Posts by mellowskipper

David Palmer5 said:Okay, look, she won't be taking the state exams since she isn't in 5th or 8th grade, but I don't quite get why a kid who is highly successful both in school and out would panic over tests that personally have zero impact on her grades or her future success.🤔
Just explain to her what the state exams are actually for, and that should be that.

Besides, I think it's better to teach her how to manage panic rather than encouraging her to just dodge every stressful situation she faces.
What happens if she decides to apply to a high school that requires an entrance exam? Is she just going to skip the test and enroll in a school she isn't even interested in just to avoid the stress?

The best way is to just face one entrance exam. She'll prepare, she'll do it, and she'll survive.
I suppose she’s just an "anxious type" by nature—a bit of a panicker. And I never actually said she was "highly successful in school and otherwise." To get top results, you have to work for it. She's not Tesla.
And what exactly is the point of these national exams for kids right now, anyway?

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urbantinker8 said:And here I was, thinking parents were actually still worked up about external grading systems.🙂

I mean, I am generally in favor of finding some kind of solution—because, let’s face it, it turns out we have way too many Einsteins and Elons running around elementary schools... whereas kids who breeze through with a 4.0 GPA are actually quite dim, and everyone basically falls into a state of unconsciousness if they hear that.
I was thinking about not sending it specifically yesterday—mostly because my mom is such a panic artist, and I didn't see much point in stressing her out if it wasn't going to change anything anyway. But even so, it’s still 7r—so it isn't actually about that... thank God.

Eric Taylor55 said:I don't even know how many times this has happened now, but I am back to square one with these bed bug bites. I just got back from a ten-day trip to the coast, everything was going perfectly fine, and then suddenly I wake up to my legs looking absolutely horrific from all the biting...
Since this thread is getting a bit old, does anyone have any recent experiences or specific products and techniques they’d recommend? I’ve been vacuuming like crazy, of course, and I even sprayed the bedroom with some Orkin, leaving the windows open for two days to air it out, but I honestly can't tell if it did anything at all. It feels like they're just waiting for me to fall asleep before they start feeding. My cat spends most of his day napping on the balcony and I don't really let him wander in much anymore, but clearly, these little monsters have already claimed the whole apartment for themselves...

They probably laid eggs and just spread everywhere throughout the whole place. You should spray all the floors with Orkin. Get every mattress and upholstered piece of furniture. Wash all the bedding at 60 degrees Celsius. Vacuum everything thoroughly.
Make sure you give the cat a monthly topical treatment.
And honestly, just make sure you aren't dealing with bedbugs instead...

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Larry Walker24 said:Fifth and eighth graders are getting hit with new national standardized tests. We did some digging to see what's actually going on

If I had a kid in 5th or 8th grade, I wouldn't even send them to school on the day those tests are happening—not that it would help much. It’s just pure hyper-stress, and they aren't even using anything useful.

Larry Walker24 said:They had to teach people the Earth was round, too...

With COVID, people have finally been introduced to basic scientific concepts like washing hands, proper ventilation, using humidifiers, and maintaining nasal hygiene... I guess it makes you wonder where we actually were and how we even functioned before Corona arrived.

Susan Martin4 said:Fine, then let them stop testing every single person with a runny nose and we'll see how that goes. 😁

Well, I guess that really just depends on the doctor you get—it varies wildly from one physician to the next. My husband was actually pretty upset about it because his doctor didn't even bother sending him for testing; they just gave him three days of sick leave and told him to get back to work. It seems like some people are completely obsessed with this corona thing, while others don't seem to care at all anymore...

Susan Martin4 said:New infection numbers are climbing, yet cafes are staying open indoors—I’m really hoping we don't end up blaming high schoolers for the next big spike and having them grounded again ☕ While they just let people hang out in bars.
There's some recommendation about not mixing people from different households at the tables 😂 Honestly, this task force and their measures are just getting more and more ridiculous

Even Beroš mentioned that the daily infection count isn't even the key metric anymore; it's the hospitalization numbers that matter.
People really ought to stop obsessing over those daily totals—that data is essentially useless for the general public.

We just received a notice from the principal stating that kids between the ages of 5 and 8 are still required to wear masks.

So, what would that even be—some kind of prequel? I’ve never been much of a fan of those.

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Anyway, school is pretty standard over here. Classes are 45 minutes long—no block scheduling or anything like that.

jadetinker85 said:In our neck of the woods, we lost a mother of three, a homemaker, a cook's husband, and several others are dealing with post-Corona syndrome.

I know you'll probably say, "So what? People die anyway," because your empathy is legendary. No need to even try.

Over here, my neighbor passed too—had four kids. It was her breasts. Then a neighbor of mine died—one kid—it was his lungs, and he wasn't even a smoker. He went into a coma.

Tyler Vaughn7 said:It’s the same story at my office—no faculty lounge gatherings happening here either.

And when exactly did that forty-five minute window stop being the standard?

For the entirety of last year, it was forty minutes. And honestly, that worked out just fine.

jadetinker85 said:It depends on whether they're being brought to us by epidemiologists or politicians.

The issue here is that in our neck of the woods, one doesn't necessarily rule out the other...

jadetinker85 said:Yeah, it’s an interesting move. They're announcing this just as the peak of the epidemic is predicted for late September and early October.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ind...33.aspx?espv=1

The situation is actually worse than it was this time last year if you look at the hospitalization numbers.

Seems like they decided to walk a razor-thin line right next to the crowd protesting any kind of restrictions.

At the same time, you look at Israel, where they've said vaccination won't stop the third wave and more measures are needed... but over here, dealing with people who are hard to reason with is such a headache that it's easier to just fold your arms and grab some popcorn.

They don't need to pick a fight with anyone. The question remains: are these measures epidemiological or purely political?

jadetinker85 said:Well, there's already a recommendation to keep the grade levels separate. DP and dot are mixed groups anyway.

They’re reopening bars and restaurants, indoor concerts are starting back up, and they're even hinting at potentially lifting restrictions altogether. And yet, we’re still stuck doing everything online?! I mean, seriously—who is actually being logical here?

Jack Cook7 said:Big thanks to Slavko Linic for "kindly" making sure every single worker in this country opens a checking account. Now my bank gets to charge me a monthly fee just for "looking after" my money—as if I wouldn't know how to do that myself! And then, oh yeah, they were so generous as to give me an overdraft limit that I don't want and definitely don't need. Apparently, there's over 800,000 of us stuck in the same boat.

$3.00. They take $20 from me every month.

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John Chase3 said:Let’s be clear—a negative balance is still a negative balance, even if it sits below the approved limit. If a client has an official overdraft limit of $5000, there is absolutely no reason why a bank would suddenly decide to let them slide another thousand into the red... yet somehow, the clients end up walking away happy.

I honestly thought that wasn't even a thing—that they'd just freeze your account immediately. I've never actually heard anyone use the term "silent overdraft" before.

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jadetinker85 said:I'm hoping they'll recommend moving to Model C today; if anyone is feeling particularly ambitious, they can always try mixing the class groups.

I mean, what would even be the argument or justification for doing things online at this stage?

What exactly is a silent penalty? Does that mean everyone is expected to just bring their balance down to zero or what, precisely?

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jadetinker85 said:Honestly, all this constant copying seems weird to me. Sure, show a few problems as an example, but after that, it should just be practice, practice, and more practice using the workbook.
The focus should be on maximizing practice, not maximizing transcription.

On the other hand, they only get assigned maybe two or three problems for homework. That's just not enough. Math is—as you pointed out—all about continuous practice and grinding away at it every single day. And that goes for most kids, I guess. That's why I actually started an extra notebook for them and basically solve every single problem in the workbook. There's really no other way... though, of course, that requires a lot of my own extra effort.