"Write quickly and you will never write well. Write well, and you will soon write quickly."
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, 65 A.D
When I read this quote it reminded me of the process I am in. I write slowly in English but I am learning to do it well , so I hope soon I could write quickly.
I revised and translated 3 more pages today. I am very happy!!
Although today a woman made me angry at my kid's school. I went there today to help him get out of the pool , bath, etc. While his father waited outside with Alex. Well when we were going out of the pool there was another mother and told me " Is your brother?". I am 29 I really think a 5 year old can be my son. But that was good, as it seems I look younger.
I answered " no , he is my son" and she replies " Oh so the baby outside that also has blue eyes is yours?". " yes" . " And the father is the one outside?". At his moment I was thinking where were we going with all this questions. Finally I replied :" yes he is". And the woman told me "None of you two have blue eyes so or you made them with much love or..." And she leave it like that. I wanted to slap here on the face. What was she trying to say!!
I am tired of people looking bad at me when they see the kids and my husband eyes. I know it's totally strange to have two kids with blue eyes when the parents don´t but that's the way it happened. Great grandparents had a lot to say in the genetic of kids.Grrrr. So I took a deep breath, gave her an annoyed look and walked away. I was not going to say anything in front of my son.
I guess its time of getting used to it. But you never get used to prejudice.
Well now that I shared my angry moment and this great quote I will go back to my revision-translation process.
How are you doing with your drafts,revisions,etc?
Have a great day!
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WoW! I can't believe that. Genes do all kinds of wacky things in families. I have a cousin that looks Cherokee Indian, and not a hint of black features even though both her parents are black. I have a friend who is Cnoctaw Indian, dark brown hair, amazing amber eyes. Her sister? Blonde hair and blue eyes. The SAME parents.
My revisions. Uggh! I spent forever on them tonight. A section I thought I did not revise well, was in fact...not done well. I will get back your comments on Thursday. Sorry. :(
What a !@#$!!!
I would've totally wanted to smack her. I can't believe she said that. But you were way classier than she was. Good job for not sinking to her low level.
It amazes me how nosy people are sometimes! I've had many people ask me who E's mom is (when I'm holding her hand or even carrying her -- when she was younger).
Yay for the translation work :)
Brown-eyed parents can have blue-eyed children. Not only was she rude, she doesn't know genetics.
Congratulations on your revision progress!
It was hard but I did it, I don´t want my son to learn that kind of things.
I know genes can do all kind of things!! the doctor of my kids says that with the family genes we have estadisticly we should have 1 child out of ten with blue eyes but we have two, and that's totally possible.
Don´t worry for my comments. I hope you can end Diyari revisions and that you can breathe:)
I know, why they care!
Thank you I am very happy with my translation!
She was an ignorant!but unfortunately many people make judgments based on ignorance
Thank you!!:)
I finished the Diyari revisions. I sent them out. *Sighs*
You will see that they are going to like it and that you are going to have to make just a few changes! :) hugs