spradlin02 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I've gotten sucked into way too many threads today. How much time do you typically spend(waste) on the forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? :D Let's just say too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simka2 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I tell my kids, "this is how mommy learns how to be a good homeschool teacher. :)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ToGMom Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I tell my kids, "this is how mommy learns how to be a good homeschool teacher. :)" :lol: Can I borrow this?? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I stop by for about 1/2 hour to 45 min with my morning coffee. 15 min in the afternoon with my coffee :D and about another 1/2 hour in the evening. If dh and I are out doing a lot of driving (he drives ;)) then I'm on here on the iPhone. Yup. Probably way too much time, but it's that time of year where I'm needing the K-8 board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I'm a junkie. I. can. stop. any. time. Really....... (hands shaking.....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 6 hours PER WEEK??? :smilielol5: Last few days??? :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? :D Let's just say too much. it's 5:00 somewhere!!! :001_tt2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 6 hours PER WEEK??? :smilielol5: Last few days??? :leaving: Crud. In my rush to vote, I totally missed the word "week". Here I was, thinking I had so much more restraint than everyone else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I've sat here for better than 6 hours a day before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledaizy Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I've sat here for better than 6 hours a day before! +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I'd like to invoke my 5th amendment rights please. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I said more than 6, but I've got a nursing baby so I call it multitasking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Yeah, I'm nursing a baby too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Yeah, I'm nursing a baby too. Hmmmm, ok, I really need to get pregnant. Then I could be here guilt free. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I was told there would be no math. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I didn't vote. I honestly do not think any of my time is wasted on this board. I can always find something to do whether it's watching tv, reading, sewing, gardening, etc. Being on this board is no different than the other things for me. I'm not required to be doing something for 16 hrs. a day, since I sleep 8 hrs. a night. I don't have a job so I'm not required to be working for 8 hours a day, which would still leave me with an extra 8 hours a day. And I'm absolutely positive I do not spend 16 hours a day on these boards, and fairly positive I don't spend 8 hours on here either. But I do spend way more time than some people here, and that's cool with me. Different lifestyles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I didn't vote. I come on the forum while the boys are doing an exercise/working independently. Sometimes I sew. It just fills in time when I am on call but not actually teaching. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I don't consider it wasted time, though. I learn things here. A lot of things. And some of it I even use to teach the kids! In fact, I'm quite certain I've grown as a person just by being exposed to all of the different conversations and hearing well thought out opinions that oppose my own. No, it's not wasted time. Mostly. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I have found so many worthwhile suggestions, I can't classify my time spent here as a waste! Someone really needs to invent a device that would allow the computer to operate only if it could be powered by a stationary bicycle or treadmill. I'd get a very good workout every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Spend? 6+/week Waste? less than 1 hour/week. This place is my planning, research, current events, teachers lounge, gathering at the fence post, and expand your thinking spot. I might a few minutes here or there peering into a thread on something not relevant to my current life, but most of the time here is productive in some form or fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I have found so many worthwhile suggestions, I can't classify my time spent here as a waste! Someone really needs to invent a device that would allow the computer to operate only if it could be powered by a stationary bicycle or treadmill. I'd get a very good workout every day. I've thought this same thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I didn't vote. I have the forum 'on' while I'm teaching my kids. If they are doing something that doesn't need me I will often read a bit of a thread, as soon as they need me, I turn to work with them. If I am having a bad health day I spend more time here than on good health days. On a bad health day this is the most I can do physically. On a good health day I'm off doing all the physical things that have piled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Crud. In my rush to vote, I totally missed the word "week". Here I was, thinking I had so much more restraint than everyone else... Yipe! I should have read closer. I was thinking per day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Spend? 6+/week Waste? less than 1 hour/week. This place is my planning, research, current events, teachers lounge, gathering at the fence post, and expand your thinking spot. I might a few minutes here or there peering into a thread on something not relevant to my current life, but most of the time here is productive in some form or fashion. :iagree: I think most of the time I am on here is productive. I do have days when I hide here instead of dealing with unpleasant aspects of reality, but I try not to make that a habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 (edited) I'd like to invoke my 5th amendment rights please. :D YES!!!!! Forget my first response - instead :iagree::iagree::iagree: WHAT SHE SAID!!! :D ETA - No waste time! Leisure time? Lots. Learning time? Lots. Wasted time? No - but should I be doing something else? I plead the 5th. Edited May 20, 2010 by Denisemomof4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 :iagree: I think most of the time I am on here is productive. I do have days when I hide here instead of dealing with unpleasant aspects of reality, but I try not to make that a habit. I've found the habit is lifting now a certain small person has traded his day long nakking habit for FOOOOOOOOOD and more FOOOOOOOOD. I was just thinking the other day I was feeling better than I had for a couple of years. I'm getting a decent night sleep more often than not, and I no longer have a baby attached to me every minute of every day! (Or what felt like it.) Every minute this forum has kept this mamma company through sleep deprivation was a minute she wasn't screaming or crying at anyone. Not a waste. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyofthree Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Definitely not a waste of time but completely addictive. I've just started and I am hooked already. Not a good sign.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 It SEEMs like it's a lot, b/c I leave the computer on all day and check in from time to time...so that's why my dot is green all. the. time. Yeah. That's why. Really. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Good thing I read the poll thoroughly. I was just about to select "2-4 hours", but then I realized it said per week not per day. Oops. ;) Break time has been computer time for me for quite a while now. I spend about an hour in the morning before we start school, another 30 min. to an hour at lunch (most of us eat with a computer on our laps), another hour or so after we finish school and before starting to cook dinner, and another 30 min. to an hour in the evening before bed. Not all of this time is spent here, but checking my e-mail and researching curriculum as well. I have belonged to several Yahoo groups for many years, but lately I was reading through all my e-mail and still wanting more intellectual interaction. I have found that here, so this is where I am whenever I have a spare computer moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spradlin02 Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 I should be working, but I have a real bad case of short-timers...for the past six months. With another three to go. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 (edited) I chose 4-6 hours because it sounded better than >6 hrs. I check here first thing in the a.m. and last thing before I turn off my computer for the night. I pop in and out during the day. Sometimes it is a reward for doing chores for X amount of time. Sometimes it is to recover from teaching math. Sometimes it is to avoid being otherwise productive. Right now I am waiting for my oven to preheat, and I have finished teaching and tutoring my HS kids for today. After dinner, it will be time to deal with PS kids & their schoolwork/after-schooling. Oh joy. A WTM forums chill out moment will be in order once ( conservative estimate) again. Edited May 20, 2010 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I refuse to add up the time I spend on here! I don't really want to know. :001_smile: I do leave the computer on when I am in the room schooling. When the kids do not need me, I am on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Ok, I said 4-6 hours but it might be more than that some weeks and I just don't like to admit it. Bonus points for your use of Jiminy Christmas!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Crud. In my rush to vote, I totally missed the word "week". Here I was, thinking I had so much more restraint than everyone else... I did the exact same thing. I was starting to feel a bit cocky until I read ALL of the words in the header. :001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) I don't ususally participate for more than a few minutes at a time, but I do like to check in frequently. My hsers are very independent, so yk, there I go. My post count is pretty darn high. I can cram a lot into a day. lol Edited May 21, 2010 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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