Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Sep 02 2009
The importance of making sure we're briefed
I believe it was Robert Frost who spoke of not taking down a fence until you know why it was put up. I've run into the opposite issue this week. Someone wanted to question and even do away with a practice that had been put into place and was happily being used by other people. This person just wasn't aware of the other people using it on a regular basis and was assuming that it was unused and unnecessary. It was amusing in a way, but it also underscored for me the amount of assumption we each tend to bring to group situations. A little quiet observation or a few gentle questions could probably keep us from poking fenceposts into the wrong bed of petunias.
posted at: 21:10 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I believe it was Robert Frost who spoke of not taking down a fence until you know why it was put up. I've run into the opposite issue this week. Someone wanted to question and even do away with a practice that had been put into place and was happily being used by other people. This person just wasn't aware of the other people using it on a regular basis and was assuming that it was unused and unnecessary. It was amusing in a way, but it also underscored for me the amount of assumption we each tend to bring to group situations. A little quiet observation or a few gentle questions could probably keep us from poking fenceposts into the wrong bed of petunias.
posted at: 21:10 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
