Murmer
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I think it's more likely that she's honest because it's been proven time and time again the TSA isn't. On top of that I find it odd that she'd have cut her leg if she had her pants on. Not impossible, but odd.
On top of that, why did they need to take her in a private room for a pat down anyway? It makes sense to go to a private area if it's a pat down, but not a non-videoed room. Having the video running is just as much for TSA's security as it is the person in the room. So I find it fishy.
We haven't traveled within the US since this nonsense started, and I don't see it starting anytime soon. Pretty sure I've got family who's not happy about that choice but such is life.
Sadly there are more people that have reported the EXACT same thing either through blogs or other twitter so it does seem to actually occur and it does seems to be something that occurs not regularly but often enough for this to be a true story. Especially since its not like she can sue and get any money from TSA for it so there is no incentive to make a false complaint.
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Technically she was teaching geography (including who lives in a locale) correctly. Santa Claus does not live there. But there were ways that she could have handled the subject matter without bursting their bubble or commenting on who brings presents etc. She would have had to lie to do it though - "Yes, Santa lives there. But if you go there on a scientific mission you won't see him or his workshop because they are magically invisible. Instead this is what you would see. . . " So that brings up the question - should teachers lie when giving factual information?
Couldn't she have said something like "Many people believe Santa and his workshop are at the North Pole but every time someone goes up there no one has found it." and let the children pull from that how they may...along the same lines of "Many people believe that there was a Creator but so far the evidence points to evolution as a form of creation of the earth." and many other things that people believe but science has not proven.
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This did not work for me on Firefox. I think it's out of date.
Instructions here
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Disabling%20third%20party%20cookies
Thanks! I was trying to figure all this out yesterday on Mozilla and found a couple of choices like no tracking cookies but couldn't find how to block 3rd party stuff.
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I recently heard a speaker at a conference I attended say that people in general are predictable but specific people are totally unpredictable. I think that statement sums up the the WTM suggestions perfectly. I think in general they are appropriate for a large majority of children. That doesn't necessarily mean they will be right for your child. I see comments on this thread that say grammar stage shouldn't ever start before age 9 but other comments state that a 5 year old can do perfect narrations. I think WTM is an incredible resource to help us develop our own plan for our specific and unique children. Nobody's system is a perfect fit for everyone.
This is how I think about it. Having taught in PS a variety of ages there is something about that 3rd/4th/5th grade jump. It is so incredible to see the change that happens in those grades. That said 1st and 2nd graders are jumping at the bit for "fun" facts. I think WTM is a large idea kind of things but then it must be tapered for developmental needs of the child. Also I think to advantage of WTM is that it is developed to be used with multiple ages of children so that you can combine easily history and science which is what the true advantage of the 4 year cycles is.
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If you are going to the airport with her you can get a gate pass that will let you help her through security. My husband has done this a number of times to help me when I had babies even if he wasn't flying. Just make sure you get in line at the ticket counter to actually talk to a human being and they can issue a gate pass. You will need to show your ID ect.
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I was a huge fan of Dawn...so sad she is off now :( I hope Ozzy comes back and wins...but I think it will end up Coach at the end because no one is willing to do anything big in this game.
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Yep have to be an advocate...dd was in the hospital for some testing...she has a severe milk allergy no milk products not even baked...I go to order her dinner and the person on the other line say pizza....I said are you kidding me that has cheese she is allergic to milk...the response yes I see that but the computer says she can have pizza....my husband brought her dinner that night and breakfast the next morning...couldn't trust that the hospital could give her food that was safe. I was shocked thinking the hospital would be the one place that she would get a safe meal...but I guess not. Showed me how vigilant I have to be all the time.
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When I went through a period of doubt/skepticism as a teen & young adult, what finally got me through the intellectual barrier was asking myself whether I actually thought that the universe and everything in came from nothing. That seemed like it took a greater leap of faith than believing in a Creator.
Then I asked myself if I believed that Creator was all-powerful and all-good. I concluded the answer was "yes".
So finally, I asked myself if an all-powerful God *COULD* do all the things I'd found difficult to believe- Jesus rising from the dead, the bread & wine literally turning into Jesus' Body and Blood, the miracles in the Gospel, the Virgin Birth, and so on. Once I came to the conclusion that God could make those things happen, all of a sudden I found it easy to have faith that He did. After all, since I had accepted that God is all-good, there was no reason to doubt the truth of the Bible.
Perhaps an intense nature study with a follow up of the beginning of Genesis. I just think every time I go outside that this world was is not random that it was planned and you can see that in the symmetry and asymmetry of nature. There has to have been a Creator involved and once that is accepted then a study of our Creator.
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There is an e-book out called montessori at home. I have found it very very helpful.
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I love mealplanner...basically you enter recipes online then you can add them to the week and it will generate a grocery list. I love that I can have more than 1 meal a day on my planner so I plan breakfast, am snack, lunch, pm snack, and dinner for every day of the week and have just 1 grocery list. It is not a menu mailer you have to find and input your recipes but once you input it then you have it ready to add whenever you want.
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Give your sister some credit please...while she may be the root of the problem she may not. I had a young dd who was violent....very violent, extremely violent. It started very young and there was very little I could do about it. It turns out that said child has seizures and the seizures were in her temporal lobe and caused her brain to be in a constant fight or flight mode...for her it was fight. Since anti-seizure meds she has had 1 semi violent melt down versus 1 month earlier where we were being violently attacked daily. Honestly it had nothing to do with me but just parenting this child was exhausting and disheartening. She did not do discipline...at all of any kind no matter what. She could not learn cause and effect. I felt like I was constantly being judged as a bad parent, in addition all I heard was to be more consistent and to force time out which never worked until her medical needs where taken care of. In addition because she is an adopted child, at birth, I am always looking over my shoulder for RAD. I know it can happen and my dd was exhibiting similar symptoms, thankfully she is able to attach when her brain isn't stopping. So take the time to help your sister and encourage her to find help somewhere.
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negative feedback left for the person who left negative feedback...usually including phrases like liar and awful person, there is space to chat out the problem but that I believe is only visible to the parties involved so all everyone else sees is a negative
ETA: but even if retaliatory feedback is left at least no one else will be scammed by that seller again or they will know to be cautious when dealing with them and be ready to file a claim.
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Woke up at 5 this am headed out to Kohls, got a parking spot right next to the handicap spots (so pretty much the front) and headed in. There were a ton of workers and not very many shoppers. Went over to get what I wanted everything I wanted was in stock. Got to check out where the workers were waiting bored for someone to come up. Check out and was done. By 6:30 I was headed over to Joannes where I wanted to pick up pinking shears with my 25% off. Got in and out waited like 5 mins in line to check out. Was home by 7 am. It was actually really nice.
The interesting part was that both of these stores only opened this week for the 1st time since they were flooded at the end of Aug so they were beautiful and well stocked but not packed.
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I've never used the FS boards but it seems like there are issues over people not wanting to leave bad feedback in fear of retaliation. So please leave accurate feedback to protect others in the future.
Sadly retaliation does occur...but the hope is that the moderators would take care of it especially if the seller shows a pattern...but by not leaving feedback others get put in a situation where they are taken advantage off...in the situation I had at least 1 person before me had a problem but didn't leave feedback...I left feedback but even still 4 other people ended up having problems. But if the first had left negative feedback I would never have purchased in the first place so it is really important.
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The Old School House is doing a buy something get a bunch free thing.
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The Polar Express!!!! I know its just a picture book but it is a great book to share every year!
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I am really enjoying the second glee cd there are a couple new songs that I like.
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:grouphug: No worries. I get what you're saying.
The issue is a lot more complex than parents who want the popular label. I'm sure there are a rare few who really aren't making balanced choices, but not enough to have a significant impact on the numbers. Most often, in my experience, parents pursuing a label aren't doing it because it's been on the news, they're doing it because they have been denied services, which tend to be driven by the child's label, and they are desperate to get help for their child. Or the child is older and it is becoming obvious that his or her differences go beyond quirkiness, and they're looking for an explanation. Mild autism or Asperger's may not be evident to people who don't spend significant time with the child (I was the only one who saw my dd's worst rages, for example, and I wasn't exactly broadcasting them to others) so it can look like they're seeking an unnecessary label.
:) I hope you understand too, that I don't think you're a big ol' jerk. My intent is to advocate, not chastise. :grouphug: Sorry if I sounded crabby.
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We are at the crossroads of this right now...so far we have an ADHD label for dd...but our current developmental physcologist has referred us to a neuro for more testing because dd has many characteristics of spectrum but "she wants to be social". But if she had an ASD diagnosis we would receive medicare which would pay the 800 dollars that we are currently paying out of pocket for therapy for dd. If she had the diagnosis of ASD our insurance would cover somewhere around 30,000 in behavioral therapy a year. If she had the diagnosis she would qualify for a social group, right now she doesn't have the "right" label. I don't want her to get the diagnosis of ASD, and don't know if the neuro we are seeing will think she is ASD, but without it we are left treading water and dd can't get the help she needs all because of a silly label. Sometimes I wish this stuff was based on the severity of symptoms and not on the label but that is not the way the special needs world works.
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There is a genetic disposition and that for some children it is triggered by outside events such as a vaccine/high fever ect.
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DD would be curious george!!!!
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ours will repay up to 150 dollars a year for a gym membership....not a lot when the memberships are 1000+ per year.
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My sister made the dinosaur tail for my dd for her halloween costume, she LOVES it!
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:iagree::iagree: Somehow, this wasn't a problem in the old days of paper and pencil.
Now, with everything computerized so every ticket agent and online customer can see which seats are taken, now, it's become a problem. Might it have something to do with overbooking the flight???
On my last flight (July 2011), they arbitrarily changed my seat (and then tried to convince me it was a "better" seat,) had a kid a few rows over nowhere near her parents, and had two people booked into the same seat. All on one, international flight (Delta.)
Or perhaps because it is all computerized and there is no human element, no one thinking maybe we shouldn't seat a 3 year old at the back of the plane and his mom in the front like it use to be with paper and pencil.
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I think it always was just not always known....I think about the beginning of Anne of green gables when mrs. Lynn tells about all the horrible things orphans did to their adoptive family.
Reasons to get an official Aspergers diagnosis?
in The Learning Challenges Board
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I would look at services that would be more available with the diagnosis...in my state a child on the spectrum gets free medicaid regardless of parent income, they also get up to 35,000 in behavior help via private insurance. In addition they qualify for social groups outside of school, a special group that works only with children on the spectrum to help them outside of school. The diagnosis opens doors that otherwise wouldn't be...mind you this is only in the state I live in but I would check your state to see if they have similar options only available to those with the "right" diagnosis.