My kids are colour blind! :001_huh: How big of a role do the colours play in the lessons, and are there any similar math programs that don't involve colour?

Lift the lid and see what's up. But sprinkle yourself in holy water first.

Ouch. Someone help me wash the salt out of my wounds! :tongue_smilie:

I thought Team USA would win tonight, too. The Canadian team does NOT have it all together right now. They're just not very cohesive or consistent. They just threw a bunch of talented guys together and hoped their lot feel in pleasant places. I'm actually GLAD we lost - our team NEEDS another game to get their stuff together before the quarter-finals. And I gotta say, Brodeur has been outshined by both the Swiss AND American goaltenders. If he saved goals half as well as either of them, the last two games would have been WAY less stressful for everyone.

I'm only addressing the issue here, not you personally - I still find myself biting back the word "retarded" occasionally (and I have two delayed children), only because I was raised in a culture where it was a totally normal insult. There are a whole lot of people out there who would use the *n* word as a racial slur - against a caucasian. Eg, "You are acting like such a N****." They were never, in a million years, say it to (or even possibly about) an actual African-American; that would be pretty bold. But to slip it into conversation in such a way that no one is around who actually understands are is personally affected by it it much easier (and more subtle). It still betrays a prejudice against a certain people, but one that we all know in our hearts is wrong, so we don't dare actually say it in company who would be offended. It only goes to show that we know better, and we're perfectly capable of controlling it - when we really care enough, or when it might affect US.

On facebook, about 75% of my Canadian friends have some game hype in their status. Only ONE American friend does, and she just mentions it in passing as a thing she's doing tonight. I think it's funny. :lurk5:

Taylor Lautner is what, 16? Hm.... Jail Time vs. Taylor Lautner.... I might actually consider that a decent trade. That is, uh, if I weren't morally opposed to it in every way. Of course. Yeah, that. :tongue_smilie:

I hate the word 'Za, but every time I play scrabble it both saves my butt *and propels my score above everyone else's*. So, though I hate it, I'm grudgingly accepting it.

Loquacious. I'm not even sure I spelled it correctly, but I like it. ;) I much prefer it to "talkative". Speaking of which, I also miss correctly and/or properly, as opposed to "right". Eg, "You didn't answer this question correctly." Meek and Genteel. If those words are used at all now, it's as an insult. And even then one would be more likely to use "soft-spoken", since apparently anything else is too complicated for our vocabularies. Our poor language is being horribly dumbed down. (Now, someone please help me find a better expression for "dumbed down.)

I'm an insurance broker. My career is on hold indefinitely, until I'm not needed at home anymore. At that point I likely won't go back anyways - the stress was insane, and I can make a good living doing photography (I now have a decent photography business on the side - I'd prefer to build that business over one in insurance).

Thanks, guys! I'm from, Canada (sorry, I should have qualified that in my first post) and I think things like ages, etc, might be a bit different up here. However, I think the general purpose of the groups, activities, etc are the same. I think we'll give it a try! :D

Seriously? These are high school students! Sorry, but I can only imagine the sorts of things that are going to happen i nthe same room as a computer (for homework, often theri bedroom) that these kids could have been "spied" on while doing. Technically, couldn't that school board then be ruled as both facilitating the making of and being in possession of child pornography?

I've never heard of it, but I would think it would be wrong because it's doesn't specific what part of "each" the side if next to. If you say "side by each" it just implies that a side of facing the object, but it could be facing the top or the bottom of the object as well, not necessarily the side.

I'm thinking of putting my kids in Boy Scouts. However, I know NOTHING about them. Growing up, I knew NO kids that did this; our churches offered their own programs for boys. However, our current church has no such program (and even if it did, I think I'd ilke my boys to have a larger group of friends anyways). My oldest is about to turn six, and my middle son turns five in June. I see the youngest group starts at age 5. Can my oldest join right now, or will he need to wait until a new school/scout year starts? (Does scouting run all through the year, or just when school runs?) How much does it cost? How often do they meet? What sort of activites would they do in the youngest groups? It seems to be Christian organization (which is awesome for us), so how does that affect what they teach, ie. how much does the fact that it's religiously based really come up? My kids, at least the two that would start in the foreseeable future, also have autism. How will that affect this? Are leaders trained to deal with children with disabilities? Do any of you have children with autism in your troops, and if so, has it changed how things operate for the group? Like I said, I know NOTHING about ANY of this, so if there's something pertinent that I ought to know, just throw it out there!

I've heard people reference lesson planners a few times. How do they work? I assume there are about a million different ones - which are the most common, and what are the pros and cons of each of them?

I'm Canadian, and I think it's a hindrance to the athletes, personally. WAAAAAAYYYYY too much pressure. On top of the pressure of just being an Olympian, there's the pressure of being on home soil, knowing that most of the crowd is waiting to either celebrate you or be disappointed in your, there's the pressure of being "the one" to break through the barrier. Personally, " wish they'd let it die and let the Canadians just compete, be happy with silver or bronze, and let the golds come as they may. Then again, that's my opinion of sports in general. Why is being SECOND best in the world such a huge disappointment, kwim?

I say possum. Unfortunately, the only time I actually SAY possum is in the following context: "Honey, the possum knocked over the garbage cans so he could eat the poop out of the baby's dirty diapers again!" Seriously. I don't know what has possessed the possum that lives by our home, but he's got to have some serious psychological issues.

What makes me angry is the lugers have been telling them all along that the track is too dangerous. a DOZEN people have crashed since the athletes started to come in this week. Some of them have also had to be airlifted out but didn't die. The organizers say they were going for a "challenging" track. But how on earth can they not tell the difference between challenging and deadly? If you want to make a track that people might crash on - for goodness's sake, at least make the area around it as safe as possible! And now, what last-minute options do they have? To cancel the sport altogether because they know it's not safe? Or to go ahead and do ti anyways, even though they know it's not safe? So much of this could have been averted if they'd just acted responsibly!

ROFL! I can COMPLETELY picture my son doing this. Nothing gets him excited like a good video game boss. Hm, maybe I should offer him this option....

http://www.free-tv-video-online.info/internet/

Depends what you mean by bullying. I was teased and made to feel like a loser, yes. But I was never threatened in any way.

Melanie, you know we'd lvoe to have you here in Kitchener. ;)

Well, in the last supper promo photos (both of them), Locke was in the Jesus position, which would indicate he's the good guy.

Neither of us even own a watch, let alone wear it to bed. We usually have our cell phones on or near us, and use them to tell the time if we're on the go.

Honestly, taking this into account - rather than being angry with her, it sounds like she needs could use some prayer. And you've been put in a perfect position to address this with her. She's so concerned about how things LOOK that she thinks it matters more than sincerely singing praises to God and being supportive and loving towards her church family. That's pretty sad, if you think about it. Rather than being angry, think about what this says about where she is in her heart & mind right now - it's not angering, it's concerning. Not that there's necessarily anything you could or even should do about it. I just thought it might be good for you to see it from a different prespective.