Jonathan Mooney

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829 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2021 last heard Dec 2024

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Said, look, you have to tutor the strength as well.

You know, we're so we're so stuck in that.

Like, let's fix the problem, but we got to build the strength as well.

Something else that that facilitated that journey was uh me emerging as an advocate for myself, you know, and that doesn't happen in isolation.

You know, my mom, uh, you know, she's a character, you know, she's like she's like 4'11, she's a little Irish bulldog, you know.

Um, she's got a high-pitched squeaky voice like Minnie Mouse, and she curses like a truck driver.

And if you were a teacher doing wrong by her son, you did not want cursing Minnie Mouse in your face, right?

But that's where my mom was, you know.

We knew she was in the office because every dog in the neighborhood was running away, right?

Um, my mom used to say to teachers, I I heard

This uh in my with my own ears.

She used to say if my son doesn't learn the way he's taught, well, guess what?

Teach the way he learns.

Now, I'll admit that's a little bit of a paraphrase because when my mom said it, there were a whole bunch of F-bombs in there that I left out, right?

But nonetheless, she fought for me.

She fought for my right to be different.

And in doing so, she modeled my right to be different and she modeled how I needed to fight for myself.

So let's lay that foundation for young folks.

But ultimately, for me, the the final transformation was the seed that my mom planted.

That different isn't deficient.

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