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Old Jan 03, 2020, 09:39 PM
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Dear PrevT,

T is just so nice. I’m very lucky.
I would like to be more like her.

She came into today despite being sick. Besides her little pink nose and occasional cough or sniff, you wouldn’t know she was sick.

I mean, she’s sick....but she is pleasant. I’m rarely pleasant when I’m sick. T is almost always pleasant! I asked her if that’s part of training, “Do you talk about demeanor in class? Is she pleasant because she was trained to be pleasant? Is she pleasant because that is...just her personality??”

She responded with a smile, “What a very nice question....”

(SEE! Ha! Pleasant.)

She said it was an interesting question. Yes, they talk a bit about the importance of bedside manner in class...but we think it’s just her temperament..or something.
I guess I was wondering if her pleasantness is genuine or was it taught.

Then I came out with..”Ok, what kinds of things make you cranky?” She answered, “Oh, lack of sleep, tiredness...”

I asked, “What about traffic? Does traffic bother you?” She gave me a sideways smile and shook her head no with amusement. “No, not really. I decided long ago there’s not much you can do about traffic but be in the middle of it.”

She said her sister likes to give her a hard way to go if they are in traffic together and her sister thinks she should pull up closer to the car in front. “You’re leaving too much space. Those cars will sneak in and take advantage of you.” Jackie shook her head, smiling.....”But I don’t care (if they do)!”

You would like T.
I read her the few emails that went on between us while T’s been sick. I told her (again),
“ I just know you’d like PrevT.”
She smiled and responded,
“I already do.”

T reminds me of the old movie, “Harvey”, with James Stewart as Elwood Dowd.

Elwood P. Dowd: “In this world Ellwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant, well for years I was smart... I recommend pleasant, and you may quote me.”

But T is smart, too.

Do your classes teach the T’s in training about demeanor and pleasantness ?

Last edited by precaryous; Jan 04, 2020 at 12:06 AM.
Thanks for this!
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