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Happy Birthday MO! Need a refill on the minestrone?

I'm not a Math teacher, but I have seen the same trend in many subjects. For some reason there seems to be a mad dash to develop higher thinking skills at the expense of the more basic skill that are foundational. I can say that in my field alone - the visual arts - that there is little being done to really teach mastery. I have lamented what I see in English and Writing because so many times the writing is poor but because all the right points were made the student gets a good grade. I'm happy to say that the principal at our elementary school was a Math teacher, so she has insisted on the basics being mastered - there are no calculators in our school. In fact, I don't think my older child used a calculator in class until the 8th grade. I wasn't happy about that - but I don't know how to change it.

Lisa, I didn't know your Dad, I'm sorry to say. I am still saddened by your loss. Please let us know how you are and if there is anything we can do for you or your family. dooj

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No - you need to know who that person is. The first and third pics are not really that important....

It's Geek to me.

I might have pulled a "Raf" here...

Ok - so here is how it was laid out .... 1. You pray for a job, house, car, life, whatever 2. You are told to go to your "Blue Book" and "get back to basics." 3. IF you get what you prayed for - Hallelujah and God got the glory. BUT!!! 4. If you didn't then YOU got blamed. PS - there was a 4 more than there was a 3. I think that the emphasis on "believing" actually made things worst for the one suppossedly trying to believe.

Roy have you ever seen a rainbow around the moon?

Go for it, Dude!

Thank you year2027! This is my daughter's all time favorite song since she was a little dooj. And this is our all time favorite version of it. Sometimes we just have to stop and look for rainbows!

I'd call. I'd talk and listen. I'd also be prepared for anything. Tell them you were thinking about them and decided to take a chance and call. Let it go from there. It might end up that things go south quickly, or not at all. It might be that they remember you when and if they leave the cult. (Assuming they are still in.)

The teaching of the "Law of Believing" basically put set the stage for the MOG to tell everyone what to do... WHY? Well because it basically ended up being a belief system that made God a marionette in our hand. (IF we believed...HE HAD TO DO!) Now - you take a MOG - Telling God what to do a lot - now he gets to tell you what to do too.... And we bought that load of sh!t!

And BOW when you say that!

Well here it goes.....Most folks only tell their attorneys what they want them to hear. So....if MG has done this as well - well someone is gonna pay a lot of money and get no bang for their buck. That said, the saying goes, "You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride." If MG goes down this road all sorts of stuff is gonna come out into the open. Money will be spent on both (all) sides, and in the end nothing will be solved. Hmmmmmm....sounds about par for the course, doesn't it?

"Don't you go where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow!" Frank Zappa

And you had the nerve to insult the last two posts on Movie Pictionary???????? Flipper

Just to clarify... Someone I know is fond of telling my kids that they are (or at least used to be) considered nothing more than property in the eyes of the law. This has always ticked me off. As loving parents we need to parent. In my mind that means setting boundaries, providing love, nurture and whatever it takes to help them become responsible, healthy, adults. I try to find ways to honor my kids' sense of self. I allow them to vent. I tell them that I'm not their friend - but their MOM. My goal is that when they are adults we will be friends. So - for the first 10 or so years of their life I was a benevolent tyrant. Now until they are abut 18 I will be more like a coach - giving "plays" and allowing them to go out and put them into action. This allows them to make decisions on the fly and to use their common sense. We talk a lot. I mean A LOT. I know their friends and some of them are starting to call me "Mom." Ok - not trying to toot my own horn here...

Ok I'm brain dead - so try this:

OH MAN! You're a sick man! Carrie

I think you're thinking about men from Brooklyn ......

Jaws II? And THAT is a long shot!

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Potato - I tell my kids that there is only one mean mom in the world and they have her! That keeps things funny around here. I also give my kids a time to reply - they get to be honest - I only ask that they are also respectful. I don't want them in a situation where a boss or spouse is abusive in any way and they find they have no skills to have their say. So my kids do know how to state their case.

Groucho dear - I think you really meant to post this in "that other thread" ;)