Perhaps the people who really are different are the ones who aren't aware that they're different?
I've met people with minor cognitive delays and mental disabilities who I don't quite know how to describe in any way but "different". Everyone's different in some ways, but the people who strike me as especially or notably different are people who go through the same process as I do and come to a different conclusion.
I feel like I am part of several communities which have differences from other communities...subcultures are like that. I guess I feel like all the subcultures I am part of are comprised of people who are all different from each other and that is good and okay. I know my brain works differently from other peoples, but I know there are parts of it that work the same. I think most people are like that and are just more or less in touch with it.
I always felt different from the rest of the world, but the more I grow to like myself and accept myself for who I am....the more I find that I fit in just fine the way I am and those differences are what make me loved and appreciated. I know lots of people who feel different but then it's the people who try so hard to "fit the mold" and "status quo" that end up missing the simple joys in life. I think the people who are really different are the ones that are either ignorant to their differences and others and don't embrace change....and then the amazing ones who can walk down a street backwards and see what others miss ; ) Different can be a beautiful thing...but being different doesn't mean being alienated....
Some people just land squarely outside the central part of the bell curve. That'd be me. I suspect that might be you. It's probably every last unschooler, really. And everyone who speaks more than one language in the USA.
And then there's "Wow. She's ... different". I think that's more about relating. "I don't know how to interact with this person. At all. That throws me." ... I think that's what that one means.
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I've met people with minor cognitive delays and mental disabilities who I don't quite know how to describe in any way but "different". Everyone's different in some ways, but the people who strike me as especially or notably different are people who go through the same process as I do and come to a different conclusion.
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I always felt different from the rest of the world, but the more I grow to like myself and accept myself for who I am....the more I find that I fit in just fine the way I am and those differences are what make me loved and appreciated. I know lots of people who feel different but then it's the people who try so hard to "fit the mold" and "status quo" that end up missing the simple joys in life. I think the people who are really different are the ones that are either ignorant to their differences and others and don't embrace change....and then the amazing ones who can walk down a street backwards and see what others miss ; )
Different can be a beautiful thing...but being different doesn't mean being alienated....
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Everyone is different in some ways.
Some people just land squarely outside the central part of the bell curve. That'd be me. I suspect that might be you. It's probably every last unschooler, really. And everyone who speaks more than one language in the USA.
And then there's "Wow. She's ... different". I think that's more about relating. "I don't know how to interact with this person. At all. That throws me." ... I think that's what that one means.
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