UO Thursday 4-16

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Apr 16, 2015 14:46:58 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

I dislike cuddling. I won't go so far as to say I HATE it, but I am not a lady who enjoys it. I do not like being overly touched and I find it awkward.

This is pretty much me when my Husband insists on it.

I'm okay with a couch cuddle session, but I HATE anyone even remotely close to touching me when I'm sleeping. One of my friends sleeps in a smaller bed because she and her SO like to "cuddle all night". Nope, nope, nope. We have a king bed and sometimes I still feel like DH is too close.

[dogmama22]

+1 on the planning to homeschool train for a variety of reasons. I am actually a licensed teacher and want to homeschool due to all of the issues in education. I fully trust that other teachers know what they're doing, but there are too many people telling them how to do their job and everything revolves around testing. The level of authentic learning going on in public schools is rapidly dwindling. Another reason is that DH and I were both considered "gifted" growing up and felt a bit neglected in the classroom. Again, I don't think this is the teacher's fault, but they were being forced to focus all of their time and energy on students who were behind and weren't able to challenge us. I will say that I definitely plan to provide as many socialization experiences as possible. We have a great homeschool community nearby where students actually attend classes together and rotate through different teachers. I think that will be a good experience for our kids to have.

[Widget123]

For many of the same reasons people are opposed to homeschooling I'm opposed to getting college degrees 100% online (except for unusual circumstances). In person interaction significantly contributed to my experiences getting both of my degrees. I had to take one course online for my MBA and i hated it. I want my kids to have the same kinds of college experiences I did

[ombradellarosa]

Not sure how unpopular this is going to be, but I have to get it off my chest. I would put it on WTF Wednesday but it's Thursday.
Someone in my building keeps smoking pot. It just keeps happening. DH can't always smell it but I can and it's driving me insane. When our old manager was here, he told us smoking of any kind was not allowed in the complex because the place was designed so that everywhere is within 20 feet of a door or window. Now not only are people smoking like chimneys on their patios, but someone is smoking weed as well. One time it happened during the day and I was ready to call the manager about it, so I did. She sounded freaked out like she didn't know how to handle the situation, and said she would "be right there." Not sure if she did anything or not, but it continues to happen anyway. She is generally ineffectual and seems like she can't handle her job so I'm not surprised.

I don't care if it's one of the young couples on the floor, or the little old lady downstairs with no legs and she has a medical marijuana card. I don't think anyone should be smoking here in the building where there are kids and pregnant ladies (yes, there are other expectant mothers in this building as well). It pisses me off that I have to smell it so often and I know that reporting it will do nothing. Although it's possible if I annoy the manager often enough by reporting every time it happens, she might crack down. I'm just at the end of my rope. Counting down the days until we can move out of here.

[kemdupuis]

Apr 16, 2015 13:37:02 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

I'm a teacher and I severely dislike when parents don't discipline their kids or don't care. I have a bachelor's and master's degree in education, I am here to teach your child, not raise them. And I also get frustrated when parents who have no educational background think they can do a better job than we can, and don't hesitate to tell us that. I understand homeschooling in some circumstances, and some parents are very well-equipped to homeschool, but some parents do it because they don't like the educational system. I have no say in what standards are taught or what curriculums we use. That is mandated from the state and the district. Don't get all pissy at me because you don't like what the higher ups told us to teach.

I 100% agree. (biased opinion- I am a teacher, too) although, I'm not sure how much of an UO this actually is. You'd be hard pressed to find another educator that didn't agree with you.

[littlemissgrump]

I'm not so great at these UO's but maybe I've got something today.

We're going to be sleep training our babe. We won't start until bf'ing is well established but I think it's important to have a routine and for lo to have his space in the home.

We live in an area where bed-sharing, attachment parenting, and child-led-everything is popular.

[erbear]

Apr 16, 2015 18:18:19 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

Apr 16, 2015 13:37:02 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

I'm a teacher and I severely dislike when parents don't discipline their kids or don't care. I have a bachelor's and master's degree in education, I am here to teach your child, not raise them. And I also get frustrated when parents who have no educational background think they can do a better job than we can, and don't hesitate to tell us that. I understand homeschooling in some circumstances, and some parents are very well-equipped to homeschool, but some parents do it because they don't like the educational system. I have no say in what standards are taught or what curriculums we use. That is mandated from the state and the district. Don't get all pissy at me because you don't like what the higher ups told us to teach.

I 100% agree. (biased opinion- I am a teacher, too) although, I'm not sure how much of an UO this actually is. You'd be hard pressed to find another educator that didn't agree with you.

Yep, another teacher here who agrees!

My kid will go to a crappy school district but I won't homeschool. She'll get plenty of enrichment opportunities from me!

[jessila]

@kej0004 thank you for all of the beautiful pictures of the meadow maternity portraits. I haven't laughed that hard all day!

[omgtree]

Apr 16, 2015 11:15:14 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

I would never homeschool my kids (unless we lived somewhere so remote where a school was not available, I guess). I've never met a homeschool kid who wasn't sort of "off" socially, if I wanted to be a teacher I wouldn't have troubled myself with getting a non-education degree, and I don't care anything about my kids being those super elite, spelling bee winning, going to Ivy league schools when they're 15 years old types.

People that do it for religious reasons really bother me, because if your kid can't handle being around diverse people and still following your religion, that's your (the parents') fault. Isolation doesn't foster growth.

Agreed, the only homeschool kids I ever met that were fine were the ones who's parents hired professional tutors and went to extra curricular activities all the time and that was like 1 person. The rest I have met are either socially behind or are several grades behind.

I also think our public school system is a joke. DH and I agree we are going to send our kids to private school. I went to private school and it's soooo different. However, my mom is a teacher so if we need to homeschool our eldest I will use her as a resource to either teach or we will hire a tutor. Oldest daughter is delayed and may need something different then private or public school can offer but that's still several years away.

[littlemissgrump]

Apr 16, 2015 19:55:53 GMT -5 erbear said:

Apr 16, 2015 18:18:19 GMT -5 kemdupuis said:

I 100% agree. (biased opinion- I am a teacher, too) although, I'm not sure how much of an UO this actually is. You'd be hard pressed to find another educator that didn't agree with you.

Yep, another teacher here who agrees!

My kid will go to a crappy school district but I won't homeschool. She'll get plenty of enrichment opportunities from me!

Not a teacher but I totally agree with all of this.

[sonuptosondown]

Apr 16, 2015 11:47:43 GMT -5 @jimbobcooter said:

My UO is that I roll my eyes at people who so adamantly say "I would never EVER drive a mini van" only because they think it's un-cool. Nobody thinks you're cool driving your SUV, hatchback/wagon, or sedan either. Unless you're hauling baby around in a Porsche convertible, or something similar, that ship has sailed.

So true. My kids can open and close their doors by pushing a button and can get in and out completely on their own. Sorry if it makes me uncool but I would take that over a Porsche anyday.

That's right- I am proud to roll in a Honda Odyssey.

[sonuptosondown]

Apr 16, 2015 20:55:48 GMT -5 pghtruelove said:

I hate Star Wars.

In my family, we have one of the largest Star Wars collectiors in the world, and my SOs brother is part of the 501st Stormtroopers clan thing. He has the armor and goes to all the conventions and does things like every weekend with it. Maybe I'm just around it too much but I don't understand the fascination with it.

Sorry- I love it! But not obsessively. My kids have been to "Awesomecon" which is sort of a nerd convention. Shameless nerd here

[caseyathebat]

I have to say I have never been to circus but I watched that blackish documentarie and I won't go back to SeaWorld. I live near San Diego and used to love going but they have a complete disregard for there employees. So much so that niw there is a law prohibiting trainers to enter the water with the animals. They also have a horrible track record when it comes to the animals. I love the zoo and go quite often but that's about it.

[bruunk]

I think this goes with the teachers aren't raising your children (which I agree with btw-teachers educate, but shouldn't have to raise your kid too) but I'm annoyed by parents who let their child run around and won't discipline - At the store today a mom walked around with her kid, who was hacking up a lung the whole time, and never covered his mouth. It would have been one thing to round the corner and find a mom with her hands full and a sick toddler, but mom was on her iPhone and the kid (8,9?) just stared at me and coughed a big wet gross cough. Mom did nothing. I try not to judge (lord knows what's going on in their life right now), but your kid is old enough to know to cover his mouth and you should be enforcing it!! After 10 minutes of hearing him all over the store, I wanted to tell him to cover his mouth and tell mom he's obviously too sick to be out of the house!

I also should not have been around humans today.