New School Year

Chyeah, in a public school?

Anyways I haven't done it yet considering how packed the school is now. I have to find a route for all my classes and such avoiding really busy areas, and i don't want my feet trampled.
Sorry I haven't been on in a few days, but homework

 

You should definitly go barefoot, and tell me how it goes. Im moving to a city school and im not sure if I should even try. If you go barefoot I'll have so much respect for you haha =P oh and to answer furthur into your question, if people are "Shocked" or think your crazy just say fuck em,
plus being a little crazy is a good thing

 

lol! I've done it before many times, just this year the school is PACKED! I figure I'll start this monday and then report in how it goes. Promise

 

Ha, you wouldn't want to have me as an instructor, I specifically ban bare feet and open-toed shoes in my classes. :biker:

 

I never realized schools were boot camps.

Seriously, my school isn't an exception (in France that is), we allow our students to wear pretty much anything they want, and i am fine with that. I dont care if they have shoes on or not, blue mohawks or designers clothes, provided they pay attention in class and try to learn something.

But yes, sometimes i dislike the distraction thats created by extremely low-cut necklines, underwear thats completely apparent, girls pulling out mirrors in class so they can do their hair or retouch their make-up or simply spending an hour commenting on what i'm wearing today..
I seriously doubt that me resenting that makes me a tyrant.

 

Oh, the rage :devil:. The funniest thing is I was referred to as "oppressive", "imperious" and "authoritarian" by my fellow instructors and by students alike, yet I'm one of the more beloved and popular instructors in all schools I teach in (I am a perpetual adjunct). My guess is that everyone else is bending over backwards to kiss the students' asses, and I'm not, and it is seen as different and exciting.

Might also have something to do with the fact that I know my stuff and have a rockin' accent.

Worked so far (10 years and going strong), classes are full and they bring me back every semester...

 

I wouldn't say you are "beloved and popular" among people who describe you as "oppressive", "imperious" and "authoritarian". Deluded maybe, but not beloved and popular. Repped down for coming to a sub-forum called "Barefoot" to spew your junk about hating bare feet. Why then are you here? You are a troll.

 

[ You are a troll.[/QUOTE]

This is not necessary. Not everyone appreciates the appearance of bare feet.

That is why we have this forum.

 

True. But for someone to come in here and start lashing out in one way or another is them defending a belief, or viewpoint, or inner issue, etc. in a offensive / predatory manner. So what are they defending? This is not a politically, financially, or economically charged issue, but people of like mind sharing their love of freeing their feet [from what equates to casts for the feet] which has zero effect on these visitors save appearance. Is it podophobia? What would be the purpose of having any shame over any part of the human body? (That's a low vibration and can lead to a downward spiral.) Historically the Churches have repressed humanity's sexuality and overall freedom with their bodies which spawned an underground "counter-culture" in response to the repression of freedom of expression which is largely why [American] society is so anal-retentative today, and the reason why forums like this exist.

 

Nah. I don't hate bare feet, I just hate the people who go barefoot.

JOKING, JOKING! :devil:

As far as authoritarian vs. beloved. When a (more or less orderly) student in an otherwise unruly class tells the young instructor who is acting ten shades of lost "Just give us an order like <Olgierd> does!" it says something.

Believe me, if I sucked or overstepped boundaries, I would've been sacked a while ago. I live and die by student feedback (most if not all adjuncts do). Now I may be delusional, but ten years of the same delusion tend to reinforce it.

Outside of the classroom, I actually find barefooters somewhat fascinating. Whatever you may say, bare feet are a middle finger to the established order. I haven't yet met anyone who walks barefoot and doesn't consider it at least a LITTLE BIT of a statement. It's funny and odd as hell to me, moreso because when I teach I represent the "established order" or "the man", if you will. I think part of me likes being "the man".

Personally, I'd never walk barefoot anywhere outside of my shower. I wear socks to bed. I hate the feeling to the point it makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. But as for "you people" - right on and more power to ya. Don't you dare quit. Without you, my life would be a shade more boring.

 

This thread has taken an interesting turn. I don't go barefoot to make a statement, I just don't like shoes :2thumbsup:

Anyways, I did it today and went fine like i thought it would. But I will never go barefoot in the cafeteria (except that one time my flip flop broke). It's just so nasty in there :ack2:

 

I remember back when I went to school. Once I decided to try chewing tobacco in class and I thought I was gonna get busted so I swallowed it. Needless to say never tried that one again, went back to smokin' in the bathroom or the janitors closet

 

Exactly!

:2thumbsup:

 

That's all i'm saying. :book:

 

Isn't that a statement?
Actually, it's the one statement all barefooters share - the reasons for not liking shoes may be different, but ranging from disliking them to hating them with a vengeance, us barefooters don't want to fall victim to the shoe monsters.



:sunny:

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

Haha, dang! I guess you got me there
But yeah, shoes. Who needs em. It's not like it's even a big deal unless other people make it so. I just don't see the problem.

 

Gah, I'm gonna miss my shoe-less, woodland adventures. I love taking my dog for walks, and splashing in the puddles, feeling the nice cool rain water on my bare feet...
But school...it ruines everything. Now I hardly have time to read, draw, knit, and do nothing
I HATE IT!

Shoes suck... but I won't be thinking that after a little while goes by and I'm layering and wearing hats and mittens...

 

Aggh right!?! I can't do anything because I'm up to my eyeballs in homework all the time.

And yeah, no shoes and two feet of snow just isn't my thing.

 

That's sad to hear, really. However, even if you are busy, you should take a little time, and if it's just a few minutes every day, to get some bare Earth under your bare feet to gather a bit of positive energy. It's refreshing for body and soul, will lighten up your spirits and it will make you happy...
:sunny:

Whenever I feel stressed or need some good vibes and positive energy, I go out - most often on Sundays, before the new week of office work starts - and touch bare soil, sand and grass with my bare feet, walking slowly to get the maximum of feeling underfoot. Then, to gather some more positive energy, I do the following exercise:

planting my bare feet firmly onto the earth (best on soft grass or bare soil, that being Mother Nature's bare skin), my arms just dangling loosely at the side of my body, I raise my arms up, breathing in, bringing my hands together over my head, then drawing them down, folded in front of my chest in the Namasté greeting position, then exhaling slowly, releasing that position and letting my arms fall back into the initial relaxed position.

When I breathe in, I envision drawing up good vibes, positive energy and pure love from Mother Earth while raising my arms and putting it into my heart, when I am in the Namasté greeting position. When exhaling, I release fatigue, stress, fear, sadness and let it evaporate into the air around me, to be blown away by the wind. Repeat that a few times - it takes only minutes, too - and I'm sure you will feel happy, relaxed and refreshed.

Of course, in taking some of that positive energy from our Great Mother, I sometimes also feel that I have to give something back - that's what hugging a tree is for, barefoot, of course.
:daisy:

Even if we sometimes are pressed hard by schedules, assignments, homework, whatever-else-may-pester-us, we need to let our inner flower child out to play and to make us happy and keep us sane - even if it is just for a few minutes a day, as I wrote above.

Love and Light,

~*Ganesha*~