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Old 11-11-2004, 11:14 AM   #13
Janet Rosen
 
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Re: depressed about new dojo / my aikido

I agree with Ian and Ruth. There is a difference between the pretty common "ours is better than theirs" and looking at a new member and publicly asking "do you have a medical condition?" when the new student doesn't do something the same way as everybody else. It is not a question to which one expects an answer, but a public belittling to which there is no appropriate civil meaningful reply, and to me it speaks volumes about the person "asking" (hah) the question. If there are other instructors available, why hang about with one who has such an attitude?

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