This is Doris!
and she’s in the kitchen
Together with Emma
They are cooking up a symphony
That will paint Ireland pinky red
Or better still Magenta
As they succeed in bringing
Psychiatric Assistance Dogs to Ireland!
Together they have lobbied politicians and the
Minister for Disability Issues
Finian McGrath
To compile a proposal to Government
Granting public access rights
To Psychiatric Assistance Dogs
So that people, like Emma, who live
With mental health conditions
Can bring a trained Psychiatric Assistant Dog
With them to public places
Just as users of Guide Dogs for the blind
Or Autism Support Dogs have benefitted
From their canine companions
And Doris will be an “extraspectacular” Psychiatric Assistance Dog
Being the first of her kind in Ireland!
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And…
Did you know that…
Magenta Ain’t A Colour
By Liz Elliott
Magenta is an “extraspectral” color.
Sir Isaac Newton noticed that magenta did not exist in the spectrum of colors from white light when he played with prisms.
But when he superimposed the red end of the spectrum on to the blue end, he saw the color magenta (this can be done with two prisms to make two spectral spreads, “rainbows”):
Magenta is the only color that does not exist as a single wavelength of light
For more interesting facts and optical illusions check out…
http://www.biotele.com/magenta.html
Le grà,
Mindfully Marie xx
Highest achievers?
The results of Ireland’s Leaving Certificate State Exam were released on the 13th of August.
This exam is the culmination of five years of study and it holds the key to the future of many students.
For months before the exams, which are held each year in June, two things happen.
1. Some students don’t cast the upcoming exams a thought.
2. Some students stress themselves to the point of mental and physical distress over sitting these exams.
For weeks before the results are released in August, two things happen.
1. Some students don’t cast the upcoming results a thought.
2. Some students stress themselves out worrying about the outcome or points they will achieve.
And that is the story of life.
The students at 1. above, takes things in their stride, they do not struggle with their emotions or become anxious.
The students at 2. above, are predisposed to an anxious nature. They struggle to handle their emotions and cope with stress.
And that is the human story or condition. We are all different, in how we see the world and how we cope in the world.
The Leaving Certificate acknowledges the high achievers and rightly so! It tabulates the results and rewards students accordingly. It is a grading system. It however, fails to grade students on how they function and cope emotionally or psychologically.
So please consider a few important things.
1. Look past the A4 sheet of Academic Outcomes and see that each student, teenager, boy, girl, non-gender, behind the A4 grading system is individual, unique, different and consider how they truly feel. They may not be the highest achiever in maths or biology but they might be the highest achiever in resilience or mental health management.
2. Don’t compare them to others. It doesn’t matter what their friends or peers got. Don’t expect them to get the same results. Do expect them to react or cope in very different ways and be there for them, if their world falls apart. Be calm, be capable and let them see that by supporting each other this will all work out!
3. If you are a teacher or parent and your student, son or daughter haven’t reached the exam stage yet, then make the most of it! Tell them, right the way through school, how unique and different they are. Watch out for and acknowledge their high achievements, whether it is academic or simply turning in for school. Remind them that they have numerous talents, some of which will be uncovered academically and many, many more which will only surface when they study at the college of life!
Le grà,
Mindfully Marie xx