luuknam Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I would absolutely refuse to answer any questions about my preschooler and college. It is not a developmentally appropriate question and none of their damn business. (I might feel strongly about this...) I agree, but we just didn't know how they would've reacted. I figured it probably wouldn't hurt to let the school know that yes, we have high hopes for our kid, so they better work hard to help make those come true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Or maybe we just managed to make them think we're completely delusional. Who knows? Oh well. His teachers would consistently comment on how smart he was and stuff, so, maybe not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Reminds me of that study in which teachers were told some random average kids in their class were gifted, and then those kids would end up with better test scores etc, even though they really were just as average as the other kids. Which is of course rather unfair to the other kids, but, preconceptions matter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 The Mist was the worst movie ending ever. John Quincy Adams is da bomb. My recipes are organized, but PTE is much more user friendly than Pinterest. Coffee, pancakes, bacon and eggs! What's PTE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 We churched. I somehow have found myself in the position of having to undo something that the former pastor’s wife has done that has everyone upset. I tried to pass the buck on this but it wasn’t going away. Sigh. Time to put on my bulletproof underwear. (She’s really nice but I don’t want to hurt her feelings. And yes, she’s still at our church. ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What was done has everyone upset, or the undoing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What was done has everyone upset, or the undoing? Coffee. I don’t even drink the stuff. But she messed with their coffee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Day 56 done [emoji736] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What - baby Awix? 🙄 She said all of her children were potty trained at 18 months. Alex will be 2 in June. You've got time! College is many years away :D My latest potty trained at age 5.5; I had started to think it would never happen... :svengo: If this is from MIL, maybe you should reconsider Louisiana. :w00t: It was *that* woman at church. What's PTE? Plan To Eat. My applicable recipes are tagged with fast, easy, Whole30, soup, casserole Crockpot/IP etc. This is why when an ITTer says "I need a fast recipe for ground beef" I give them 5 options. I walked 2 miles, did a few weights, and a few belly exercises. I did not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I'm beginning to get grief about the fact that Alex isn't potty trained. Not yet about college though. I was asked if I was going to put John in school when we move. :glare: Isn't he just going on 2? And not for quite a few months yet, at that... Neither of my girls were trained by 2. And Gymnast was pushing it taking her dear sweet time; I think she may have been almost three. I think I've blotted out that time... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I'm impressed. We have lots of Octopi Sleepers. Someone would lose a tooth. I think it's written somewhere in human dna to be octopi sleepers when young. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 She said all of her children were potty trained at 18 months. Alex will be 2 in June. :svengo: It was *that* woman at church. Plan To Eat. My applicable recipes are tagged with fast, easy, Whole30, soup, casserole Crockpot/IP etc. This is why when an ITTer says "I need a fast recipe for ground beef" I give them 5 options. I did not. You know better than to listen to “that womanâ€. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Reminds me of that study in which teachers were told some random average kids in their class were gifted, and then those kids would end up with better test scores etc, even though they really were just as average as the other kids. Which is of course rather unfair to the other kids, but, preconceptions matter. I remember that study. It should be required reading for all teachers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Coffee. I don’t even drink the stuff. But she messed with their coffee. :svengo: Can't mess with folks' coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Coffee. I don’t even drink the stuff. But she messed with their coffee.Well, no wonder everyone was upset. I’d be upset, too, if someone messed with my COFFEE☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I remember that study. It should be required reading for all teachers. Absolutely. Hey, did any of you see MD's proposed homeschooling bill thread out in the sea? Someone mentioned that she'd be okay with requiring people to submit a few letters of recommendation when filing to homeschool (not part of the proposed bill), and somehow I'm the only person so far to say no to that idea... kind of surprised. Would y'all be willing to submit a few letters of recommendation along with your letter of intent (also, no idea if she meant annually - here LOIs are annual, but I think in some states they're a one-time thing)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 :svengo: Can't mess with folks' coffee! It's the 4 Unicorns of the Apocalypse! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 No. I’d rather not get into it here bc that’s one of the reasons I (try to) avoid the sea. ;) I wouldn't either. I saw the thread, didn't read her whole post, left it. I know it's vogue right now on the forum to be skeptical of homeschooling, suspicious of neglect, and pro regulation, but I'm tired of it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lots of little ducklings Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 No. I’d rather not get into it here bc that’s one of the reasons I (try to) avoid the sea. ;) I stuck my toe in and submitted all the necessary likes. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 What's a Tim Tebow law? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I like Texas.OMW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 What's a Tim Tebow law? A law that would allow homeschoolers to play sports at public schools. Our state keeps refusing to pass it. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 No. I’d rather not get into it here bc that’s one of the reasons I (try to) avoid the sea. ;) That's fine. I was just surprised no one else responded to that comment, especially since I hadn't seen that idea floated in any of the other threads yet (though I could easily have missed some of those threads). There have been so many jobs I haven't applied to because I have no clue who to get a letter of recommendation from that I have a visceral reaction to the concept of a letter of recommendation (though I completely get how they make sense from an employer's pov). Basically, the words "letter of recommendation" make me panic, even at times that I actually do have people I could ask, because it just brings back memories of feeling stuck and broke and poor with no way out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I blame the public school system that made us answer the "what university do you want your entering preschooler to attend" question. I get that the intent is to make parents think of their kids as going to college some day, or to see whether parents have given up yet on their almost-nonverbal just-turned-3yo... we had to write down like 10 universities, so I wrote down something along the lines of MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Stanford, any university I'd attended myself (decent state schools), some Dutch universities, something along those lines. It was quite silly. I'd be tempted to write something like ITT, Local County Community College, Beauty School.....not that there's anything wrong with any of those choices, but you know what they want you to write and I'd hate to give it to them! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Baby is nuts! He is 5months old this week and was sitting on my lap and really, really, really wanted his sister's papers that were out of reach. The next thing I know he is standing straight up and I have to catch him before he falls on his face! He wasn't even holding onto anything. I'm not ready for mobility and it's been a while, but I don't think 5month olds are supposed to be able to go from sitting to standing without help. :svengo: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Absolutely. Hey, did any of you see MD's proposed homeschooling bill thread out in the sea? Someone mentioned that she'd be okay with requiring people to submit a few letters of recommendation when filing to homeschool (not part of the proposed bill), and somehow I'm the only person so far to say no to that idea... kind of surprised. Would y'all be willing to submit a few letters of recommendation along with your letter of intent (also, no idea if she meant annually - here LOIs are annual, but I think in some states they're a one-time thing)? We don’t file letters of intent. Well, we do file a Private School Affadavit every year. Maybe that’s similar. But no. No. No. And no. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 So, Lego Lass and I have kind of an honor-system deal with her library books that she shows me anything questionable so I can preread it, but I no longer look at everything she brings home. I walk in her room today and I notice on her shelf: The Illustrated Dictionary of Math, and a book on fractions. SHOCK. AWE. SECRET GLEE! My dd is “sneaking†math books! Unbelievable!! What’s next?? Protractors taped in a baggie in the toilet tank?? Illicit videos showing graphic linear equations?? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Not that math books are questionable and need to be preread, I’m just surprised she didn’t show it to me for the brownie points. Can’t let mom know you’re secretly enjoying math, or something? I snuck Chinese on family vacation once, because I didn't want my mom commenting on it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I got a Booya/h, but I can’t edit, to include it in the post. So..... Booya/h late. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Belated Booya. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Our last one was the earliest walker, at 9 1/2 months. And I don't even know how, since we held him ALL THE TIME!! Mine was walking at 9 1/2 months, too. That was early enough! 5 months? :svengo: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I was so excited to see a Linear Algebra book in dd's pile the other day. Then I saw that it was a Manga book. I'd still be excited. Actually, I think I read half that book, and it's pretty boring - more Linear Algebra poorly explained than manga, iirc (it's been a while). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I would say Ashley Wilkes got the biggest disapproval rating amongst my kids. Both Scarlett and Rhett were unscrupulous, but they weren’t hypocrites. Ashley claimed to love his wife and talked about honor, but he was a very weak man and, while he may not have been technically unfaithful to Melanie, he kept toying with Scarlett until it basically ruined her life. Uh, spoiler alert. Jeez. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Two more query letters to send out today. Then I get to start on April's list on Thursday. I want to only have a few query letters to work on through April so that I can devote my time to writing the new book. I discovered a mistake in my CV. I sent it to two "eh, who knows" jobs. Still. I thought of you and felt less alone. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 A law that would allow homeschoolers to play sports at public schools. Our state keeps refusing to pass it. :glare: Is it because the school doesn't get the money for sports if they don't have an enrolled student (coaches cost $)? Although I realize it saves society overall I can see why the incentive structure schools deal with would encourage them to push back. They get paid per FTE and that is all inclusive of sports probably. Very frustrating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Baby is nuts! He is 5months old this week and was sitting on my lap and really, really, really wanted his sister's papers that were out of reach. The next thing I know he is standing straight up and I have to catch him before he falls on his face! He wasn't even holding onto anything. I'm not ready for mobility and it's been a while, but I don't think 5month olds are supposed to be able to go from sitting to standing without help. :svengo: Dancer at 6 months: https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26578_1275534975227_7029512_n.jpg?oh=fad4ebbd4c007edd809e29d0c72806aa&oe=5B3882B9 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Is it because the school doesn't get the money for sports if they don't have an enrolled student (coaches cost $)? Although I realize it saves society overall I can see why the incentive structure schools deal with would encourage them to push back. They get paid per FTE and that is all inclusive of sports probably. Very frustrating. AFAIK, my taxes are still used to fund the schools. My kids can take individual classes for free, but they are not allowed to participate in sports or the school play or whatever. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 She said all of her children were potty trained at 18 months. Alex will be 2 in June. :svengo: It was *that* woman at church. She probably lied. I did Asian traditional / gradual potty training and I can tell you that 18mo is the earliest you get, and even then it's half mom trained. I have not seen a kid in five countries live up to what I would call "potty Independence". Closest was my second, pretty much dry at a year, mainly trained by 18 months but only with reminders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 AFAIK, my taxes are still used to fund the schools. My kids can take individual classes for free, but they are not allowed to participate in sports or the school play or whatever. Oh I understand, just if your kids take classes, the school gets funded. If they don't, no money--including no money for sports. I don't know why they do it that way. It makes schools compete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Uh, spoiler alert. Jeez. Sorry about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I am going to bed now. I had my Sleep and Relax herbs, drank some Sleepytime tea and took a couple of Benadryl because I couldn't stop sneezing. I think I should sleep pretty good. If I don't slip into a coma first. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 She probably lied. I did Asian traditional / gradual potty training and I can tell you that 18mo is the earliest you get, and even then it's half mom trained. I have not seen a kid in five countries live up to what I would call "potty Independence". Closest was my second, pretty much dry at a year, mainly trained by 18 months but only with reminders.I did infant potty training with my first two but they still wore diapers because I'm a wuss. They never were fully trained but we sure saved money on diapers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 It's snow-maggeddon. No CC today. Coffee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Good morning! It's Snowmageddon Light this morning. Schools opening late. Dd15 will still get her braces off. 👠Coffee! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 We churched. I somehow have found myself in the position of having to undo something that the former pastor’s wife has done that has everyone upset. I tried to pass the buck on this but it wasn’t going away. Sigh. Time to put on my bulletproof underwear. (She’s really nice but I don’t want to hurt her feelings. And yes, she’s still at our church. ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I blame the public school system that made us answer the "what university do you want your entering preschooler to attend" question. I get that the intent is to make parents think of their kids as going to college some day, or to see whether parents have given up yet on their almost-nonverbal just-turned-3yo... we had to write down like 10 universities, so I wrote down something along the lines of MIT, Caltech, Harvard, Stanford, any university I'd attended myself (decent state schools), some Dutch universities, something along those lines. It was quite silly. I want my preschooler attending the university that specializes in teaching such advanced preschoolers! :laugh: And I would also respond that if my preschooler was so apparently ready for college then I don't need to put her through public preschool, do I. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I'm beginning to get grief about the fact that Alex isn't potty trained. Not yet about college though. I was asked if I was going to put John in school when we move. :glare: "Well, my 1-year-old has been spending more time developing his mind right now. He'll get to that soon enough. And yes, John will be attending a very exclusive private school once we move." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Coffee. I don’t even drink the stuff. But she messed with their coffee. :ohmy: Yeah, that'll get many folks quite riled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 She said all of her children were potty trained at 18 months. Alex will be 2 in June. :svengo: It was *that* woman at church. Plan To Eat. My applicable recipes are tagged with fast, easy, Whole30, soup, casserole Crockpot/IP etc. This is why when an ITTer says "I need a fast recipe for ground beef" I give them 5 options. I did not. Oh, her opinion has already been shown to be questionable at best. She's just looking for a way to one-up you because she knows how awesome you actually are. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Absolutely. Hey, did any of you see MD's proposed homeschooling bill thread out in the sea? Someone mentioned that she'd be okay with requiring people to submit a few letters of recommendation when filing to homeschool (not part of the proposed bill), and somehow I'm the only person so far to say no to that idea... kind of surprised. Would y'all be willing to submit a few letters of recommendation along with your letter of intent (also, no idea if she meant annually - here LOIs are annual, but I think in some states they're a one-time thing)? NO. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I like Texas. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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