Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

silvercar

vivatifosi wrote: »

From the readings for week 1, something to consider if you are a parent taking your children to look at potential universities... 1 study found that students viewing two universities viewed ones seen on a sunny day more favourably than those viewed on a rainy day and this influenced choice.

I concur with that view. I rejected Liverpool, I'm sure influenced by the weather on that day. DS1 rejected York for at least partly that reason.

Must have been sunny on at least 2 days in 1982 otherwise OH and I would not have met! I do find it a freaky thought that if OH and I hadn't chosen the same uni we would never have met.

tomterm8

I don't think my decision to go to Manchester rather than Cambridge (Not the posh uni at Cambridge) was affected by the fact it was sunny in Manchester the day I saw it, and raining and dreadful in Cambridge.

I think that was the only time I ever saw Manchester sunny...

( OK, so maybe an exaggeration but not much of one. )

LydiaJ

vivatifosi wrote: »

From the readings for week 1, something to consider if you are a parent taking your children to look at potential universities... 1 study found that students viewing two universities viewed ones seen on a sunny day more favourably than those viewed on a rainy day and this influenced choice.

Is that supposed to be an example of What you see is all there is?

Having visited Oxford many times while first one and then another of my brothers was a student there, I knew I wanted to go there long before going and "viewing" any universities in that sort of way. I needed to choose colleges for my Oxford form, though. I'd been on a summer camp the previous summer, and my tent leader had been an Oxford student, so I wrote to her and arranged to go up for the weekend and sleep on her floor and get shown round. Of course, she showed me as many colleges as she could, and introduced me to lots of her friends in other colleges, but it was her college that I saw most of, and where she had most friends, and it was her college that I picked.

However, I do remember going and viewing possible curacies for LNE, and thinking that the one he picked must be the right one becuase we still liked the place even though it was pouring with rain.

neverdespairgirl

LydiaJ wrote: »

As teachers, we find it so frustrating when parents will insist on pushing kids in directions to which they're unsuited. It's one thing to persuade your kid that they will be grateful later on if they've got a decent education and some qualifications, even if they do feel quite certain now that they are going to end up in Hollywood. It's another thing altogether to be too prescriptive about what form that education should take.

Poor German kid - that sounds crushing for him. Do you know what happened to him later on?

We were very lucky; my parents wanted us to do our best and try hard at whatever we chose to do, but with no direction imposed on what that was. And we all did different things, too.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Thanks for asking, and the answer is not too bad, really.

DW bursts into tears every so often, which is not a bad thing at all. But, understandably, she's not her usual cheerful self. Work-wise, I have too much on, so that's bad timing but I can't alter when people choose to use my services and I don't want to turn work away. Importantly, we are all healthy (apart from MIL), so we shouldn't grumble.

Poor Mrs GDB - what a horribly uncheerful situation for all of you. Are your children OK?

silvercar wrote: »

Must have been sunny on at least 2 days in 1982 otherwise OH and I would not have met! I do find it a freaky thought that if OH and I hadn't chosen the same uni we would never have met.

Same for us - we met on day 1 of our law degree, in a contract law tutorial. And it all went from there!

But I think it's like that for a lot of couples - my parents met at a party they nearly both didn't attend - my Dad had his first ever court appearance the next day, and my mother was feeling rough after a smallpox jab, and they both got dragged along by respective flatmates who thought they should get a grip and enjoy the party (-:

My parents had actually met as small children, as they attended the same primary school for a year. But that was hundreds of miles and 18 years away.

lemonjelly

I still don't know what I want to be, let alone what I wanted to be when I was a kid.

neverdespairgirl

My Dad says he doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up. He's 63 today!

vivatifosi

happy birthday neverdespairdad!

tomterm8

Happy birthday:)

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re Tom and Jerry, did start in 1940s, but earlier than I thought. Plus I got the character names the wrong way round. Tom being nothing more than a tom cat (very American expression) rather than being Tommy. Jerry's name was apparently chosen by one of the animators.

I do like Hanna Barbera cartoons, but my favourite is the Jetsons. I always wanted to be Judy Jetson growing up. Not a big T&J fan.

Which leads me on to an NP question. Who did you want to be growing up?

Florence Nightingale or Margot Fontaine.

SingleSue

silvercar wrote: »

I concur with that view. I rejected Liverpool, I'm sure influenced by the weather on that day. DS1 rejected York for at least partly that reason.

Must have been sunny on at least 2 days in 1982 otherwise OH and I would not have met! I do find it a freaky thought that if OH and I hadn't chosen the same uni we would never have met.

We only visited one uni for James, it was a mixture of sunny spells and throwing it down....James still liked it but unfortunately, it was the only Uni which declined to offer.

He only put down Bucks New because he needed a uni to make up the numbers but the more he read about it, the more he liked the sound of the place and now he is there, he absolutely loves it and believes it was the perfect choice.