Looking Back on How to Listen

2009-12-04T15:30:00.000-08:00

Rewind the vhs tape back about twenty years or so and we come to this fork in the road called 'LISTENING'

LISTENING
When my mother said to determine the way that a man will love you is to look at how he treats him mother and the relationship that they have.

LISTENING
When the people at work climb the corporate ladder to keep the same attitute because when they fall short they must cross the same people climbing down.

LISTENING
Friends are a commodity and when they are around don't take them for granted by hanging out with those who take you for granted

LISTENING
When you are fed up and saying that you are going to leave this man that doesnt respect you but two years pass, four years, and then it will be ten years from now and you are still saying you are going to leave.

LISTENING
Never depend on anyone treating you as good as you treat yourself. No one will take care of you like you.

LISTENING......sometimes is better then always talking all the time. You cannot talk and listen at the same time so try practicing the one that will gain you more insight.

I sometimes think about all the converations that my mother and I had over the years and I was trying to think of the one that has served me best. The one that really stands out in my head is Pray and Put Family First. She would always say that friends will let you down and wont always be there for you but family, regardless of our differences will have your back.

Getting To Work Safely and Everywhere Else

2009-12-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hectic Work week can get us way too out of the loop and not notice our surroundings. Although you feel like killing yourself or someone, here are some tips to get you home to recoup so that you can do it all over again. Here is some helpful and very useful information that I received in an email to share with those who have loved ones who leave the house. Please share.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :

The elbow is the strongest point

on your body.

If you are close enough to use it, do!

2.. Learned this from a tourist guide.

If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,

DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.

Toss it away from you....

Chances are that he is more interested

in your wallet and/or purse than you,

and he will go for the wallet/purse.

THEN RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car,

kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole

you made and start waving like crazy..

The driver won't see you, but everybody else will.

This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars

after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit

doing their check book, or making a list, etc.

( DON'T DO THIS!)

The predator will be watching you, and this

is the perfect opportunity for him to get in

on the passenger side, put a gun to your head,

and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,

LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..

If someone

is in the car

with a gun

to your head

DO NOT DRIVE OFF,

Repeat:

DO NOT DRIVE OFF!

Instead gun the engine

and speed into anything, wrecking the car.

Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person is in the back seat

they will get the worst of it .

As soon as the car crashes

bail out and run.

It is better than having them find your body

in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting

into your car in a parking lot,

or parking garage:

A.) Be aware:

look around you,

look into your car,

at the passenger side floor ,

and in the back seat

B.) If you are parked next to a big van,

enter your car from the passenger door.

Most serial killers attack their victims

by pulling them into their vans while the women

are attempting to get into their cars.

C.) Look at the car

parked on the driver's side of your vehicle,

and the passenger side... If a male is sitting alone

in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back

into the mall, or work, and get a

guard/policeman to walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator

instead of the stairs.

Stairwells are horrible places to be alone

and the perfect crime spot.

This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun

and you are not under his control,

ALWAYS RUN!

The predator will only hit you (a running target)

4 in 100 times; and even then,

it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.

RUN, Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying

to be sympathetic:

STOP

It may get you raped, or killed.

Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking,

well educated man, who ALWAYS played

on the sympathies of unsuspecting women.

He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often

asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle,

which is when he abducted

his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point:

Someone just told me that her friend heard

a crying baby on her porch the night before last,

and she called the police because it was late

and she thought it was weird.. The police told her

'Whatever you do, DO NOT

open the door..'

The lady then said that it sounded like the baby

had crawled near a window, and she was worried

that it would crawl to the street and get run over.

The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way,

whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.'

He told her that they think a serial killer

has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax

women out of their homes thinking that someone

dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it,

but have had several calls by women saying that

they hear baby's cries outside their doors

when they're home alone at night.

10. Water scam!

If you wake up in the middle

of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a

burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your

outside taps full ball so that you will go out to investigate and

then attack.

Mrs. Tracie Smith

Assistant Principal

SAU004 - DCJJCS

214.860.4370 ph

214.668.6349 cell

214.860.4490 fax

Learning How to Listen

Looking Back on How to Listen

Getting To Work Safely and Everywhere Else