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    Am I Crazy?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    In a HEARTBEAT! If you are in the position to do it, totally go for it~!!! Don't let other's inability to imagine or think big stop you! So many times we find we don't live out dreams because others could never imagine themselves doing it, and we listen to their own fears. Do it...and stop by Montrose, CO to visit us!

     

    Cindy

     

    I think I just may! :D

    Am I Crazy?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I am seriously entertaining the idea of taking my four small children on an extended (months long) cross country trip.

     

    Context:

     

    My husband is seven months into a two year deployment. I live in Hawaii, far from family. I have friends here, but many of the ones I am close to have moved within the last six months due to military relocation. I love home educating the kids. We have a fairly consistent routine.

     

    Why shouldn't I just shove all our furniture into a storage unit and use our rent money to drive around America, seeing sights and being closer to family?

     

    Perhaps I am in complete denial of the logistical reality of this sort of undertaking. My biggest concern would be where to put the books.

     

    But hey, no one is in diapers anymore, so it would be fine, right? Shoot. It would make for a heck of a journal.

     

    Let the kids play in the badlands. Eat fresh lobster in Maine. Visit a Nona in North Carolina that we haven't seen in years.

     

    This entire thing would probably worry the pants off of dh...

     

    Am I nuts here?

    Is democracy a greater good?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    That is such an incredibly complex question in my eyes, but so relevant as well.

     

    I would say that I do not hold the ideal of democracy up so high, that I would justify whatever is born of it.

     

    I find warmongering for the sake of 'Democracy', and the oppression of individual liberty in the name of 'Peace', equally repugnant. I know you requested not to mention specifics, but I don't think there are any absolute principals to be extracted here. I would argue that the question is very much dependent on context, specifically history and economics.

    How to let go

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Put it on hold.

     

     

    Read good books and snuggle on the couch for a while. Go outside and look carefully at nature. Turn off the tv and get out puzzles and games. Enjoy them for a bit. 4 kids under 7 is stressful.:grouphug::grouphug:

     

    :grouphug: :iagree: :iagree: :iagree: :grouphug:

     

    I had four under seven a year ago and it was ROUGH! Now that the baby is nearly three (DEC) things are getting easier. I can sympathize with your situation, having Dh work shifts must make it increasingly difficult for you. My husband is deployed (7 months down, 17 to go) so I understand what it is like to be pretty much alone with four little ones.

     

    I have definitely had those days too.

     

    Have you had any positive days you can reflect back on? When is it a good day?

     

    I was trying to do way too much. Explore books on home management and routines, those helped me tremendously. PM if you want specific titles.

    Indulge my madness and add your own recommendations

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Love this thread

     

    I am similarly mad :D

     

    My first thought is original source material. I would definitely do those over textbooks.

     

    (A very brief) absolute basics:

     

    Western Classics (Illiad/Odyssey/Aeneid)

    Vitruvius' ten books on architecture

    New Oxford Annotated Bible

    TaNaKh

    Dialects of Confucius

    Tao Te Ching

    Ramayana and Mahabharata

    Perhaps the Harvard Classics

     

    Maybe I am off track here...Are you imagining a subject-specific textbook library?

     

    So thankful for the public libraries right now.

    Can you suggest a movie?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by ShannonS

    Looking for kid appropriate movies with substance. We have a monthly (fun) movie night, and I am having a hard time finding something appealing...Anything out there that you *love*? I think it is harder to keep my attention on a movie than theirs...

     

     

    Our tastes:

     

    The Secret of Kells

    Spirited Away

    Coraline

    Ponyo and other Miyazaki selections

    WALL-E

    Corpse Bride/Nightmare Before Christmas

     

    Hoping for things beyond the Disney/Pixar offerings....

    Managers of their homes. What did you like or dislike? Any input would be great!

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I LOVE LOVE LOVE MOTH

     

    The opening exercises in the book helped me to articulate what my priorities were for my family. I was trying to do way to much and MOTH brought me back down to earth. I am much more organized and less frazzled thanks to it. The kids love it too (for the most part,) they really get a sense of security knowing what comes next. We also use Managers of their Chores.

     

    Just a heads up: Reading through the book and creating a schedule with MOTH does not happen overnight. It was a two week process for us, but definitely worth the investment.

    S/o: cultural differences that surprised you when traveling to other states

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We moved to Hawaii (Oahu) in 1998 from Cali and NC. What initially surprised me was the skyline of Honolulu, it is massive. Something like 3rd or 4th largest in the nation.

     

    White rice is a staple out here, you can even get a scoop of it with your breakfast at McDonalds.

     

    It smells beautiful out here. When you step off the airplane, you smell plumeria on the breeze.

     

    Traffic is HORRIBLE. We only go into town when necessary (once or twice a month) simply to avoid Honolulu traffic.

     

    Everyone here is very laid back, it is common for professionals to wear aloha shirts and slacks rather than business attire.

     

    I do not know if any other state has this, but Hawaii has ONE board of education that administers policy for the entire state education and library system. It is extremely centralized.

     

    It snows on the Big Island sometimes, and people snowboard on Mauna Kea.

    She gave me a lecture

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I think you should take full advantage of her superior knowledge. Frequently. At three in the morning. You know, when you're awake and can't decide which curriculum to use. Or Friday night when she's out on a date. Perhaps early Sunday morning when she's sleeping in. Send her countless texts asking for her help with comparisons of math manipulatives.

     

    I'd drive her freakin insane.

     

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

    awesome

    Re-introduce yourself, no matter how long or short you've been here

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Hi everyone, I am Shannon. I live in Honolulu. I read TWTM a year ago and have never looked back. I enjoy physical comedy, intellectuals and chips with salsa. I love my four children so much it hurts. I try to walk with God. I am that person who walks around the party for 45 minutes before she notices she has toilet paper stuck under her shoe.

     

    Love these boards so far.

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