Do you have other teachers and teachers aides in your classroom, Kat? All your schoolwork sounds so boring and tedious, lol. I doubt 8 could do it.

Oh, wow I would love to have only 12 kids with 2 teachers!! Way back when I worked in daycare, I think the limit was 4-6 for infants for 1 person, 6-8 for 1yr olds, and like 10 for 2yr olds? Not sure what the limits are now. There is 2 of us, the lead teacher and me. (I'm the teacher aide - the paraprofessional, she's the lead teacher, has a degree).

I don't WANT to do it :P But at the same time, I want to. To be honest, I'm almost even enjoying it. I really liked school when I was in school (well most parts of it) I absolutely love having a routine and knowing what I am doing (that's what prompted me to become a para instead of staying a sub, I liked being in the same class, and having a regular routine again) And once I get into a rhythm with my online classes I even don't mind doing it even if it is a boring subject (like econ was lol) I may not ENJOY it, but I don't mind it.

Once again the quiz has not posted for history. I was all set to take them last night, early lol, but noooo, they aren't there. I hope they get put up today or tomorrow or I'll email him AGAIN.....(I already had to email him for the module 1 quiz - that it was not available to take, and I mentioned that there were no quizzes in any of the other quiz folders either....I mean, come on!)

I have a love/hate relationships w/ routines so at first I'm like, ugh, then I can see the other side and understand that point of view. I've always liked studying and learning things on my own, but that doesn't get you a degree. :P (there are certificates you can get in the IT field, tho) I'm ready for a complete change. As much as I love backcountry camping, I would love to get into forestry work. I just feel that time is running out for that kind of work, though.

That sounds like it would be fun for you. It would be fine to look into it at least!! With the online classes, I almost feel I am learning on my own, just with a guideline to help lol Which is great. As much as I liked school, I disliked being in a class full of people. Weird eh? Since I'm in a class full of kids all day LOL I guess I just don't like people my own age?

LOL! I can understand that, too.
I would rather do online classes than be in an uncomfortable classroom environment. And you're right about learning on your own by doing those online classes.

I'm glad I can do it online. I think it would be a lot harder taking classes in person in the afternoons/evenings. I'd feel like I was never home. I like the fact I can sit on my comfy couch and read my school book or use my tablet to do work. Even tho a lot of the time I am sitting at my desk. My desk chair is a lot more comfortable than school desk chairs too tho!! LOL

Almost time to head off for work. Nathan has an orthodontist appointment today tho, so I will be on a bit earlier than usual :D On my phone most likely but still.... :D

The comfortable setting helps a lot!

I.. hated school. Like, I liked ACTUAL school.. but I hated GOING to school, and doing schoolwork. But I love learning! I think I just hate learning things that I HAVE to.. which is awful.

Maybe if I get on ADD meds, I can finish my real estate license. My issue was, I just.. couldn't sit and do the work if I wasn't in the mood. And then I'd sit for hours and hours and hours if I WAS in the mood... but that's really no way to go through a class :P

And ... it may not be full time forestry work, but I know around here, the parks department is always looking for help, and so are the conservation departments. You can get involved with clearing and making trails, etc etc. You'd still have to go to work work but.. you could do some good, with something you love!

Mieke, that sounds like a wonderful way to get my foot in the door! Some parts of the forestry aspects include getting a degree and while that sounds great and all, I just don't have time for it. I haven't looked enough since I'm not in an area with a lot of national forests around. Out West has a lot more to handle.

Being forced to learn things is the worst! It makes it so much harder to do the actual work. Also can't blame you for not wanting to be on the meds... that can take some adjustment, for sure.

The state park here needs trail crew all the time! We don't have any national anything but.. yeah, it could help! The DNCR here is who's in charge, but if you talk to people, lots of them should be able to help!

For sure, something for you to look into !! :)

My oldest was diagnosed with ADD, as a teenager. I wish it'd been sooner. It helped so much his last few years of school, to have the medication and counseling - once he lost state paid (kids) insurance tho, he was unable to continue the meds....I wish he'd decide to get insurance (from his job) and go back to the dr for some help again. But as an adult, that is now his choice. But I think it would be helpful for him.

Drat. Emailed the music teacher about a concert (didn't think it would be acceptable, but it doesn't hurt to ask....) - the one I wanted is a no go. Boo. It was a movie in concert hahahaha - meaning the symphony plays the music to the movie (and in this case they were going to be showing the movie in the background too). Back to hunting to a concert I might actually WANT to attend....

Hump day! Still got the whole day to get through........

I will definitely check more into it. I think the last time I looked I was on the MAIN site of all parks and kinda glanced at the opportunities section and they mostly mentioned types with degrees.

Oo a movie w/ a symphony playing the music! That would be nice. Too bad they won't let you do that.

I don't know much about ADD but it seems that too many kids are being misdiagnosed w/ that or ADHD when really it's just parental failure - as in, they don't want to parent and would rather drug up their child. It's good to know there are those that get a proper diagnosis and receive tremendous benefits from it.

I... I don't think that's true, really. It was in the 80s and 90s.. my brother was diagnosed with ADHD, but really, he's bi-polar. That was just the end all, be all for diagnosing boys.

Meanwhile, I took Lily a few months ago to get diagnosed, so that she could get some extra help at school. I honestly thought it would be a slam dunk, like.. she's basically the poster child for female ADD.

Instead, the psychiatrist said she was too old (almost everyone grows out of it, are the exact words she said. My mouth literally dropped open), and then diagnosed her with anxiety. We met with her therapist for literally 10 minutes and he was like "OK so for a 13 year old with ADD-" "-apparently, she doesn't have ADD" "Uh.. wait. What, really?"

I told her guidance counselor, he was shocked, too. And now the therapist has met with her for a while, and he's like.. if it's OK with you, I'm asking Dr. whatsherface to come in next time, because uh.. I think ADD meds will have a MUCH better impact on her life." GEE, YOU THINK?!

Ugh I'm still mad as hell. Plus, with the amount of mountain dew I've been giving her to make her calm and able to do homework.. I'm absolutely positive an actual drug would be better for her system.

Oh there's definitely under diagnosed which is just as bad. And yeah back when bipolar first came about, it was also another over diagnosed disorder.

I hope what I said was perceived only as what my experience with other parents and their kids have been like. I would hate to be in your situation and dealing w/ jackoffs that don't give a proper assessment of a child and then trying to handle it on your own. :(

No, I get what you meant! it just makes me mad because, even as an adult, that's what you still hear a lot. "Oh, ADD doesn't exist. Oh, just be a better parent. Oh, it just means you can't sit still, you're fine"

So on and so forth. When really, your brain is just wired different and you really WANT to be able to pay attention but uh. You just can't, no matter what you do. And you can't even THINK about the same subject without your brain going on a tangent and you ending up in a weird place.

Alex used to keep mountain dew hidden under the bed for days that I couldn't even stand to be around myself. Now we still have mountain dew, but I can remember half the time. Just need caffeine to slow down my brain :P

Thankfully I haven't come across any idiots like that (who say it doesn't exist). I remember talking to a buddy who has it and he explained it just like you did. He's incredibly smart and in a more advanced field of IT but he's had to have his medicine adjusted a few times over the years.

I honestly did meet some crappy parents whose kids did not act out in any way, yet they were saying their kid needs this and that medicine to calm down and they haven't gotten a diagnosis yet but were trying to get one and I'm just like.... you're an ass! lol I think a number of times it was just a lack of attention. You're fortunate if you haven't come across those types! ugh

Oh, I have. That's what my mom did with my brother. Which.. definitely didn't help him, at all!

I feel like most of the time, people just think it doesn't exist and it's just an excuse. I hear that uh.. a lot :P

That's shitty. And I know those type of people wouldn't believe it even if you shoved all the facts about it under (and in) their noses.

Yeah. They seem to be the same type of people that hate uh.. everything. :P

Instead of questing today, apparently I decided to battle. I WAS questing, but then the ice king challenged me, then I looked for an achievement, then I realized I never did Willowisp, so I got an achievement for that, then I went through and I'm doing them all. Got to Wyrmgear. It's getting boring now, though :P

There are kids who do have it and need to be diagnosed and aren't....and there are kids who are diagnosed or at least given meds, when they really don't need it. I've seen both ways sadly :( My own son, I loved how his therapist described it to us, part of his issue is comprehension too - and so the therapist said to us, "your son is a Mac in a PC world. you are giving him PC instructions and he just doesn't understand them" - and we learned to state things in a different way, until son was able to get what we wanted of him. And like I said, the meds to help him calm down, and focus helped so much!

I would not have thought mountain dew would be helpful in calming you down?? maybe with focusing....to me, caffeine hypes you up~! lol

yay for achievements and battling! I'm buying some battle challengers per month, for those months I don't need beanbags from collections....got 2 for January. Super easy ones. Defeated them in no time. How many times per challenger do you fight? I usually just go for achievement times or until I stop getting good amount of xp.