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Songbird76

Songbird76

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
My days have been so long. I start teaching the ESL kids at 6:30 am the last few days. Then I start with my kids at 8. DS has a lot of work this year. Some he does on his own like this robotics class he is doing. He needs me for Amer. Lit which is a big, humongous, ginormous book, and Civics. I love the Civics course. He is pretty much more into the science and math classes that require less writing. The two younger girls are usually done by 12:30-1. My oldest had her first chem lab at the university today. She had been so worried about it. She got an A in it, and got a perfect score on her first biology quiz. I hope she can keep that up.
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What all does he have to do for Lit? And what is the Civics course like? I remember having civics in high school, but I don't remember a whole lot of what we did...

Congrats to your oldest! I went to my biology class every time and took detailed notes and still didn't do well on the weekly quizzes. The stuff in the quizzes wasn't the same as what the professor covered in class. I passed, but I think that was my only B. Science is just not my thing!!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
Thanks for askin’, Minnie...!!! :)
We got nothin’ here...no wind, no rain, nada.
And, actually, BIL, MIL, and niece in the Houston area got nothin’ either...storm tracked more northeasterly than originally predicted.
Which means lil’ sis and her family in Lafayette, LA got hit a bit harder than they thought they were gonna’. All are fine, but, one of their trees came down and put a hole in their garage roof...

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One less tree to worry about fallin’ on the house again, and free smoker/firewood...!!! ;)
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Well, I guess all things considered, it could have been worse. And hopefully insurance will cover the damage. Not ideal, but not as bad as it could have been....do they have any desire for a skylight in that spot?
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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ajrwdwgirl said:
I did dine with an Imaginerr twice. I can’t remember their names I would have to look that up in my trip journal. The first time was with a lady that started as a secretary at then MGM studios but now does design of interior queues. She work on toy story mania and the Pooh queue. The second time was a graphic designer and he work on signage. He had done a lot of signs for Pandora and Toy Storyland. I think he was going to be working on Mickey’s Runaway Railway too.

It was very enjoyable but you had to be quick on the ADR to get it. I did it both times at Brown Derby for lunch but there was a dinner at Citrcos too. They are not doing Dine with an Imagineer right now though. I hope they bring it back.

Why did you ask? Is it something you are thinking of doing sometime with E?
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Yes, in all likelihood, it will be a few years before we get back to Disney, but yes, I'd love to do that with E. I think she'd really enjoy it. We were talking about it yesterday and she said it would be really cool to be an imagineer. I know they have lots of different areas under the imagineer umbrella, so I thought I'd ask what the ones did who you talked to, and I looked some other stuff up. It sounds like it can really be anything. There's a librarian who's responsible for archiving all the information about existing attractions like wallpaper patterns, ride vehicles, paint colors, etc so that if they refurb, they can be authentic. There are people who design animatronics, design sets, or like you mentioned: signage. But it's a wide range, and it looks like there's not one particular field that is better than another. Engineers, communications, artistic design,...they need people in a lot of fields. It would be right up E's alley. She has always said she'd like to do something creative, and she'd like to help people or make them happy. And one of her favorite classes is the technology design and research class. Local business owners give the kids a project...they give their needs and the specifications and the kids do research and design a product to meet those needs using whatever materials are specified. Like, there was a company that makes cardboard type packaging and wanted to branch out beyond packaging. The kids had to think of something that could be made from cardboard to meet a need in the market. Or there was a company that makes...well, I'm not sure, it looked kind of like PVC and such, and they had to take existing materials and upcylce them into a new use. And it was rather ironic...just before corona happened, they had to do something about disease prevention. They had to choose an illness from a list and figure out a way to prevent its spread, and the one E's group chose was a corona virus...MERS I think? Literally the day of her presentation, the news broke about the Covid19 in China. E's group had had such a hard time finding info about it, and she kept saying it was so hard to come up with a solution because it was spread by camels and the only way to prevent it was to figure out which camels had it, so the only thing they could come up with was a develop a test. But the testing was difficult because it takes a while, and only a few people are certified to do the testing, so you couldn't do it on a large scale. It was too late to add anything, so they had to present their project without the new information on corona viruses. Anyway, the class is basically to research and design new technology/products to meet the needs of the employer. Sounds to me like that's pretty much what imagineering is. That would be a pretty cool career, not pretty versatile...you wouldn't necessarily HAVE to work for Disney, or any theme park really...you could work for just about anyone.
 
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21stamps said:
I’m a huge fan, and I don’t really believe that Messi wants to leave. What he wants is help, that’s the big drama. Barca has not replaced Iniesta, they wasted player signings, they loaned a player whom they should have kept... which all has resulted in the mess we saw twice this year- Once by finishing 2nd, not 1st, in La Liga.. and then the unimaginable 8-2 loss in Champions League. Messi can not carry the offense, he needs players to send the ball to when making his plays.

Messi and Barcelona are intertwined.. that club has done so much for him since he was a little boy. They paid for his growth treatments, and to move and support his father from Argentina to Spain- all when Messi was a child.
Now, saying that, he has been just as good to them. He is the main reason they have so many trophies. The man is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, to every play the sport.
The two are bound so tight, everyone thought he would retire with Barca, never wearing another jersey— this is all why fans, and the world, are all stunned. It’s why it is the biggest news story in the world right now... with article after article stating “sources say..” but, nothing from Messi besides the letter.
Barca is a weird club in its setup,, and beyond that, the president has made crucially wrong decisions. If he goes, if they can sign players to compliment Messi, quickly.. then I believe he will stay. If not, then I do think he will go to the Premier League..but, I hope not. I am a Barca fan (La Liga fan, not TPL) with or without Leo.. but I am also a Leo Messi fan, and I don’t want to split allegiance like that.. I want so badly for him to stay and retire with the club.
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Possible but since Neymar left, Suarez looks to go to Ajax, and Messi frustrated, the big money teams in England are calling to get Messi. In that sport it seems like players are up for sale at the right price.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Songbird76 said:
What all does he have to do for Lit? And what is the Civics course like? I remember having civics in high school, but I don't remember a whole lot of what we did...

Congrats to your oldest! I went to my biology class every time and took detailed notes and still didn't do well on the weekly quizzes. The stuff in the quizzes wasn't the same as what the professor covered in class. I passed, but I think that was my only B. Science is just not my thing!!
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The book starts with a small, quick history of how the Separatists and Pilgrims decided to come to The New World. The first story though was a myth of the Cherokee. The next thing he needs to read is a 23 page excerpt from William Bradford’s , “Of Plymouth Plantation”. For me it is interesting reading because I love history. For him it will be torture. Hopefully in the end or in years to come he will appreciate some aspects of the course.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Lilofan said:
Possible but since Neymar left, Suarez looks to go to Ajax, and Messi frustrated, the big money teams in England are calling to get Messi. In that sport it seems like players are up for sale at the right price.
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Suarez is leaving for the same reason. Both he and Messi have been unhappy with leadership for a few years now.
 

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