Our standard (when one of them whined about an ouchie) was:
Did it hurt? (yes) Well then, don't do it again!
After a while they don't say yes any more...
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Did it hurt? (yes) Well then, don't do it again!
After a while they don't say yes any more...
Whenever the internet goes down, the kids are instantly whining. And I am instantly laughing. And give them the old "back in the day" speech. And they roll their eyes. How did we ever get to the moon without the internet? Remember when friends were actually people you spent time with in the same physical room?
Then there was my sister's hyperventilation when they were here over Thanksgiving, the internet went down, and my nephew couldn't "check" his calculus on Wolfram. So one of my kids offers to check his stuff and of course, he had none of it done because he was using Wolfram to do his problems lol. He's going on year 6 of his undergrad degree.
Now that more of the grandkids have phones (and their parents are addicted as well) we have instituted the rule that there are no phones at the table. If we're eating a meal, or playing a game, I'm not going to listen to the dings and pops and whistles. They can be with the family or they can be with their phone. I reached my limit a couple of Thanksgivings ago.
/cranky grandma rant
/cranky grandma rant
My new neighbor is not very good at conversationing. After about 3 awkward minutes last night, I found myself wanting to punch him in the face so we'd have something to talk about.
You could talk about that mammoth 2-run homer that Easy Eddie banged over the wall.....
I'd add to your rant that we seem to be living in a world of people mesmerized by about 8 square inches of plastic screen. Wife and I go out to dinner and see entire families in the restaurant, and all of them are on their phones. Life is changing........
Whenever the internet goes down, the kids are instantly whining. And I am instantly laughing. And give them the old "back in the day" speech. And they roll their eyes. How did we ever get to the moon without the internet? Remember when friends were actually people you spent time with in the same physical room?
Then there was my sister's hyperventilation when they were here over Thanksgiving, the internet went down, and my nephew couldn't "check" his calculus on Wolfram. So one of my kids offers to check his stuff and of course, he had none of it done because he was using Wolfram to do his problems lol. He's going on year 6 of his undergrad degree.
Last spring the oldest had a project due with a presentation. She chose to do a video with her narrating and pictures to go along with the narration (every single picture having to be annotated). Got home from late volleyball practice and our electricity was out. We set up my phone as a mobile hot spot and she worked to try and finish, had to completely finish the next day right before the after school presentation. Took everything up to school for her presentation and then the wifi at the school wasn't strong enough to play her video (it was run through the website where she created it). All this time and effort, presentation didn't work, and come to find out the student teacher whose hairbrain idea it was to have this "celebration of learning" had graded everything before their final presentations because she was graduating in 2 days and had to turn all her student teaching stuff in. I told her maybe she could reuse that project in high school.
So the student teacher they had was one of the worst we have ever come across. ALL the parents and students did not like her. We showed up for some volleyball scrimmages early this fall and she is the 9th grade volleyball coach (and presumably a teacher) in a district not too far away. It sounds like there were 2 applicants for an open potion and she was th better of the 2.
Do you remember reading the story about the teenager who lost both of his arms in a farm accident? He came in the house, dialed 911 with his nose then sat waiting for the ambulance in the bathtub "so he wouldn't get any more blood on his mom's floor".
Whoops, I guess it was a pencil in his teeth:
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/sta...cle_84f9bf0c-54d8-11e1-9123-0019bb2963f4.html
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Did you tell him his wife has a nice rack? Usually gets the conversationing rolling.
Last spring the oldest had a project due with a presentation. She chose to do a video with her narrating and pictures to go along with the narration (every single picture having to be annotated). Got home from late volleyball practice and our electricity was out. We set up my phone as a mobile hot spot and she worked to try and finish, had to completely finish the next day right before the after school presentation. Took everything up to school for her presentation and then the wifi at the school wasn't strong enough to play her video (it was run through the website where she created it). All this time and effort, presentation didn't work, and come to find out the student teacher whose hairbrain idea it was to have this "celebration of learning" had graded everything before their final presentations because she was graduating in 2 days and had to turn all her student teaching stuff in. I told her maybe she could reuse that project in high school.
So the student teacher they had was one of the worst we have ever come across. ALL the parents and students did not like her. We showed up for some volleyball scrimmages early this fall and she is the 9th grade volleyball coach (and presumably a teacher) in a district not too far away. It sounds like there were 2 applicants for an open potion and she was th better of the 2.
Was she hot? Maybe that was it? Sorry, just in one of those moods today.
That's my standard ice-breaker. If he returns the compliment with a fist-bump, he's safe to invite over for a beer.
My kids have heard me say a million times that video games and pot will be the downfall of America, because college age kids want to do absolutely nothing productive between the two of them. And they roll their eyes.
It reminds me of an episode of Star Trek Next Generation, where the Enterprise is crippled by everyone playing some addictive video game.
Last spring the oldest had a project due with a presentation. She chose to do a video with her narrating and pictures to go along with the narration (every single picture having to be annotated). Got home from late volleyball practice and our electricity was out. We set up my phone as a mobile hot spot and she worked to try and finish, had to completely finish the next day right before the after school presentation. Took everything up to school for her presentation and then the wifi at the school wasn't strong enough to play her video (it was run through the website where she created it). All this time and effort, presentation didn't work, and come to find out the student teacher whose hairbrain idea it was to have this "celebration of learning" had graded everything before their final presentations because she was graduating in 2 days and had to turn all her student teaching stuff in. I told her maybe she could reuse that project in high school.
So the student teacher they had was one of the worst we have ever come across. ALL the parents and students did not like her. We showed up for some volleyball scrimmages early this fall and she is the 9th grade volleyball coach (and presumably a teacher) in a district not too far away. It sounds like there were 2 applicants for an open potion and she was th better of the 2.
Oh this sounds familiar, but instead of bad student teachers, it has been bad long term subs for teachers who get deployed.
The thing was, nephew could just check Wolfram for his calculus on his phone, but when sister thought he was "doing" his homework, he was playing video games and that sucks up a lot of data. He would then periodically "check" his calculus that he hadn't done. The kid plays video games 99% of the time he is awake. Such a waste, he isn't academically stupid, he just does zero work. Then sister excuses his poor academic performance because he is "sensitive" and gets "test anxiety." Well, I'd be anxious about tests too if I hadn't done any work or studying.
Yeah, I'm a cranky old lady lol.
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Pretty sure I have heard you complain about plagiarized papers. Pretty sure internet makes that a faster process. Also probably makes it easier to detect.
CycloneErik
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BACK TO STONE TABLETS!!!
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That could solve some things.
I'm not doing it. I didn't learn to carve, and the Internet makes everything I do possible. It's too late for me to unadapt!
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