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  1. We are also outdoorsy people and it didn't happen for us either! 😢 Those big beautiful mountains beckoning to us outside the door. We just waved back. And, yes, we do try to give our undivided attention when our kids speak to us. Unless we can't. And it's okay to say, "I want to listen to what you say, but I can't right now," or just a "Wait." It's better to wait for my undivided attention (hide the phone!), than get only half and feel bad (both of us). We've gone through plenty of hurt feelings and being mad, and this is what works for both of us. Both of us are ADHD, I'm perimeno, she's hormonal, and we are just learning to love each other through all of it. I remember it going differently with my now-adult daughter, but I didn't work as much then. Yeah, my daughter throws that at me, too. 🙄 😅
  2. That's happened to me before. I didn't know who to believe either. I don't remember who was right, as this happened quite a few months ago.
  3. I work from home daily, and my 12yo dd will still miss that I am actually busy and she shouldn't ask for my attention at certain times. My dd likes wolves, dragons, and gaming. That's all she talks about (she's also done a dragon presentation on Google slides, although not 80 slides long!). She has called me out a couple of times when I've absentmindedly said, "uh huh" if she asks if I can listen, then figured out I actually wasn't. She does get upset, and has said "If you can't listen to me right now, just say so!" She has a point. If my mind is occupied with something else, it's best if I'm just straightforward and let her know I can listen later. Speaking of which, she just finished carving a small box into a mini movie theater and showed me a "movie" of two slides about....a dragon... I liked it. 😁
  4. Same, but 91 instead of 100. There was even a sprinkle of rain. Like, maybe 10 drops reached the ground. A hair on my arm got wet. 🤣 I still had to water the tomatoes, though.
  5. I've never heard of such a thing... I've purchased some local jarred salsa - no sugar. I mostly make my own salsas - no sugar.
  6. It was 99 degrees today. I called dh to see if he was working inside or outside. If outside, I was going to tell him to come home. I could feel him rolling his eyes at me over the phone when I told him thus. He was working inside.
  7. Btw, we love this guy's videos. We started watching him a while ago, and it got my 12yo daughter interested in learning more about the personality types and herself. We spent an afternoon taking online tests, reading them, and comparing to how we act in different situations. It was fun, and she felt like it was helpful for her in understanding more about herself. I think we've both since forgotten the letters, though... I was just skimming my emails trying to find those results...
  8. I mean, *I* had to be diplomatic. I was a young military brat, and had to tell people in authority what to do. Now, this was in a church, I had a lot of different jobs, and just happened to be the authority in those positions. How does a teen tell an adult (with ranks!) they need certain information at a certain time without sounding like they're bossing around a superior? 🤣
  9. @Corraleno this makes sense. Like you, I can be pretty blunt. But having had to work with military and others in authority since a teen have learned to be diplomatic and figure out how others communicate and the best way to communicate with them. So, the tool can be used by employees who need a more objective way of figuring out how to work with some others. I imagine it can also be used to figure out coworkers who are a little harder to figure out (they are less forthcoming in their personalities).
  10. I did not insinuate that I reject all groupings and classifications. I was curious in how they were actually used in the workplace, since the only way I've experienced it used was being rejected for jobs. (and this is in hindsight, after reading this thread, I determined those were the type of test I was given.) I certainly have my own grouping, as well as my family (and the corresponding letters, but I know what they mean). I'm no stranger to classifying. I certainly don't think there is such a utopia of blindness, and would hope no one would live that way. We are all different, and we need to embrace our differences and learn to live with them. I just remember people more by interacting with them, and not by trying to remember what letters mean. Others may find it more helpful to remember the letters and what they mean and apply them to people. That's not a bad thing, just the way different people operate. But, I'm a more concrete person, and I think giving too many concrete examples of how this tool is actually used may be outside the scope of this thread. I'm getting a general idea by what you wrote, but can't picture it practically. All I can imagine is people comparing INTJ with whatever other grouping and matching with other groupings. Before, we would say "Johnny is this way and would get along well with such and such. Although both X and Y are strong-willed, they complement each other." Something like that.
  11. We stopped by the storage rooms yesterday so I could inventory what I could possibly take to the new classroom, and realized how much teaching stuff is still in there...
  12. Please take this in the spirit of curiosity. This is what I don't understand - if coworkers know these things because they work together, what is the test at work for? I don't remember a bunch of letters about a person, but how the person IS by talking to them and working alongside them. I'd rather get to know someone, not label them. That's part of my personality though, probably. I've taken the test personally, for myself, several times. But, I can't for the life of me remember what the letters are that supposed to describe me. I appreciate knowing people, I thrive on it, but the letters don't do it for me. It's one.more.thing. to memorize. Like others here have said, I've never used them as part of team-building exercises either (that I remember. The last I attended was...5 years ago, maybe?). Most of the type of team-building has been within the education field, whether locally, or larger conferences. I don't know if that makes a difference with my experience. My undergraduate was within psychology and I got a full battery done, but I don't remember MB being part of it. My graduate was within education, and I don't think it was done then. I can appreciate knowing the how of approaches, I don't think it's so important "for me" to know why. I take people at face value, and if THAT is how they do things, I just accept it. It's just how they are. As long as things get done. 😁 I think I can understand why this may be important to others. But, remembering a litany of letters and what they mean will take valuable time away from me actually getting to know a person. Sure they have. I remember, long before COVID, taking one of these tests for a job. It was done online, and right after I finished it, I was rejected as "not a good fit." I applied for a similar position, within the same industry who didn't do that test, and worked with them several years. I'm thinking out loud here, but I think the only time I've ever encountered these tests for work was when applying for a job online. Maybe...three, four times over the years (I've worked from home off and on for 17 years, often while also holding a b&m job). They are certainly used for hiring purposes in those situations. I identify with both of you! I'm the nap-after-teaching, small group-but-party-performer-but-exhausting, person. I do well with groups, I teach, I do workshops at conferences and enjoy it, but know I'll need a nap to 2 days of rest afterwards, depending on the occasion. 😂 I've started describing myself as an introverted extrovert.
  13. I think @kirstenhill hit the nail on the head. Those are sight words, and are taught as memorized words, not as phonetically based (although there are rules for those words). I wouldn't worry about him not reading those yet, he'll get to it. And no, kids aren't smarter, they're just taught to memorize a lot. I've tutored so many 3rd to 5th graders who couldn't read because of memorization and not reading.
  14. I was up at dark o'clock to teach English to kids on the other side of the world. I have four Spanish immersion prek classes to teach throughout the day - two in the morning, one in the afternoon, one late afternoon. Since my classroom is brand new, I'm reading up on what materials are needed in an upper elementary classroom and writing out a list. I'm pretty sure I have some things and books still in storage that I can use, and the principal wants a wishlist. As a private school, it's quite different depending on the generosity of others, vs a government check... Gymnast has some math and other stuff to do, not much as far as school. We're trying to catch up on math, though. It's hot outside, and there is a heat advisory for 12pm to 8pm. Our fan is blowing 24/7, and we have a portable ac that I'll turn on at around 11am. And I'll let the dogs into their indoor kennel.
  15. I've never set up a new class over the level of preK... Just thought I'd share that bit of trivia. Online Spanish prek summer camp started today. I have two sold out sections and one with just a couple of students. Half of the students are those I taught this past school year. I'm going to have to eventually tell them I'm not teaching in the fall...
  16. Did I mention that I signed up Gymnast for K12 this upcoming year?
  17. A couple of them forgot they were supposed to be in church. Like some folks say, "ain't got no chill!" 😅 Gymnast said they learned that at camp, but without so much ...
  18. I've tutored reading and math to that age, subbed that grade level, and taught Spanish from prek through high school. I have not taught a regular class of 4th or 5th graders. I'm licensed through 3rd grade and have pretty much stayed within that. The principal said that I had more experience, and since I mentioned being open to a challenge, she decided to challenge me. 🤣
  19. I remember when I peacock visited our old place. Pretty neat birds. Gymnast got back from camp on Saturday. The youth group left on Tuesday, but she and a friend went up on Thursday together. They had a blast! I start getting up at dark o'clock tomorrow to teach ESL. I haven't done it a good while. I'll probably only do it through the summer.
  20. There are also free Korean courses on Coursera.org.
  21. I've accepted a teaching job at a local Christian school. I'll be teaching a combo 4th/5th grade, which...will be very different from what I've been doing.
  22. This is one of my go-to ways for preparing eggs. I'll usually put spinach instead of tomatoes though. Same.
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