Phil, how many days would you say it takes to get completely over your cold. You may wonder, and I'm certainly wondering, if you can go into a trance and just live through those days now, noticing your body going through stages of getting better, and better than that, and better than that as it wakes and heals and sleeps and heals and wakes... And after you've lived through those days of healing in your mind and body, you might want to notice what's different on this day, as every part of you, and every emergent property of every part of you reflects those days and that healing in you now.

I wonder. But then I do that sometimes.

Hugs, chrysanthemums...

Thank you, Bridget. I did do some timeline work to help with my cold symptoms, but for some reason, it just didn't work...I also practiced AT, which did alleviate my symptoms somewhat, but did not reduce the inflammation in my larynx enough for me to sing today...sigh. No worries, though. I turned the situation into a learning experience.

Oh, and going to the doctor tomorrow...unless some magic happens tonight in my sleep (which may not be too much, because I took my decongestant, and it tends to keep me awake!)...teaching children--gotta love it! Undoubtedly some little darlin' gave me this precious gift. Here's hoping that I don't share it with anyone else!

My chrysanthemums are looking splendid, by the way, but one can always use more...

Phil

Children are tiny disease vectors - ask any parent, teacher, or pediatrician .

mmmmmm dis ease vectors, I like that! When my boys play up, I feel dis ease, headaches, tension, hot and cold flushes.

Have a great day

Frederic

Still home sick today...I'd rather be with the kids, honestly, but my energy level is not high enough to do the job today...

Time to put the kettle on for some hot tea.

Phil

Hi Phil,

tea that is hot can be amazingly soothing and re-energising!

Get well soon!

Violeta

Thank you, Violeta.

I am drinking Gypsy Cold Remedy right now! The Gypsies must know something, because I am feeling better...

Phil

Hey Phil,

I found this lovely site for Storytelling... it's something you might find good for the kids.

Story Telling - "Rumplestiltskin"

There are some nice morals in the story especially applicable to NLP - but you have to route for them depending on your filters.

Here are some I pulled out of it from my own observations.

The daughter allowed herself to be manipulated by 'Authority figures' - father and King. This led her to being placed in risky situations that she had no skill to deal with - i.e spinning straw into Gold.

She then has to make bargains with old Rumples - and with no thought for future consequences - i.e having to guess Rumples name or lose her first child to him.

But what if....

She believed that anything was possible? This would have meant that, had she tried, she may have found out that she was able to spin straw into gold.

Even so...

What if, after seeing that it was possible to spin straw into gold, as demonstrated by Rumples, what if she had asked him to teach her how to do it.. and spin her own fine golden threads?

and...

What if, out of self-love, she chose not to make a decison based on the approval of her father, and therefore out of fear of losing his respect or love?

Things may have told a very different story...

...... I leave you to make up what could have been different, better, more useful...

Enjoy and get better soon

Best wishes
Nina

Nina,

I never did get into the story of Rumplestilskin, but thanks anyway!

The important thing is that I'm back teaching today, and feeling much better. No fever, and I did not brux last night either. It was a good night last night!

More later, I'm sure, as every day is interesting.

Be well, and at peace,

Phil

Ohh that's great to hear Phil,

I just remembered, perhaps you only do music and not writing etc.. but maybe they could make up a song

Best wishes
Nina

Nina,

I am a TEACHER! I teach EVERYTHING...through music!

out of the box, Nina, out of the box...take yourself out of the box!

Phil

Lets test this hehehehehe

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pcadams wrote:

I am a TEACHER! I teach EVERYTHING...through music!

J

Jay,

Forgive my generalization...shall I be more specific in my language, or shall we just let this one go? Hmmm...to meta or not to meta...that is the question...

Also, someone once said,

"there is a time and a place for everything..."

Personally, I seem to prefer the Milton Model right now!

Be well, and at peace,

Phil

Cool beans..Phil,


Great advice.. gonna get out of my box

Nina

Hi Phil,

It's great that you feel great, maybe your brux has left together with your cold forever, imagine that, wouldn't that be cool!

Violeta

Violeta,

Did I say that I feel great? Oh, you are such a wishful thinker, you are...

Phil

This morning's gem in the classroom for helping students know when an answer is the correct one...using a kinesthetic anchor.

When I was doing an ear training exercise with seven year-olds this morning, we were having to distinguish between two pitches a third apart (G and E). If use magnetized poker chips of different colors for the various scale degrees, and put them up on a magnetized staff for notation exercises. Kids of all ages love using this clever tool!

If a student gives an incorrect answer, I go ahead and put the answer on the board, and then allow the students to listen to me play the correct melody on the recorder, using and auditory/visual comparative analysis (the color coding really helps them anchor the difference in the sound too!). When I'm done playing, I simply ask, "do you get that YES feeling?" Invariably if there is a wrong note on the board, the majority of the class gets a strange look on their face. Eventually, the rest of the class catches on and develops the skill by modeling the majority. Then I ask for individual response on how to solve the problem so that we can get the YES feeling. When we all get it, it's obvious, and I anchor it with an emphatic vocal response and an enthusiastic sweep of my arm (hand in a fist). Then, they really know the YES feeling!

I would be interested to hear from other teachers about application of this in other settings and/or content areas.

Phil

Here's another one for you...

This afternoon, in Kindergarten (five year-olds), we were using a song to do individual singing turns, with my "magic microphone," which "turns you into a superstar!" One little girl looked down at her lap when it came time for her turn, and shook her head "no," with a grin on her face, I could see.

I looked at her and said, "oh, it looks like you need some courage dust." Her eyes grew big as saucers. Do you know what that is? After she shook her head no at me, I replied, "well, it's my special dust that makes you feel strong so that you can do anything!" One boy shouted out, "that's not real!" I looked straight at him and said, "what do you mean? I use it every morning!" I looked back at the shy student and said, "are you ready?" She continued to shake her head "no," so I just looked at her with a big silly grin, and said, "well, you're getting it anyway. Here it comes!" After a big dose of it, I put the "magic microphone" in front of her and she sang her turn all by herself, and beautifully. Then I looked over at the critic, and said, "now don't you tell me it's not real!!!" Thank heavens it worked!

The little boy next to her was just as shy, so I told the girl to "brush some of her dust off onto him." She did! And, I didn't get him to sing into the microphone, but he did speak into it, which for him was an amazing feat. Next time, he'll get the dust straight from me!

Phil

Oh, how many times did I need this "courage dust" in my life and there was nobody around to provide it...
Still, Phil, I can feel this magic dust of yours travel a real long way to reach me (and many others). It feels so nice!
Hey, do you never leave school with this urgent need of "de-compression"?? Today, like many other days, I left feeling like a scuba-diver -you know what I mean? (Please, family, leave me alone, let me hear no sound from you until I emerge, fresh again from my crypt...)

Christine,

Oh, yes, decompression...less these days, but still a ncecessity.

And I know just the tool for a quick and easy way to decompress now...

feels good, doesn't it?

Phil