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We're in Ohio, too!
Dd10: Ready, Let's Sew; Fun w/Clothing; Adventures in Home Living
Dd13: Meals in Minutes; Bottle Rockets; Lawn Care
Summer judging is next week - we're in the thick of it right now! Good luck to your kids.
And wanted to add: no, it's not just you. Motivation is a big problem in our house as well. It's gotten marginally better over the last 2 years, but it's still like dragging mules along!
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I saw this news article the other day:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2230058/Woman-branded-prostitute-in-Facebook-scam.html
This was an intentional thing, but it seems to me that mistaken identities could happen. I've noticed most people post their pictures - maybe that would lessen the possibility?
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13yo dd here -
No to all. (Evil, evil strict mom!)
She has been allowed a MySpace page on the family computer (in a semi-public area of the house, and with Mom's knowledge of password.)
The ear piercing and makeup she has no interest in as yet. Easy.
I'm interested to go back and read others' responses!
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We've never done two days - maybe because one day w/the kids at KI is about all I can take! But we've always gone away feeling like we saw everything we wanted to.
Around here, the local supermarkets (Kroger, Meijer, etc.) sell further discounted passes - I think a one day pass is $26.99(?)
Don't forget your bathing suits for the attached waterpark! (We don't typically do the waterpark - maybe that would warrant a second day.)
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She also recommends Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and
Through the Looking Glass.
And other classics, like Treasure Island, and Jules Vern stories.
(She says, "I don't know what 14yo girls read, you'd have to ask B & R (family friends)." I'm assuming that's the point, after recent discussions about the YA section of the library?)
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We all loved them here when I read them to dd's. They were 9 and 12 at the time. Dd13 says she would still enjoy them at 14, FWIW. :001_smile:
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I'm entertained...
Awesome!
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OK, some background. DD13 has been allowed to keep her myspace page (which I did not *exactly* know she had set up) with the caveat that I'm allowed access to it any time I want. So, yes, I occasionally snoop in her mail, but yes, she's aware of this. So today I find this exchange with a friend from the local ps (taken exactly as typed):
(Disclaimer: I would never publicly share, or even mention a sensitive, truly private conversation. But this one I just had to share...)
DD13: Hey, do you want to come to VBS again this year?
14YOB: When is it? I told ___ that I was fishing during hers, but it's kinda fun seeing people from church and hangin out.
DD13: Ours is July 21-25. I'll call you later.
14YOB: What, today?
DD13: no, closer to vbs.
14YOB: Ok, I congratulate you on using semi proper grammar.
DD13: What?
14YOB: You capitalize, punctuate, you know ","'s "."'s and things.
Oh, be still my heart. Not only does he use proper grammar and punctuation, but he notices that she (mostly) does! I'm sure she's now thanking me for all those years of Rod and Staff!
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Nuthin to say, just "clink".
Based on the "server busy" messages, I'd say this is the place to be tonight.
(Where everybody knows your name...)
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Wow - just wow.
Yes, hatred implanted by the Roman Catholic Church makes much more sense than "cats' claws destroy furniture, curtains and other household items," or anything that Ashleen mentioned.
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I did think of a nose story -
One Sunday the 5 Smith kids came trooping into Sunday School and announced proudly, "We weren't here last week because Andie stuck a penny in her nose!" Andie (the 3yo) just looked at us and smiled.
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Nothing from my kids' noses, but how about what your husband had extracted from his ear?
He's had at different times a moth and a pencil eraser extracted by medical personnel :lol: (And doesn't understand why I find it so funny!)
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Well, we saw it yesterday.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I liked it.
It is very vulgar. I was actually surprised they were able to swear so much and still get a PG-13 rating.
This is what reviewers here are saying. I'm disappointed - saw the previews and thought the premise could be really interesting, but I have less and less tolerance for vulgarity as I age *ahem* mature.
Oh - and I was thinking the same thing about the subject line - "Is it some way to keep the flies away?" :001_huh:
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A couple more local ideas for you: Our 4H club donates to a local shelter for women and children. And our church's quilting circle makes lap robes for a local nursing home/rehab center - maybe that's a possibility too? How great that your group is doing this!
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That is so sad, on so many levels!! That mom just displayed disrespect in so many ways. It makes me sad to think of the lessons that those children learned from that one incident. Yelling at someone is OK when you disagree. Treating the elderly with anything less than respect is OK. Treating a flag with less than respect is OK. When my kids were little we talked about how people treat flags and how they weren't supposed to touch the ground. Of course, when they were that age, the little flags were always touching the ground, but I do think it is an important to talk about the symbol of the flag and what it represents. That poor man!
:iagree: Can't think of anything to add. Can't even think of a snarky comment that could have been made to the lady - this is so far beyond funny. Makes me sad for the gentleman, and sad for the kids - sounds like they missed a great learning opportunity. (sigh.)
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Oh, and don't forget - if you see me on the phone, that is the perfect time to either adamantly ask me a question or loudly argue with your sister. If you can't do either of those things, then vacuuming would be acceptable, too.
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I actually had to leave my favorite annual used book sale yesterday because I was in pain from a root canal!
Wow - that tells me just how bad the pain must have been! I'm sad for you!
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Don't forget to put the coffee IN! Especially when you are waiting with your chocolate chip biscotti!
I love all the helpful hints I pick up on this board!:D
(Now if I could only remember them when I'm half asleep!)
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I do - but not often - I have the same guidelines that most others have mentioned here - especially safety.
In one case the reason was just plain annoyance - I was cleaning windows in the 2nd story of our house, where I could see the front sidewalk. Three teens walked by, encountered dd's bike, and just pushed it over, out of their way. I had to choke back real anger in order to calmly call out the window, "Hey guys, I think you knocked that over - could you pick it back up, please?" They looked up and all around, mumbled, "Sorry", and put the bike back on the kickstand. They were still trying to locate me without being noticeable about it while they walked away. Just wish I had had a deep "voice of God" to call out to them!:D
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He says, "Their very existence represents a rejection of our values, and an indictment of our lifestyles." I think he feels intimidated by homeschoolers and realizes that they have chosen a better lifestyle.
This part is also very telling: "Deep down, however, we know that our generation has eaten its seed corn. We lack the discipline and the vision to deny ourselves in the hope of something enduring and worthy for our posterity."
Maybe he has wrongly lumped all homeschoolers into one category, but I don't think he meant to be insulting at all.
What did I miss?
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I read his description of the "typical" homeschooler as parodic - not of homeschoolers, but of how homeschoolers are viewed by the outside world (public-schooled world? not-familiar-with-homeschooling world?) I don't think he's trying to inform about homeschoolers as much as explore the "rest of the world's" animosity towards hs-ing.
We came out of ps to hs-ing when dd's were entering 1st & 5th grades. I wonder if that makes a difference as to how I read his viewpoint?
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song "Shiny Happy People" had me in real tears.
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For me it's not just poetry - it's *anything* that can be considered artistic...
It's not necessarily the *words* of a song, or it is. Could just be the harmony. If it is the words, they might mean nothing, or they could connect me right back to an emotionally charged experience in my youth. Or some mundane experience. Could be the imagery in a poem. Or maybe just the rhyme. Or the meter. Maybe an image - photographic or otherwise. (Shoot, it could even be the combination of color in an abstract work.)
Annoying is right! I can sit through weddings and funerals keeping my emotions firmly in check. I can weather reports of injury, death and illness without a drop, but I can't make it through I Hear America Singing without waterworks.
What Anj said, I think...
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Didn't catch if someone already suggested this - but could you include a copy of the statute showing exactly what you're required to provide with a letter stating that you have complied with the legal requirements? I've heard of many districts around here backing down once they're confronted with the actual requirements.
I say stick to your guns!
confession
in General Education Discussion Board
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when my dd10 took over your poor ds's body?
Been there, done that, and in fact, have probably used your exact same words. However, it sounds like you were much quicker to return to reason. Good for you!
I'm sure today is much better! :grouphug: