[Sca-cooks] He's back!

[A F Murphy]

When I taught preschool, we tried to avoid saying the children were
being bad or good, as we believed, and wanted to convince them, that
they were essentially good children, although they sometimes misbehaved.
And yes, behavior that is appropriate in the yard is not in the
classroom...  doesn't mean it is bad, just that the teacher would like
to go home with her hearing intact... *G*

And one day, the director came into the room, looked at one of the Usual
Suspects, who was in the thick of the noise, fixed him with her best
Teacher Stare, and asked "Are you being have?? I mean..."

Yes, our use of the word is confusing. It should be "behaving well" as
one can, in fact, behave badly (and many do...)  But it's been shortened
over the years...

Anne


Gorgeous Muiredach wrote:

>
>
> <grin>
>
> The thing is, as a non-native English speaker, I am still beffudled,
> bedraggled, confusededed and dazed about the meaning of the word...
>
> It took me a long while to realize that "good" was implied in the word,
> since I've taken Webster's first definition of the word "to manage the
> actions of (oneself) in a particular way" Which doesnt' imply good or
> bad.  Besides, good and bad are *so* out of focus concepts....
>
> As Webster says again, "to conduct oneself in a proper manner".  But
> what's
> proper in many places is not quite so in others....  <shrug>
>
> Looking up Merriam Webster online:
> Main Entry: be·have
> Pronunciation: bi-'hAv
> Function: verb
> Inflected Form(s): be·haved; be·hav·ing
> Etymology: Middle English behaven, from be- + haven to have, hold
> Date: 15th century
> transitive senses
> 1 : to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
> 2 : to conduct (oneself) in a proper manner
> intransitive senses
> 1 : to act, function, or react in a particular way
> 2 : to conduct oneself properly
>
> Cheers
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach the Odd
> Clan of Odds
> Shire of Forthcastle, Meridies
> mka Nicolas Steenhout
> "You must deal with me as I think of myself" - J. Hockenberry
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sca-cooks mailing list
> Sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/sca-cooks
>