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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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Hey Dr. A,
Brandon, my nephew, just adores (sorry Brandon for using that word)the way you, Mod, Jar & Percy explains things and all the diagrams he copied from y'all on the other thread that he took with us to the Grand Canyon. You sure gave his little dictionary a workout! lol Which reminds me that I also need to get him another for his backpack and hardback for home. Since you, Rox, Mod, Jar & Percy are so concise in explainthings, that a kid with a good dictionary can understand you, y'all should collaborate on a few books on the subjects!! That would be great to supplement kids education in school & city libraries! "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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DW1, I hear you on kids being sponges! I remember
when I was 4 I used to bug the shit out of my parents to teach me how to write scribbles on paper like they did! After a couple weeks of bugging them (they thought I was too young) I wore them down. I was reading at 4th grade level by the time I started 1st grade. I read anything & everything I could I could get my hands on! I remember when we were home on leave, I was about 5, I found my 2 uncles, they were in H.S., comic books, but these were no ordinary comics, oh no! They were SEX comics! I walked up to mom & dad what those people were doing cause all they were saying was.....ooooooh...moan on the page that I read to them. Parents said to me let us see that! My uncles had found Grandpas' stash! Grandma called the boys in and she grabbed them by the ears and a switch and they were not happy when she got thru with them. Grandpa was in the dog house for awhile! Anyway, mom & dad were always very honest with us kids, so we sat at the table and went thru that comic and they answered every question I asked, no more, no less, in terms a 5 year old could understand. P.S. Brandon watched the 2 pt. series on PBS called 'Australia-TheFirst 2 Billion Years' He called me after each episode (after midnight my time!) just so excited talking about the strata animals and what the climate must have felt like he especially liked the graphics with the guy on the ground and the first land animals walking around him. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
Those sounds fantastic! Oh how I miss books!!!
"Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
My dad was in SAC during 'Nam, at the time they were always
on alert. He worked on the electronics in the B-52s and the warheads. When they first came out with the stealth bomber (when it was still top secret) he snuck me into the hanger ( I was very much daddys' girl) and let me sit in the pilots seat, it was so tiny in there! He retired in '76. My husband was on the USS Kearsarge(?) during 'Nam alsoHe told me about 1 guy he saw that happened to, they had to scrape him off the deck! My brother was Navy, they were sent to the Gulf of Oman(?)He said some of the guys, including him, were really sweating it out about the depth charges on deck & sure as hell they didn't need to use them they used the fuel from them to make hooch! Man some of the stuff the 3 men in my life told me would keep me ROTFLMFAO all night long! "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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Great link! It didn't even think of that.
That was a learning experience for both ofus! Mine was that a blind cane ain't worth crap on rocky terrain! His was learning to lead around someone who was learning to be blind. He did a fantastic job! He explained everything he saw down to the tiniest detail! He did a good job on the camp fire. The tent kept falling down the 1st night, so we ended up shoving the bags inside and crawling inside and slept like that. We laughed so hard it exhausted us! He found another camper the 2nd day and he showed him how to set it up. He went back home with his own diagrams of the strataI came back with a black eye, a bloody nose & a lot of cuts & bruises, lots & lots of bruises! It was...AWESOME!!! "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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No I haven't received any BS. One day I was ok and I woke
the next morning blind. Diabetes. I didn't even know I had it. No signs what so ever. I thought I'd had a stroke in my sleep. I never panic so I waited til my sister woke and told her what I thought happened, she started to panic but I got her calm so she could drive me to the clinic. I started laughing at her because the panic just tickled me at the time cause I was picturing the scene from I Love Lucy when she went into labor! I could here her banging into stuff trying to get dressed and find her keys. I don't let people do anything for me, I have to learn to do things myself. It's been an interesting & at times a comical journey. I can't wait to see what lies ahead of me on this next chapter of this journey. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
Great suggestions on the books. I have Baylor to the north
of me, ATM to the south, here I am, stuck in the middle... My parents taught us to always question and research tofind our own answers, and to check as many sources as I can. Dad was a perfectionist, he checked our homework every night and if there was 1 eraser mark on the paper, even if the answers were correct, it had to be done all over again, and there was no copying from the original either. That taught us to do things the right time, it saves time in the long run. When I was a sophomore in H.S. we had to write an essayfor our end of year paper (1000 words) well by the time dad got finished with questioning my points I was making and the research, and rewriting and having to defend my paper to dad, then he deemed it was ready to turn in. It ended up being 36 pages. My teacher asked to keep it for some reason or other. My niece is teaching him how to research which he relishes.Not much to do on those long, dark nights in North Pole, Alaska. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
It pisses me off about the dumbing down! I don't know
about the Alaskan schools...but they did vote in Palin...Oh, look, there's Russia! "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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I will definitely email them. Brandon can order whatever he
wants, he understands about research and I know he will use them to find what he is looking for. I know he's reading this if he has finished his homework. He takes after his mom in that regard, school work always comes first with them. Hell when she was growing up, she lived with us many years, I could not get that child to goof off even for 5 mins. after coming home from school! Even in kindergarten she refused to watch the kids shows until she finished her school work 1st. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined:
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Hi Jar,
He's going to love those links! Man! I wish I had theinternet around when I was growing up! I didn't even see my 1st electric typewriter until we got back to the world! "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
He understood y'all after I taught him to use a dictionary.
Sometimes he would struggle a little and sometimes more so. But he has the desire to do things on his own 'til understanding sinks in. When does your other book going to be published? I wantto buy it for him. He cherishes his books. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Far too often it seems folk underestimate what kids can do. I taught my sister math with M&Ms about when she could talk. I'd put one M&M in front of her and me and say "One for you and one for me." Then "Two for you and one, two for me." By the time it got to "..and one, two, three for me." she had the whole concept of counting down pat.
She learned to read with Song of Hiawatha:
quote: Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1425 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
thank YOU
I will definitely email them. Brandon can order whatever he wants, ... also check out links on The Paleobiology Database Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
quote: I got the name from Julius Caesars' mother, Aurelia Cotta.And the avatar off the web, I liked the way the A was crossed because for some reason it reminded me of space and how space seems to be so infinite on our spec of sand in the universe. "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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Aurelia Junior Member (Idle past 2482 days) Posts: 22 From: Anchorage, Alaska USA Joined: |
I believe in using visuals to teach kids, it seems they pick
up concepts quicker. Even the kids that have a harder time learning the material from a chalkboard or a teacher talking to the class can keep up with their classmates. I never thought of using m&ms before! I bet your sistercouldn't wait 'til big brother got home from school! If I had an older sibling it would have cost them a fortune buying m&ms and I would have been doing calculus by 6th grade and been very, very fat! lol "Give a man fire, he'll be warm for a night, set a man on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Beccs
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