How judgmental are you?

elegran this is why I am so judgemental of myself...through my laziness,and when I get chance to read it is usually something trashy,and usually for pleasure and escapism,rather than interest and knowledge,but on the positive side,I realise that I can now do something to climb out of the rut and my comfort zone,thank you...

Dear Nellie try the book, I thought it was going to be a 'difficult' read and not suitable for reading in bed to aid 'dropping off'. Trouble is tho' I am finding I want to continue reading as each 'chapter' is short. It describes, in words and pictures, items kept in the British Museum 'ranging in date from the beginning of human history around two million years ago'.

I'm sure your education was not very different from that of many of us, after all our school days were a while ago, and attitudes to girls' education have altered hugely since then. The only career talk we had was aimed at us becoming nurses (nothing wrong with being a nurse!) but it reflected the attitude of our male Headmaster ( and , to a certain extent, that of my father!) that girls couldn't possibly aspire to becoming Doctors! We were in a way conditioned not to be over confident.

Yes, you are being far too judgemental of yourself, so ((((((hugs))))) and .

nellie I am a great believer in "comfort" reading, and do quite a bit of it. Whatever you read, you are learning!

You are not alone, nellie! Not everyone on GN has had the benefit of higher education, and I'm sure a lot of us use 'escapist' literature to relax and unwind when we could be reading something more worthy. Life gets in the way of all our self-improvement intentions sometimes! When you have a bit more time to yourself and don't have to worry so much about other people, your time will come.

nelliemost of the time I read sci fantasy like anne McCaffreys dragon series

nellie, ariadne and Anagram are quite right, my 'bedtime reading' is usually light which is why this book has surprised me. That and the fact that history was so badly taught and was never my favourite subject.
Like you I do feel I should be reading 'worthy tomes' but hey, reading is not meant to be an endurance test!

Thank you ana and ariadne ,perhaps I shall start a new thread called
Educating Nellie and ask for recommendations of books to read,will start with The one OGM is reading

Nellie please don't be so hard on yourself, not everybody on this site has gone on to higher education, and if they have then their point of view is no more valid than yours and personally I think your posts are some of the most honest and original. Higher education doesn't always equip you for what life may throw at you. As for escapist literature what's wrong with it?,most of us love a bit of escapism from time to time at least we are reading something a bit more substantial than a text message.

Nellie You have an amazing imagination. When I first read your amusing contributions, I thought that you must be a copy writer. You have a terrific sense of humour. You are down-to-earth honest. You are a true "nurturer" of people. You are loved. You are the tops. So there!

Thank you soop and baNANA....sorry seem to hijacked this thread..

Nope! Nellie Fact is that you have a host of admirers.

Education or not, Nellie, you are a superb writer. You involve us in your life with the immediacy of your writing. Maybe memoirs some day?

Annobel That Nellie is a true wordsmith.

[ blush ] .....erm [ blush ] ....lost for words....[ blush ] Thankyou.

Certainly better than gramps with his electrocution!

hope he is enjoying his break in the closet..

Time you got down to Lil's ...the place is in a state of disarray. Apparently Pete's all of a dither because Fifi's managed to get herself banged-up in the cellar...

nellie Have you considered one of those "Creative Writing " courses? There are a lot of them around.

Not that you need a creative writing course, ypou are a naturally creative writer.

I love escapist literature - I have just read several novels by Diane Chamberlain which I ordered from Amazon. She tells a great story and has a nice style. My favourite writer now, though, is Victora Hislop. She spends about two years on research so I will have to wait some time for her next book. Her first three are The Island, The Return and The Thread. I learnt such a lot of history from them, but in a very easy way - she just makes it part of the story of her characters.
I don't think anyone should worry about their level of education- this is just a forum where we can enjoy chatting and sharing our stories. It is not a competition and everyone can make a contribution if they want. And nellie, you have touched all of us with your story which is very well written as well as heartfelt.

Nellie, I agree with Elegran. You would make a wonderful comedy scriptwriter. Why not ask someone in your family to give you a subscription to Writers Magazine as a Christmas present. I always ask DD2 for a subscription to something or other. Currently it's PoultryKeeper

baNANA ninnynanny thinks tatoos are common, reads the DM and the Sun and thinks life is pointless without religion. I don't think we will every be best buddies! Greatnan said this to me re If you were Prime Minister! I've bumped this topic for you to have a look at. Judgemental or not make your own mind up!

I have had a look at the thread in question and I don't think this was judgemental, merely stating what is a self-evident truth - that two members of Gransnet were so far apart in their thinking that they were never likely to have much in common. There's nothing wrong with stating the obvious.

Please someone tell me what bumped means.

It just means brought back into prominence - the Prime Minister thread was an old one and would have had to be retrieved via the Search function.

It means you post something to bring a thread, which may have been forgotten about, or to which you want to draw attention, back into the active threads list.