Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

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drstratton said:
I'm not going to add anything else not chicken related right now...but I assume I can share a picture anyway...to make up for my earlier input...:D

Another Maximus picture...Love this handsome Roo! Even though he's not super friendly...lol
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And since I contributed so much non chicken verbiage...Marquis...my other handsome roo...same disposition as Maximus...:gig
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Beautiful boys!
 
micstrachan said:
So I’m still catching up, but want to jump into the education conversation. Any suggestions on helping my teenage daughter? She is very bright, but failing all her classes. Her assistant principal called her “very bright” more than once in our last meeting. Her history teacher called her “a gifted thinker.” She is educating herself on things that interest her all the time.

Here is her take on religion, which may offend some of you, and for that, I apologize. “Mom, have you ever noticed that religions all over the world are similar? What if religion is really just a collective conscience and the conscience knows the humans are too STUPID to understand, unless it’s put in a context that is consistent with their culture?” I am just trying to illustrate how her brain works.

What do I do with her? She feels the public school system is a waste of time. Here in California, kids still have to meet certain curriculum standards when home schooling, so I hadn’t considered that. She’ll be 18 and legally can drop out in a little over a year. Does it make me a bad mom that I’m not that worried about her failing high school? I don’t see how I can make her care about school, and I’m not sure I care that much myself, even though I have a degree in Biology from the University of California at Berkeley myself? She is not me. And she may have a lot more natural intelligence than I do. I just wish she could find some drive and I don’t know how to help her there. Thoughts?
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You are definitely not a terrible mom...there is more to an education than an education. My oldest son was so smart they didn't know what to do with him, he was able to pass with no issues & had enough drive to get it done even though he was so bored & frustrated! My daughter made the best out of everything, she is every bit as smart in her own way as her older brother! Your daughter sounds like my youngest son...he is very smart, but was much less interested in his education...he never failed a class & did graduate...but it was a bit rough at times, he was very hard to motivate & it's truly something they need to figure & learn to want on there own. One thing we did tell him is that school is his current job and he needs to finish it, so that he can move onto something he really wants to do...that seemed to help him focus a bit better. He became a StateTrooper. If she doesn't graduate, she can always get her GED...she sounds smart & she will find her way...let her know that you will be there to support her in what she decides to accomplish.
 
drstratton said:
Exactly, my children participated in all of these activities...we had a homeschool coop that they attended once a week...it had subjects on science, history, the bible, writing, anything that they were interested in, it was an amazing time for them. They did a play & my daughter was Anne of Green Gables...my youngest son also had a part...I wouldn't change a thing that we did for them!đź’ž
Another pic...You all are going to get tired of my flock..:gig
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Because I worked in the public school system I had a wonderful opportunity to compare any time we attended homeschool activity days & the thing that really stuck out to me was how well the homeschoolers listened. They actually followed instructions! I remember an art activity day we attended. I was a little freaked out when I saw what they were going to do with the kids because I knew what would have happened in a regular classroom & it would have been ghastly! Nope. 30 homeschool kids between 8~10 who'd never set eyes on each other before & They listened. They behaved. They followed instructions. They produced beautiful work.

Also, because I was working in the local school I obtained permission for YD to sit in on her grade level class occasionally ~ mostly for novelty's sake. She never learnt anything. One reason we began homeschooling was because the child was reading before she even began school & that's a recipe for disaster if anything was!!! This particular day when I went to pick her up she seemed a little off ~ not playing or socialising [& this is a child who thought the world was her showcase!] I got her home & she promptly took herself to bed & slept & slept. When I was finally able to talk to her about her morning she said: Oh mummy, they were naughty & noisy! I checked with the teacher & it had been a particularly disastrous morning but my child never wanted to go back. I refused to have her state tested any more after I busted her applying all her spelling rules in new & novel ways! 🙄 As a boredom buster I got it but they thought the child needed remedial help! :lau I am so over what they have done to our education system!
And here's the chicken pic as per the new rules. :gig

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Ribh said:
Because I worked in the public school system I had a wonderful opportunity to compare any time we attended homeschool activity days & the thing that really stuck out to me was how well the homeschoolers listened. They actually followed instructions! I remember an art activity day we attended. I was a little freaked out when I saw what they were going to do with the kids because I knew what would have happened in a regular classroom & it would have been ghastly! Nope. 30 homeschool kids between 8~10 who'd never set eyes on each other before & They listened. They behaved. They followed instructions. They produced beautiful work.

Also, because I was working in the local school I obtained permission for YD to sit in on her grade level class occasionally ~ mostly for novelty's sake. She never learnt anything. One reason we began homeschooling was because the child was reading before she even began school & that's a recipe for disaster if anything was!!! This particular day when I went to pick her up she seemed a little off ~ not playing or socialising [& this is a child who thought the world was her showcase!] I got her home & she promptly took herself to bed & slept & slept. When I was finally able to talk to her about her morning she said: Oh mummy, they were naughty & noisy! I checked with the teacher & it had been a particularly disastrous morning but my child never wanted to go back. I refused to have her state tested any more after I busted her applying all her spelling rules in new & novel ways! 🙄 As a boredom buster I got it but they thought the child needed remedial help! :lau I am so over what they have done to our education system!
And here's the chicken pic as per the new rules. :gig

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Yes our system is broken too! Your poor girl...:(

Is this your yard...so lovely! :love
 

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