The Goat Pen

More like hemp protein and dried egg whites as well as white tea, although that probably doesn't really go bad.

Nope, it was just tea, in a sealed box. That shit don't go bad. And some freeze dried German onion dish that looked like worms on the label. It's freeze dried, that shit don't go bad. Also some protein powder. And you know that shit don't go bad...

Damn, I hadn't even seen Stu's post when I posted that...

eCat wrote:Mom came to stay with me for almost a month in February - she can't climb stairs so I put a bedroom in my basement - bought a nice memory foam mattress, stocked the fridge we have down there, put in grab bars in the bathroom and I put in a sidewalk from the door of my walkout basement to my back deck and put up hand rails along it for her. I ended up going late into work almost every day waiting on her to wake up and make the walk up the sidewalk to get into the house and get settled upstairs for the day. If it snowed I'd go out and shovel a path for her.


That was a bitch but she cried when she left because she enjoyed staying with us so much so I felt pretty good as a son.

She is coming back up to stay another month in mid June. I'm going to get a lift chair for her and put in the house so she can get up and down. She'll turn 81 while she is here. There aren't going to be many more moments like that.

enjoy the little things

Sorry for your loss, Spacer...

Yes, spacer. It grieves me to hear of your loss.

My condolences, Spacer. I've lost a brother, but have both my parents relatively healthy, independent and of sound mind. I don't take those blessings for granted.

Damn. Now I'm starting to feel bad putting my mom in a home. Then again, in reality it's the best place for her.

It's all good, I'm sure she feels bad about putting you in her home all those years ago...

Yeah. I shoulda pulled the plug when I had the chance.

Jungle Rat wrote:Damn. Now I'm starting to feel bad putting my mom in a home. Then again, in reality it's the best place for her.

Never feel bad about doing the right thing

In Rat's case, the right thing would be suicide...

God keeps thwarting me

Owlman wrote:

Jungle Rat wrote:Damn. Now I'm starting to feel bad putting my mom in a home. Then again, in reality it's the best place for her.

Never feel bad about doing the right thing

I dont.

You've rarely done the right thing.

I was talking at work with the guy in charge of our team who puts out our youtube videos and what not.

We were talking about how the model of a guy stranding in front of a classroom is pretty much obsolete except in cases where the classroom provides instruments or materials the typical student cannot get at home - in our case like a complex software implementation that costs thousands of dollars.

Then we shifted over to talking about my kids in school. Right now, neither one of my kids had a single text book that is on paper, and almost all of their homework is now contained in a system called progress that also grades and calculates their scores and keeps a running tab on what their current grade in the class is. Most of the kids now stare at a chromebook or tablet in class while the teacher lectures.

It occurred to me that there really is little to no need for a student in high school to actually attend a class where they sit in a classroom - the only need for them to assemble is for the social interaction, clubs, sports and general activities. Technology has basically rendered their physical need to be in a classroom unnecessary.

If they moved the athletics to a club circuit like they do for non-sanctioned school sports now, they could eliminate the association with high school age athletics to the school altogether and just tie it into the community - so you'd truly have the Springfield Atoms and they would just be broken down into age groups.

The social aspect, and the value of collectively having hundreds of kids together , would be the issue that takes the real hit - because much of what people relate to as their community begins with and centers around the school representing it.

But its interesting to think about. By having a virtual classroom a teacher could be sitting in a house in New Jersey teaching kids in South Carolina - and he/she wouldn't be limited to any community of geographic boundary - kids could have a choice of 25 different languages, 15 levels of mathematics and science, not to mention an unlimited number of specialty classes by SME's in the field - in a virtual classroom environment. They could be taking Differential Equations with a kid down the street or 2000 miles away.

You could make the argument that the quality of education offered would expand dramatically while lowering the cost per student noticeably.

it would revolutionize the concept of home schooling as we view it today. The big question would be - if they aren't at school , where will they be? Can you believe a 14 year old would effectively learn at home essentially unsupervised during the day? Or would the burden to place the children in an environment conductive to learning be shifted unto the family when schools used to perform that function.

Your last paragraphs summed it up: School is also daycare. Many dual income parents don't want their 3rd grader at home alone and can't afford other options.

AlabamAlum wrote:Your last paragraphs summed it up: School is also daycare. Many dual income parents don't want their 3rd grader at home alone and can't afford other options.

yea, I don't think you can address it below high school anyways - kids need to be taught how to learn , how to interact and require too much one on one time for distance learning to be effective, IMO.

"it would revolutionize the concept of home schooling as we view it today"

That's what has been homeschooling for the last 10-15 years. Where you been?

sardis wrote:"it would revolutionize the concept of home schooling as we view it today"

That's what has been homeschooling for the last 10-15 years. Where you been?

distance learning from professionals? I wasn't aware of that