The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Letteyeti]

You may want to get a business degree. If you plan on owning a business, you want to learn how to run a business and deal with finances in addition to being able to teach. Actually you should minor in education or early childhood development as well.

That is what I am thinking. UCF has a minor in dance and I can do that as well the Business Administration Major.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

This is why I like living in Michigan, friendly neighbors!

So at lunch I walked around a couple blocks with my husband, we noticed over the weekend that one of the houses a couple streets over had this netting over it. Today when we went by a gentleman was outside.. he stopped and waved, so we stopped and inquired about the netting. He said it was to keep the birds out of his cherry tree and he just finished picking them yesterday, and would we like some?

YES PLEASE!

Just a little sandwich baggie half full, but it was really sweet of him!

We have a sour cherry tree. It made loads of cherries this year. We picked a lot. Yesterday I noticed birds enjoying themselves in the tree.

 

[Letteyeti]

That would also keep your tuition very low. Being a big school it would have a lot of options for you in terms of majors and minor choices.

I could major in Business Administration and also minor in Dance.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

That is what I am thinking. UCF has a minor in dance and I can do that as well the Business Administration Major.

Good thinking! Take some education classes also. I know that one of the owners of the cheer school my youngest goes to has a degree in elementary education. The other has one in Sports Medicine.

 

[Songbird76]

It seems like everyone one here is really smart or has kids that are really smart and then there is me. I just don't seem to fit that. I mean I do try but it is sometimes hard for me to stay focused as I get sidetracked into more social things and I know that is my fault. It isn't that I don't try hard, but no matter how hard I try like in the Math and Science I just don't get it. The English and History stuff, I do think I could get A's all the time in and I do get B's all the time in those subjects but I get the lower grades in those subject because I have to spend so much time on homework every night with Math. So my Senior year I don't have to take a Math it would have been either Calculus(No Way) or Business Math. Which is the Math for dummies like me or Seniors who failed a Math earlier. I am also not good at Science and Physics is not something I want to struggle with my Senior year.

Science is my worst subject. I was pretty good at math until I got to Trig. I rocked at Geometry and I actually liked that class....proofs were fun, because it made sense to me. But equations and things like cosign and tangent lost me...I just never got that. Or Logarithms. My kids both got their dad's math brain, thank goodness. My husband is an engineer....lots of math and science. I was lucky with physics that we never had any tests. Our teacher thought we'd learn more just by doing the science...lots of labs. I didn't necessarily understand the principles, but it was a pretty easy A as long as you participated. Calculus, I spent pretty much every morning in my teacher's office before school started, because I could get it when he explained it to me....it seemed to make sense, and then 5 minutes later, I couldn't remember what he said.

There are different kinds of being smart. Some people are really good with putting things together/building/creating, some are very creative and artistic, some can memorize facts and dates, some have an intuitive sense of movement/athletics, and some are really good with people....born leaders. Just because math and science are hard doesn't mean you're not smart.

 

[Letteyeti]

Good thinking! Take some education classes also. I know that one of the owners of the cheer school my youngest goes to has a degree in elementary education. The other has one in Sports Medicine.

Great idea. I guess there will be plenty of chances for electives to take.

 

[Songbird76]

Unfortunately, Math and Science are the most crucial to everyday life and things we rely on and use without even thinking about it throughout our lives. History comes in third followed by basic things like sewing, reading, cooking, cleaning and basic financial knowledge to prevent disaster.

Basic math, maybe, but I have yet to need logarithms in my daily life.

 

[Letteyeti]

Science is my worst subject. I was pretty good at math until I got to Trig. I rocked at Geometry and I actually liked that class....proofs were fun, because it made sense to me. But equations and things like cosign and tangent lost me...I just never got that. Or Logarithms. My kids both got their dad's math brain, thank goodness. My husband is an engineer....lots of math and science. I was lucky with physics that we never had any tests. Our teacher thought we'd learn more just by doing the science...lots of labs. I didn't necessarily understand the principles, but it was a pretty easy A as long as you participated. Calculus, I spent pretty much every morning in my teacher's office before school started, because I could get it when he explained it to me....it seemed to make sense, and then 5 minutes later, I couldn't remember what he said.

There are different kinds of being smart. Some people are really good with putting things together/building/creating, some are very creative and artistic, some can memorize facts and dates, some have an intuitive sense of movement/athletics, and some are really good with people....born leaders. Just because math and science are hard doesn't mean you're not smart.

Thanks so much. I took Geometry this past year and the first half of the year I got by OK and then I had to start doing the assignments given online. I was completely lost and I would text my teacher all the time and it is not the same as in class instruction. If it wasn't for my boyfriend and googling the solutions to the problems I would have failed the 2nd half of that class. I am taking Trig. this year and I am dreading it. That and Chemistry are going to kill me. My dad is a Software Engineer and he is good with Math and Science and my Mom is a Nutritionist and she is also good at Science stuff. I am more the creative type of person who like Art, Dance, Music. I don't mind History and English either. I love being around people as I am a very social person.

 

[Songbird76]

Hi, I am Colette. I love the Yeti and Groot. The Animal Kingdom is my fav park and I love the S'more's Sandwich at Woody's Lunchbox. I also love cheer leading, my awesome boyfriend, Disney Plushies, dancing, and hanging with my friends.

I'm also Susan, I have a 14 year old daughter who is my mini-me, and I have a 12 year old son with autism. I live in the Netherlands, though I am American myself, and I have a degree in music education with an emphasis on vocals, though I don't really use my degree. I work for an online childrens clothing store in the warehouse. I love to read, and I love Harry Potter and Disney, and I hate the color orange and I hate driving.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I, as a girl, was meant to be at home, raising children and taking care of my husband and had no reason to learn to drive.

 

[Songbird76]

Any problems with school work send out a post. You have lots of people here that will be happy to help!

^^^This, and it seems there are enough different interests and strengths from the different people that you will be covered no matter what you subject you need help with.

 

[FutureCEO]

I hate the color orange

In the wrong country for that

 

[Songbird76]

They finally arrived. Half built this evening. Rockers for the deck. By the time they came they were billed at 50% off Clearance. My Covid Shelter gift to me.View attachment 476992

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Poop on them by morning

Love those!! They look comfortable and pretty!

 

[Songbird76]

I don't doubt that at all, but, picking out a few that are foolishly throwing away massive amounts of money for water poured over mud, is not the rule. They are the ones that probably are still living at home and/or have no other responsibilities or a Duel Income No Kids. In the real world there are a whole lot of hard working, responsible people that just don't have that much to spare. If they are just starting out then you might like to get a look at their credit card bills. That will probably tell the whole story. For a lot of people these are not excuses, these are valid reasons. Besides if everyone did that, the $500,000. vs. inflation over that 42 year span would probably buy you a couple loaves of bread and a quart of milk. I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, just not a realistic one for many, many people.

We didn't even have $400 a month left over after all the bills were paid and the groceries were bought. We could never have put that much away, and we weren't huge spenders. I was always very cautious with my money. My mom used to keep my wallet in her purse and I had to ask her for my wallet if I wanted to spend money. Her rule was always wait a couple of weeks and see if you still really have to have that item. Often, we see something we just have to have....but then we buy it and it gets put away somewhere and forgotten. So I wasn't allowed to buy things until I had carefully thought about it. We have also taught our kids to shop around for the lowest price and to save up to buy those items they want, because if it takes that long to save the money, you have a better appreciation for what it took to get that much. Is it worth it? E saved up her money to buy minnie ears on our 2016 Disney trip. Then we got there and she went to buy the ears she had been dying for....they cost $27 and she decided it wasn't worth it to her. She could buy so many more things with that $27. So she didn't buy them. I was always very frugal and I've never been a coffee drinker, I don't drink much alcohol, I don't smoke...those are all big money eaters. But still I couldn't have afforded $400 a month in my 20s. I was still paying off college debt and even that $150 a month was hard to swing!

 

[MinnieM123]

I drive a GM.

Ours is a GM and a piece of carp. Luckily, hubs can do a good amount of auto mechanics, but that doesn't negate the fact that this GM car is garbage.

 

[Songbird76]

We get out way earlier than your kids. I finished this year on May 29th.

Yes, but we get several weeks of vacations throughout the school year. A week in October, a week in February, 2 weeks in April/May, plus 2 weeks at Christmas.

 

[Letteyeti]

Yes, but we get several weeks of vacations throughout the school year. A week in October, a week in February, 2 weeks in April/May, plus 2 weeks at Christmas.

Lucky, we get Thanksgiving, Winter Holiday Break, and Spring Break and then a a few other days like Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day, Easter, Memorial Day. We also get a few days of here and there so the teachers can have Professional Study Days.

 

[Songbird76]

I know. I had a really poor relationship with my father until I was in my 20s because of stuff like this. I literally broke out in a rash from anxiety if I had to talk to him on the phone or spend time with him. When I was 14, he insisted I meet with his lawyer to talk about my future. It was an hour and a half of his lawyer telling me that girls didn't belong in college, it was a waste of money. The only thing a girl needs from college is to find a husband to support her. Girls are only suited to careers in nursing, secreterial work, or teaching, and ONLY until they find a husband. Then they should be at home tending to the home and children. Even if by some miracle I actually managed to finish college and get a degree, it would be worth nothing, because I was female.

When I was 16, my birthday present was an ironing board chair....there was this guy in town who did wood work and he made these things that were a step ladder if you put the ironing board to one side. You put it vertical and tightened the screws to make it an ironing board and you moved it to the other side to turn it into a chair. He got it for me so I "could attend to my domestic responsibilities."

The guy I dated in college....we had a very unhealthy dynamic, but he did help me build a better relationship with my dad and helped me to see that my dad didn't really know any better. He grew up right after the great depression when women didn't work outside the home and didn't get education, and he was very very bitter that he had never gotten to study politics like he wanted, but his dad had sent his sister to nursing school. He was a product of his environment. Our relationship got WAY better once I moved over here...I think it took that distance for him to realize how much he missed.

 

[Songbird76]

In the wrong country for that

Don't I know it!! Kings day is a horrifying time. As is world cup soccer time if the Netherlands qualifies. Whole streets turn orange. It's hideous!

 

[Songbird76]

Lucky, we get Thanksgiving, Winter Holiday Break, and Spring Break and then a a few other days like Martin Luther King Day and Presidents Day, Memorial Day. We also get a few days of here and there so the teachers can have Professional Study Days.

We don't get Thanksgiving, obviously, but we do get professional study days, whit Monday, ascension day, kings day, Easter, and every so many years we get Dutch independence day.