Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ : Daniel Goleman

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She probably doesn't even have children of her own. Maybe if I wanted to persue it I could write a letter to the principal?

I don't think you over reacted at all. I don't think her response was correct. And you checking with Nurse on Call that your beliefs were correct is what i would have done.

I just found it interesting that when the interaction occurred, you believed that it had something to do with you being a SAHM. Whether the receptionist thought about this at all, i don't know.

But later in your post when you had worked out that what she had said wasn't true (re conjunctavitis and keeping kids home), you made this comment.

She probably doesn't even have children of her own. Maybe if I wanted to persue it I could write a letter to the principal?

So making the assumption that she doesn't have kids.

I guess the difference is that the first bit of the story, you thought she was telling you things DUE TO you being a SAHM, and the second you found her info to be inaccurate and then said she she probably doesn't have children of her own.

So Assumption and reaction vs evidence and then asumption

Maybe i am just talking in circles?