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Update: I found my kindergarten report card in a box at my mom's house
The teacher wrote 'Avery needs to share the building blocks more' in red pen, and I still get tense when people borrow my tools without asking. Does anyone else have a tiny comment from childhood that still shapes how you act?
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rowan96910h ago
But come on, is a note from kindergarten really why you're like that now? It was probably one afternoon with some blocks. Don't you think a lifetime of other stuff had a bigger impact? Maybe you just like your tools organized.
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kim.jake5h ago
Rowan969 has a point about other stuff adding up, but those early comments hit different. A teacher telling a five year old they're bad at sharing plants a seed. It's not just about blocks, it's the first time an authority figure wrote down what's wrong with you. That stuff gets baked in. You spend years trying to prove the note wrong or just lean into it because it's the first label you got.
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