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I voted that I do keep my young children in church w/me but I don't do it from birth. I start training my kids in sitting through church when they are 2ish. I'm about to start my 2 year old but I just haven't yet. I think I started bringing them to church and then taking them back to nursery for the sermon when the other 3 were younger than 2 but I don't remember. Our current church has nursery for up to 3 yo and then 4-5 yo participate in worship until the sermon at which time they may be dismissed to children's church. I did not send mine to children's church and I wasn't the only one who didn't but most parents did. These days more and more families are opting to keep their 4-5 yo in the entire service rather than use children's church. Our church has sunday school before the worship service.
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Their score is low because there is no credit. Basically they have to get credit to earn credit.
Apply for a card. Buy something , pay it off slowly in six months and voila you have a great score. Afterwards I would hide card and only use in emergencies.
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I remember when I was 16 or 17 and I was going to buy a used car, my dad had to cosign my $700 loan for me at the bank. I already had $500 saved. So just by paying off this loan, I was able to build good credit. Of course this is before the whole credit score thing. But back then, I didn't have a track record so they coudn't exactly just trust me.
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I like this one because we can also fit gloves and scarves in it.
I have similar ones on each child's closet doors. They keep their nicer shoes (church, color specific) in their own closet and everyday shoes go in the downstairs closet over the door organizer. Plus, the ones in their closet they can put in belts, hats, purses, and some small toys.
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What kind of questions do you ask? (if you don't mind sharing.)
I wish I could find my notes when I was interviewing teachers, but alas I cannot. I'll write what I remember about the process. I started out with the teachers that were members of the music teacher association in my town. I think that at least tells you who is involved in the assoc. events such as the theory tests and festivals.
1. How long is your lesson and how much do you charge?
2. How much time do you devote to teaching theory?
3. Do you participate in the theory tests and festivals? In our area the festivals are the events where the student plays a single piece before a judge and is rated on their performance. Last year, my boys, who were in their first year, participated in both: Hymn Festival and Sonatina Festival.
4. Do you participate in Guild?
5. What music books/method do you use for beginners? When they answered this question, they usually discussed their teaching methods in general.
6. What hours do you teach during the day? I wanted morning lessons and did not want someone who was teaching piano on the side. I wanted teaching piano to be their sole professional occupation. Some teachers were ps music teachers during normal school hours for instance.
7. Will I be able to bring both of my boys at the same time and let them wait for their turn? One teacher said that the boy waiting could wait outside. The teacher I went with said, "of course, if one interupts the other one's lesson, I'm a teacher, I can handle it."
8. Do you want your student's parents to sit with them during practice? I actually talked to a piano teacher that expected the parent to sit with their beginning students at each practice.
That's all I can think of right now. Through discussing the answers to these questions, I was able to get a feel for the teacher's personality and how they felt about teaching kids piano. The teacher we went with just seemed so nurturing and positive and I truly felt she loved what she did. She also had so many good things to say about homeschoolers and teaching twins/siblings. I could tell just by talking to them which teachers did not think highly of hsing. She understoond that siblings have the whole compitition thing going on and knew how to handle it. I didn't sit on entire lessons since I have two other children and one of them was 16 months when they started lessons. However, I did get to see some of what they did when I came in to pick them up. Plus, I knew that she was an excellent teacher by their progress and the love of piano that she instilled. Also, my boys immediatly took to her and loved her from the start. They never wanted to miss. Hth's.
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I love Karis and considered it for my last baby but decided to keep doing family names as I had done with the other three. I have a dear friend whose name is Karis and I love it. It's not too common but has a wonderful meaning.
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My boys and I absolutely love our piano teacher. She is so nuturing yet she holds them accountable. This past year was their first year and since I play the piano and my own mother was a private piano teacher, I felt that I needed to help them and make sure they practiced at home. She told me that I did not need to do that as she would hold them accountable. Such a relief since I already have enough teaching to do with them with our school stuff. When I was looking for a piano teacher, I wanted someone who participated in all the festivals, theory test, and Guild. She does all of that and is on the music teacher board in our town. She is also very supportive of homeschooling and has experience working with twins. She does give them stickers for good lessons and after 15 stickers she gives them a Barnes and Noble or Starbucks gift card for $5. I like that she lets me drop them both off at the same time and I can pick them up when they are both done. I give them independent work to be done or they can do their reading. Everytime I pick them up, she sings their praises and also encourages me as a mother. I like the balance she has between nuture/encouragement and teaching exceptional technique and expressive piano skills.
I think a good place to find a teacher that participates in the Guild, theory tests, and festival is to go to the website of your local music teacher association and start calling teachers. From my teacher association's website I was able to search for piano teachers in my zip code. Then I did phone call interviews with each of them before I interviewed them in person. I think having a piano teacher as a mother and myself taking for 9 years helped me pinpoint the qualities I wanted in a piano teacher. I'm sorry this was so long! I just really love our teacher. :D
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A car wouldn't be used for the primary purpose of killing, as a gun would. You do not own a car so that you can kill people with it, as you would a gun. A car's purpose is transportation. Theft of a car and theft of a gun are seen differently under the law, for good reason.
Actually, I can't remember how long it's been but there was a student at UNC in Chapel Hill, NC that took an SUV and plowed into a bunch of people with the sole intent on killing them. Also, with the guy in Japan with the knife attack recently. He first ran into the crowd with a car before jumping out and stabbing them. According to the news report, his goal that day was to kill as many people as he could. The reason I started this thread is because it seems like no matter what you outlaw, the people who wish to harm others will find a way to do it.
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I'll tell you what I would like to see that I believe would signficantly reduce this problem: a voluntary agreement by the media not to create celebreties out of mass murderers.
The media have already agreed voluntarily not to publish the names of sexual abuse victims. There is no law that makes them do that. They do it because they were persuaded that they did harm to victims when they published their names.
I doubt if we would have so many copycat type of actions if the Columbine killers hadn't had their photos all over the place. What if when a mass murder happened, there was the barest of info about the killer (young adult, mentally ill, loner) and NO PHOTO (I think that is critical) and then photos of the victims, the details about their lives, etc. The victims would be the ones getting the press attention.
I believe that voluntary action would actually be effective in the long run, though currently, the Columbine cult is too widespread to get rid of with google cache, etc.
:iagree: You are so right about this! The guy in Japan who just stabbed those people after running them down with a car said that he wanted to be famous. He was basically lonely and never got noticed and this was his way to finally get some attention. Yes, the media needs to stop making celebrities of these people.
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I caught my 6dd doing this a few months back. I told her she was cheating and needed to figure out each problem. I pointed out that if she was just copying it she was not learning it. I didn't make a big deal out of it from that point on. She does well on her tests so I decided she wasn't doing it enough to prevent her from learning the material. We also do MUS and she is on Alpha. My twin ds have never done it so I sort of think she was being pretty creatvie figuring out how she could get her work done faster. You gotta love how their minds work sometimes! ;)
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Of course not all violent crimes are committed by people with mental illness. I'm sorry that it came across that way. I think in my initial post I included evil people among those that commit violent crimes such as the ones involving many victims. I highlighted the mental illness factor because somewhere in my reading of more gun regulations in light of Virginia Tech, someone wrote of the need to keep mentally ill people from getting guns. Well our individual mental health status doesn't seem like something that we want government keeping track of, do we?
To your point, I think most violent crimes are committed by the evil people among us.
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I think I'd move to Scottland in a heartbeat! So beautiful and the history! Best wishes!
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I mean your post is only stating something that you experienced first hand and how you are responding to it. It sounds like you are being reasonable to me. What gives with the one star rating? Weird....
By the way, I'm sorry you are having this problem and I hope you have a resolution soon! Blessings!
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Hey, even our avartar (sp?) pictures are similar. My butterfly is resting on Phlox, what kind of plant is your butterfly on? Interesting....
I got an LG model WM2455H. This is my first front-loader and I'm a bit nervous that it will be more problematic since it has so many more options and features. I was truly amazed at how little water it used though.
What kind of cook top did you get? My "old" one wasn't very old. It was a 30" glass top by Frigidare. We got a good deal on it at Sears since it was out of the box. I think now it was missing some key installation parts and directions. ;) I'd like to get another black glass cook top but I'd like to get one that has the option of making one of the smaller burners larger. I often find that I need 3 large burners and mine only has 2.
Now, if another appliance were going to break, I'd like it to be my refrigerator since it doesn't match the other appliances in my kitchen but we can't see replacing it when it still works.
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I posted on another thread that I had been without a washer since before Memorial Day. Oh yes, thankfully the laudromat is next to a Half Price Books.
Well my new LG front-loader came this afternoon and I've never been so excited to do laundry, LOL!! It's wonderful although after 3 loads I'm still washing towels so I've yet to see how well it will clean the grass stains and such. Now if someone could just invent a dryer that folded the clothes for me my life would be perfect!! :D
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that on Sunday my cook top came apart and I cannot cook with it. It's out in the garage in fact. All appliances must stop breaking now! :001_huh:
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I read in a magazine about the effects of high fructose corn syrup. One of them had something to do with hfcs's effect on how the body regulates leptin. The bottom line was that it caused you to continue to feel hungry. May be something to look into. I know for me, I'm trying to not eat HFCS or at least limit it. It's hard because it's in EVERYTHING!! :confused:
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I agree with what others have said about the bad hours, working most weekends and holidays, nasty people. And I felt it WAS very stressful at times since as the department manager, the achievement of the sales goal was all my responsibility. I could never enjoy my days off especially if we had nice weather since I knew that no one would be shopping when it was so nice outside (I lived in Florida at the time). That's pretty sad when you want it to rain and spoil your chance to be at the beach or out on a boat. :confused: Also, I felt like a barely got to spend time with my husband.
The pros were geting to be in the fashion industry (I worked at a high end specialty retailer based in Dallas ;)), there were some perks and it was definantly never boring or dull. It's a very fast paced and exciting, although superficial, world imho. Once my desire to start a family entered the equation, my heart wasn't in it anymore. I eventually got a nice retail inventory management job that was Mon-Fri 9-5 type where I rarely had to even be in a store and got to travel to some nice places. Then finally I got to be a mommy :D. I try to be very nice to all retail employees as I know it is a very hard job!
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I don't think the government should keep it's citizens from owning guns at all. period.ever! It irks me though when there's a big tragedy like what happened in Virginia and you hear "some" mention more gun control. The guy was mentally ill and so was the guy in Japan. They want to be famous as a big killer or something sick like that. So I thought it was just somewhat laughable to hear that over in Japan they have dicussions on tighter knife control. Where does it end when you go that route? And by that I mean limiting weapons to law abiding citizens because of the crazy people out there and what "might" happen.
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My uncle passed away several years ago when my kids were 6, 6, and 4. We did take them to the funeral and there was a viewing time that we went to as well. We didn't intend for my kids to see my uncle during the viewing but they ended up wanting to see him so we let them. It didn't upset them or anything I think they were just curious. One of my boys is very sensitive and he handled it fine. I think for a Christian family with a loved one who goes on to be with the Lord it is a good life lesson and allows us to explain our faith to our children in regards to death. I think seeing grief and the love and support of other family members is a good thing, that is controlled grief, KWIM? Earlier this month, we attended my husband's grandfather's funeral and my children are now 8, 8, 6, and 2. They knew him pretty well and were sad but I think hearing about the Godly life this gf lived and the peace that comes in passing on to heaven was good for them to hear at the funeral. And they had a good time seeing all of the family. I'm so sorry about your aunt! I will pray for you and your family.
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I think I read about this family on the boards in January and I've periodically checked back on the husband's blog to see how they are all doing. I will certainly pray for them. Their faith is amazing and they encourage me!
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I love Phonics Pathways! I tried 100 Easy Lessons and only lasted one lesson. I just didn't like teaching from a scripted book. So if you don't want scripted but just a basic phonics book, then PP is for you. The first time I used it I was using it with my twins. Before I started though, I did make some flash cards with just the letters and taught my boys all the phonics sounds (just the short vowels and hard consonants) the way Ruth Beechick recommends. So when we started PP my kids were very familiar with the sounds. I think this made the initial steps toward reading go a little smoother and probably shortened the learning curve a bit. I didn't do the dictation/spelling part though since my kids were 5 and 4 1/2 when we used it and did not have strong writing skills yet. You could do that with a 1st grader if you want, but I like how SWB recommends learning these skills separately (reading and then writing). HTH!!
Blessings!
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Yeah, I think that since we don't use guns today as extensively today because we don't need to (we don't *have* to hunt for food, protect livestock), they are a fascination to children who have not been properly instructed how to handle/use them. Thus the accidents. I know this doesn't have anything to do with the op re: crime, but your post struck a nerve with me because a friend of mine's 8yo nephew was shot accidentally in the abdomen yesterday by a friend when they were looking at a gun in the friend's home. He is in critical condition. I agree that it's more about gun education than gun control.
I'm so sorry about your friend's son. I will keep him in my prayers.
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I'm a firm believer that an armed society is a polite society. If I were a fan of government solutions, I'd want the government to mandate weapons possession.
But I'm not a fan of government solutions. So I'd be content with the concession to voluntary open carry. Concealed carry is okay, but the best way to deter crime and violence is for those so inclined to be 1)aware of the cost of their actions and 2)subject to immediate reprisal.
I suspect this will not be a popular approach, so I'll zip up my Asbestos Suit.
I agree that the more armed people walking around, the less someone might think it a great idea to start shooting people up. I just wish our country wasn't so gun scared and we actually taught our kids gun safety. A little girl just shot herself in Sam's Club the other day with her grandmothers concealed gun. I don't own a gun (yet) but if I did and I had a child with me, I'd be sure she knew not to touch it and that it was there so be careful. Plus, I'd make sure my kids knew what to do and not to do with guns. Gun education would be a good thing if you did have guns around kids.
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Okay, I'm going to leave my comfort zone a post something controversial :confused:.
In light of all the gun shooting rampages in schools, malls, etc. in recent years, the gun control issue gets thrown out there whenever something like that happens. Tighter controls over who gets guns? Mental health checks required to get a gun? No guns at all? I struggle with the right to have a gun as provided in the Bill of Rights versus wanting to feel safe in my own shopping mall. I truly believe in the right to bear arms. Now I'm reading about the recent stabbing tragedy in Japan and all the similar knife related killing sprees that have happened over there in recent years.
They do not have guns in Japan so now they have mass murderers using knives!!! The recent killing spree has people in Japan discussing tighter knife control...what?? That sounds eerily similar to talk over here in favor of tighter gun control. Aren't the evil or mentally ill killers out there going to find something to do their damage with? In Japan, lawful abiding citizens do not have guns but all the criminals and organized crime organizations do.
Perhaps there needs to be tighter controls when people apply for their gun licenses. However, if mental illness gets worked into the requirement would you have the government as some sort of Big Brother over our mental health status? I don't know what the answer is, I just wanted to see what all the wise folks in the hive and to say.
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What is a summer course review? And how old is your dd?
I like the idea of taking the week off and making this week all about fun and being together. The 3 yo is probably not doing school yet and the 11 yo could do some reading, math pages, hand writing here and there, mostly the stuff he can do independently. Maybe while he's doing that, you and dd could be doing some cooking or baking in the kitchen?
Prayer request for my younger dd and her youth group
in General Education Discussion Board
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I will lift her and her youth group up in prayer. Did this young man and his family attend your church? It's just so sad.....