02-26-2015, 09:49 PM
Opihikao,
I think this is a great thread. I wish I could contribute properly but I didn't have the same sort of upbringing you may have had, and add in the cultural differences I'm not sure I can really come up with a comment you might like.
My father was my role model. One thing he told me is to stand up to bullies. If you hit a bully they won't bully you again. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it'll likely land you in jail or at least facing a lawsuit. So I can't recommend that advice even though it worked well for me!
My father bullied the Nazis by the way, back in the 1940s.
The other piece of advice he gave me was to make sure I went to a university after school. I wasn't so keen on doing that for some time as I was always a blue-collar kind of person and still am, but he told me that you go to a university to learn how to think, not to get a degree.
That was the best advice I've ever had.
I think this is a great thread. I wish I could contribute properly but I didn't have the same sort of upbringing you may have had, and add in the cultural differences I'm not sure I can really come up with a comment you might like.
My father was my role model. One thing he told me is to stand up to bullies. If you hit a bully they won't bully you again. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it'll likely land you in jail or at least facing a lawsuit. So I can't recommend that advice even though it worked well for me!
My father bullied the Nazis by the way, back in the 1940s.
The other piece of advice he gave me was to make sure I went to a university after school. I wasn't so keen on doing that for some time as I was always a blue-collar kind of person and still am, but he told me that you go to a university to learn how to think, not to get a degree.
That was the best advice I've ever had.