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comment by lil
lil  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do You Have "Attitude"?

Yeah, everybody has attitude. I think "having attitude" though is generally defined negatively. If you have a good attitude, they stick the word good in front. Note:

Teacher to Parent: Your son seems to have a lot of attitude.

vs

Teacher to Parent: Your son has a good attitude.

I don't want to set up false expectations. I'm happy to change the titles.





user-inactivated  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think "having attitude" though is generally defined negatively.
not in say competitive sports, or maybe some situation you read about where someone who was raised by a single mom, gangs, coke, worked his way through college etc and was able to do this because of the "chip on their shoulder" (wonderful idiom) -- synonym for attitude but often complimentary.

am struggling to convey