Turn off caller id on your phone.
If you don't know who's calling, you can't answer - no personal cell phone calls, remember?And don't look at text messages either.
To me, this sounds like one of those 'edicts' that quickly gets ignored and forgotten in a work place in any case.
I got my black belt in high school, and was having individual lessons for a year. Looking back on it, I can say that it was a complete waste of time.
Karate is like ballet for boys. They teach you nothing useful. If you are truly dedicated, can develop the kind of self-satisfied confidence that wins you no friends. Even if it did teach you how to fight (which it doesn't), is a reactionary, disciplinary regimen based on violence a constructive way to teach someone to relate to others?
What I would recomend are activities that:
A) Develop a sense of accomplishment and responsibility.
Perhaps he can use his skills in a way that will be noticed/appreciated by his social environment. Building tools for the school? Working on social work outside class, related to his spheres of interest? Perhaps he should build the next napster?:>
In another direction, mentoring even younger students is a very powerful way to develop self-awareness.
B) Show him that the world is bigger than his peer group.
It is important that he is given an alternative point of reference from the one they are offering him. Otherwise, he will always feel intimidated, and stifled. Showing him that there are a myriad of ways to exist will help him discover his own identity.
C) Introduce him to lots of new people, so that he can
1. Make mistakes in relationships and be able to move on. We all learnt crucial social lessons from situations that we caused and we able to walk away from.
2. Pick and choose friends he is especially comfortable with.
3. Get a better chance of getting laid:> A romantic relationship will do more for his social skills and self awareness than anything else, let alone his happiness. Good luck.
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Turn off caller id on your phone. If you don't know who's calling, you can't answer - no personal cell phone calls, remember?And don't look at text messages either. To me, this sounds like one of those 'edicts' that quickly gets ignored and forgotten in a work place in any case.
I got my black belt in high school, and was having individual lessons for a year. Looking back on it, I can say that it was a complete waste of time.
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:> A romantic relationship will do more for his social skills and self awareness than anything else, let alone his happiness. Good luck.
Karate is like ballet for boys. They teach you nothing useful. If you are truly dedicated, can develop the kind of self-satisfied confidence that wins you no friends. Even if it did teach you how to fight (which it doesn't), is a reactionary, disciplinary regimen based on violence a constructive way to teach someone to relate to others?
What I would recomend are activities that:
A) Develop a sense of accomplishment and responsibility.
Perhaps he can use his skills in a way that will be noticed/appreciated by his social environment. Building tools for the school? Working on social work outside class, related to his spheres of interest? Perhaps he should build the next napster?
In another direction, mentoring even younger students is a very powerful way to develop self-awareness.
B) Show him that the world is bigger than his peer group.
It is important that he is given an alternative point of reference from the one they are offering him. Otherwise, he will always feel intimidated, and stifled. Showing him that there are a myriad of ways to exist will help him discover his own identity.
C) Introduce him to lots of new people, so that he can
1. Make mistakes in relationships and be able to move on. We all learnt crucial social lessons from situations that we caused and we able to walk away from.
2. Pick and choose friends he is especially comfortable with.
3. Get a better chance of getting laid
That Michael Dell was the name of that stupid kid in the advert.