out there?.
i am currently sipping on a green tea.
but am partial to celestial seasonings tension tamer or ginger.. what's yours?.
Hey JeffT, I just found this really cool brand of tea and for the life of me I can't think of it off hand. It's an Assam black tea, but it's wrapped in a silky type bag which has 3 corners instead of two. Very unique and you can see the way the tea immediately gets into the water.
I have not quite mastered the art of loose tea, so kudos to you as I've heard very positive things about that!
out there?.
i am currently sipping on a green tea.
but am partial to celestial seasonings tension tamer or ginger.. what's yours?.
jgnat: ok, I have to ask. Why make sure to take the tea bag out first? Normally, if I'm making tea where I will add milk or cream, I make a nice hot pot. But on occasion I do make a cup of tea. So why take the bag out? I've just never thought of it. And orange pekoe. Yep, nice basic cup of tea. Mild, good flavor.
Poppers: I didn't know Good Earth made a green tea. Lemon grass too huh? Sounds good!
out there?.
i am currently sipping on a green tea.
but am partial to celestial seasonings tension tamer or ginger.. what's yours?.
Free: I think I have some of that in my tea cupboard....pretty good stuff!
Fading: mmmmmmthank you!!! I'm going to pick up some cardamom from my local Cost Plus tonight and try it out. yum
out there?.
i am currently sipping on a green tea.
but am partial to celestial seasonings tension tamer or ginger.. what's yours?.
Poppers, oooh early gray I forgot about that one. Yummm.
Fading, I love a good chai. You mention you grew up in an East Indian household. I used to clean for a couple from India and she was always making spiced tea on the stove. It smelled so good! This was way before chai was so popular.
out there?.
i am currently sipping on a green tea.
but am partial to celestial seasonings tension tamer or ginger.. what's yours?.
out there?
I am currently sipping on a green tea. But am partial to Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer or ginger.
what's yours?
i know some might not believe but i had this experience about 5 years ago.
i was laying in the bed..and wide-awake..all of a sudden i literally saw a white-hand...that seem like a spirit..and it lifted me up in the air....and i actually felt my body coming back down to the bed..i was not dreaming at all..because i was aware of the things around the room..i wasnt scared but in awe of what happen.
the hand was so real looking and i was staring at it..there was no face..it happen so fast..but i remember everything from the evil laugh afterwards too..that one blew me away.
Last fall a few weeks before Halloween, I believe, I was at home alone with the girls. Mr Swan was working a double shift. It was around 11 pm and I was watching Little House on the Prarie (I should probably learn how to spell it though).
The unlocked side door opened and closed. It was not a windy night, rather still for fall. I thought Mr Swan got off work early. Someone walked down the stairs to the basement. The walking was not like shoes clapping on floors, it was the cadenced movement of steps creaking the floor. I looked around the corner from where I was sitting in my kitchen and waited for him to come back up. The footsteps came back up the stairs and by then I realized it was not him. I was thinking there was an intruder or something and wanted to go into the kitchen to get my phone but the footsteps were heading right back there. I stayed where I was wracking my brain what to do. The footsteps got to the kitchen...I didn't see anyone but could hear the kitchen floor squeaking as if someone was walking around. The footsteps came into the hallway of the living room where I was, then dissappeared.
Finally realizing that no one was there, I got up looked around and tried rationalizing away. Simple really: It was not the house doing old house things, it has never ever done that before or again. Although other things have happened. The house was not creaking due to wind, old age or settling, because I have lived here now for 7 years and know what that sounds like. It was, as I said, a cadenced movement and then it was just gone.
No, I wasn't drinking at all that night. No, I was not half asleep. No, I hadn't been using drugs. No, it wasn't something that I imagined, I was ready to call the police had my phone been by me. No, it wasn't my imagination being stoked by scary movies or the like, as I said I was watching Little House.
anyone know how to homeschool a 9th grader?
need information on groups to join, software, books, etc.
skeeter.
Jil, I echo Truthsearcher's sentiments. I will take it a step further.
My personal experience with the public school system, both as a child and as an adult has shown me that people place an incredible amount of trust in these adults to educate their child. Trust is placed often in these teachers without any prior knowledge of who these people are.
As a child, I can tell you that I had two women who made no bones to scream at us daily, to the point where we were in fear of them. One who flipped over desks to humiliate the student into submission, and then a 5th grade teacher who was reprimanded for digging her nails into the neck of a student when he was talking out of turn. This was elementary school.
My husband had a 4th grd teacher who destroyed his self esteem, something even his 73 year old mother remembers.
A few years back my older daughter was going to a nearby school and within the first few months, slowly stopped wanting to go to school. To the point where she would scream hysterically if we passed the stinking exit. I made her go (Don't ask why it still haunts me) and on that day I finally made her go, her teacher wrestled her to the ground, tearing off her coat. Hannah was I believe 3 and a half. We took her to the doctor because she literally wouldn't leave the house to go anywhere without screaming. He thought she was autistic as well.
The point is this:
Yep your personal experience with homeschooling was negative. But I'm sure you realize now that not every homeschooling experience is negative.
I realize that not every teacher is an evil you know what. In fact Hannah has a great one now that we interact with almost daily and have grown to really trust her.
The thing is, I also know that in the schools teachers can get away with A Lot and A Lot of damage can be done to a kid's self esteem before they ever get to junior high. And once a teacher destroys that, what does a kid have left?
I am not trusting my kids self esteem to adults I don't know. I'm sure that there are great teachers and principals out there. However, I do know that teachers are often very very busy. And even if you get a "good" one, maintaining daily or at least regular communication with them and getting to know them is very difficult.
I am really really sorry your experience was so bad!!! I am really thankful you shared that with us because it is an excellent reminder of the responsibility that my husband and are undertaking.
anyone know how to homeschool a 9th grader?
need information on groups to join, software, books, etc.
skeeter.
The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Debra Bell
Here is her website: http://www.hsrc.com/
You need to find out what the laws are in your area regarding homeschooling. Here is a site that might help with that: http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp
I have a ton of websites on my favorites. There are different methods of homeschooling. Classical, Charlotte Mason, Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner (yes they both have private schools named after them using their methods of educating) Unit studies, unschooling....You might want to start googling those.
The websites I am finding are useful are likely not going to be as useful for you as you're looking for info on 9th grade. But here are a few that might help:
http://www.buddyproject.org/resources/family/math/default.asp
http://english-zone.com/index.php
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
http://www.commonsensepress.com/
http://www.charlottemason.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/or/mtdewbydo/plannersplus.html
I have much more on my favorites, but well, these are the ones I figure might help the most.
hey everyone, it's been a while since i've been here.
i tried to go to reexamine.org today and it appears to be down.
is there any word on what happened, or an alternative site out there with the same info?
i was just thinking about the other day.
nice to see ya!
(article link)
marijuana may increase psychosis risk, analysis says.
london, england (ap) -- using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether pot is dangerous.
that explains everything........
