So it's all bonus! It sounds like it'll work out just fine - even if you had to 'skip' a year :3
Mhmm. Having a job is making doing fun stuff much easier.
@Wildfire: I have edX pulled up, I've been snooping through that site, seeing what they offer. I do enjoy learning. Thank you for the site recommendation, I have a feeling my husband will enjoy this site too.
@Koah: Good morning! *coffee-cup cheers*
Oh, I'm so glad you're looking at it - you seem excited about some of the options! What kinds of things are you looking at?
Oh, I'm so glad you're looking at it - you seem excited about some of the options! What kinds of things are you looking at?
@Wildfire: Recently, I've been on a philosophy kick. I'm trying to understand reasoning and higher education/learning.
lol, my husband and I were talking recently and he made the comment "yeah, our son is more Vulcan than I am." and I laughed, then realized he's right.
My husband is intelligent, but his childhood was a mess, so he was an angry kid. Our son has a comfy childhood and is absorbing knowledge like candy.
I've been dipping my toes in philosophy and reasoning to better understand how to educate my kids. Well, And the topic of interest helps keep my emotions at bay.
What classes have you taken? OR interested in doing? whats' your favorite topics?
lol, my husband and I were talking recently and he made the comment "yeah, our son is more Vulcan than I am." and I laughed, then realized he's right.
My husband is intelligent, but his childhood was a mess, so he was an angry kid. Our son has a comfy childhood and is absorbing knowledge like candy.
I've been dipping my toes in philosophy and reasoning to better understand how to educate my kids. Well, And the topic of interest helps keep my emotions at bay.
What classes have you taken? OR interested in doing? whats' your favorite topics?
@Koah: Oh!!! Uhh... let's see... this is going back several years for me when I was starting my homeschool journey, but there are some "classics" you might find helpful - The Well Trained Mind by Bauer... and a couple others. OMG, over the last year, I think my brain ditched 90% of the homeschool information it was storing! I'll see if I can remember them for you. One of the best pieces of advice I can give you is to figure out your kids' learning styles and to keep that in mind when you teach them.
Philosophy has long been of interest to me, and physics, and art, of course, but I took an Italian Opera class online last year which was fun and I started and not-quite-finished a marketing class (mostly a refresher for me, given my background and experiences), and I tried and never followed up taking an Italian language class with edX... which I'm thinking about starting again, but we seem to be in a "clean up and get organized" mode around here, which is long overdue so I'm trying to roll with that.
Philosophy has long been of interest to me, and physics, and art, of course, but I took an Italian Opera class online last year which was fun and I started and not-quite-finished a marketing class (mostly a refresher for me, given my background and experiences), and I tried and never followed up taking an Italian language class with edX... which I'm thinking about starting again, but we seem to be in a "clean up and get organized" mode around here, which is long overdue so I'm trying to roll with that.
@Wildfire: Thank you for the recommendation. <3 I put The Well Trained Mind in my amazon wishlist. Don't worry too much about getting me info. You can finally relax and take a break from the homeschooling stuff. I imagine it was an exhausting route to take.
I decided to send my daughter back to public school next year and keep my son home. My daughter learns much better at the hand of others. I get frustrated too easily with her learning style.
We have a lot in common then. I love philosophy [as of recently], but I did focus heavily on psychology in college, art, and literature. Marketing is something I'd like to do, but I'd rather focus on business management. That was my work history. My work history is mostly small business management, marketing, and salesmanship.
"clean up and get organized" is a good mode to be in. C:
I decided to send my daughter back to public school next year and keep my son home. My daughter learns much better at the hand of others. I get frustrated too easily with her learning style.
We have a lot in common then. I love philosophy [as of recently], but I did focus heavily on psychology in college, art, and literature. Marketing is something I'd like to do, but I'd rather focus on business management. That was my work history. My work history is mostly small business management, marketing, and salesmanship.
"clean up and get organized" is a good mode to be in. C:
@Wildfire: the leg area feels empty though, so maybe i should switch the leg mod for several layers of commons xD
But then the legs will be a bit too short given how much space the spoon takes up.... /thinking
@Koah: Cathy Duffy is another name that comes to mind for basic homeschooling information - curriculum, I think (again, I haven't thought about this stuff in years, really... got that "true homeschooling veteran" thing going on, and with my kids ageing out of the co-ops (+pandemic), I haven't even been asked about this stuff by the younger moms in forever XD ). I'll think of them, though, and you can always run stuff by me - even if I don't remember off the top of my head, it's likely that a question from you would bring it allllll back. Use my experience to your advantage! UUUuuuuuse meeeeEEeeee XD
Homeschooling definitely had its exhausting moments (just like parenting) but it had sooooo many more positive and enriching moments and opportunities... it was sooo worth it (unless I was fighting with my youngest about doing even the bare essentials of his work for the year /eyeroll/). It sounds like you understand your kids pretty well already on the "how do they best learn" level, so that's a big plus (you'd be surprised at how many parents apparently do not)!
Yes, I love literature too. It does sound like we share a lot of similar interests (at this point, is that really a surprise? LOL!)
'Clean up and get organized' is a lot of work! But we have a compost bin being delivered today, and I just sold a step climber thing that we had an extra of (don't ask *points at hubby*), and I'm hoping somebody is interested in my son's "old" F150 work truck so he can at least recover the new transmission he put in the thing (this is the one he fishtailed in to a ditch /eyeroll/)
Homeschooling definitely had its exhausting moments (just like parenting) but it had sooooo many more positive and enriching moments and opportunities... it was sooo worth it (unless I was fighting with my youngest about doing even the bare essentials of his work for the year /eyeroll/). It sounds like you understand your kids pretty well already on the "how do they best learn" level, so that's a big plus (you'd be surprised at how many parents apparently do not)!
Yes, I love literature too. It does sound like we share a lot of similar interests (at this point, is that really a surprise? LOL!)
'Clean up and get organized' is a lot of work! But we have a compost bin being delivered today, and I just sold a step climber thing that we had an extra of (don't ask *points at hubby*), and I'm hoping somebody is interested in my son's "old" F150 work truck so he can at least recover the new transmission he put in the thing (this is the one he fishtailed in to a ditch /eyeroll/)
@Vixen: It's hard to really balance out the avatars here, imo. There are several fun items and poses to play with, but they don't always work very well with others unless you keep a 'standard' leg pose, for example, in which case you lose the dynamic nature of using the leg poses... but there's little available to equip that seems to go well with them, and a lot of the backgrounds here (although wonderful) seem too busy to use all the time.
With your current avatar, you could go back to the standard legs and layer tights or something to bring the colors down more, but I know what you mean about them not taking up enough "space" to balance it out, overall. There may be another pose available that would work, but with that color scheme, it's likely to be tough... :(
With your current avatar, you could go back to the standard legs and layer tights or something to bring the colors down more, but I know what you mean about them not taking up enough "space" to balance it out, overall. There may be another pose available that would work, but with that color scheme, it's likely to be tough... :(
@Wildfire: yeah i modified it with my usual chonky footwear, which balances better, but it lacks motion that the leg mod provided, as you mentioned.
idk which one i like more xD
@Wildfire: I have heard of Cathy Duffy. She seems to be the "go-to" for the homeschool community.
Well then, I will use you. lol! I'm not quite to a point where I need help yet. There are only a few weeks left of this school year. [yay and oh no] I don't know how we'll keep a schedule in the summer. XD
That playdate I briefly told you about, the one where I ended up hanging out with a Christian homeschooling group, I noticed a few of the moms paying no attention to their children at the park. One kid was bullying another and the mom who was watching her son get bullied had to intervene. The mom that intervened showed signs of fear of confrontation because she didn't want to be kicked out of the group. =;= Such an interesting hierarchy.
It was the mom who put the group together, so I imagine she has a wonderful schedule but doesn't work on her kid's learning style.
lol! When my husband can't find something, he buys another. He sees it as a good thing, got spares that way.
I need to take recycle stuff to the recycle center but it's a big chore. And we're so low on money, we can't drive the truck for another week due to gas expense. XD
Well then, I will use you. lol! I'm not quite to a point where I need help yet. There are only a few weeks left of this school year. [yay and oh no] I don't know how we'll keep a schedule in the summer. XD
That playdate I briefly told you about, the one where I ended up hanging out with a Christian homeschooling group, I noticed a few of the moms paying no attention to their children at the park. One kid was bullying another and the mom who was watching her son get bullied had to intervene. The mom that intervened showed signs of fear of confrontation because she didn't want to be kicked out of the group. =;= Such an interesting hierarchy.
It was the mom who put the group together, so I imagine she has a wonderful schedule but doesn't work on her kid's learning style.
lol! When my husband can't find something, he buys another. He sees it as a good thing, got spares that way.
I need to take recycle stuff to the recycle center but it's a big chore. And we're so low on money, we can't drive the truck for another week due to gas expense. XD
@Vixen: It's not as dynamic, but it is better balanced this way, imo.
@Koah: ROFL - my husband is the same way (and me too, to some degree-out of necessity). I can't tell you how many hammers (for example) that we have around here........ somewhere.... maybe..... >_> XD
It may be different where you are, but there were/are SO MANY opportunities around here for extra classes, field trips, park days, social encounters, etc., etc., that it was impossible (and crazy) to try keeping up with them all, and if, by some miracle, you did, there would be no time for actually HOMEschooling because all you do is run around all day long! (but I'm also a big believer that although extracurricular activities are good, boredom has its own merit (and is very important)). I also found that some moms seemed much more interested in their own social interactions and sense of importance than in actually parenting their children (just like in any other group of people).
Ouch! That's pretty tight, financially! *Breathe*... you have definitely been hit with a bunch of stuff recently, but you'll get through this :3 <3
@Koah: ROFL - my husband is the same way (and me too, to some degree-out of necessity). I can't tell you how many hammers (for example) that we have around here........ somewhere.... maybe..... >_> XD
It may be different where you are, but there were/are SO MANY opportunities around here for extra classes, field trips, park days, social encounters, etc., etc., that it was impossible (and crazy) to try keeping up with them all, and if, by some miracle, you did, there would be no time for actually HOMEschooling because all you do is run around all day long! (but I'm also a big believer that although extracurricular activities are good, boredom has its own merit (and is very important)). I also found that some moms seemed much more interested in their own social interactions and sense of importance than in actually parenting their children (just like in any other group of people).
Ouch! That's pretty tight, financially! *Breathe*... you have definitely been hit with a bunch of stuff recently, but you'll get through this :3 <3
@Wildfire: yeah maybe i'll ask for a tea/plum/cherry leg mod xD
i have no idea what i'd use it for except with strawberry delight though
@Vixen: You could ask for more things using that color scheme...
Have you decided which version of this avatar you like best yet?
Have you decided which version of this avatar you like best yet?
@Wildfire: i like them both lol
this one is more balanced which i generally will rank higher
but the other one had nicer motion ;u;
so idk
@Vixen: Yeah, that is the question... but overall, I'd go with the more balanced option, even if it's more static.
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@Wildfire: yeah
and knowing me, i'll probably change it in a couple hours anyway xD
i'm trying another color palette with cherry/tea/bark/beige/blush
.... it is not going well lmao
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Having you as a Voltie would be awesome.