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    Please explain something to me

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I think one thing that was missed is that this is part time. So that may be $28,000 full time it's about $14,000 part time. That's not a lot of money if you have a mortage - even if it's a small mortgage.

     

    I agree with the advice to take the job because it's easier to get a job if you have a job. If he does this and gets something else and keeps looking you maybe okay.

     

    Employers prefer to hire someone who has a job, so taking it would be a good idea.

    Honda transmission trouble--WWYD?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I don't think a 2003 Honda Odyssey qualifies as a clunker because it's combined mpg is 19.

     

    I would probably put a new transmission in it and drive for a while. Then I would sell it and get a Toyota Sienna.

     

    Right now, very few dealers are desperate. The CARS programs wiping out inventory right and left especially of fuel efficent Toyotas. The Sienna qualifies as the new car in the cars program, so I imagine they are selling well right now.

     

    At my dh's dealership, inventory is almost gone and there are selling cars they don't have yet.

     

    And he's heard that most dealers are marking up prices because they can.

     

    ETA you posted while I was posting...

    without attacking me, please offer constructive feedback :)

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by Steph

    I actually think your day sounds awesome!!! I think you are having a lot of fun. My kids would love so many of those things. I think 1st grade is a great time to tackle some of these fun things you are doing.

     

    I could have written this a few years ago! (complete with the younger sibs.)

     

    Your ds sounds exactly like my dd! She is older now, but holy cow - we'd spend forever doing things! We can't break during the day at all or I lose her. More than 10 minutes off task and it's forever getting her back. With a motivated child, I could have cut hours off our day but with her we could do all day everyday and never get done. We spend the same amount of time now and get more done because we have worked on this issues of dawdling.

     

    Her sis and bro totally different - totally driven get it done kind of kids. It's her personality. She likes long blocks of time to do things. So we do more of a block schedule. DD also drags in math and could do English and Latin all day!! I give her the time to do that. We do larger blocks less days - I hope that make sense. Instead of 15 minutes a day, we'd do a hour (or two!) once or twice a week. That is what she likes - she doesn't transition quickly.

     

    I think you are trying to do the right things. If he really is like my dd, he needs you keeping a tight schedule. Personally, I hate it! I am not schedule person and would prefer to just do what we want to, but she needs it. She can spend an hour unloading the dishwasher. :001_huh: Let's not talk about how long she'd shower. The timer is a just tool to teach. I also talk about time blocks with her.

     

    The timer thing was a huge help to her - she really needed to see how much time she was spending on things. I ask her how long should this take? How long did it take? I do things with her to show her the pace and time it should take. Then we set a reasonable time plus extra time and set the timer. Then she sees oh if I had only spent 15 minutes on that instead of an hour, I would 45 minutes. And times 5 tasks - that's a lot of time wasted!

     

    If she was left to do her own thing, it would bedtime before she got halfway through school. She is dawdler by nature - seriously her 4 year old brother gets more done faster.

     

    I think most of your activities sound like fun and not school. I think you have really discovered making life all about learning.

     

    I wonder if your frustration maybe like mine - if you would just do it we could do so much more with our day. I hate days when I am pulling on her all day to get things done. But when she starts piano she doesn't want to do stop - no way she could practice for 15 minutes and stop. She's is just getting going at the 15 mintue mark. She wants to keep going. She wants an hour, but an hour a day?

     

    I don't know if am making sense to you, but your post resonated with me a lot. It sounds so much like my dd at 6.

     

    I think you keep working on the time thing but give yourself space to stop if the day is getting too long. That's what we had to do.

     

    And I started putting my extra stuff in a bucket for her to do when she wanted to, and she actually found a bit more motivation to get the basics done. And we are doing more of the extras this way.

    Cash for Clunkers: any domestic car recommendations?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    How do you find out if your car qualifies? Dh and I have been keeping our eyes open for a great deal on a car and this just might do it for us!! Ours is a 2000 Chevy Venture. Dh and I were talking last night and we're considering buying a clunker from someone (really cheap!) and trading it in for this incentive. Then, selling our Venture for a couple thousand. That, combined with Chrysler (?) new deal - another $4500!! That would be like $11,000 off of our new car. That puts it at the cost of a used car easily. We're not sure if that's legal though!

     

    Good luck finding a car!!!

     

    You have to prove you have owned the car for a year or more.

    Cash for Clunkers Stimulus is Bogas :o(

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by Steph

    According to dh who works in the car business.

    This is why.

     

    The weight of your van makes it a Category 3 vehicle therefore the combined fuel economy isn't an issue - see here from cars.gov.

     

    A work truck, which is called a category 3 truck under the CARS Act, is subject to special rules. Work trucks are not rated for fuel economy by the EPA. Thus, the eligibility of work trucks for the program does not depend on combined fuel economy. Instead, work trucks may only be traded in under the program if they were manufactured not later than model year 2001 and not earlier than 25 years before the date of the trade in. In addition, work trucks may only be traded in for the purchase of a category 2 truck or another category 3 truck that is of similar size or smaller than the traded-in vehicle. Finally, the Act provides only for a $3,500 credit for trading in a work truck.

    The CARS Act limits the amount of funds that can be used to provide credits for purchases or leases of work trucks. Only 7.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the program may be used for credits for work trucks. Once that limit is reached, NHTSA will stop making payments for these transactions. NHTSA will keep the public informed as to the funds that remain available for these credits.

     

    Trouble with ebay purchase. (Mediate between dh and me, please?)

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    How does this sound?

     

    I received the coffee maker yesterday. When I opened it, water ran out of it. You described this item as new.

    I washed it out and tried it, following the instructions. Water runs out over the spout and leaks around my cup.

    At present, I am not satisfied with my purchase.

     

    Is this assertive enough? Do I need to spell out my expectations? Or see what they'll offer?

     

    tia

     

    I think this part is slightly unclear - at least to me. I had to read it a couple times to get what I think you were trying to say. When you opened it, there was already water in it clearly indicating that it had been previously used. Maybe clarify that it was evident someone had used it - therefore making this item used not new.

     

    No, it has nothing to do with your satisfaction. You need to state that it is obviously a used item, not as advertised and defective. You will be expecting a full refund and a UPS pick up of the item. Be polite but firm and clear about what you expect. (100% money back, they pay shipping)

     

    Restocking fees and paying shipping are for people who changed their minds. You didn't change your mind, you got a defective product. I bet it was used because it had been retuned as defective before and they just shipped it to the next person. What a great scam:glare:

     

    :iagree::iagree:

    For anyone who has EVER attended Classical Conversations!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by Steph

    Actually this is as written. I didn't say it's 3 1/2 hours of memory work. I said it's 3 1/2 hours of work - almost all of which has to be adapted to work for a 4 or 5 year old. The science was fun. But the rest is very sedentary. That's a long time for a 4 year old to sit in one room, even if we did move around some.

     

    It really isn't the memory work that was the biggest problem for the young ones. It was the rest (except the science experiments)

     

     

    It's the time that I think is the biggest discrepancy. That 3 1/2 hours ~ at least that was my point, it's 2 1/2 hours not 3 1/2 hours. That hour makes a huge difference. CC intends for it to be 9:30 - 12 for Foundations.

     

    I have had 2 ABCs (one boy and one girl) and I have tutored.

     

    I think if you are still tutoring you should talk to your director because there seem to be some differences.

     

    It doesn't sound like you had great director support either.

     

    There should have been 12 weeks of "kitchen sink" type experiments. There should have been 12 weeks of music (2 different types) 12 weeks of art.

     

    The body was tough on the young ones, but just enlisted the moms in the room. Every room is supposed to moms to help with these tasks. Same with the tin whistle - moms should be helping. If you didn't have any, that's a problem you should address with your director. Probability was hard to understand for the little one - shoot the tutors had a hard time. But it was fun and they loved it - rolling the dice, making pizzas, and picking socks.

     

    Those little ones shouldn't be writing and doing tedious map work. We always use laminated maps and either dry erase markers or stickers.

     

    That sort of specific training is your directors responsibility - that's part of what she's there for.

    Classical Conversations...to join or not to join?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    I think people are confusing things. Nobody said not to do CC. Do CC if you want. All I said was CC isn't going to give you the structure, accountability, planning, and stubborn-kid-busting curriculum plans you're wanting. For that VP would be great. Do both if you want. :)

     

    No, I disagree.

     

    I don't think you fully grasp what CC offers. CC does give you those very things. VP Scholars offers an already written scripted lesson plan where CC doesn't.

    CC offers the support and encouragement of friends - that really helps with stubborn kids a lot! VP offers a lot of great things - they are very nice compliments to each other. It's just that I think you are not really understanding the CC program and network.

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