The Duncan Yo-Yo's - Offended by a comment left to me ~Vent~

The Duncan Yo-Yo's

Sep. 21, 2008

Offended by a comment left to me ~Vent~

The other day I posted about a odd bug I had seen in my yard and have gotten lots of replies and help identiflying it. I am very greatful because of that.

However, today I recieved an anonymous comment saying "How can you teach your children if you don't know that?".

Just because I educate my children does not mean I know everything there is out there. Hell, even public and private school teachers don't know everything. I honestly had never seen this bug before so that is why I posted about it here to get some help from someone who might.

I know I shouldn't let a stupid little comment left to me rile me up so much, but I have had it. I get comments left to me alot here and over at Cafemom about my choice in education and faith. I am tired of letting this stuff roll off my back and say oh well. It bothers me and I am sick of it. I usually just delete the comment, but this one is staying.

To that person who left that comment to me, why are you anonymous? Afraid that a homeschool educator might be a better teacher than you? Scared that I actually might know something more than you? Or is it that your jealous of the fact that I am able to stay home and give my child a better education than his peers?

Sorry about the vent/rant post, but I really just needed to get it off my chest.

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Sep. 21, 2008 - Hmmm...

Posted by gidget

Did you notice that the commenter never offered the name of the bug? :-)

I understand that some people who leave comments anonymously purposely do it just to "stir up" the person who posted...not really because they want to be constructive. Honestly, I didn't know what it was either...because I didn't grow up/live around cicadas. Does that make me "stupid?"..No, it makes me normal. My strengths lie somewhere outside the field of entomology....in which mastery is NOT a prerequisite for homeschooling...or teaching in PS for that matter. (Thank God!) :-) And I'm sure your strengths lie elsewhere too.

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Sep. 21, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jimmie

Your response is totally accurate. Who CAN know it all?? for goodness sakes -- that's what BOOKS are for! And the Internet!!
If you didn't grow up in a region with lots of these bugs, or for whatever reason you didn't play outdoors to see them, then how WOULD you know? To someone like me, yes, the bug is obvious. But there are plenty of other brids, plants, and bugs that are not native to where I grew up that I would not recognize. Living in China, I recognize only a handful of the native plants here.

Sorry Miss anony upset you. Petty. Forget it.

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Sep. 26, 2008 - bug

Posted by salazar

From one homeschool mom that doesn't know everything to another homeschool mom that doesn't know everything there is a great site www.whatsthatbug.com. I have been able to identify even the bug eggs I find on the back of leaves. Very cool site. I hope it helps with this bug and the many others you discover that I'm sure anonymous could not possibly know all the names.

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