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To me, the main problem isn't his lack of morals but his lack of brain cells. (Although the lack of morals is a problem.)
You thought you could send lewd pictures to a random stranger on the Internet and no one would find out? Seriously?
He's too stupid to serve in Congress.
I realize that I'm missing the moral point, but putting that aside for a moment... I don't want anyone running my country that isn't smart enough to be sexually inappropriate and keep the world from knowing about it.No but not because he made a mistake. Because he's sleezy. He intended to send those pictures to 6 women. He admitted it. If he's willing to admit that I wonder about what he's doing that he's not willing to admit!:iagree: If this had been a picture leaked by an ex-girlfriend or something along those lines.... something that was taken in private, among two consenting adults, and now that things have ended and he is a public figure she wanted to "expose" him... I'd find it pretty funny, and it wouldn't effect my opinion of him at all.
The fact that he (1) is stupid enough not to see all the politicians who have been caught lately and realize that he was probably going to get caught and (2) meant to send it not just to one woman, but to 6. I mean, come on. Did he really think he was going to get away with it?? I want a little more intelligence in charge of the country, thankyouverymuch.
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Yes. I still have loads of stuff at my parents' house. I'm a student. DD and I live in a tiny, one bedroom apartment while at school, and visit "home" twice a month, plus all holidays and the entire summer. I have as much stuff here as I do at my apartment! :tongue_smilie:
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I would probably go with Spanish. If you were going to be in India longer, I'd say Hindi, but two years of language study isn't much, and the children would lose the language fairly quickly once you left India. You'd have to find a way to keep it up on a regular basis.
With Spanish, you could begin to teach them the basics, and when you return to the US there are plenty of resources for studying Spanish.
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Have to say, I'm with Eliana on this. Those aren't the reasons why, they're modern theories and ideas about why and they aren't the only ones. I tend to think there's some truth to them but I also think the culture of the Ancient Hebrews was more complicated and many of the things mandated/forbidden in the Hebrew Scriptures likely had more then just one reason behind them.
I tried to find the source that I read those explanations in, but it has been quite awhile since I've read it and couldn't come up with it.
I didn't say they were the *only* reasons why, and I agree that there probably were multiple reasons behind the proclamations in the Bible.
I still stand behind my belief that in order to fully understand the Bible, the cultural context in which it was written must be considered. Yes, the Bible was inspired, but there were human authors- who were not without bias. You (general you, not any specific you) can't write a work without putting some of yourself in it. I don't believe that God just arbitrarily decided which animals were good and bad for eating. I believe he had a reason for it. To me, it makes sense that he was trying to protect his people from their lack of knowledge about healthy eating habits. It also makes sense that he would want to distinguish between his chosen people and the other societies.
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Since this morning, my ds has found a master's program in Geneva he is interested in. :glare: Geneva? Three years in Japan and now he's looking at Switzerland? He likes the International in International Relations.
I was starting to happily dream of him doing 6 years in a PhD program somewhere closer to home. Oh well. He has a couple of semesters before then, his internship in the spring, and his kindergarten English teaching job.
Anyone know anything about international graduate schools?
The only thing I know about international graduate schools is that he should definitely make sure to fully vet the program and see if the degree will be accepted in the United States. The university system in Europe isn't the same as in the United States.
Unless he doesn't plan on working in the United States, in which case, I guess that point is moot! :D
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I'm a single mom and I have to say that I really don't mind it at all. In fact, I love it. It kind of annoys me when married people say things like "I can't wait til so and so gets home" so he/she can take care of the kids...or things like that....so many people act like being a single parent is the most horrendous thing in the world, when it's not, at least in my case and I praise the Lord for all that He has blessed us with.
:iagree: Well, with some of what you said. I am also a single mom and really enjoy it. I think I'm a better mom as a single mom than I would be married. I'm just not good with relationships. I definitely see DD as a gift from God, even though I was 19, way too much into partying and being irresponsible, and worked just enough to make money for my next evening out.
But, I got the impression that the OP wasn't saying that she wanted her husband to come home and "take care" of the kids, more that she missed him. And it is tough being a single parent. For women with very involved husbands who are used to having their partner right there with them it can be a big shock to do it all alone.
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No. I'd do the whiteboard paint with some sort of border to mark it as a separate area. In fact, that sounds like so much fun!! Too bad we rent. :tongue_smilie:
Then again, I absolutely, positively HATE chalkboards. The sound of the chalk on the board.... :glare: And the feel of chalk.... :glare::glare:
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Well. After what I've seen in some of my peer's essays at the university level, DD will be studying grammar.
I don't have perfect grammar myself (especially not on message boards! :tongue_smilie:), but I can at least produce scholarly writing when necessary. Many people in my classes cannot. Instead of focusing on their ideas, evidence, and having a strong thesis, they instead have to focus on where to put the period, when to use commas, and even proper capitalization!
For this reason, I also think studying grammar while young is a good idea. That way, a child has a firm grounding in grammar rules before they are required to produce papers using those rules.
(Also- I see studying a foreign language as part of studying English grammar. My own grammar has become SO much better since I've studied other languages.)
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I'd just not say anything. Why get yourself into a position of apologizing/defending a reasonable decision?
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That's the kind of thing I like to do, make book lists. I started putting one of these in order, I'll try to finish it, as well as getting up the "If You Lived" series up.
Thank you both!!
:D I knew I had seen this list somewhere, it was your blog that I originally saw it on!!
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I'm thinking of taking no classes at all and really getting some things done and squared away during the summer. I'm also going to have to make up for that during the fall/winter/spring quarters. If I'm being honest the thought of taking classes is getting to me in the worse way. Sort of like a semi anxiety attack, heavy breathing, upset stomach, light headed/dizziness. So I'm think about letting this summer go! I might have to take at least one class because it might not be offered in the fall thus killing my progression.:tongue_smilie:
It seems like you need the break!! Go ahead and take the summer off (except the class that would throw off your progression- that's the worst!) I don't even get to the point of needing a break, since I go to a traditional university and just take classes in the fall and spring. By the time I get really overloaded, it's time for Thanksgiving, or winter break, or spring break, or summer! :D
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Are there people who do every subject every day?
We alternate almost all over our subjects. The only things we do 5 days a week are French, math, memory work, and literature.
We alternate spelling and "phonics". Of course, for spelling we are doing AAS, so it is almost a phonics program, and for phonics we do Progressive Phonics/BOB books/Nora Gaydos readers. It works well for us to alternate. DD has no trouble sitting and concentrating for longer periods of time, and she seems to learn better by longer lessons as opposed to more often.
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Does anyone know if a list exists of the If You Lived or You Wouldn't Want To books in order (or just a list of the books)? I'd like to use some in our history studies. I've searched Amazon but I get a list all mixed up with the ones I'm looking for, plus others. I think I'm missing some.
Thank you! :D
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Oh. I'm horrible. No one believes that my school papers are all written the night before they are due. :tongue_smilie:I once put off writing a 10 page paper until 12 hours before it was due. (Maybe if I stopped getting A's on everything I'd see that I should start working on things earlier?)
I have no advice, I'm still trying to figure it out myself!
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Since there are 50,000 or so people on the "active" transplant list, and around 15,000 transplants done per year, many don't have friends and family who are stepping up, and dialysis does take place. One may hope and ask (even ex-spouses evidently), but dialysis becomes a reality for a majority.
This list is excluding the many who don't qualify for the list, in that they have too many complicating factors or are deemed unlikely to be able to handle the transplant emotionally or physically.
I do forget I serve the "underserved", and while I've had known many on dialysis, and a few transplants, I have never known a living donor situation, on either end.
Same with insulin pumps. It seems there are many people on this board who have them or have family members with them. I've only even seen two, in my world. I spend my time just trying to convince reluctant patients to consider checking their sugars more than once a day, and actually giving themselves a little coverage with each meal. :)
Oh, I'm not denying that dialysis does become a reality, I was just responding to the statement that talking donation before dialysis was unlikely.
Really? You've only seen two insulin pumps? Wow. I thought they were more common.
Both of the diabetics I know have them. :tongue_smilie:And one of those won't be a diabetic much longer! (The best friend getting a kidney is also getting a pancreas.) :party:
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Right! And not just the cultural and literary context but the fact that these diverse genres create one cohesive unit that fits together. The NT helps interpret the OT and it must be viewed as a whole. I had one seminary prof who said (paraphrase) We act like the Bible is a bag of marbles and we pick passages out one at a time and try to figure them out. but really they should be seen like pearls on a necklace - you need to see the whole picture in order to understand each pearl in context.
And back to the original quoted article, I understand society in general not knowing Scripture (since we are in a post-Christian culture now) - although general literary education should provide for reading the Bible at least as an important work - but it truly is sad that many who claim a Christian upbringing are not educated on the Scriptures.
Oh, I like that comparison! (Pearls on a necklace) I've never heard it phrased like that.
I agree that all who are claiming to be Christians (especially those who are very "out" with it) should be educated on the Scriptures. I would never try to back up an argument with a source unless I had read the complete source and understood it. In the same vein, I would never try to justify the way I live my life with Biblical passages unless I completely understood the meaning of the passage.
As a teen/young adult, I regularly came across Christians who had less understanding of the Bible (and had certainly read less of it) than I. And I was raised in a non-religious home, and wasn't baptized until I was 22.
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Help me think through the issues around graduate studies. How do people pay for this? Do they typically get some type of aid? Where do they live? Do they typically work prior to going to graduate school? How do you find "the right" graduate school for a given area of study? Again, how to you pay for this? When do you take the GRE and is it required for most schools?
Well, graduate studies in different programs can be widely different, so hopefully someone with experience in economics will chime in, but here's what I do know. (I'm looking at history graduate programs)
Living- Most of the graduate schools I am looking at have graduate student housing. There are also significant numbers of people living off campus. The exact percentage of students living on vs. off campus can be anywhere from a large majority to a small majority.
Finding a graduate school - My professors have been a great help here. In particular, I have worked closely with a professor in the field I want to study in, and she has already offered her assistance when I start narrowing down which schools I'll be applying too. His professors will have a good idea of his strengths/weaknesses, interests, and what schools will be the best fit. (And he will need their recommendations anyway, so it would be a good idea to talk with a couple about graduate school)
As for paying, I will (hopefully!) have complete tuition remission as well as a living stipend. I have been told by my professors that this is how it works in history, but it could be different in economics. Something else that his professors would be able to advise on.
I'll probably be taking the GRE in the spring of 2012, to apply for grad schools in the fall of 2012. (Undergrad graduation= spring 2013, entering grad school in fall of 2013.) The last date I could take it and still have results back in time to be sent with my applications would be late summer of 2012, but I want to allow myself enough time for a retake if needed. Hope that timeline helps a little!!
I have found that the GRE is required for all of the schools I'm considering- again, this may be different for different programs. When DS starts to prepare, tell him to be sure to get a review program that has a computer component. The GRE review books are great- but he also wants to practice on the computer, since the test is on the computer and it is weighted. It self-adjusts based on your answers.
Hope I was of (at least a little!) help. :001_smile:
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I am currently in school and I do on campus and online. I am a fashion design major so there are classes that can't be taken online! What am I having trouble with.....well I am really having trouble with everything! I'm really normally an organized person but for the last two years everything just seems to be bursting at the seams( ha ha I used seems and seams in the same sentence:lol:). I also go to a art school that functions in quaters which make life a little more difficult because of the accelerated pace. When I went to regular university it was a little easier ( more time to procrastinate) but I also didn't have kids then either. I end up doing well in my classes and not because their easy or all things I'm good at, but because I work very hard. I just can't find my groove and I'm really considering taking the summer off to sleep and play with my kids and get a routine down. I think ten weeks is enough to do that. Any suggestions?
I can't take many classes online either- my university doesn't offer many. It was one of the things I had to consider when I chose this school, but because of the finances, here I am!
I'm NOT organized naturally. At all. Not even close. It is a real challenge for me. But one of the things I've really had to learn is to prioritize and let go of high expectations. Remember that this season is short. All too soon you'll be done with school and your children will be older. Sometimes I sacrifice because of this. My house is livable and "clean", but until I decluttered it was messy. It's still messy a lot of times, because really, cleaning up the piles of books and the hot wheels tracks is less important than spending that hour playing with DD or getting a paper done.
I know it's hard to find a groove. To me, it feels like as soon as I've figured out how to make everything work, the semester is over and my schedule is changing!! :tongue_smilie:Could you take a lighter load over the summer? Then you could take less classes during the year? I don't have this option, but if I could take 4-8 credits during the summer and 12/16 in the fall instead of 21 in the fall (which is what I'm doing! :svengo:) I definitely would.
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What I find particularly interesting is not mis-quotes, but when sections of the Bible are taken out of context.
The Bible is a written work, and like any other written work, the cultural environment in which it was written, and the purpose for its writing, need to be considered for a proper translation/understanding. I think it is important to know why, for example, the Old Testament forbids some foods (health reasons- the people were getting sick!), or says that the men can't shave their faces (to distinguish them from other cultures).
Very interesting stuff.
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This is not my experience at all. With my sister, her nephrologist had me tested for a match once her kidney function was 'low enough' that she would be needing dialysis shortly, if she didn't get a transplant. (I was tested first because, at the time, sis and I were *very* close, and I wanted first dibs at donating, so to speak.)
Again, not my experience at all. Since my sister had a willing donor (me), along with others who were willing to at least be tested if I didn't match, they went ahead with matching/testing right before she would be 'bad enough' to need dialysis. She never did go on dialysis before the transplant.
:iagree: My best friend will (hopefully) be getting a kidney transplant from her step-brother this summer, and she is not on dialysis. She is dangerously close at this point, but they've been testing and seriously talking donation for a couple months now.
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Also, my son has 4 folders worth of work that he has to do on his own every week. He's 7, but little kids are capable of being more responsible than many people think.
Oh yeah, this too! Even my 5 year old has work that she can do on her own, or with me right at her elbow for quick corrections while doing my own work. I also send independent work with her to the babysitters (handwriting practice, math/phonics review worksheets, videos for French/science/history, etc.)
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I'm a full time student, and take most of my classes outside the home. DD is young, so we don't need long days to get everything done.
Things we do to make life/education/etc. easier:
-school year round. We actually do more in the summer and around the holidays since I'm out of school.
-sometimes school 7 days a week, but it may only be an hour or so a day.
-My most recent plans include "plans" for 5 days a week, and that leaves the extra two days for the stuff we didn't get too. I was scheduling things 7 days a week, but had no extra time to make up anything that we (inevitably) didn't get done.
-declutter. Majorly. Our lives have become so much simpler since we have less stuff.
-Get creative with scheduling my classes. Next semester I have 6 classes. 3 traditional classes, 1 lecture/online combined, 1 lecture + electronically measured workouts on my time, and 1 that is an independent study.
-I'll admit it, we don't always eat as healthy as we should. Sometimes we end up with hamburger helper for dinner because, well, that's what I have the time/energy for! I did however recently discover the crockpot, and I'm looking forward to really making use of it next year.
-Clothes are... often collecting in a mountain of funk... :D During my busiest times of the semester, I often find myself completely OUT of clothes to wear and have to quickly throw a load in. :tongue_smilie:
-DD is at least at grade level, probably a little above. She's above enough that I know she'd be academically bored in public school kindergarten next year, which is where she would be by age.
-I get what I need to get done. I'm not performing at 100 percent, but, I don't need to perform at 100% to get good grades. Sad, but true. This semester was my absolute worst and I had two A's and three B's. (And two of the B's were because I had a lot of confusion with two similar foreign languages, and it took most of the semester to sort it out.) I often pull all-nighters or near all-nighters to finish studying/reading/writing/etc. But... I'm a member of multiple honor's societies, my university's honor's program, will graduate with honors.. you get the picture.
Have you already started school? If so, are there particular areas which are a challenge to you?
Going to school and homeschooling can definitely be done. It's hard work, sure, but oh so worth it!
(Although, just wait for the responses. Whenever someone learns that I am a full time student myself as well as a homeschooling mom they always say "WOW. How in the world can you do it? I could never do that." :tongue_smilie:)
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Has anyone used these videos?
We are using L'art de Dire, but I'd like to add more in to our French studies, and we've read all the French books at the library oh, 500 times. :tongue_smilie:Should I worry about coordinating the two programs or just do them concurrently and let them reinforce each other when it happens?
How did you use the programs? Were you happy with the results? It seems like a good reinforcement, and it would definitely be nice for DD to hear someone other than me speaking! :D
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What I do is plan out activities and such for each chapter. Then I pick out activities for each week based on where we are. We also don't do tests, since I'm working with DD and I know when she's mastered a concept. We also don't do IP right now, my plan is to go through the TB, WB, EP and then go through the IP when we finish before moving up a level.
For DD, I have her write until she doesn't want to anymore, then I'll transcribe for her. She is much more willing to do math when she can just focus on the math and not have to worry about handwriting at the same time.
Here is a thread with all kinds of wonderful ideas on the number bonds- http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=279483
I just posted that the other day because we were struggling some with it. :tongue_smilie:
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Hola! Soy Kymmie. Vivo en Maryland. Tengo venticinco años. Tengo una hija. Se llama Jenna, y ella tiene cinco años.
Hablo un poco de francés y muy poco de español. Soy una estudiante. Mi especialidad es la historia de América Latina.
Mi hija está aprendiendo francés, pero ella también quiere aprender español.