RA>When I get obnoxious, I tend to get in a bad mood and go around with a
  >chip on my shoulder just itching for an argument.  Sometimes I find them,
I do that sometimes, too.  Probably we all do.
RA>I think it is also possible that a verbally-oriented person being raised
  >in a language-poor environment may be considered different by the others
  >in his or her environment and come to believe that it is somehow wrong to
  >be verbally talented, sort of like the person with genuine artistic or
  >musical talents born to a family of jocks and being made to feel like
  >there's something wrong with them for not also being a jock.
I'm sure that happens.  Mario has a relative who wants his son to grow
up to be a baseball player.  His son is probably going to grow up to be
a good artist.  His daughter, who he insists on seeing as artistic, on
the other hand ...
                        Sondra
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