{"id":81,"date":"2015-06-04T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=81"},"modified":"2015-06-04T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T16:50:09","slug":"helping-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2015\/06\/04\/helping-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wayne<\/a><\/p>\n

I was so chuffed for my friend Lizzie.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been having hassles at school. But this time she studied very hard for the exams and did really well. She was even top of the class for some of the subjects.<\/p>\n

I gave her some help when it came to life sciences and she even beat me.<\/p>\n

Hah! I must be a good teacher. Mind you, Dad always helps me study \u2013 and I just passed along the hints and tips that he gave to me. Sharing is good when it means that everybody can do well.<\/p>\n

One of my other friends, Wayne, was miffed because Lizzie beat him too and can you believe it \u2013 he was nasty to her. Poor Lizzie was so upset \u2013 she had no clue what she had done wrong.<\/p>\n

I looked at him and asked\u2026 \u201cWhat\u2019s your problem?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he always came first in Maths and he did not like it when somebody else did better than him. Now he would have to work even harder so that he could beat Lizzie in the next exams.<\/p>\n

Oh my hat! What a chump.<\/p>\n

I think you should be glad when your friends do well at something. You should be proud for them too.<\/p>\n

You wouldn\u2019t like it if they were mean to you if you achieved something special. Would you? I know I wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Even if they get a new bike and you\u2019ve got an old rusty one \u2013 so what! Be happy for them.<\/p>\n

Sadly, it seems to me that some people tend to resent other people when they do well. Even if they win the lotto or get a promotion at work – instead of celebrating with the person \u2013 they get all grumpy and mean.<\/p>\n

Lizzie and I went out for delicious ice-cream milkshakes to celebrate the fact that she did well in her exams. We invited Wayne to come with us too \u2013 but he said no-ways. He was too busy doing his maths homework to waste time on having ice-cream. Silly boy!<\/p>\n

Lizzie got to work out the 10% tip for the waitress while I sat back and slurped up the last drops of ice-cream with my straw.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great having smart friends.<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

Word for the week: Chuffed<\/p>\n

Meaning: pleased or delighted<\/p>\n

Example: Sibo was very chuffed when Lizzie came top of the class in English, maths and science.<\/p>\n

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I was so chuffed for my friend Lizzie. She\u2019s been having hassles at school. But this time she studied very hard for the exams and did really well. She was even top of the class for some of the subjects. I gave her some help when it came to life sciences and she even beat … Continue reading “Helping Hand”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}