Comments for wonkablog http://wonkabar.org cornflakes, cartoons, dragons, linux, multimedia, psychology, teenagers Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on working with teenagers … the blog! by Steph @ Diapers and Divinity http://wonkabar.org/2012/01/24/working-with-teenagers-the-blog/#comment-1910 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:25:26 +0000 http://sdibb.wordpress.com/?p=1493#comment-1910 That picture is SO wrong.

8 pound ball? HAhahaha! :)

]]> Comment on working with teenagers by beandog http://wonkabar.org/2011/03/14/working-with-teenagers/#comment-1896 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:21:48 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1395#comment-1896 Yah, sometimes when I get upset with youth, it’s such a temptation to pull out the disciplinarian card and drop the banhammer on them to reinforce in their minds how right I am. It’s pretty rough being an adult sometimes, and it seems like some adults just love the opportunity to remind teenagers of how miserable they’ll be in a few years.

Crazy rant is crazy.

I did start a new blog just recently btw where I’m migrating this specific content to. Here you go: http://workingwithteenagers.wordpress.com/

Take care. :)

]]> Comment on working with teenagers: adults are boring by beandog http://wonkabar.org/2011/12/05/working-with-teenagers-adults-are-boring/#comment-1895 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:08:15 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1479#comment-1895 Hey Ryan, thanks for the comment … it somehow totally flew under my radar and I just barely noticed it tonight.

Interestingly, I can relate to a lot of the stuff about your new camp leader. I’m pretty much the same way. Man, real life is way too insane to not want to have fun. It’s a good way to relax and work with others whose problems are totally different. :)

]]> Comment on working with teenagers by thestifledartist http://wonkabar.org/2011/03/14/working-with-teenagers/#comment-1894 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:04:21 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1395#comment-1894 Good points! I work with teens in a library and it’s easy to write off their issues when they’re sassing back or being generally rude, but they are going through their own things and just don’t trust adults often because we write them off or restrict them from what they think is freedom.

I, too, am doing all the things now I wanted to do as a teen but didn’t have the wherewithal to do. Nice to know I’m not alone!

]]> Comment on working with teenagers: adults are boring by velda http://wonkabar.org/2011/12/05/working-with-teenagers-adults-are-boring/#comment-1834 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:22:47 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1479#comment-1834 Anyone who refers to work in a fast-food joint as “an exciting life-long career in becoming a hamburger whisperer” isn’t boring. Just sayin. And I’m sure both of your LBs would agree.

Thanks for being one who most certainly aids in allowing my kids to see me laugh out loud on a regular basis. Here’s to all the happy years ahead!

]]> Comment on working with teenagers: adults are boring by Greg http://wonkabar.org/2011/12/05/working-with-teenagers-adults-are-boring/#comment-1833 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:33:53 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1479#comment-1833 “Oh my froof, this sounds like some pootsie pants…” Is definitely the my favorite phrase from this post…well said! ;-D

]]> Comment on working with teenagers: adults are boring by Ryan http://wonkabar.org/2011/12/05/working-with-teenagers-adults-are-boring/#comment-1832 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:35:19 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1479#comment-1832 That quote is true. For about half my adolescent years our scout leader was all about the insta-lecture. It didn’t help that he was an avid backpacker. Scout night and activities were something more akin to see how many times soandso will freak out.

No wonder then that attendance was lackluster!

Later on we got a new leader who…I guess he was just tuned into these principles, and because of that I want to say that he was just a big kid (which isn’t true, looking back he had a lot of heavy burdens to shoulder in his life). His big “reform” was basically to let us have fun. Whenever we went for a camp out he’d made sure that we could have Dutch oven cobbler every night, and even more importantly, he knew the magic ratio of about 3 cans of whipped cream to every cobbler. I’m sure he expected responsibility out of us as well, but looking back I just remember that he wanted us to have fun because he wanted to have fun. Two drastically different approaches with two different results.

]]> Comment on web media frontend by roger http://wonkabar.org/2010/11/08/web-media-frontend/#comment-1828 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:50:17 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1371#comment-1828 404 ?

]]> Comment on digital trike by beandog http://wonkabar.org/2011/10/21/digital-trike/#comment-1770 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:13:15 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1440#comment-1770 Yah, that doesn’t really work on the blog, does it?

]]> Comment on digital trike by Anton http://wonkabar.org/2011/10/21/digital-trike/#comment-1742 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:38:19 +0000 http://wonkabar.org/?p=1440#comment-1742 well, that I’m saying is that you should not install packages manually (with, for example, config –prefix=/usr). First, you need to install all dependences manually (and uninstall if needed!) too. Second, you need to remember all configure flags or keep configure string somewhere. And lastly, you need to trace all updates, patches for all packages in your system. I would always write an ebuild for that. Power of Gentoo. And what do you do if RPM is not available, not compiled with right options or you need to apply a patch? I don’t know, I’m not a rpm fan ;-)

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