tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post7696173917485857315..comments2024-03-25T20:06:01.587-04:00Comments on Novel Adventurers: Layers of IdentitySupriya Savkoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10854983392374596718noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-29440753250914259972013-06-24T18:26:22.546-04:002013-06-24T18:26:22.546-04:00Thanks, Kaye. It's been a weird life, is about...Thanks, Kaye. It's been a weird life, is about all I can say sometimes. :)<br /><br />I have that same trait as your son - an over-defined sense of justice. I am sure it's aggravating to everyone around us. It makes for a good career in law though. <br /><br />My little sister reminded me that sometimes we all feel like outsiders no matter where we are in the birth order. Oldests have a lot of pressure to model perfect behavior and be responsible, and youngests sometimes get treated like babies long after they're ready to fly the coop. But that ongoing sense of being the black sheep all the time made me stop at 2 children of my own. No matter how hard we try to treat them equally, even with two, there's competition.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!Jenni Legatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293328492974784160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-47442567513360504282013-06-24T14:29:00.437-04:002013-06-24T14:29:00.437-04:00I'm thoroughly a American, only having travele...I'm thoroughly a American, only having traveled abroad and never having lived there for more than a month. Your high school experience sounds terrifying!<br /><br />I'll speak on the birth order topic, though. In my family, our middle child, a boy, does have some of those same traits you mention. His nursery school teacher said, when he was 4, that he had an over-developed sense of right and wrong. He still does! He rails at things he perceives to be unfair--a lot. He's very outgoing and always has tons of friends. Our other two are more like me, having a few close friends instead. Of course, as their parents, their dad and I tried SO hard to treat them all equally. They don't seem to see it that way, though.Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-5289356595560333442013-06-24T13:13:47.341-04:002013-06-24T13:13:47.341-04:00Oh, Yves, I love Bali! I can imagine Jakarta durin...Oh, Yves, I love Bali! I can imagine Jakarta during Desert Storm would be tense. I think people tend to give us the benefit of the doubt, as Americans. They know our government is not necessarily representative of our people, but at times like that it can be frightening. <br /><br />Thanks for commenting! Jenni Legatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293328492974784160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-39443171259602499362013-06-24T13:03:59.602-04:002013-06-24T13:03:59.602-04:00Powerful post. We were in Jakarta during Desert S...Powerful post. We were in Jakarta during Desert Storm, which was a tense time. But we were always outsides in the culture, just there a couple of years. Still we met some wonderful Indonesians, and had the joy of visiting Bali, a truly magical place.Yves Feyhttp://yvesfey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-35354418887072133762013-06-24T09:22:32.455-04:002013-06-24T09:22:32.455-04:00I was at the school in Kabul practicing for a play...I was at the school in Kabul practicing for a play (Roomies) we never got to perform at the inter-school convention (We eventually got to perform it after we returned to Islamabad at ISI). We were on the schedule for that evening, but were rounded up and sent to homes (other than the ones were originally assigned too. The house I was sent to was not far from where you were, Jenni, I remember sitting on the upstairs terrace watching tanks roll down the street towards the presidential palace. We were lucky enough not to get shelled, but it was a scary experience nonetheless.<br /><br />EarleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018311341701044333.post-13745665708140083892013-06-24T08:47:48.081-04:002013-06-24T08:47:48.081-04:00Great post Jenni - one I completely identify with....Great post Jenni - one I completely identify with. I didn't know you were in Afghanistan during the military coup! I was as well - were you at the interschool convention? I was there with Murree. And the layers - oh all the layers. They just keep on going, like an onion. Thanks for a great Monday morning read. Marilynhttp://communicatingacrossboundariesblog.com/noreply@blogger.com