I think the point of “Tall poppy syndrome” is that other people see you as excelling and thus you become a tall poppy. I really don’t think claiming to be a tall poppy and branding others of being prejudice because of this is part of the tall poppy syndrome deal.
Robin _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Bennett Sent: 18 March 2010 09:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [phpug] Re: web programming and development services or consultation Keri, I (respectfully) disagree. Once I got out of NZ I realised pretty quickly that "tall poppy syndrome" really does exist back here. Broadly speaking, NZers in general do seem to have a culture / mentailty that anyone who sticks out and "tries to be better" than anyone else needs to be "taken down a peg or two". We really don't celebrate and emulate success as much as people do in some other countries and cultures. This brings pro's and cons but, in my opinion it certainly does exist - in fact, in a way, your previous post actually reinforces it. Regards, Paul On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Keri Henare <[email protected]> wrote: I'm still a believer that "Tall Poppy" syndrome is just something claimed by people who think too highly of themselves. Kind regards, Keri Henare --------------------------------------------------- [e] [email protected] [w] kerihenare.com [m] (+64) 021 874 552 PLEASE NOTE: I check my email 3 times per day and will respond at these intervals. For anything urgent please ring me. --------------------------------------------------- -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
