I have replied to Deb off-list on this in greater
length. The crux of it is that I was done being
insulted by a kid as were many others. Had it been one
of my kids pulling that stuff, they would be on house
arrest not just fooled by a joke. Tall tales have
their rich history in fishing, but disrespect does
not. 

--- Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> OK... Now this is starting to bother me again.  Josh
> was how old??? 13yrs??
> I could never understand how a young boy could
> really get the goat of a
> couple of adults.  Josh still lurks on this list
> every now and then.  He may
> very well be lurking now.  I found him to be very
> polite and I enjoyed the
> contact I had with him also.  I've saved his letters
> and his flies he sent
> to me.  I just wrote off any of his quirky
> statements as being those of a
> young adult.  We should be setting an example for
> him not dropping to the
> level of the classroom bully.
> I have no doubt he will grow to become a wonderful
> fly tyer and fishermen.  
> I spent my time trying to build Josh up not knock
> him down.  I'm sure he got
> enough of that elsewhere.  I recently went back to
> work and I chose to work
> with elementary kids as a special ed para
> professional.  You can really do a
> lot with these kids by building them up.  You never
> know what kind of
> baggage they're carrying from other experiences in
> their life.
> Can we get back on track now????
> Warm Regards,
> Deb
> 
> 
> 
> 


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