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  1. Plus, the name of the college will only get you so far. Mommy, Daddy, and your alumni buddies won't help you keep the job and succeed. I would prefer a quality education with less cost over an expensive name that charges $$$$$$$ because of their name. If you really want a job then intern whenever you can.

    As for DH, he chooses the resumes. No HR person weeds them out. He knows what he wants and he deals with them directly.

  2. Even being valedictorian of your class won't help you if your resume gets automatically denied by some computer algorithm by virtue of not listing the "right" school. There are often hundreds of applicants for each position these days and that allows employers to be super-picky.

    Private industry would never use a computer to pick an applicant. Dh is COO of a tech firm in DC and he scours over dozens of resumes weekly in search of someone who has the EXPERIENCE he needs and the correct training. He literally bypasses the school section. Makes no difference where they went to school if they can't do what he needs them to. These jobs pay 6 figures to start so we are not talking small time hiring here.

  3. I like some aspects of IEW and this year the girls are in a course. The teacher is wonderful but still older DD hates writing. Next year I am going to use WWS for her to keep her writing and then the following year get her into a 5 paragraph essay class with the IEW teacher. I have also considered SWI-B so that I can throw her on the DVD's and know it is getting done.

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    I wouldn't worry about it. Stanford and HPY and other ivies are not the only good schools out there. As I've mentioned on this board previously, there have been studies showing no income difference between graduates of ivies and 1) students accepted to ivies but who did not attend and 2) students whose SATs were on par with those accepted but who were rejected or never applied in the first place.

     

    There are many truly good colleges out there that are not nearly this selective.

     

    Yup. There is little to the name when my DH hires. He finds the Big Name grads to come with a sense of entitlement and thinking they get a bigger paycheck since they have a certain name on their diplomas. Ummm....sorry. It doesn't work that way.

  5. I am north of that and while it is more liberal up here it still tends to be a conservative state in my mind. You can find people you are looking for because it is heavily populated down that way. I am sure it will work out. I personally happen to live in a very "public school worshiping" neighborhood.

  6. No where. I plan on having my family save the money and time by burning me up and spreading me around in the garden or something. I have no clue what happens to the "soul" but at that point I guess I won't care, right?

  7. Milk of Magnesia.

     

    It's actually sold as a laxative, but it's amazingly effective as a natural deodorant. The only ingredient is Magnesium Hydroxide, so you're boosting your daily magnesium intake too. ;) I started using it about 3 months ago when I discovered it via this blog post: http://wholenaturall...ural-deodorant/ I had tried about 5 different store-bought deodorants and several recipes for home-made deodorants (coconut oil, cornstarch, etc.). Nothing ever worked that well for me, but this truly works!

     

    I bought the generic Kroger brand and paid $0.99 for a 12 oz. bottle (I've been using the same bottle for 3 months now and it's still half full).

    Shut the front door!!! I am going to try that! I used the natural stuff but it messed up the armpits of my t-shirts.

  8. Wow.

     

    Sorry Joanne but it has become clear that throwing out scripture on this board is absolutely acceptable even if you are throwing it into the face of someone who puts no stock in it. Saying that the bible is a load of crap and made up of fictional fluff is not okay. I still get such a kick out of the holy that back their criticism and finger pointing with religious tone. Does this pagan's heart good to know what I truly walked away from.

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    Wow

    KK is that WOW once again the non believing contingent get the bible thrown in their faces as hard cold fact with no recourse? Or WOW I need to run to the store to get more tinfoil? Either way you can't get fat by any other method than overeating. Science people. If you don't take in the calories your body cannot make more of you.

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    Obesity may have a true medical cause or it may reflect poor lifestyle choices. I leave it up to God to judge whether the individual has treated his/her body as a temple or a garbage dump.

     

    Oh boy here we go. So obese people go to hell? I am so confused. Alcohol addiction is a character flaw but food addiction is a religious one?

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    Can somebody get addicted to drugs or alcohol become that way without first CHOOSING to consume those substances?

     

    They made a poor decision and that chosen behavior interacted with their underlying biological predisposition to result in addiction. Do I feel sorry for the pain they are suffering as a result of their mistake? Sure, the same way I feel sorry for somebody who makes a mistake and winds up with an incurable STD or whatever. But it's still ultimately a character flaw rather than a disease that happened to them through no fault of their own.

    Would food addiction fall into a character flaw? Should we then judge all fat people to that standard and say they are flawed because they chose to overeat or eat poorly and therefore led themselves into weight gain?

  12. One thing I don't like about Target's clothing though is that they don't sell a lot of petite sizes. So most of the time their clothing doesn't fit right. I have better luck at Walmart.

     

    Kohl's has a lot of petite. I mostly shop old navy for me because I like to be able to chuck it after a year or two when I get tired of it.

  13. I'm all ears. I have secularized Y1U4-Y4 so far. I am leaning toward the Redesign for the rest of Y1 because of the new updates. In Y2 I had my DD read some of the books others might skip because I think you need to understand the various religions in order to understand how they impacted history, especially in the middle ages.

     

    Would love to hear more about using year 1. I was really hoping to do the same thing for all 4 years but couldn't find a way to get around the overload of bible stuff in year 1. I want ancient history, not just on closed perspective. If you don't mind sharing......

  14. I know I sound mean, but personally, I absolutely hate it when fundraising groups are set up outside a store, swooping down like vultures on everyone for donations, or trying to sell candy or nuts or baked goods or popcorn or whatever -- and a lot of them are very pushy and obnoxious about it.

     

    In our area, the worst offenders are the high school cheerleading squad, who are always trying to get donations so they can go to some competition or another. And no matter how polite you are, some of them get kind of snotty if you won't give them any money. :glare:

     

    A-freakin men. If I go to a store I really hate to be ambushed by kids selling this, that, and the other thing.

     

    As for Walmart I refuse to go there anymore. They are a crap company in my opinion and their clothes are cheap, don't last, and the food is all artificial junk. Target is so much nicer. The clothes are better made and the food selection includes quality stuff in among the regular junk offering. Of course I may be over educated....or something

  15. I am leaving for Magic Kingdom in about an hour and we will be staying until 1am. We own with the vacation club and stay in villa condos at their resorts complete with kitchen and washer/dryer. Best investment ever. We have gone every year since 2011 at least once. If you look past the rides there can be a lot of educational value in the parks like Animal kingdom and Epcot. We used Marriott this time but will transfer over to Kidani village tomorrow night. If you have never seen the deluxe accommodations click some of the links and be amazed.

    http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4511168345080029&pid=1.7&w=250&h=155&c=7&rs=1

    this is a pic of the three bedroom we have http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4534859355128187&pid=1.7

    and Saturday morning I will be drinking coffee while looking at zebra and giraffe eat.

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    Well, it's a good thing you mentioned the "blah, blah, blah" part or we wouldn't have known what you meant.

     

     

     

     

    I'm bowing out now. My posts and personal gripes about stereotyping are departing from the OP's far more important topic.

    To quote my teen. "Oh, ok. You know'"

    Whatever. If football had no bearing why is the media all over it? Let's ask the Saints how their coach handles integrity.

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