How to get rid of the bad habit of interrupting your interlocutor

13.03.2016
Health, Articles, Explanatory, Humor

We have been familiar with the word “moron” since school - few have not heard this name-calling used by people of all walks of life. Even if this word was not addressed to you, it is still in your vocabulary. But in this article we will touch upon precisely those people who most often heard this word specifically addressed to them. Or did you hide your imbecility from others, but inside you were asking the same question as us - what should I do if I am a moron? In both cases, this article is for you.

The reasons for the emergence of moronism

Since this disorder can be either congenital or acquired, the factors for its occurrence are divided into two categories.
Congenital:

existence in the family of patients with Down syndrome;
lack of vitamins and iodine in a girl’s diet while pregnant;
gene abnormality;
irradiation of a pregnant girl;
genetic predisposition;
excessive use of alcohol, nicotine and drugs;
contact with toxic plants or animals;
severe infectious diseases of the mother;
unnatural way of life;
residence in a contaminated area;
frivolous use of medications.

Purchased:

complicated childbirth;
side effects from viral or enterobacterial infections;
insufficient interaction with father and mother or peers;
traumatic brain injuries.

Hint to him about the importance of self-development

“I fell in love with a moron and I can’t live without him. What to do?" – in the modern world, many girls ask a similar question. This is not surprising. Almost everyone knows that there are much more representatives of the fair sex on the planet than men. Therefore, young ladies begin to “shovel” normal guys as early as adolescence.

Try to hint to your lover that in the modern world it is very important to constantly develop yourself. If a guy spends all his time sitting at the computer or drinking beer with friends, then he has no moral right to be called a man. However, you should not say such things directly to your man.

Even though the representative of the stronger sex is the head of the family, you can manipulate him the way you want. Just say that you want to start reading more books and would love for your boyfriend to join you. Or buy him some interesting souvenir that will awaken in him a desire for self-development.

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Hm... Idiots, they... happen.
Moreover, much more often and in greater quantities than we would like. They were, are and will eat our nerves, time, efforts and so on. Of course, it’s clear to everyone that I’m not talking about a medical disease now. Although there is something clinical in the manifestation of human idiocy. Heh... Let's go! How to recognize an ordinary idiot in life? Idiots are easily distinguishable by some characteristics.
Here they are: 1. These are people who firmly believe that there is only their own point of view.

2. They chronically never listen to anyone when talking. Sometimes it can be difficult to insert even an interjection into their monologue. However, your presence as a listener is vital to them.

3. If you do manage to speak, then you are mercilessly interrupted either with inappropriate comments or stupid questions.

4. As a rule, in order to prove the importance of their person, idiots are rude and do it as if they have every right to do so.

5. According to the degree of manifestation, they are either very loud and destructive or, conversely, emphatically quiet and unnoticeable

6. Usually secretly or openly revel in their power.

7. It feels like you are speaking different languages because they are chronically unable to understand the simplest words.

8. Their behavior often disturbs their state of mental balance.

How to deal with idiots?

Take my word for it... there is no need to fight them. If it is impossible to avoid communicating with them, then treat them as a natural phenomenon. It began to rain. It’s sad, of course, wet, but what to do? Wait, survive and forget. It's the same with idiots. True, there are a couple of saving maneuvers, but before talking about them, I’ll give a classification of idiots that I came up with during my small but difficult life.

There are different types of idiots!

Idiocy can be chronic or periodic. People can be idiots sometimes, but they can be idiots all the time. Sounds funny, but it's true. Sometimes even you can be an idiot. I answer. Or my dad, for example. No, on the whole, he’s a normal guy, a normal person. And sometimes. Well... an idiot, in short. How to pick on some little thing - and let’s ride on my nerves... back and forth, back and forth. Do this, don’t do that, stand, lie down, do push-ups, run, subordination, disposition and whatever it takes! It is useless to argue, and it is impossible to fulfill all demands. Well, I’m a man, after all! I used to be fuming, but now I’m calm as a concrete wall. My grandfather once said a wonderful phrase to me in the heat of one of his quarrels with his father: “Mitya, there is an old saying: listen to your parents - do everything your own way.” Now - peace and grace. Dad gets the reins under his tail, barks some periodic valiant nonsense at the top of his lungs - and I “uh-huh”, put my hat on my ears, sneak out the door and I’m gone. True, this trick doesn’t always work with chronic idiots. More about them later.

Idiots are divided into active and passive. Active ones are “vampires”; the process is important to them, not the result. The topic will be caught, and then it doesn’t matter. They catch with live bait - by reaction, that is. As soon as you respond to them, you can order yourself such a beautiful tombstone. But more on that later. And a little about passive idiots. Passive ones are essentially harmless, but you can’t go on reconnaissance missions with them. Because they have their own laws of life. For every question there are a thousand questions. Sit and explain - and they will ask you the same questions. They don’t exactly set out to harass you, they have the best intentions, but that doesn’t make it any easier for you. And there is no need to mention creative thinking to them. Like, well, brainstorm, find a solution - they will put each question or task (depending on the situation) into a beautiful frame and tie a bow. Isn't that creative? And you can’t argue.

Idiocy in faces

In addition to my dad as an example of active periodic idiocy, I will describe a couple more people as illustrations.

Alexander Stanislavovich - teacher of economics. There was a whole story. The whole class is still giggling. We solved problems in economics. And we have a point system. You collect a certain number of pluses - and minus the exam, that is, an automatic machine. So, I was four points short of the legal “automatic” quarter in economics. I get the test in my hands - and there you go! Three points. I'm checking. I actually made a mistake in one problem, but the rest are fine! I'm coming to find out about the appeal. The teacher tells me: “Your answer is wrong.” And the task is simple. I say: “Let’s check the actions, I want to find the error.” Let's check. The first action is correct, the second is correct, the third is correct, right down to the comma! “Well, I say, then everything is correct?” And he got his way: “Your answer is wrong.” “Well, okay, I say, which one is correct then!” And I’m already starting to boil. “Why are you shouting at me here,” he replies, your answer is zero point five, and the correct answer is one half. Do you understand everything now?” No comments, as they say.

Aunt Zina is a watchwoman. I say: “Zinaida Pavlovna, you need to call. Well, as it should! Mom’s worried at home, just for a minute!” After half an hour of bickering, I break through to the coveted phone, dial the home phone, manage to shout to my mother that I’m still alive and... and that’s it. Because exactly sixty seconds later Aunt Zina presses the phone lever. Did you ask for a minute?

Tanechka is a laboratory assistant at the department. Charming, nice girl. Picture! I would like to sit and look at her. But no more. As soon as this glorious creature opens its mouth, all is lost. You can’t really get anything out of her, she just sits and blinks her charming eyes.

The neighbor's dog, Jules. A rare creature. As soon as he starts barking at someone, he goes all out. It seems that just a little more - he will strangle himself with his own collar. Everything matches its owner. That one, however, without a collar...

There are many more like them in my life, and in your life too. It is important to understand what to do with them.

What to do?

What to do when dealing with idiots:

1. Don't get involved. Either agree with everything or ignore everything. In general, according to the principle of my grandfather.

2. Avoid. As much as possible.

3. Do not be offended and do not make plans for revenge. They will not appreciate or understand your great plans - you will only waste your energy.

4. Don't lose your balance. In no case! Otherwise they will be caught reacting.

5. Do not give in to provocations. If you don’t start, you’ll immediately understand that you’re just being scammed.

What you should NOT do under any circumstances!

1. Argue fiercely. They are just waiting for this!

2. Follow their instructions in the hope that they will quit. They will sit on your neck and go.

3. Try to convince them of something peacefully. Unreal! The maximum you can expect is: “Yes, yes, you are right, but...”

And in conclusion...
Well, finally, I would like to warn you. People are not born idiots (with rare exceptions) - they become idiots. How? Probably very unnoticed. Idiocy is a contagious disease and difficult to treat. So, like, wash your hands before you eat! I mean, take care of yourself. Otherwise, someday someone will take this article and apply it to you. Pah-pah, of course!

Stages

So, what to do if your brother is a moron? First of all, you need to contact a speech therapist and a psychology specialist, who, with the help of lessons based on specialized tasks that characterize the degree of knowledge and logic, and, in addition, the level of social adaptability and attachment to family members, will determine the degree of his debility.

Depending on the level of underdevelopment of mental and psychological capabilities, debility is systematized as follows:

uncomplicated – mental abilities at level 70 (on the IQ scale);
moderate severity - intellectual capabilities reach 64;
severe – less than 60.

Introduce the guy to your parents

What to do if the guy is a moron, but you are afraid to tell him about it directly? A very good option in this case would be to introduce him to your relatives, who are distinguished by their sharp minds and follow the rules of etiquette. You can even ask them to play along with you so that they are twice as diligent.

Also included in the category of useful acquaintances are friends with whom your young man, for some reason, is not yet acquainted. Just tell them: “My boyfriend is a moron, help!” They will support you in every possible way and help you develop a plan that will make “a man out of a monkey.” You should emphasize that you are used to living in a society of adequate and adult people.

How to talk to fools: Advice from famous psychiatrist Mark Goulston

What to do with liars and manipulators

Don't feel guilty

It happens that we suddenly realize that we are suffering in a relationship with an irrational person simply because we do not want to ruin ourselves in our own eyes. We are too scared to admit that bad thoughts like “I hate you and want you to disappear” or “I wish you would die sooner - otherwise I will die” have long been wandering around in our heads.

It is important to realize that the mere presence of such thoughts is normal and does not make you bad, but it is a sign that it is time to stop communicating with an irrational person.

How to talk to assholes: Advice from famous psychiatrist Mark Goulston

Don't even think about continuing the relationship - just leave.

It is quite possible that the person will try to get you back.

In this case, use the following principles:

- Don't react. Don't allow yourself to think that this person's problems are your responsibility or the result of your mistakes. Repeat to yourself: “This is his point of view, his problem, his responsibility.”

- Don't take risks. Don't give this person any chance to twist your words and make you guilty or responsible for the situation.

- Do not resuscitate. Do not allow situations in which a person would try to revive your relationship and begin to manipulate you again. Once you start using these principles, follow through. At first, the irrational person will likely try to get you back into the relationship, but if you don't give in, he will eventually move on to another victim.

Personality disorder test

A quick way to recognize a person suffering from a personality disorder, and it’s easy to use even on a date or when applying for a job.

Ask your partner what has irritated, upset, or disappointed him in the past, and try to understand who he thinks is to blame.

Does it say something like:

“I shouldn’t have stopped painting”?

Or puts it differently:

“I wanted to be an artist, but neither my parents nor my first wife supported me”? If a person suffers from a personality disorder, he will probably begin to blame others - and it will become clear to you that the relationship is not worth continuing.

Six Main Types of People with Personality Disorders

Hysterical:

people of this type need increased attention; They don't like it when someone else is in the center. Such people perceive those around them as spectators gathered to watch another drama.

Narcissistic:

these people consider themselves the center of the universe. Try to talk to them about your interests or needs - and they will immediately become bored or even angry. They expect special treatment from everyone and don’t even think that they burden others with this.

Dependent:

Irrational people sometimes fall into emotional dependence, but now I am talking about those who are constantly dependent on others. They need support: they are not able to make a single decision, are not ready to act independently, and are afraid of being left alone.

Paranoid:

such people need to constantly know where you are going, when you will return and with whom you are spending time. No matter how hard you try to assure them of your loyalty, they are unable to trust.

Borderline:

such people live in a state of permanent crisis, constantly afraid that you will leave them or begin to control them. And that’s why they either idealize you or hate you. The best sign that you have someone with borderline disorder is your constant fear of upsetting them and making them angry, because when this happens, they react out of proportion to the problem.

Sociopathic:

At first, such people often make a very pleasant impression, but they are not able to sympathize and sympathize, and reproaches of conscience are unfamiliar to them. It seems to them that they have every right to do whatever they want to achieve what they want, they don’t care about your feelings, and they won’t hesitate to hurt you if it benefits them.

Don't talk to crazy people if you can help it

Better think about whether you should continue communicating with a person suffering from a personality disorder.

Is there any reason to stay in a relationship if this person is capable of draining all your strength?

You wouldn’t keep money in a deposit account if the bank stopped charging interest, would you?

Surely you will decide to take the money to another bank, where you will be offered reasonable conditions.

The conclusion from our reasoning is this:

If you haven't yet invested too much in a relationship with someone suffering from a personality disorder, consider whether it would be wiser to end it altogether.

I have to deal with people like that all the time - but that's my job. Unless you have a good enough reason, save yourself.

How to respond to an irrational attack - just remain silent

When an irrational person attacks, your first instinct is to hit back. But it won't work.

So don't consider this an attack.

Change your attitude by stopping and saying to yourself, “This is a great opportunity to exercise self-control.”

Then yell or swear at the other person - silently, not out loud! - using any appropriate words. And then don't do anything.

Just take a break.

And then think again: “This is a great opportunity to show self-control.”

If the tonsil continues to choke at the bit, you can silently scream at yourself.

For example, say something like: “Mark, I don’t give a damn about this self-control, let’s just sweep this damn thing away!”

Then take a deep breath and repeat: “This is a great opportunity to exercise self-control.”

By this point, your interlocutor is already waiting for you to go into a defensive position and start screaming, crying or running away.

When none of this happens, he will be disarmed.

Now look your opponent straight in the eye and say, perplexed, but without anger: “Well, well, well. And what was that?”

Let the other person verbally vent to you one more time.

And then say something like this: “I can’t say that I like your tone, but I still don’t want to miss anything: what exactly are you trying to convey to me?”

“Not your best performance, but tell me what you want me to do or stop doing so that this conversation doesn’t happen again?”

At a certain point, if you maintain your composure, your interlocutor will understand that wild bucking no longer works.

Now you can move the conversation to a more positive direction. Even if you don't get to talk to the crazy person on that particular day, you will be proud of your behavior.

How to recover after the victory of a madman - apologize

If a conversation with a crazy person doesn't go according to plan and you lose control, it's possible that you'll say or do a lot of hurtful things.

If this is the case, you should apologize sincerely.

It's very difficult - and yes, I know it seems completely unfair. Because, from your point of view, the irrational person himself brought you to a breakdown.

However, an apology will disarm him and make you feel better.

So go up to the person and say, “I would like to apologize for being so vulnerable and sensitive to what you said.”

Most likely, something else interesting will happen. The person may turn to you and say, “I know my actions disappoint you too.”

From this moment on, your conversation will turn in a completely different direction. I understand that this behavior seems unfair to you.

It’s not you who scream, it’s not you who sobs, it’s not you who says terrible things to others.

Typically, during the confrontation between rational and emotional clients in my office, it turns out that at some point the logical partner, consciously or unconsciously, deeply offended his more sensitive half with coldness, arrogance, reprimand, dismissiveness or mocking ridicule.

This means that both parties are guilty and each of them should apologize. And I just ask you to do it first.

Help the Splinter Accept Rejection

“The Dissectors” are a reflection of the entire Western civilization.

In other cultures, people often hear “no” and learn to live with it. But we are not accustomed to the fact that our desires are not taken into account.

Splitting is a form of manipulation where the splitter tries to get you to play on his side against the person who rejected him.

This is a dirty game that can destroy the relationship between the two people being pitted against each other.

Action plan:

If someone tells you a story about someone they trusted betraying them, check the facts. If you feel like a split is happening, show your interlocutor that you have figured out his trick.

Then talk to him about how to deal with disappointment without falling apart or badmouthing other people.

If a similar situation arises in the workplace, save time for everyone involved in the conflict and call the person who answered “no” while the other person is in your office. If possible, put the call on speakerphone.

This way you will avoid the game of “broken phone” and quickly determine whether the interlocutor is exaggerating and whether he understood all the facts correctly

Ask yourself the question: “How reasonable is the person who told my interlocutor “no”?”

If there is even a slight chance that the person is irrational or aggressive, consider it. If not, then you are dealing with a "splitter". Take a break.

Then look at your interlocutor with an innocent and surprised look and say:

“Before I take a position, maybe you can explain to me why this person answered you no? What exactly did you tell him? We both know him, and he usually behaves reasonably. He wouldn’t hurt you for no reason.”

At this point, the “splitter” often becomes indignant:

“You're both the same. Always take each other's side."

Here's what I said to a family member who was literally paralyzed by the prospect of hearing "no":

“The better you deal with failure, the higher your expectations will be. If the word “no” becomes just a minor nuisance for you, you can dream about anything. But if every rejection knocks you down, your dreams will always be limited.”

A conversation like this requires patience and tact, but by the end of it you will have achieved three goals.

First, you will support the side of the person who said no.

Secondly, show the “splitter” that you have figured out his game. And thirdly, and most importantly, you will help the “splitter” understand that “no” is not the end of the world. Help a person accept rejection, and he will no longer want to manipulate people to hear “yes.”

Flatter know-it-alls for your own good

All the know-it-alls play tag. Their version of the rules goes like this: I insulted you (by devaluing or humiliating), but you cannot insult me (because my confidence in my own magnificence is unshakable).

This game cannot be won, so don't start playing it.

Instead, do something the know-it-all doesn't expect: agree that he's incredibly smart. I'm flattered by how well he understands everything.

Use the following adjectives: wise, thoughtful, intelligent, brilliant, outstanding.

And then say what you want to say: “People would appreciate your intelligence if you didn’t make them hate you.”

This way, your words will match this person’s picture of the world, and the bitter pill will be easier to swallow. If the know-it-all is already in your heart, then such flattery will have to be said reluctantly.

But the trick is to focus on the end goal: getting the person to behave better. If you achieve this with flattery, then the game is worth the candle.

The more you flatter a know-it-all, the less likely it is that he will begin to humiliate you:

If you have to work with a know-it-all, determine in which areas he is truly an expert. When you meet him, start with the following information.

For example, say:

- “You have amazing talent”;

- “You are our best designer”;

— “Your ideas are fresh and new”;

- “You have an excellent sense of color”;

- “Your latest presentation is simply great.”

Next, explain that the know-it-all's actions are detrimental to him, but do it in such a way that these words reinforce your flattery.

For example, say, “Our junior designers can learn so much from you. But when you're sarcastic or cut them off, they withdraw, which means they don't get the potential benefit. I think if you found a way to talk to them as a teacher rather than as a critic, they would learn a lot more from you.”

Always refuse manipulators

Manipulators are a special kind of crazy.

Their behavior doesn't work in the long run because most people turn away from them. But it’s very good in the short term, and such people don’t see beyond their own noses.

Manipulators try to turn their problems into yours, and they will succeed in this if you let them. They will squeeze you out emotionally and sometimes financially. And no matter how much you help them, they will come back next week (or even the next day) for you to help with their next problem.

In the book “I Hear Right Through You,” I offered techniques for getting rid of manipulators.

Wait until they ask you to do something for them and then respond:

“I will be glad to help you. Here’s what you can do for me.”

This works great with small manipulators, but often fails against real professionals.

In the latter case, you will need a more powerful weapon. I know of two approaches to such manipulators. I call them "firm refusal" and "polite refusal." If you are a soft person by nature, use the second option. But, if you have the courage and are not afraid of confrontation, try with all your might to use the first method.

Decisive refusal

Imagine an emotionally dependent manipulator.

Let his name be John. John contacts you every day for a week, whining or completely losing his mind and asking or even demanding that you help him solve his problems.

The next time John starts doing this, do the following:

- Let him speak out, blame someone, whine or complain. - Pause. - Say: “Well, either everything will be fine, or everything will be bad, or everything will remain the same, or none of the above options.” - Let him vent and whine one more time. (And he will whine because he will be upset that the manipulation did not work.) - Take a break. - Say: “Oh, sorry. Or the answer will be different. And what kind of answer this is, I don’t know.” - Let him complain and whine some more. - Pause. - Say: “I don’t think I can help here. I hope everything works out. I'm sorry but I have to go". “If John wants the last word, don’t resist.” Then say goodbye and leave (or hang up).

Here is the version of a decisive refusal that I use. It is similar to the one above.

I say this: “I see. So what now?

While the person is whining, I remark, “It looks like there is a lot that needs to be done, so it would be nice to start dealing with this early. What will you do first?”

If the whining continues, I answer: “Well, I’ll go, tell you later what you decided to do about it.”

After that I calmly leave.

Help the “distorting mirror” earn the approval of its superiors

Nothing deprives directors and managers of the respect of their subordinates more than manipulation by those whom I call “distorting mirrors.” You know who I'm talking about.

Here's what these people do:

- communicate well with senior colleagues;

— ingratiate themselves with their superiors by secretly providing “intelligence”;

- win the love of their superiors by providing personal services, which often benefit the boss himself more than the company;

— setting up more competent colleagues by slandering them;

- manipulated by bosses who have poor understanding of people;

- cope much more successfully with “political games” than with their immediate responsibilities;

- appear more capable to superior colleagues than to peers or subordinates;

- primarily care about their own safety, and not about the needs of others, including the needs of the boss they are courting;

- do not accept accusations or criticism of their actions (or inactions);

- they are afraid of those who demonstrate high results, because their own incompetence is so visible;

- hide their inappropriate and hypocritical behavior by blaming others, apologizing, or minimizing criticism of others;

— nothing stops them when they try to hide their dishonest behavior.

“Distorted mirrors” only appear in those companies that have weak points.

And often the weak point turns out to be a flawed boss, whom such people can easily charm and control.

Such bosses often hide any serious shortcomings, and they are afraid that this information will be revealed. Many of them have unmatched charm and charisma, but they lack business acumen. By providing cover and feeding their egos, distorted mirrors make such bosses feel like they are more competent and admirable than they really are.

What can you do if you show excellent results and thereby pose a threat to the “distorting mirror”, which is trying to discredit you with its manipulations?

Unfortunately, if the manipulator has already charmed the boss, you are unlikely to change his mind.

You have as much chance of turning the situation in your favor as convincing a love-blind parent that their “sweet boy” is lying and stealing.

There is one method based on the fact that the “distorting mirror” has two goals: to flatter the boss and to cover up one’s own incompetence.

The trick here is to help the distorting mirror achieve both goals. However, a warning: do not use this method until you have thought through all the details, including how the situation may turn against you. In particular, evaluate how this will affect your relationships with other colleagues.

You will never make a “distorting mirror” your friend or ally, because you will always be more competent, which means you will always remain a threat. But if you show that you are able to help him achieve his goals, then you will move from the category of enemies to the category of “friends-enemies,” which will make such a person less dangerous.

Action plan:

Think about what this person is actually really good at. Everyone, even the most incompetent, has some talent or ability.

Think about how this trait could benefit your company.

Together with the “distorting mirror”, brainstorm about this opportunity.

Help the “mirror” make a plan and stick to it.

Find a way to draw the attention of your superiors to what is happening so that the “mirror” is praised.

Remember that such a person is capable of sensing a catch and wondering why you would help him if he is constantly trying to set you up. If you are asked this, be prepared to answer.

Source: secretmag.ru

Indicators and symptoms

There are several indicators and traits by which a unified assessment of an individual is formed in the presence of the above disease in a mature person:

low percentage of intelligence;
inability to make independent judgments;
uncontrollable anger;
the presence of oddities;
inability to control oneself;
asociality;
erotomania.

The presence of these indicators makes it possible to determine the degree of debility. So, we already know the symptoms of dementia in an adult. Next, we will find out what to do if the younger brother is a moron.

The following can be observed in a mentally retarded child:

narrowness of thinking;
inability to engage in deep logical reasoning;
The main thing is considered to be only the satisfaction of simple self-care skills;
easily exposed to negative influences;
the most important thing for a baby is fun and joy;
underdevelopment of moral and volitional qualities;
inability to draw complex conclusions;
problem with capturing internal relationships between objects and events;
imaginative awareness;
inertia.

The diagnosis does not affect the auditory perception of music, artistic abilities and other creative abilities. In addition, a distinctive feature of the disease is its outstanding ability to calculate using formulas. However, it is difficult to draw any conclusion in this case.

Copy his terrible behavior

No matter how sickening it may sound, even a level 80 moron will not tolerate from his girlfriend the kind of behavior that he demonstrates himself. Try to do the same as your boyfriend, and if necessary, even embellish some aspects. Don't be afraid to demonstrate a burp at the table or throw a balloon filled with water out of the window.

If a guy notices changes in your behavior, then don’t be afraid to give him an ultimatum that you will behave this way as long as he behaves this way. Use the phrase “Now do you understand what it looks like from the outside?” If your lover has at least a little adequacy, then he will stop behaving like an abnormal person and will begin to change for the better.

How to work with assholes

You could, of course, smooth out all the rough edges in the title by writing something like “How to Deal with Difficult People ,” but what I really want to tell you is how to work with assholes in the full sense of the word. Yes, it’s about idiots and all the “delights” of working with them .

Over the past few months, I have had to communicate very closely with one crazy person (not of his own free will, of course), who fell on me out of the blue. He and I also have a common boss. Yeah, it wasn't easy with him.

Assholes can cause all sorts of damage right in the workplace. They tend to make life very difficult for potential victims. Firstly, we, that is, their potential victims, have to deal with (and often put up with) their tricks . We also have to, in some unknown way, get along with the feelings that their actions awaken in us, and with them themselves, which is an order of magnitude more difficult.

In short, here is the first rule about how to “collaborate” with these kinds of people with whom you encounter every day at work. If the behavior of such a fool does not in any way affect your work, avoid meeting him , or better yet, simply ignore this fiend.

But if you still have to work with him, carefully analyze all the problems that he may be the source of, and understand that it is proportional to his participation in your common affairs.

Draw a line between the feelings he aroused in you and reality.

Most of us do not have the opportunity to simply get rid of an idiot colleague, but we can quite free ourselves from the oppressive feelings caused by such individuals. We are adults, and therefore we know how to separate personal biases and prejudices regarding employees from the subtleties of working relationships with them. Of course, it cannot be denied that our intimate feelings are part of the overall picture of what is happening, but assholes are assholes, and nothing can be done about them.

It is vitally important to dot the i’s: my attitude towards the asshole, and his behavior and possible impact on me are two completely different things.

On top of everything else, my idiot doesn't let me relax even for a minute: I constantly focus on his eccentric behavior, examples of which are hard to come by. Here are its most characteristic features . So he:

almost never reacts adequately to calls to him (no answer, no hello).
refuses to make any decisions, and, therefore, avoids any responsibility for the acts he has committed.
Doesn't even have a lot of knowledge about what he does.
uses passive-aggressive tactics in the process of organizing all kinds of sabotage.
Every now and then he attributes his own evil intentions to innocent colleagues at work.
showing up late for meetings and then grumbling about how he has absolutely no idea what is going on (and also giggling during important meetings).
suddenly falls into a rage.

In short, a sort of deaf, evil dwarf with delusions of grandeur.

Disaster Management Measures in the Form of Idiot Colleagues

Of course, I couldn’t stupidly ignore the idiot because of his 50% involvement in all my projects. It turns out that our destinies are intertwined in ways unknown to me. In short, I continue to struggle with daily difficulties (in my opinion, it sounds a little lofty, but...), and every second I have to decide what to do next.

Here are a few episodes of my own “playbook”:

Friend Initially, I naively believed that simple sympathy would be enough to enlist the support and help of this idiot. Working with an asshole, I kept trying to put myself in his place. I found the right words to encourage our common work as a team, like: “You and I are cut from the same cloth, we are in the same business, let’s do something to bring something to life. Let's help each other! "

But if the idiot has no needs, goals, vision of the future or ambitions, then that's it, the end: the strategy fails completely.

Sympathizer “Sympathizer” is a variation of friend. Instead of focusing on the “positive” aspects of cooperation, I made an attempt to criticize to smithereens all the disadvantages of the company and our sad life together.

A typical comment from him on this matter: “Well, we both have to come to terms with being in this disgusting place... by the way, is there a chance that you will ever answer my e-mail?” (Well, not a moron, huh?..).

Fugitive If you are unable to overcome the obstacle in the form of an idiot who appears out of nowhere on your way, just try to get around it . I did this with my idiot too. But since almost half of the department was under his command, the likelihood of forcing him to do anything was small, and when I communicated with his subordinates, he turned into a real paranoid.

Pedant When working with idiots, it is necessary to use the trial and error method, in other words, rehabilitation psychotherapy is an excellent way to cope with all the quirks of people of this biological species. During my communication with the above-mentioned idiot, I clearly said what exactly I wanted from him, making sure to spell out all the deadlines. If I didn’t get what I wanted by the deadline, I repeated my request, adding: “Notice, this is the second time I’ve asked for this.” Then I waited a day or two, then came back to it with the phrase: “Third request,” and reported everything to the boss.

Emails with an open copy to the boss work best in this regard - you can always use factual confirmation that I did everything I could. This was repeated until something happened. In case of his complete indifference to my “wishes”, I was ready... Well, oh well...

Mirror In a hundred skirmishes (clashes, friendly conversations - call it what you want) with my eccentric, I carefully studied his mood and style of behavior, gestures and facial expressions. If he went on a rampage, I, in turn, went on a rampage. I combined his sarcasm with my own caustic ridicule.

The only problem was that I was stooping to his level, and besides, it didn’t help...

Animal Stare at him threateningly. Speak slowly and calmly. Do unexpected things or do something inappropriate.

Completely desperate and distraught from working with a jerk who had absolutely no understanding of the consequences of his behavior, I realized that I had jeopardized my own career.

Second rule: If the idiot has been with the company for several years, you are probably dealing with a well-connected idiot . They are incredibly annoying and dangerous. It is possible that this subspecies has friends or good acquaintances in “high society.” (He managed to acquire these during his long life).

My idiot has been working here for five years, but I’m relatively new. The reason for his stay here for so long is unclear. Maybe he has high-ranking patrons who are blind or simply turn a blind eye to his “little quirks.” But with a moron who has his own people at the top, you have to be extremely careful. Too many complaints, or just one, but to the wrong people, and you're in big trouble. They cannot and will not get rid of him, and as for you, rest assured, one wrong step - and you are in complete trouble.

Believe me, I experienced this on my own skin. My boss and the people above him constantly defend my asshole. A completely different way of dealing with this miracle was needed.

Like Marie Curie shortly before the discovery of radium, I was driven to despair, very exhausted and absolutely depressed. But some time later my personal major achievement followed. This happened when I discovered two fundamentally important things:

1. Sometimes you need to trust your own intuition . When all sorts of “boss” comment on the shortcomings of idiots, I remain silent - let them say whatever they want - and tactfully agree with their opinion. This, of course, involves shaking the head approvingly, saying something in support of the above, like: “Hmmm. Not good. What he did was very bad." Having calmly listened to everything to the end, I remain, as it were, uninvolved in everything that is happening. As a result, everything happens without my participation. They are happy, and I am happy beyond belief.

2. When what is happening is surreal, surrealism sets the tone for what is happening. Why do I have to be serious? I've already discovered so many ways to be creative and even have fun with my weirdo.

I called one of my know-how “Gaslight” - after the title of the 1940 film of the same name, in which Charles Boyer tries to make the heroine played by Ingrid Bergman convince herself of her own madness by fooling her with all sorts of things with lamps, doors, etc. At work, the technique is this: when talking to an eccentric, try to pepper your conversation with something highly illogical. Answer questions that your crazy colleague didn’t even ask. When he asks you about something, react, for example, with the following phrase: “But you don’t know what we, after all, intend to do in connection with the situation that has arisen in Cuba,” or even more absurd, like: “Hmm, it smells like camels!” But before that, make sure that there are no witnesses nearby, that no one is conducting surveillance. Everything should be clear here – face-to-face and full stop. Now think about it: if to someone who until this very moment considered you an absolutely normal person, your charming weirdo begins to talk about the “strangeness” unexpectedly discovered in you, guess after three tries who will be suspected of inadequacy... (Of course, for In order for this to work, you need to look reasonable in the eyes of others).

All of my above findings and discoveries led me to this conclusion:

Third rule: Treat such eccentric colleagues adequately. Have fun together. It is not necessary to go through all the circles of hell in order to find a way of business “coexistence” with them. Immediately begin to act surrealistically, that is, believe in the reality of arbitrary associations, in the omnipotence of dreams and in the arbitrary play of thought, which, by the way, leads to the constant destruction of all physical mechanisms and ethical codes and their decisive replacement when solving fundamental life problems.

Ultimately, this is how weirdos exist...

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The reasons for the emergence of moronism

Patients often have excellent mechanical memory. They can learn to read, write, and count at the level of a primary school student. However, as soon as they encounter a broad definition, they cannot comprehend it. The patient's mind is able to assimilate only some data or description. Few people know what to do if the older brother is a moron. Usually doctors in this case carry out improving and symptomatic therapy. The following nuances are very important here:

social adaptation;
proper mental development;
special school and labor education;
to reduce anger, sedatives are prescribed;
it is very important to take pharmaceutical drugs;
working with speech therapists who, with a simple form, can reduce the manifestation of debility.

What to do if your brother is a moron and still too young? The following activities are important here:

It is necessary to increase the attention of the father and mother to the achievements of the child. After all, if the baby notices that his parents support him, then this will undoubtedly help in correcting the disease.
Healing depends entirely on the family, since only correct development will help keep the child’s emotional situation normal and keep him under constant control so that he does not follow the lead of negative people.
Therapy for more severe stages of debility consists of continuous supervision by psychological specialists, since teaching a child anything is quite problematic.

Now you know what to do if your brother is a moron. With proper treatment, there is a high probability of achieving a positive outcome. And the person himself will be able to become a component of society, have a full family, work in a simple job, but only on condition that the management treats his situation with understanding.

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There is something wrong with our so-called education... Probably every sane person understands this.

It got to the point that Patriarch Kirill himself was forced to become the leader of the salvation of the Russian language and literature, which Livanov’s department decided to get rid of. Language and literature make bad members of consumer society….

The leader of the Spravoros party, Sergei Mironov, demands the cancellation of the Unified State Examination, education and science reforms, and the dismissal of Livanov before it is too late...

The monstrous situation in the Russian education system is described in an article by Natalia Morsova:

DEBILIZATION OF SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA When sending a child to first grade, parents are convinced that no matter where, they won’t teach bad things at school. Everyone knows that school is a storehouse of knowledge and purgatory of the soul, and education is the key to the future. The main teaching tool is a textbook - a book that contains the most correct, systematically presented scientific and life knowledge. But it turns out we are mistaken. For some reason, the ongoing educational reform in Russia is slamming the door on the future of schoolchildren, and the school is turning into a conveyor belt for the production of ignorance. Modern textbooks kill the humanity in people. Some examples from textbooks make the hairs of not only parents and teachers stand on end, but now yours too, dear reader!

From the history of textbooks

Textbooks appeared several thousand years ago. For example, in ancient civilizations, the role of textbooks and notebooks was performed by clay tablets or parchment - finely dressed leather; in Rus' they wrote on birch bark. In the ancient world, education was valued: in Ancient Greece and Rome, educating children became the norm. In the Middle Ages in Europe, texts of the Holy Scriptures, including the Psalter and Book of Hours, were used as textbooks. One of the first textbooks close to the modern model was “The World of Sensual Things in Pictures” by John Amos Comenius, published in 1658. It was this teacher who proposed considering the textbook as a tool for mass education and upbringing. In Russia, the first textbook (alphabet) was published by Ivan Fedorov in 1574. In the second half of the 17th century, the Printing House produced more than 300 thousand primers and about 150 thousand church educational books, which was a huge amount for that time. Most of these books were available to different segments of the population (Primers cost one penny). “Native Word” by K. D. Ushinsky, published in 1864, went through 146 editions. In Tsarist Russia, and then in the USSR, the education system was considered one of the best in the world.

How were textbooks produced in the USSR, what was their fate?

In the USSR, not only the Ministry of Education, but also the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences was involved in the creation of new textbooks. The only publishing house was Prosveshcheniye. There were special adapted textbooks for schools with non-native Russian languages and for people with health problems. Textbooks are written for programs. The programs were created at the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. The authors of the textbooks were professors and academicians working at leading universities and the Academy of Sciences. Behind each of them was a huge team consisting of doctors and candidates of science, graduate students, and students. Moreover, several teams wrote the same textbook, which means there was competition. In large cities and small towns there were classes where new textbooks were “tested” for several years. Reviewed by scientists and teachers working in schools. And only then did the textbook go through all stages of approval.

After the collapse of the USSR, the democratization of education began, and a decision was made to abolish the unified textbook system. As soon as the conveyor belt for the production of new textbooks started working, the old ones were immediately declared unusable, and their immediate destruction began, including physics, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, and biology. (What didn’t they please?) Teachers and librarians, shedding tears, burned them in the courtyards in front of the schoolchildren. They understood that the textbooks were of high quality; some of them only needed to be edited to take into account changing realities. But nothing was saved from destruction. A rural school teacher recalls: “The picture was difficult - in the schoolyard there was a mountain of Soviet textbooks, many of which were almost new. Schoolchildren brought more and more piles of books, which were loaded into a tractor, which is usually used to take out garbage. And then they were burned. Various unpleasant associations immediately arose. (the teacher refers to the burning of humanistic literature in Nazi Germany). Looking at what was happening, many teachers experienced a state of severe shock. I managed to take a couple of dozen textbooks for my work. The stress from what I saw was very strong.”

How are textbooks written in modern Russia?

Nowadays textbooks are baking like hot cakes. Everyone who is not too lazy writes, because no one checks them. Hence the number of errors, typos and simply utter nonsense - objects and phenomena that do not actually exist. Hastily concocted educational literature is sometimes, due to its unsuitability, immediately written off and sent to waste paper, without having time to get into school libraries. And a huge amount of money was spent on the publication! Most textbooks are compiled without taking into account the age characteristics of children, the fundamentals of education are violated: the systematic order of presentation of the material, moral standards, and the cognitive and educational requirements of educational standards are not taken into account. Such textbooks do not prepare thinking people capable of making independent decisions. They contain a lot of nonsense, abracadabra (according to Ozhegov’s dictionary: abracadabra is a meaningless, incomprehensible set of words, after the Latin name of a magic spell). They have little knowledge to prepare for studying at universities. Therefore, high school students skip classes at school in order to prepare for the Unified State Exam with a tutor. The test education system does not teach children to read, write, or think. “Children are turning into mediocrities and ignoramuses,” worried parents and teachers write to various authorities.

Educational literature is published uncontrollably by both state and private publishing houses, while their writing should be under the control of government services, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Russian Academy of Sciences. But looking at the content, it becomes clear that the matter was left to chance. Who is involved in the creation of textbooks? What is the professional and educational level of the compilers? There is a feeling that it is quite low.

There are several versions available for each subject. The teacher is confused: he does not have a sufficient level of academic knowledge: which option should he choose? The teacher has a completely different task: to convey to the child the most advanced scientific knowledge in an accessible form in accordance with age. The Federal Expert Council (FES) is responsible for assessing the quality of the textbook; now this function has been partially transferred to the Russian Academy of Sciences. To control the quality of textbooks, the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Education was created. As we see, there are many compilers and inspectors, but the textbooks are illiterate, immoral and sometimes unscientific. Carried away by the pluralism of opinions, we did not even notice how textbooks were filled with pseudo-scientific interpretations. The state has many levers of influence on the education system, but these levers are inactive. Many textbooks were published at state expense, so in a number of schools they are distributed free of charge. The rest are for sale; but, as a rule, they are all produced by shell companies that do not bear any responsibility.

The nonsense begins with the first lesson of the first grade. For example, in primary school elements of higher mathematics are introduced to the detriment of the multiplication table. Teachers and parents are concerned: “Simple tasks are formulated in such an ornate and confusing way that it is difficult even for an adult to understand. It feels like textbook authors are trying to create an alternative reality, the goal of which is not to be understood or solved, but to be sold. What these textbooks teach is to confuse the brains of schoolchildren as much as possible. Everything is done specifically to make morons out of children.” Or again: “Children enter first grade with natural thinking, but leave as uneducated zombies, obsessed with fashion, superstars, and sex.”

Lapses in school textbooks have become the talk of the town. The only good news is that teachers, schoolchildren and their parents are not indifferent; they have been fighting for a quarter of a century, turning to the Ministry of Education and Science with a demand to strengthen control over the quality of textbooks. Their cries come from the Internet. But things are still there. Here are some examples from our textbooks that are impossible to pass by indifferently. (To prevent a heart attack, stock up on sedatives).

Now let's do math for the lower grades. You can't imagine more absurdity and immorality. In the third lesson, first-graders are given the definition: “A polygon is a closed line without self-intersections.” Can a 7 year old child understand this?

Or: problems for 1st grade: There were 5 apples growing on the maple tree. 2 apples fell. How many apples are left on the maple tree? How many legs are there on the path? (4 hedgehogs are drawn). Children answer - 16. But the correct answer is 8. Why? Because it turns out that hedgehogs walk on their hind legs?! Task: Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Owl came to the donkey for his birthday. They cut the cake so that everyone got 2 pieces. How old is the donkey?

Problem: Five fish were sitting on a branch, two more arrived. How many fish are there?

Problem: Mom bought five packs of salt. We ate two packs at lunch. How much is left?

Problem: 22 girls walked in the forest and found 88 mushrooms. Then half the girls got lost. How many times are the number of mushrooms greater than the lost girls? (I wonder what mushrooms the girls picked?)

Problem: Mila ate 19 grams. powder, Roma ate 16 grams. powder, Olya ate 17 grams. powder. What are the children like now? Problem: The hen laid 4 eggs, and the rooster laid 2 eggs. How many more eggs does a chicken have? Task: Thorn the Hedgehog gave Fedya the hare 1 apple. How many apples does Fedka the hedgehog have left? Problem: 5 cucumbers were picked from one bed and the same number of cucumbers were taken from another bed. How many tomatoes were harvested from two beds?

Task: (the picture shows a cat) The cat Murka gave birth to puppies. How many puppies did Murka have?

A textbook on mathematics for the fifth grade by Latotin and Chebotarevsky. Here are a few tasks:

Problem: The length of the Yangtze is 509 km longer than the total length of Jialingjiang, Hanshui and double-counted Yalongjiang, 104 km longer than double the total length of Yalongjiang and Hanshui, and 4476 km longer than the length of Yalongjiang. Find the lengths of Yangtze, Yalongjiang, Jialingjiang and Hanshui, given that the total length of Jialingjiang and Hanshui is 2643 km.

Problem: One patient in a psychiatric hospital did not have time to be given a sedative, how many orderlies will he have time to bite if he moves at a speed of 20 km per hour and will he have time to reach the head doctor, whose office is located at a distance of 1 km.

Problem: In a psychiatric hospital there is a chapter. a doctor and a lot of crazy people. For a week, each crazy person bit someone once a day. At the end of the week it turned out that each of the patients had two bites, and Ch. doctor - one hundred. How many crazy people are there in the hospital?

Task: The aliens who visited school N are very different from the inhabitants of Earth. Each of them has 4 arms, 4 legs and 2 consciences. How much less of all the things listed does the student of this school, Stepan Stulchikov, have, if it is known that he has as many arms and legs as an ordinary person, but has no conscience at all?

Task: Primaziche found 96 small shkledulki in the field. And Primazenok found 64 little boxes. How many more shkledulok did Primaziche find than Primazyonok?

Problem: Dad, mom and older sisters are having dinner, and the younger brother Vasenka is sitting under the table and sawing the table leg at a speed of 3 cm per minute. How many minutes will it take for dinner to finish if the table leg is 9 cm thick?

Problem: At exactly two o'clock in the morning, a bucket of water will be thrown from the balcony of the twelfth floor. The water will reach the ground in 9 seconds. How many minutes does the cat Tarzan have left to be dry if he, sitting in the very place where the water will fly, began to sing his favorite song at midnight and has been singing for 1 hour 57 minutes and 9 seconds?

Problem: Let's say that you decided to jump into the water from a height of 8 meters and, after flying 5 meters, changed your mind. How many more meters will you have to fly against your will?

Problem: One grandfather was hunting cockroaches in the kitchen and killed five and wounded three times as many. Grandfather mortally wounded three cockroaches, and they died from their wounds, and the rest of the wounded cockroaches recovered, but were offended by grandfather and went to their neighbors forever. How many cockroaches went to the neighbors?

Task: Mitrofan the cockroach takes a walk through the kitchen. For the first 10 s, he walked at a speed of 1 cm/s in the direction of the north, then he turned to the west and traveled 50 cm in 10 s of standing, and then in the direction of the northeast at a speed of 2 cm/s he traveled a distance of 20 cm. Here he was overtaken by a man's foot. How far did the cockroach Mitrofan travel?

Problem: 14 children learned to swim. Three of them do not yet know how to swim, and two have already drowned. How many children have learned to swim and how many have not drowned?

Problem: A squirrel with paws full of nuts was placed on a horizontal table and pushed towards the edge. The squirrel understands Newton's laws and prevents itself from falling to the floor. How?

Task: Flint's personal parrot learned 1,567 curse words in different languages. 271 swear words in English, 352 in French, and 127 in Spanish. The rest of the curse words were taken from the great and mighty Russian language. How many curse words have you learned from the Russian language?

Task: Janitor I.I. I found an imprint of three boxes, each 1 inch high, on the floor of the barn. Could these boxes contain 6 three-liter cans of the latest rocket fuel?

Challenge: A Colombian farmer harvested 4 tons of coffee beans. Of these, he sold 940 kg to a chocolate factory, and placed the remaining cucumbers in 68 bags. How many kg of coffee beans are in each bag?

Learning to count: 7x3=24. 6x6=32. 12:2=12 (see math workbook).

Task:

From the geometry textbook for the 8th grade we learn: A quadrilateral is a figure consisting of four segments such that one of the ends of the first segment serves as the end of another, the other end of the second - the end of the third, the other end of the third serves as the end of the fourth and the other end of the fourth - coincides with the end first. (Was this definition really written by mathematicians? It looks like it was written so ineptly by a third grader. What’s wrong with the old, professional definition?)

Georgia. "India is a continent."

Story. Now, instead of the history of the development of civilizations, schoolchildren receive “History in Pictures.” Here there is something about primitive savages, something about knights - everything is unsystematic, everything is mixed up. The World History textbook for the 6th grade mentions dozens of names of kings and kings, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren from the Czech Republic, France, Russia and other countries. From a jumble of text with the names of Chinese poets, popes, etc. schoolchildren cannot identify significant historical events and major figures, while Alexander Nevsky was mentioned only once.

History test: choose the correct answer: when did the battle near the village of Prokhorovka take place? 1. - 20th century. 2. - 1943 3. - during the Great Patriotic War. 4. - during the Second World War. (which one to choose if all are correct?)

Now let's move on to literature. Let's open Kanakina's textbook for 3rd grade. Task: Insert the missing unstressed vowels and check the stress of the word “on z…re”. Children check the word “zorka” with emphasis and write “zorya”. While the word “dawn” is not checked by stress. This is how illiteracy is formed. Open the next exercise in the same textbook. You need to find an antonym for the word tears. But there is no antonym for the word tears. Test: Did Onegin love Tatiana? 1 - yes. 2 - no. 3 - not very good. 4 - not always. (Unhappy Onegin! Poor Pushkin!) Or: in the textbook for the 3rd grade on literary reading (Atamura publishing house 2010) it is written: “A.S. Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799... Pushkin died in a duel in 1937.” (Was he killed in a duel at the age of 138?) Or: “.. And the crackle of an exploding brain.” (Yes, this kind of literature knocks you off your feet, you fall into tartar with your brain exploding).

The picture is the same with physics. There are many errors and typos in the diagrams, definitions, formulas and calculations. An indignant dad says: “Physics textbook for 10th grade - 73 grammatical and factual errors.” I wonder if the experts checked? Of course not. From a physics textbook we learn that “Liquid on Earth is most often found in some kind of container.” (I wonder, what about rain, a stream, an ocean - also vessels?)

Task: Is it possible to compress a brick? Do an experiment and find out whether liquids are compressible. (So what should be compressed: a brick or a liquid?) Etc. To a father’s question to his son: “What problems do you solve in physics?” The son answers: “What problems? We make presentations." It’s good if an educated father can explain it to the boy. And if the other boy doesn’t have such a father, what then?

Let's figure out how the subject is studied using the presentation method? This is a retelling of material downloaded from the Internet. The student read an incomprehensible report and immediately forgot what he had read. His listeners did not understand him either. If there are no problems in mechanics, then there is no need to talk about the formation of conceptual thinking in physics. And yet there are problems in physics, but what kind! For example: “A branch fell from a tree onto a running deer. The deer noticed that she fell along a parabolic trajectory. He determined the speed at which the branch fell. Help the deer calculate the volume of the Earth." Or another physics problem: He dreamed that he turned into a capacitor, which some fish-like creature was trying to connect to an alternating current network with an oscillation period of 0.1 s. He woke up when he felt with horror how a current with an effective value of 0.5 A began to flow through him. What was the amplitude of the voltage?

The favorite subject of all children is “natural history” - not difficult, exciting, educational. The item is now called “The World Around You”. What amuses and depresses is not the name of the object, but its content. Introduction to nature teaches children how to live in the world around them and lays the foundations for conceptual thinking. However, The World Around us is full of stupidity and anti-science. Let's take a series of textbooks authored by N.F. Vinogradova and G.S. Kalinova. (publishing house, Moscow), in which, instead of a systematic acquaintance with nature, there is a meaningless okroshka. For example: “Crabs have no claws on their walking legs. Crayfish have them, but only on the two front pairs of legs. But crabs don’t have them at all”?! Or: “Did you know that fir and spruce are different types of trees?” Or: “What will you do if the train is moving and the rails are dismantled?” Draw what the sound of rain looks like, the rustling of leaves, thunder, the crunch of snow, the singing of a frog?! (Don't the authors know that you can draw an object, but you can't draw an action?)

Draw Fusya and Karkuzyaba?! - (And who is this?)

Write an English song: Pretzel - mendel - sausage! The pig soared into the sky! And one guy grabs it and throws it in a net! Grab her - and into the forests! Pretzel - mendel - sausage! (no comments, because complete dullness sets in).

Assignment: Name the objects that decorate a man’s body: lip, eyebrow, foreskin. (I wonder where the objects are here and what is their beauty?) Or a conclusion: A stingray can kill a person with an electric shock. (but the picture shows not a stingray, but a burbot; burbot does not have an electrical charge). Assignment: place the words in two columns: chalochka, plimchik, rapunok, machine, maravey, tweedled. (I wonder how to divide this abracadabra into columns?)

From the textbook “The World Around us” for 2nd grade we learn: how to “get away” from fly agaric mushrooms? It turns out that “if someone eats a fly agaric, his state will be similar to that of a very drunk person, when his head is spinning and all sorts of strange visions are seen” (p. 27, “The world around us, 2nd grade”). What if parents are not vigilant enough and cannot explain to their children that “being around fly agarics” is bad? After all, a child may want to experience tempting “visions.” In the same textbook, children learned that the thickness of the Earth's atmosphere turns out to be 1000 kilometers (p. 27). On pages 33 and 42, the compass shows east on the left and west on the right. But it should be just the opposite. Or another example: a scale of 1:25000 means that 1 cm contains 25000 cm = 250 m (and not 250 km (!!!), as it is written in the same textbook. And this is a gross mistake.

Page 44 contains the following nonsense: “Who do you think will deliver a letter to the recipient faster - an airplane, mail or a pigeon?” The children answer in unison: airplane. But the correct answer is: dove. The children are perplexed. It turns out that it was necessary to take into account the bureaucratic obstacles preventing the plane from taking off. On page 78 we find: “The wind carries birch seeds 2 km, and ash seeds 20 km. Maple seeds fly almost 90 km.” My parents dug through mountains of materials on biology, and it turns out that we are talking not about kilometers, but about meters. The authors simply confused meters with kilometers.

It’s amazing how such a textbook passed peer review and went through three (!) reprints (2008, 2009 and 2012, Ventana-Graf Publishing House)? Moreover, it was included in the federal list of textbooks recommended for use in the educational process, and its team of authors was awarded the Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of education.

Previously, botany began in the 5th grade. Now in the 5th grade, “The World Around us” continues in the form of stories about nature without any logic - all the same okroshka as in elementary school. Finally, the subject “The world around us” in the 6th grade develops into biology, where we learn: that when providing first aid for a burn, you need to pour potassium permanganate on the burn?! (and the authors would not like to experience the effect of potassium permanganate on a burned area). Or an assignment on human physiology: a brainless woman married a brainless man. They had a child with a brain. Suggest answer options for the inheritance of this trait.

Assignment: A six-nosed woman, whose parents had one nose, marries a one-nosed man, whose mother has 6 noses and whose father has 1. The only child in the family has six noses. What is the probability of having a six-nosed child in a family if single-nosedness is dominant?

Zoology logically suggests itself to replace botany. And then in the 8th grade - anatomy, and already in high school - general biology. That is, a logical pyramid is built: flora and fauna, which are subject to the general laws of development. Now there is none of this, everything is studied mixed up - botany, the animal world, humans, and general biology. Apparently, this is why schoolchildren are asked an awkward question to which there is no answer: does it happen that your heart beats for no reason? (and if there is no reason, then the heart does not beat?)

In the social studies textbook for the 5th grade, schoolchildren aged 10-11 are asked to describe ways to get rid of bad habits - alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction. Do children really have a lot of experience in acquiring bad habits in 5th grade? In the 8th grade social studies textbook on the topic “the world of social relations” it is written: “Children of the poor do not receive enough parental care. At school the situation worsens even more, since teachers not only do not surround them with due care, but strive to survive from school”?! It also says that abortions cannot be performed at home. (Lord, forgive them! For they do not know what they are doing!)

Teachers are discouraged; they rely only on the wit and intelligence of the students, or rather their parents. Previously, the texts of tasks and assignments were taken from the Russian language and the best examples of world literature, from the surrounding human life, which means that children were instilled with a love for the Fatherland, for nature, for family. Now the principle of scientific presentation of information has been replaced by an invented kaleidoscope of non-existent phenomena and unreal pictures. All these kalushas, lyapups, tweedledee, plimchiki, shkledulki, fusi and karkuzyabs are not even science fiction, since science fiction is based on scientific facts and logical conclusions.

Free use of educational literature leads not only to funny blunders (see Ozhegov: blunder - error, slip of the tongue, omission). Here the matter is much more serious: confused schoolchildren are deprived of the opportunity to learn the basic rules of life, they do not learn to take care of themselves, they do not understand that they must respect elders, help a friend, protect the weak, care for flowers, feed birds, they do not know nature , nor society. They are taught cruelty and indifference, they are turned into human trash. It is criminal that modern educational literature kills the humanity in a person, when the soul fades and the spirit goes out.

How did you like the textbooks? In them everything is turned upside down: vile baseness appears as a virtue, and true dignity as a vice. But our children and grandchildren learn from such textbooks!

Is it impossible to defeat Russia? At one time, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck said that Russia could not be defeated. But you can instill false values, and then it will destroy itself. It seems that the “iron” chancellor’s prediction is coming true: Rus'-Troika has lost its way from the high road of humanity and is rushing downhill at an accelerated pace, dragging along helpless old people and newly born babies. We voluntarily fall into the abyss of vices and false values: over 25 years of destructive fall, we have approached self-destruction as quickly as the numerous hordes of conquerors of the Russian land failed to do.

The question arises: have we voluntarily moved into a ditch that stinks of rotten Western pseudo-culture? Most likely, this is a conscious policy aimed at the mental, physical and moral degradation of the younger generation. And the adult population of the country, discouraged by the sharp turns of history, poorly understands what experiments and experiences they are being subjected to. A massive attack by the West, fueled by big money (the foundation of George Soros, a financial swindler who has been printing textbooks for Russian schools for free for a quarter of a century), is aimed at destroying the education system in Russia, while officials from education, culture, and the media did not want or were unable to resist the powerful pressure .

And now we are reaping the benefits: the school education system is destroyed. We need to start all over again!

An uneducated, morally degraded people is fertile ground for any conqueror. (Human degradation is the loss of his inherent abilities and qualities, which is accompanied by the loss of judgment, talents and feelings). It manifests itself in apathy, social indifference, lack of will, drug addiction, cruelty, lack of spirituality, compassion and love. A person loses mental balance, efficiency, activity, and life guidelines. Even laziness is a manifestation of degradation. A person isolated from nature, who lives only by satisfying his needs and lusts, has every chance of degenerating morally and intellectually.

PS I would like to comment on everything told by Natalya Morsova as follows.

Comparing the old Soviet education system, such as the one in the USSR and today’s, you inevitably come to the understanding that Joseph Stalin’s fight against the “enemies of the people” was not at all some kind of extravagance, he had the education of a clergyman and knew who to fear and what to fear, therefore I personally checked every textbook, every movie, every performance that came out in our country for lice!!! And the result was amazing! If you don't believe me, watch old movies.

And now no one in Russia does any testing for “psychoviruses”! It would seem like a paradox! To protect personal computers from various “worms”, “Trojans”, “viruses”, “spam” and other malicious infections artificially created by evil programmers, there are already dozens (!) of anti-virus programs, but children’s brains do not seem to need to be protected from the same harmful infection created by the evil-minded textbook compilers, who perfectly know the main principle of life: “what goes around comes around”!

But those who are from God sow divine things, and those who are from the devil sow devilish things...

And at the same time, the latter shout that we have “democracy” in our country, and there should be no censorship anywhere, they say, in our country “freedom and openness extend to everyone”: both those who are from God and those who are from devil...

Or maybe these shabby “tares” should be reminded how their activities threaten to end?!