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I've started a social group for nook owners so we can connect and share & borrow books from each other. It's linked in my signature. Come join us!
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Perhaps, though, you can make things more efficient by giving chapter pre-tests and then only working hard on the concepts they don't yet understand.=
:iagree: I did this with my son with CLE Math. I required him to get 95% or higher on the quizzes and tests in order to move ahead. I let him re-do any missed problems for 1/2 credit. If he didn't get 95%, then he had to do the section leading up to the quiz/test. He got about 6-8 months of CLE done in a short time with this method. (We were coming from RightStart and he had a few holes that we needed to shore up before he could continue with a standard text.)
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Get over to Cary, Apex, Fuquay!
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I would take that to mean Feb. 1, but would ask for clarification because I know people who would consider it to be Jan. 25 (I would call that "this" Wednesday).
I chose "other" because :iagree: with this.
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I chose the Triple Chocolate Overload, however, the word "overload" would probably be a turn-off if I had actually just finished a meal. They all sound delicious!
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I print to a file, but I don't print on paper.
This is what I do too.
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Love it. Posting to fb now.
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This is hilarious.
I fell out of a car when my date reached over to kiss me. I had opened the door to leave (flee) when he started talking again. I leaned back in, but the door didn't close. When he leaned over to kiss me, I moved up against the door to avoid his kiss and the door flew open. I tumbled out and ran into the house. We were both so embarrassed, but how we're FB friends.
Laura
Thankfully, mine wasn't on a date, and the couple in the backseat were dear friends of ours, but same basic scenario. :lol:
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We love the PG Comedy channel. Go to genres, then PG comedy. No languages to deal with. Funny guys and gals like Bill Cosby, Brian Regan, Jim Gaffigan...
:iagree: We discovered this station a couple of months ago and listen to it constantly. I think it has really improved my kids' sense of humor, too!
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My husband and I have talked about it, and we are going to pull him out and find another teacher for him. I have an appointment next week with a highly qualified teacher who raised three boys and I have the names of two others (one who has four boys and the other who takes students as young as three). Thanks for encouraging me to look elsewhere!
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I don't mean this snarkily at all but what behavior do you expect from him when it is time to "work" ?
How would you have handled it had he ignored your repeated requests to do something?
I know 7 year old boys and music lessons :lol: and teachers who aren't good matches :tongue_smilie: but just curious about your expectations.
I expect him to listen and obey and my DH and I have both talked to him about it. However, I also expect the teacher to be able to know how to deal with a wiggly boy.
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Unless, the teacher was always sending notes home for every little frustration. Then I would think either she had a whiney, tattle-prone personality
This seems to be the case. A good teacher works with a 7yo boy who has the wiggles after three days of rain.
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I wouldn't wait until next year. I would start looking immediately for someone who enjoys working with young, energetic children.Do you have to wait until next year? I would change sooner. Ds has had the same piano teacher since he was 6. When he goes through the wiggles he has incentives. 10 min of full cooperation, then a treat. This can be the teacher playing, a quick jog around the building, sneaking up on me and scaring me while I read etc...
My other two boys also take from her and do fine. She starts her lessons in September and ends in May, so that would be a simple time to pull all of them out. I'm going to have to talk it over with my DH.
We've changed the way he practices so that I wouldn't keep getting the "he's not progressing fast enough" notes. I thought that would keep her complaining at bay, but I guess not.
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Dear Robin,
S had a very hard time today at piano. He could not be still even after repeated requests not to wiggle. He did well on what he had practiced but had a hard time focusing on new assignments.
Well, Mrs. Piano Teacher, he is a just-turned-seven year old boy and it has been raining for the past three days. Of course he's going to wiggle. I'm just so frustrated with the notes she sends home with him. For a long time she complained that he wasn't learning fast enough. Now he's doing well, but he wiggles. I just really think she doesn't like him. I will be finding a new piano teacher next year.
We're all looking forward to their gymnastics class tomorrow that MamaT's son teaches. :D
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When I first read your post, I immediately thought of this Jeff Foxworthy routine on the differences between how men and women communicate. I couldn't find it then, but just ran across it again this weekend. The whole thing is funny, but 3:50 to the end is the most pertinent part. :D
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But the OP said it had been authenticated as a Dunlap Broadside. Surely the owners would know this.
But the OP could have gotten them mixed up.
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Instructions for enlightenment:
1. Click link: http://thejeffersonians.com/History%20of%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.html
2. Look at pretty pictures of paper documents, keep a keen eye out for one that looks like the one at the beginning of this post.
John Dunlap was a printer.
His printings were called Dunlap Broadsides.
The one I saw is an authenticated original Dunlap Broadside.
It looks like a William Stone, not a Dunlap Broadside
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:grouphug: praying :grouphug:
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I use multiple cast iron pans everyday. My little side hobby is to find old nasty cast iron pans and rehab them. I have four pieces seasoning in the oven as I type.
I recommend cleaning your well-seasoned cast iron pans with hot water, your fingers and a nylon sponge. After cleaning, dry it off and heat it up on your stove top for about 30 seconds, then wipe it with a thin layer of your oil of choice (I use grape seed oil because it has a high smoke point). After it's totally cooled down, wipe it out again with a clean paper towel and get off any excess oil before you put it away. This will also help ensure that your pans are totally dry and won't rust during storage.
You do need to do this to the outside of the pan until it is well seasoned--that means shiny black--then you only need to do the inside of the pan.
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I got a Roomba a few weeks ago and I *love* it for my hardwood floors. I haven't tried it in my carpeted rooms because they are cluttered with all of our Christmas stuff.
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Your darling husband is swoon-worthy in that tux. Sort of a handsome Kenny Rogers pre- cosmetic surgery fiasco.Whoops, you gave us the wrong picture, that is a pic of Kenny Rogers.
:iagree: with both of the above posters. Handsome!
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I actually make my boys 1) take piano and 2) practice every day.
my email address
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I'll go first. My email address is robin.thebridges at gmail.com . Just send me a nook friend request if you'd like to share books.