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Post by taz157 on Jul 18, 2020 11:10:50 GMT -5
DD was in a summer camp this week and we ended up at PetSmart yesterday to kill sometime before we needed to be some place else. DD saw a cute little red craw crab in an aquarium there. She asked if we could get it and I said no. We would need to talk to DH/her dad and we don’t anything ready for it. We were there again today as I wanted to go to a store next to it too as we were in the area. While we were there, she asked again about the crab and said her birthday was soon. [DD’s birthday is in 2.5 weeks (she’ll be 9).] She mentioned that she due to the coronavirus, she can’t really go anywhere fun. Then she asked for the crab for her birthday basically. I repeated that we needed to talk with DH/DD’s dad. (Couldn’t today so will later.) Now I’m researching tanks as I wanted something bigger than the 1.5 gallon tank we had for her betta fish that since died. DH and I have talked about getting a bigger fish tank to have more fish. (We’ve mentioned it off-and-on for years.) Our cat would probably like looking at them. I was thinking 10 gallon but now thinking possibly larger. I really need to look and see what a good place to put it would be in our house. I’m doing more research on the red clawed crab and it doesn’t like I thought it would. Needless to say, a change in plans may be in order and more research too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 11:23:18 GMT -5
No, the scholarship is not directly from the company. It's through a foundation set up by some of the founders of the company. He was done in 6 weeks anyhow and has hated working there for quite a while now, so I wouldn't have been that upset if he just gave notice first, but to walk out seems very disrespectful to me. But yeah, he's going to be a rich aerospace engineer now, so what does he need those shmucks for? I told him he better not be talking smart, because he didn't have a single college class under his belt yet and I also didn't think the 4K he had squirreled away was going to last him long and he'd be needing another job long before he got his degree. I tell you. My sweet, grateful kid has been transformed into an asshole. Any time he asks for money from here on out I'd be like "But why do you need it? According to you you're going to be a rich aerospace engineer. Go figure out how to pay for it yourself". I think it will be awhile, because he does have quite a bit set aside. I fully intend on having him pay the balance of the university bill this year out of that though and getting his own books, which was his idea originally, so that should make him feel a little poorer. He also took out the subsidized loan and I told him if he passes his classes I'll pay it off with the 529 after he's done with school, otherwise he'll have to pay for it out of his UTMA account which is money he can use for whatever.
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Post by azucena on Jul 18, 2020 12:01:00 GMT -5
I'd be mad too, but I'd also hope he learns a lesson from it.
Arrogance can be a way to cover fear. He's likely super nervous about school. Not an excuse, just telling you what I think while I'm not close to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 14:22:55 GMT -5
I'd be mad too, but I'd also hope he learns a lesson from it. Arrogance can be a way to cover fear. He's likely super nervous about school. Not an excuse, just telling you what I think while I'm not close to it. He's never been a fan of physical labor at all which is why I was pretty skeptical he'd be happy leaving McDonalds to work in a warehouse where they got filthy, and there was no AC and lots of heavy lifting. What I HOPE he got out of this and one of the things I mentioned to him is that without a degree he'd more than likely be stuck working full time at a factory or warehouse at least for quite a while until he could work his way up. Not THAT warehouse since that bridge is now burned, but something similar in town. I didn't mention the electronics places were a lot more cushy , but said it sucks 1000 times worse when you HAVE to work to keep the lights on and food on the table. He's never put in more than 24 hours in a week, so it's not like he was being worked to the bone. Anyhow, not talking to him seems to have worked in letting my anger burn out without us getting in a screaming match, so I call that a win over how other recent encounters have gone. It's his life and he has to deal with the consequences, so no sense in me lecturing him. It's HARD though.
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Post by oped on Jul 18, 2020 14:34:45 GMT -5
PA doesn't require a writing sample for evaluation, but if I'm evaluating homeschoolers I do require one. I like to see progress to make sure there isn't a problem I can help direct towards resources, etc.
I had a 10th or 11th grader once who was giving minimal effort and handed me a plagiarized writing sample. I was matter of fact in my thoughts and didn't write an eval until he sent me an original writing sample.
Next year, totally different portfolio. Lots of work, several good writing samples with excellent original thought, etc. I asked him what changed. He said he spent the summer working as a laborer in a tomato greenhouse. And he was going to college.
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Post by stillmovingforward on Jul 18, 2020 16:20:49 GMT -5
MPL - I've done the 'I'm too mad to talk to you right now' to my kids in the past. Now that they are older, they have admitted that it was the worse feeling ever! They say they wanted a verbal fight over me not talking because they couldn't tell JUST how mad I was or what, if any, the punishment was. So, GOOD JOB on panicking your teen! He deserves it. He's at the terrible stage.
And for his information, from an engineer in aerospace, he won't be making bank. I mean, its good money after the first 4 years but.....often you have to start by overseeing manufacturing designs, which is on the floor and hot and dirty. Or you get the skuzzy jobs, which are boring, hot, or dirty (yes, there are dirty parts to engineering). Then, eventually, if you are good and survive the low level layoffs, you can make good money and stay in the office. Or travel to cool sites - I've been all over the World but I've also looked for jobs that required travel. But its not amazing money (my DS1 is in cybersecurity, there's some amazing money!). And you typically have to work in the expensive areas (Dallas/Fort Worth, Orlando, Seattle - although Boeing is shedding jobs like crazy right now, LA, etc.) so your cost of living is high.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jul 18, 2020 18:04:22 GMT -5
My nephew who now has the PhD went to college thinking that is what he wanted to do. He had to work every summer. He spent one summer working in an unairconditioned warehouse driving a forklift.
He said he KNEW after that he was going to get his PhD because he was never going to have that kind of job again.
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Post by stillmovingforward on Jul 18, 2020 21:29:56 GMT -5
My almost-a-doctor DD1 once spent an entire summer cleaning fish at a processing plant. That has kept her focused. It was terrible work.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 19, 2020 8:57:27 GMT -5
The schedule has been published with dh officially working days. It's been at least 20 years since that happened. I haven't been able to ask him about it, if he rotates or if these days are set. I was planning on him working at least 1 weekend day but if he doesn't we'll figure it out.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 19, 2020 15:17:00 GMT -5
TD’s dad got him a job running a seismic line while he was in college. It was well paying, but hard backbreaking, tiring work where they worked from sun up to sundown if the weather was good, and only got a day off if it rained.
As his dad got him the job, he was threatened within an inch of his life if he screwed it up. His dad scared him so much, that he was more afraid of his dad than he was exhausted from working. I think he said working that summer alone paid for his last year tuition at UBC, his expenses so he didn’t need to work while in school, and a graduation trip to himself to Australia.
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Post by cktc on Jul 19, 2020 20:33:28 GMT -5
Has anyone used bookbundler.com? I just ordered 80 misc kids books for $57. Kind of excited to see what they get. I found another site that had $2 books but figured this would offer a more library like experience.
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Post by oped on Jul 19, 2020 20:41:59 GMT -5
Oh, if you homeschool this year, you can get your own scholastic account.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 19:21:51 GMT -5
I took the plunge and submitted the private school application today. Of course now I'm thinking HORRIBLE MISTAKE! But, no matter what scenario, if I imagine committing to it, I think HORRIBLE MISTAKE!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 10:32:28 GMT -5
I took the plunge and submitted the private school application today. Of course now I'm thinking HORRIBLE MISTAKE! But, no matter what scenario, if I imagine committing to it, I think HORRIBLE MISTAKE! I told DH I would like to have one day this year where every time I try to make a decision it doesn't lead to a major existential crisis. I don't think I am going to get my wish.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 10:53:12 GMT -5
I took the plunge and submitted the private school application today. Of course now I'm thinking HORRIBLE MISTAKE! But, no matter what scenario, if I imagine committing to it, I think HORRIBLE MISTAKE! I told DH I would like to have one day this year where every time I try to make a decision it doesn't lead to a major existential crisis. I don't think I am going to get my wish. I'm sitting here now thinking, "F@#%$! The private doesn't start until 8:45am". It was never a problem with my older kid because he didn't start there until 9th grade. I just dropped him off at 7am and he did homework or played games on his laptop until school started. I don't think that will work with a 5th grader. Oh well. I'll figure a way to deal. They never had those younger kids there either before this year, so I imagine I won't be the only one having that issue. There will probably be some spendy before school care. Yay! Who am I kidding though. He'll probably be home anyhow.
I've decided the only thing that feels right is for everything to go back to the way it was last Fall, but that's impossible.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 11:03:11 GMT -5
Yeah I keep thinking Marty needs to go back and fix the alternative 1985 right about now. Biff's character in the second movie is actually based off Trump.
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Post by tcu2003 on Jul 21, 2020 12:40:20 GMT -5
In a first for me, I just contacted my state Board of Education rep (as well as the rest, because there aren’t that many) to encourage them to support (and not override) our governor’s executive order to delay the start of school until after Labor Day. I want my kid to be able to attend in-person school, darn it, but right now our state has shifted to a “red” state for new COVID-19 cases (based on growth rate, not sheer numbers). If they start next month, it’s just going to cause a ton of clusters and outbreaks. Either way, I doubt my district starts before Labor Day at this point because they’ve delayed school registration again, but I figured I should probably make my opinion known to my elected rep.
They are meeting tomorrow, so we’ll see what they decide. I know some of them will be voting to override, so we’ll see what the vote ends up being. In true hypocrisy, though, the Board meeting is a virtual one, so while it’s not safe for them to meet in person, at least some of them think it’s okay for kids and teachers and staff to go back to school.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 13:05:07 GMT -5
Our public schools start after Labor Day, but I'm sure it won't matter. I don't see any possibility besides hybrid. Governor makes his announcement on schools in 6 days. Yesterday our state had it's first child covid death, so I'm sure that will be fresh in everyone's mind.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 13:55:40 GMT -5
Did you know that when you poop that means you are getting all the fiber out? Learned that from Abby.
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Post by anciana on Jul 21, 2020 13:56:32 GMT -5
Not a peep from our district except to say they'd be deciding next week. We're less than one month from the school start date. The stores have some school supplies and I have not been rushing to buy anything but wonder if I should regardless. I'll need to check and see what the kids really need as a lot of their schoolwork is done on chromebooks.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 14:01:05 GMT -5
I haven't bought anything because we still don't know if our school system is going to go with Reynolds and be 100% open or if they are going to try for her "50%" option and have school three days a week instead of two.
What they decide there and what the ruling will be on mask wearing will determine supply runs. If I am going to have them home they don't need 5-10 spiral notebooks each.
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Post by anciana on Jul 21, 2020 14:15:20 GMT -5
I figure the kids will need some notebooks, pencils and such so I'll need to check our current supplies and see what we might want to get. Even if they're remote and mostly use computers, they'll need some stuff. And if they don't use it this year, it's all generic and they'll use it some time in the future.
But the impatience is getting to me. I get that they want to be able to come to a decision and stick to it as some districts that announced their plans early are already changing. But this seems to be cutting it so close
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 14:16:59 GMT -5
We'll have 23 days to make our decision. Schools had already come up with plans but Reynolds undermined them all because heaven forbid she doesn't toe the Trump party line.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 14:44:05 GMT -5
We'll have 23 days to make our decision. Schools had already come up with plans but Reynolds undermined them all because heaven forbid she doesn't toe the Trump party line. Can't the individual districts decide to do whatever they want as long as it's not less restrictive than what the governor says? We were told if the governor says hybrid, all the schools can do either hybrid or 100% online. They just can't go to 100% in-person.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 14:47:30 GMT -5
We'll have 23 days to make our decision. Schools had already come up with plans but Reynolds undermined them all because heaven forbid she doesn't toe the Trump party line. Can't the individual districts decide to do whatever they want as long as it's not less restrictive than what the governor says? We were told if the governor says hybrid, all the schools can do either hybrid or 100% online. They just can't go to 100% in-person. Reynolds' wants them 100% in school period. Many school districts in the state had already announced 2 days in and 3 days out. Reynolds has declared this unacceptable. She has signed it into law that no school district may override her on this. Its 100% in person attendance or bust. Virtual is being allowed as an option for parents but no school district in Iowa is allowed to be 100% virtual for the school year. You can try to appeal to be in school for 50% of the time but your school district must prove that it is required for health and safety reasons. Apparently just the fact there is a global pandemic going on is not good enough for her. Council Bluffs was going to go with 2 days on and 3 days off. Reynolds will not allow any school district to do this. Now the school districts are trying to appeal. It's requiring many many more meetings with the governor and roll back of already announced plans. Now we have been pushed back to August 1st for an official announcement and school starts the 24th.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 14:53:05 GMT -5
Wow. I think our governor would love to say 100% online, but there are so many that don't want that either. My money is on him announcing hybrid with districts given leeway to do online if they want.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 14:56:16 GMT -5
Reynolds and Ricketts in Nebraska are so far up Trump's ass they can taste what he had for breakfast. We are also the two states that never shut down because apparently our rugged pioneer uber conservative spirit was going to keep COVID away.
And now we're one of 11 states who has no business being open. So what do we do? We force parents to put their kids in school like nothing ever happened. MAGA!
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Post by anciana on Jul 21, 2020 14:57:04 GMT -5
Drama, did they publish what that hybrid option would look like in any kind of detail? Could they switch from the original plan of 2 days on and 3 days off to alternate weeks with 3 days on and 2 days off to satisfy the 50% clause?
We're here in the dark as they haven't given us anything to even look at, not a peek. And everything is supposedly on the table but no details to any of the plans *need a biting nails emoji*
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jul 21, 2020 14:59:36 GMT -5
Drama, did they publish what that hybrid option would look like in any kind of detail? Could they switch from the original plan of 2 days on and 3 days off to alternate weeks with 3 days on and 2 days off to satisfy the 50% clause? We're here in the dark as they haven't given us anything to even look at, not a peek. And everything is supposedly on the table but no details to any of the plans *need a biting nails emoji* IDK to be honest. I suppose it depends on how hard line Reynolds' wants to be with her "matter of public health and safety" mandate. We got an email from the superintendent shortly after Reynolds' press announcement that basically read as "oh shit oh shit oh shit". They aren't allowed now to give us a final decision till August 1st.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 15:00:19 GMT -5
We're in the dark here too. Nobody has announced a single glimpse into plans. I wish they would say "If the governor says THIS, then we'll do THIS" for all the various scenarios, but nope. Crickets.
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