tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7403980245823947966..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: How different are you from where you began? by Jenn McKinlayJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55995208789416705422021-05-24T16:23:33.525-04:002021-05-24T16:23:33.525-04:00I was horribly shy in junior high and high school ...I was horribly shy in junior high and high school and always had my nose in a novel. Then, one day at the start of my junior year, I freaked out, thinking that if I didn't speak up no one would ever remember I'd been there. I joined pep squad, UIL One Act Play, then Senior Class Play, the yearbook staff and the cheerleading squad. And, I never looked back (but I didn't let go of the books, I just read later into the night).Carolyn Tilleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270385060181105395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52427656784861400042019-06-01T23:16:19.240-04:002019-06-01T23:16:19.240-04:00Thank you :-)Thank you :-)Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5616538342423546902019-06-01T22:25:41.827-04:002019-06-01T22:25:41.827-04:00Ugh - I hate that potential thing! Such a load of ...Ugh - I hate that potential thing! Such a load of garbage. Glad you learned to speak up for yourself! Good for you!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88169513326661641422019-06-01T22:23:37.136-04:002019-06-01T22:23:37.136-04:00LOL - I think that’s awesome!LOL - I think that’s awesome!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1446451668981627562019-06-01T22:23:05.368-04:002019-06-01T22:23:05.368-04:00All you need is couple of good ones!All you need is couple of good ones!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24990878966319617402019-06-01T22:22:25.742-04:002019-06-01T22:22:25.742-04:00Me, too! Humor is definitely a key quality in peop...Me, too! Humor is definitely a key quality in people for me! Otherwise what’s the point? LOL!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15849111782816259852019-06-01T22:21:03.770-04:002019-06-01T22:21:03.770-04:00Thanks so much, Robyn! And, yes, books are a savio...Thanks so much, Robyn! And, yes, books are a savior even for a talker like me!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2404078034407114112019-06-01T22:19:17.263-04:002019-06-01T22:19:17.263-04:00Pat - I moved, too, as a kid. It was definitely a ...Pat - I moved, too, as a kid. It was definitely a game changer but my talkative self was undeterred! Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55637844603778279172019-06-01T22:17:59.414-04:002019-06-01T22:17:59.414-04:00Susan, you are spot on! I think we are all somewhe...Susan, you are spot on! I think we are all somewhere in the middle but our environments push us one way or the other. Sending good thoughts to your son as he navigates his new world!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77279588998569020232019-06-01T22:15:21.282-04:002019-06-01T22:15:21.282-04:00Jazz is the perfect metaphor - I love it!!!Jazz is the perfect metaphor - I love it!!!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28074191579768403012019-06-01T22:14:44.183-04:002019-06-01T22:14:44.183-04:00Thank you, Coralee! Thank you, Coralee! Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32703137957291563772019-06-01T22:14:13.377-04:002019-06-01T22:14:13.377-04:00Yes, it is! Life is such a journey - I love that y...Yes, it is! Life is such a journey - I love that you came into your own!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28823813767764930762019-06-01T22:13:07.898-04:002019-06-01T22:13:07.898-04:00Yes, the highs and lows of parenting - exhausting!...Yes, the highs and lows of parenting - exhausting!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37750889076908136652019-06-01T22:12:07.351-04:002019-06-01T22:12:07.351-04:00Hub is like that, too. Quiet until he knows people...Hub is like that, too. Quiet until he knows people and then the silence is over! LOL!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76795673570354050732019-06-01T20:09:26.547-04:002019-06-01T20:09:26.547-04:00I’ll tell him, Hank! He’ll be thrilled! I’ll tell him, Hank! He’ll be thrilled! Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51222384776079133302019-06-01T18:39:47.714-04:002019-06-01T18:39:47.714-04:00I was very shy in school and so spent a lot of tim...I was very shy in school and so spent a lot of time listening. When I started working, I heard co-workers talking about all kinds of things. One proudly said she only read the newspaper! Of course, I've been reading since 4 years old. I started saying whatever I wanted since it wasn't any worse than some of the BS I heard my whole life.<br /><br />Some of my teachers used to say that I wasn't living up to my potential which used to make me furious. How did they know what my potential was? I sure didn't! Our whole 9th grade class used to get lectured all the time that we didn't behave as well as the first accelerated section. We were the second section. I don't think they do that anymore. Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77498440337058215842019-06-01T18:30:51.279-04:002019-06-01T18:30:51.279-04:00Congrats to H1! He sounds like an awesome young ma...Congrats to H1! He sounds like an awesome young man.<br />I have changed significantly. As a kid, I was timid, quiet, obedient, observant, always waiting for someone else to go first. No more, except for the observant part. Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8550319135637415152019-06-01T18:06:47.675-04:002019-06-01T18:06:47.675-04:00Oh, wouldn't it be FUN? xxxOh, wouldn't it be FUN? xxxHank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15458141438403446532019-06-01T16:48:44.646-04:002019-06-01T16:48:44.646-04:00Congrats to H1!
I'm still the shy one unless ...Congrats to H1! <br />I'm still the shy one unless I'm with a close group of friends.Jana Leah Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492395947508454607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4094094409851919802019-06-01T16:16:09.199-04:002019-06-01T16:16:09.199-04:00I believe Steven Spielberg was a similar type of s...I believe Steven Spielberg was a similar type of student. I can't wait to see his name on the big screen. Congratulations to H1..Amy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215096424496888655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75726952767986552502019-06-01T16:04:33.900-04:002019-06-01T16:04:33.900-04:00Congratulations to your son on his graduation, Jen...Congratulations to your son on his graduation, Jenn. He sounds like he's going to do just fine in life. I can remember my son when he was in fourth grade and was to read one of his writing portfolio pieces aloud got big-time stage fright, and I feared he would be that way through school and life. Boy was I wrong. He soon found his voice, and his senior English teacher told me that Kevin would be a great lawyer because he loved arguing points aloud in class. He also loved being in plays in high school. So, you just can't tell too early on about that public speaking bug.<br /><br />I think I changed a lot from when I was in high school. I was so serious then and so focused on academics that I hadn't developed my sense of humor that much. Now, I love to laugh and consider a good sense of humor as one of the best attributes of a person.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40021640266893904002019-06-01T16:01:55.686-04:002019-06-01T16:01:55.686-04:00Growing up I was shy, and spending time in the lib...Growing up I was shy, and spending time in the library was heaven to me. I am still shy, but once you get to know me, I open up somewhat. I still love to read. Congratulations Jenn on H1's Graduation, and his future endeavors.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327052380114062670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55850174980842774802019-06-01T14:49:07.573-04:002019-06-01T14:49:07.573-04:00Congratulations to H1! He is so lucky to know what...Congratulations to H1! He is so lucky to know what direction he wants to go. I started as an introvert and I'll end as one. An observer might think differently though. I know in my early elementary school years I was comfortable with all these kids I'd grown up with. I wasn't shy to speak up in class. I even presented myself as a weather girl in fourth grade and presented the forecast with charts and maps. All my own idea. Oddly enough my first fourth grade teacher was a real Jekyll and Hyde. She encouraged me when she wasn't scaring the hell out of me and the rest of the class. But then we moved to another part of town, a new neighborhood and a new school. I never found that comfort level again. I prefer small groups and a handful of friends. That is my comfort zone and it isn't always easily attained.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80556151410110595332019-06-01T14:15:50.843-04:002019-06-01T14:15:50.843-04:00This was such an enjoyable post! Congratulations t...This was such an enjoyable post! Congratulations to H1! <br /><br />My only child is 25 and going through what I think is a difficult period for many young people: no longer in that college setting that made it easy to casually hang out with people, and not yet having found his "tribe" for the real world. He has always been introverted, but this is the first time I would say he is lonely.<br /><br />Here was the first thing that popped into my head about myself: The Sunday School teacher in my pre-school classroom didn't assign me a part in the Christmas pageant until my mother asked because she thought I could not yet speak, having never heard me do so. And the most recent time I took the Meyers-Briggs personality assessment, I maxed out in the direction of extrovert. <br /><br />I would offer that I think the real me is somewhere in between those two assessments. I enjoy people, and I have many very positive learned behaviors around inclusion and engaging those around me and actively listening. But I also cherish my alone time and NEED to escape into a good book often. So while I superficially seem quite different, I don't think the person inside has changed so much. One just learns behaviors that serve well (or don't) perceptions change because of them.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292993485984273172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36836081481284161652019-06-01T13:53:13.143-04:002019-06-01T13:53:13.143-04:00Wow Hank. That’s a more then generous offer Wow Hank. That’s a more then generous offer Fintahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17087809450585073206noreply@blogger.com