I'm in tidy up mode on my computer at the moment. In the process I found a training lecture I did some years ago on how to deal with negative people.
In it was the following observation:
Yes, you lead a horse to water. And, no, you can't make him drink.
But you can put salt in his oats.
...
A manual of oblique parenting motivational techniques, there's a good winter project. Oh I'm so glad my computer's working again!
ReplyDeleteThen there is the story of Dorothy Parker who, when asked to use the word 'horticulture' in a sentence, said:
ReplyDelete"You can take a horticulture but you can't make her think".
Slightly off topic, sorry.
i must remember the salt in the oats bit when I'm struggling to get a second grader to do what he must rather than what he wants...
ReplyDeleteHi Lee,
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the old line, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't lead a horticulture !!"
Cheers,
Algernon Sidney Montagu