings - Ex-SPP member from NYC
- Replies: 50
- Views: 87148
Witness - I have no doubt that almost all of her "forgetting" was caused by the SPP. I'm sure the London and NY schools are the same in terms of living in the present and ignoring the past. My mother was a master (mistress?) at ignoring any emotions that weren't positive ones, which came directly ou...
- Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:08 am
- Forum: The North American schools
- Topic: Greetings - Ex-SPP member from NYC
- Replies: 50
- Views: 87148
Daffy - I rather agree with your amateur psychologist's perspective, and DG - you're right, most BB don't stay on topic. I guess what I mean is that I am not particular interested in participating in many of the discussions I've read here that have gone off-topic. But I can certainly keep my mouth s...
- Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:09 am
- Forum: The North American schools
- Topic: Greetings - Ex-SPP member from NYC
- Replies: 50
- Views: 87148
Greetings - Ex-SPP member from NYC
Hello everyone, I was brought up in the School of Practical Philosophy in NYC and remained there until young adulthood. Leaving the school was one of the best things I've ever done. I would love to discuss my experiences there (both parents were members for 19 and 30 years respectively) with some of...