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Songbird76

Songbird76

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Gabe1 said:
Funny thing grades are. Often so subjective. Some teachers just have it in for the very bright kids, not most but some do. I have one kid with a real high IQ. She never got anything less than an A. Not because I demanded it, it was because she demanded it herself and I worried about that for her even when she was in college. She was tough on herself. She has herself to be proud of for graduating Summa *** Laude from a tough University with a double major. Sometimes these kids that are real smart you just have to leave alone to figure things out for themselves, they are wired very differently and watching these gifted (hate the term but it is what it is) kids some tank when parents get overly involved or start having problems fitting in with classmates because they are the smartest ones. It is such a hard call. Being on the BOE I saw more than most. I saw some of these kids that were gifted tank under the pressure more out of rebellion. Like I said before my DD was reading kids chapter books at 4. I don't know how she learned to read. That is spooky as a parent. I advocated for her when need be but I backed off how she was was handling her own education early on. I'd only step in when someone was messing with her. And there were a few.

Now the other one I had to be a bit more mindful of his education. While very bright and a very respectful IQ that one needed to be kept on the road. It would have been unfair expectations for me to demand all A's from him. I knew the subjects he would do well in and the ones that were more of a struggle. And sometimes I just knew when to let it go 'cause it wasn't the kid it was a particular teacher. I needed them both to know I too realized adults sometimes are just jerks. Sometimes it is just that, just like with kids sometimes there are dud of teachers too. My DH a math major himself had to go into see a middle school math teacher over a D on a math test of my DS that we were required to sign. My DH didn't do parent teacher conferences, this time he did. During that conference my DH taught the math teacher how to do the problems he marked wrong on my sons math test. He did that a second time when my son was in high school again in math.

It all worked out. They both graduated high school, they both graduated college. They both have careers. Now when they both recover from earning their undergrad degrees and go onto grad school I pray I have nothing to do with it and just get to attend the grad ceremony. So glad I'm done. Don't miss it, don't miss it at all.

Edit: lol I have to love what the filter *** out. Not a very bright filter. Giggle.
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Yep...it does get a bit spooky. DD taught herself to read, too. I had put the kids down for a nap and I was going upstairs for something and heard talking, so I was about to get really angry, but as I came up, I saw DD kneeling at her brother's bed, reading him a book because he couldn't sleep. I hadn't even known she could read. She was 3 or 4. DS was the same way with numbers. When he was 5, we had played monopoly, just the 2 of us, because he was home sick from school. When we were done, we each counted our own money and he asked me how much I had. And then says "Oh! I had ...... so I had .....more than you." And he had it exactly right...in the thousands, and he added in his head in just seconds. Very disconcerting and yet awe inspiring. He tends to get bullied at school, partly because of that, and partly because he cries a lot. Kids think he's weird. We've been VERY fortunate that all his teachers up till now see past the "weird" and appreciate him for who he is and that he really is a sweetheart behind all the strange stuff. They've all been encouraging of him and supportive. I dread the day he gets a crappy teacher who doesn't "get" him. I had my share of awful teachers, but with a kid like DS, it could be particularly damaging because of how emotional he is. DD is much better able to cope and she's very social and everyone likes her, even though she's a "brain". There are very few who aren't her friends and those are mostly the kids who are just very envious. Her teachers love her because she's always smiley and enthusiastic...as much as her brother cries, that's how much she's bubbly. They've both had fantastic teachers, and DD only had a bad one in kindergarten, but she had 2 teachers then and only one was bad. I'm grateful.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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figmentfan423 said:
If you have extra send them my way thnx I love that my dh's grandfather always sent us a really good knife for gifts. We miss that now that he's gone.:(
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When I'm there this summer, I'm sure dad will give me some more. I can bring them to Disney with me and maybe leave them for you at your resort if you are staying on property? I doubt I'd get them through security! :D
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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French Quarter said:
Yes...I believe I talked about how we had a new Prime Minister and I like him. (Please don't report me.) Certainly nothing I thought was controversial. It is very difficult not to offend people...especially on message boards for whatever reason.
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I think it was mostly your comment about ending the dark period, because it pretty obviously showed your support for the one candidate, which could be seen as offensive to someone who doesn't like him. That's what I'm guessing it was.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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French Quarter said:
And maybe that's just it. Every kid is different and every parent has a different style. And unless one is being abusive, other people should try to understand that the parent is doing their best and not get judgmental.

I can recognize when my son is not trying his best. He is unfocused and gets grades that are lower than his norm. I see it as my job to help get him back on track. Other parents might approach things differently.
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I think that's it though....you know your own child and his norm. We don't. If you came on and said you were upset that he got a particular grade, we don't know his norm, so we look at the grade and think...what's wrong with that. My mom got really upset about grades and I always did my best, but sometimes it wasn't good enough for my mom. That's no way to go through life, constantly being stressed about grades and feeling like a failure if your report card isn't perfect. I think we were all reacting to the grade, not knowing her son, so not knowing he was capable of more and the B showed a lack of effort. And I think all of us would be upset if our kids were slacking off. But we wouldn't be upset if that was the best he could do. But it's hard on here to hear tone of voice, and there's a delay in response, so sometimes, we respond before we've read further posts where it is explained. I don't think anyone was saying it's ok not to do their best...we just hadn't gotten that far in the thread to know that's what she was upset about. For me, I read the initial comment, and I immediately got that tight feeling in my stomach that I got when I got an A- or a B+....that dread that I was going to have to show it to mom, and she was going to be mad and I had to work REALLY hard to get it back up so I didn't have to quit my activities. It caused a reaction in me because it brought back every incident with my mom that I just didn't understand why it was so bad to have a B. That's where my initial reaction came from. And then when I read further, and she said it was the lack of effort...THAT I can understand. Does that make sense?
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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betty rose said:
No Black Friday for me, way too many people. We used to go out every year, now if you go to the mall, it's wall to wall people. With super long lines at checkout.
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We never did black Friday. The very first year Walmart had a black Friday sale, we did go to that one, but it wasn't a big deal that year and there were only a handful of people who went at opening to get the big ticket items. That was the only time we went, because we actually needed something they had in the sale. What I see now on the news is INSANE! You couldn't pay me enough to go! Last year, I made the mistake of going shopping on the last Saturday before Sinterklaas gift night. NEVER again. And it wasn't nearly as bad as what I've seen on TV for black friday.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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MOXOMUMD said:
Everything from cookies, brownies, cupcakes, fudge, truffles, muffins, rice krispie treats, gingerbread, donut pops, nobakes, meringues and everything in between. Plus super megabig batches of chex mix, puppy chow, glazed mixed nuts and rainbow popcorn. Also dozens and dozens of chocolate covered pretzel rods, candy canes, marshmallow skewers and cocoa spoons.
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Oh I miss chex mix!! My mom made it every year, but there's no such thing as Chex here, so I have to get my fix in the US, and the store bought isn't as good as the home made! Have fun baking! Do you make Holly Wreath cookies?
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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figmentfan423 said:
Good morning all. The boys and I got out all the Christmas decorating boxes last night. It was seventy something and we're getting Christmas stuff out, Glorious!!!!!!!! While getting the boxes out we discovered something I haven't seen in over a year, my old brother embroidery machine. It's soooooo out of date it has a few very nice built in designs but most designs had to be imported with a memory card that worked with a box plugged into the computer windows 98 required LOL. Any way we plugged it in and it still works. It needs a bit of cleaning out even though it was covered and my baby wants it. It's basic but it will give him something to do and there's just enough built in designs and I have the box and memory card so he might just get some use out of it. If he shows an interest in sewing and crafting I might just have to get him his own sewing machine (no smelly boy germs on mine)
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Boys have cooties!
 
donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
I'm pretty sure they use air, but they use oil/grease so the pumps move continuously with no issue.
But the electrical pump systems usually get hot and "smell" like burned oil.
I'm no disney expert, but I'm talking about the cabins of the Star Tours.

I think this thing shows it at 0:47.
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Looks like hydraulics from what I found here. Scroll down to "Ride system".
That's what I'd heard years ago, but, I wasn't sure anymore either, as the tech could have changed over the years.

Also, that bottom paragraph under "Ride system" is probably why some of you are now having issues with the newer version of the attraction...the old version used 3 degrees of (movement) freedom, the newer version is capable of up to 6. :)
 

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