Do you name your car? - Page 4

monster · 01-08-2007, 04:01 PM

Well of course that all depends on whether you want to raise a bunch of conformists or not......

....but I will pass along the info on the typos, thanks -tbh I haven't read it since they "updated" the website

It's a great school. Takes up an incredible amount of my time, though, but I think it's worth it.

jinx · 01-08-2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

It's a great school. Takes up an incredible amount of my time, though, but I think it's worth it.

It sounds like it. And I know exactly what you mean about the time...
Yes, it's my kids that go to Upattinas (this year anyway, we're not signing up again for next year), and Clonlara is a sort of sister school to us thru the NCACS.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-08-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by yesman065

They need to be schmart to teech da kidz the rite way to spel 'n stuff.

What? You never heard of "learning together"?

Clodfobble · 01-08-2007, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Yes, it's my kids that go to Upattinas (this year anyway, we're not signing up again for next year),

Are you just going to a different alternative style of school, or abandoning the alternative schools altogether? I'm interested in these alternative-but-also-public schools. The only alternative schools around here are Montessori, and the quality varies drastically from one location to the next.

jinx · 01-08-2007, 07:30 PM

We're not decided yet... we're looking at a couple of different Friends schools, but also considering homeschooling and/or Open Connections.

Definitely not abandoning the alternative approach (we don't have any cool public schools like monster's), and we may end up back at Upattinas some day. We were waiting until after the holidays to really get busy with this. Time's up...

MaggieL · 01-08-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

"Well", comes the reply, "after 48 hours of that, tho am I"

The version I prefer delivers the punch line as:

"You're thor! I'm tho thor I can hardly pith!"

Right up there with the story of the young lady whose summertime date took her to the seaside boardwalk (some versions have it as the county fair), and asked her several times what she'd like to do that evening.

Each time she says "I wanna get weighed", so after three trips to the "Guess Your Weight" concession, the date politely takes her home. Her mother greats her with "How did your date go, dear?", and she replies, "Wowsy."

Speaking of cars...the sound system upgrade is complete in Gay Deceiver.

JayMcGee · 01-08-2007, 08:22 PM

lol! yes, that's better punch-line, MaggieL. And I laffed at the seaside "wowsy".

and speaking of schools, i bet you would have liked mine....

at 13, I could speak latin and strip & re-assemble a bren-gun blindfold

monster · 01-08-2007, 08:35 PM

We are so lucky to have landed where we did. We're in a great school district, but the schools are so competitive and determined to stay "great" that everything is becoming geared to passing check-box tests and getting better numbers on paper than the other schools.

Result is, the kids are only learning how to memorize facts. They don't learn how to learn from experience and they don't have time to learn any of those other life skills that the examiners haven't found a way to quantify -the skills that come through interaction, play and exploration- like how to compromise, how to be tactful, how to make logical deductions and how to make the best of any situation.

Theoretically, I'd homeschool, but in practice, I'd kill them if I was stuck with them all day. Or come up with some really creative uses for Duct Tape. Homeschoolers have my utmost admiration.

Our school is the perfect solution. I'm very involved, I'm in there most days, I know all the teachers, most of the kids and I know what's going on and what is being learned, but from 7:30 to 11:30 someone else is actually responsible for all my sprogs, they have other people to talk to and play with, I can leave and do paperwork/planning/housework/exercise/whatever in quiet or noisy solitude at home or elsewhere, and can prepare for the midday arrival of the kindergartener. Believe me, that needs some preparation. (Yes, that's Thor).

Also, because it's a public school it's (a) free and (b) not allowed to get "radical" to the point where the kids are unintentionally being harmed by being given free range without being given any guidance as to how to use that freedom wisely. This are the (only) plus points about staying in the public system.

monster · 01-08-2007, 08:36 PM

/off topic.

again

AgentApathy · 01-08-2007, 09:01 PM

My red Honda is named Scarlett O'Honda. She's a sassy gal

Dagney · 01-08-2007, 09:09 PM

My Monte Carlo - His name was Monty...last name Carlo. When I made the last payment on him, I owned (wait for it) the FULL Monty

My Ford Focus - her name is Stella - after the accident, we started calling her swamp - because she has a nasty leak somewhere we can't find - and I routinely have water in the passenger seat *sigh*

Our Lexus ES330 - His name is Luther....Lexus Luther. (and yes, I named him!)

Our Rav 4 - well, it doesn't have a name yet. He drives it, and thinks the whole naming of cars is summat silly

JayMcGee · 01-08-2007, 09:10 PM

.... but can't pull for toffee.....

Perry Winkle · 01-13-2007, 08:39 PM

If I named inanimate objects I'd call my car, a black 1995 Toyota Avalon, Methuselah, because I want it to live for another 956 years or so.

I've never been and never will be a car lover, so I'd rather spend as little money on them as possible.

MaggieL · 01-14-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

and speaking of schools, i bet you would have liked mine....

at 13, I could speak latin and strip & re-assemble a bren-gun blindfold

Sounds like the place where Lindsay Anderson's "If..." happened.

JayMcGee · 01-14-2007, 07:31 PM

very similar.

http://www.qvs.org.uk/

'tho it wasn't co-ed in my day.

01-08-2007, 04:01 PM	#46
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well of course that all depends on whether you want to raise a bunch of conformists or not...... ....but I will pass along the info on the typos, thanks -tbh I haven't read it since they "updated" the website It's a great school. Takes up an incredible amount of my time, though, but I think it's worth it. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-08-2007, 07:30 PM	#50
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	We're not decided yet... we're looking at a couple of different Friends schools, but also considering homeschooling and/or Open Connections. Definitely not abandoning the alternative approach (we don't have any cool public schools like monster's), and we may end up back at Upattinas some day. We were waiting until after the holidays to really get busy with this. Time's up... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-08-2007, 08:22 PM	#52
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	lol! yes, that's better punch-line, MaggieL. And I laffed at the seaside "wowsy". and speaking of schools, i bet you would have liked mine.... at 13, I could speak latin and strip & re-assemble a bren-gun blindfold __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-08-2007, 08:35 PM	#53
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We are so lucky to have landed where we did. We're in a great school district, but the schools are so competitive and determined to stay "great" that everything is becoming geared to passing check-box tests and getting better numbers on paper than the other schools. Result is, the kids are only learning how to memorize facts. They don't learn how to learn from experience and they don't have time to learn any of those other life skills that the examiners haven't found a way to quantify -the skills that come through interaction, play and exploration- like how to compromise, how to be tactful, how to make logical deductions and how to make the best of any situation. Theoretically, I'd homeschool, but in practice, I'd kill them if I was stuck with them all day. Or come up with some really creative uses for Duct Tape. Homeschoolers have my utmost admiration. Our school is the perfect solution. I'm very involved, I'm in there most days, I know all the teachers, most of the kids and I know what's going on and what is being learned, but from 7:30 to 11:30 someone else is actually responsible for all my sprogs, they have other people to talk to and play with, I can leave and do paperwork/planning/housework/exercise/whatever in quiet or noisy solitude at home or elsewhere, and can prepare for the midday arrival of the kindergartener. Believe me, that needs some preparation. (Yes, that's Thor). Also, because it's a public school it's (a) free and (b) not allowed to get "radical" to the point where the kids are unintentionally being harmed by being given free range without being given any guidance as to how to use that freedom wisely. This are the (only) plus points about staying in the public system. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-08-2007, 08:36 PM	#54
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	/off topic. again __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-08-2007, 09:01 PM	#55
AgentApathy I just look like I'm listening Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 39	My red Honda is named Scarlett O'Honda. She's a sassy gal

01-08-2007, 09:09 PM	#56
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	My Monte Carlo - His name was Monty...last name Carlo. When I made the last payment on him, I owned (wait for it) the FULL Monty My Ford Focus - her name is Stella - after the accident, we started calling her swamp - because she has a nasty leak somewhere we can't find - and I routinely have water in the passenger seat sigh Our Lexus ES330 - His name is Luther....Lexus Luther. (and yes, I named him!) Our Rav 4 - well, it doesn't have a name yet. He drives it, and thinks the whole naming of cars is summat silly __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

01-08-2007, 09:10 PM	#57
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	.... but can't pull for toffee..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-13-2007, 08:39 PM	#58
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	If I named inanimate objects I'd call my car, a black 1995 Toyota Avalon, Methuselah, because I want it to live for another 956 years or so. I've never been and never will be a car lover, so I'd rather spend as little money on them as possible.

01-14-2007, 07:31 PM	#60
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	very similar. http://www.qvs.org.uk/ 'tho it wasn't co-ed in my day. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

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