tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742367813304231523.post4441655379351899343..comments2024-03-26T22:36:54.114+00:00Comments on Rob Donovan - Author: THE PRICE OF A BOARDING-SCHOOL EDUCATION - THE MADNESS OF BORIS JOHNSON (PART TWO) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384235181109204383noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742367813304231523.post-5049435296823310712019-10-19T20:34:39.571+01:002019-10-19T20:34:39.571+01:00Yes - and be ready to have that compassion rejecte...Yes - and be ready to have that compassion rejected! It is too threatening.Louise Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580989515570407192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742367813304231523.post-73498284780447003082019-10-19T20:30:50.346+01:002019-10-19T20:30:50.346+01:00Yes - we need compassion for these false selves, e...Yes - we need compassion for these false selves, even as we struggle to overcome the damage they do as adults.ROB DONOVANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912261189836805409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742367813304231523.post-79146024033154416052019-10-19T18:20:28.904+01:002019-10-19T18:20:28.904+01:00A thought provoking account of the reasons why... ...A thought provoking account of the reasons why... empathy is such an important part of the human being - the ability to put oneself in another's shoes and walk their path in life.. the young boy sent away from home to boarding school will have to find ways to cope - and a false persona ... these young men are likely have hidden from their full emotional range with a stiff upper lip .. I feel for the hurt child who has been buried deep ...leaving them unable to empathise with others as any in pain or need will reflected their own pain and need.<br />And their understanding of the experience of those in need, hungry, homeless,scared, struggling to survive .. empathy will not be part of their emotional life .. Louise Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580989515570407192noreply@blogger.com