The Old Folks Home

[JD4570]

Hmm...old fart, that's me. I have learned that it's alright to talk like an old fart and walk like an old fart,,,, just as long as I don't smell like an old fart.

 

[perchie.girl]

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LOL.... You are an ollld soul much much better

 

[Athaid]

Old soul.. I will use that the next time sometime tells me to act my age.

 

[perchie.girl]

Old soul.. I will use that the next time sometime tells me to act my age.

Old souls are just more aware of life at a younger age than most.

My son was born much older than me.... When he was young I watched and listened and when he asked questions I tried to answer as truthfully and in a manner I thought he would understand. Then he would amaze me by filling in the blanks when I stumbled on the words. He started this when he was about six.

When he went to school he was always correcting the teachers and got him grief from the other students.... He never told me about being bullied.

deb

 

[Athaid]

I don't know... My mother said when I was born she looked in my eyes and knew I was going to be trouble lol Aparantly I never spoke, just listened. And then one day I came out with a full sentence. I speak a lot more on here than in real life. I tend not to say anything unless it's important, I don't small talk I mean. Which is maybe why I struggled socialising in high school, I couldn't fake interest in other people's things, like talking about boys or movies etc.. Though, sometimes perhaps I'm a little 'too' honest, I know I can come across as cold, I just don't see the point in lying if someones asks you "does this look good?", I mean they asked the question right? I don't know what that makes me, but old soul sure sounds better than old fart at heart
Sorry about your son being bullied, he's okay now right?

 

[ronott1]

Hmm...old fart, that's me. I have learned that it's alright to talk like an old fart and walk like an old fart,,,, just as long as I don't smell like an old fart.

Yes, especially in the heat here--6 days over 100 which is not a record. The record is 11 days over 100.

The chickens are fine though--

I will try to stay away from beans as cabbage as I age...Can't guarantee it though....

 

[perchie.girl]

I don't know... My mother said when I was born she looked in my eyes and knew I was going to be trouble lol Aparantly I never spoke, just listened. And then one day I came out with a full sentence. I speak a lot more on here than in real life. I tend not to say anything unless it's important, I don't small talk I mean. Which is maybe why I struggled socialising in high school, I couldn't fake interest in other people's things, like talking about boys or movies etc.. Though, sometimes perhaps I'm a little 'too' honest, I know I can come across as cold, I just don't see the point in lying if someones asks you "does this look good?", I mean they asked the question right? I don't know what that makes me, but old soul sure sounds better than old fart at heart

Sorry about your son being bullied, he's okay now right?

Yep.... hes struggling now emotionally..... anxiety disorder stuff. But hes carrying almost straight As in College.

Been offered a letter of recommendation from a professor to apply for his Masters of fine Arts in Creative Writing. Once he gets his Bachelors degree that is......

I have to back up here.... When he was in the fourth or fifth grade he was reading at college level. Palentology was his interest then.... we had gone to the book store and he wanted this book called "Raptor Red" Written by a Palentologist by the name of Bakker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_Red I figured I would help him with the words he didnt understand.... He mostly didnt need my help.

When he started college he was all about the Ocean and Oceanograpy.... thin his interests moved to the Stars so when he finished his Associates of Science Degree at community college he transferred to Sand Diego State University. One Caveot.... He was math phobic. and was missing the extra math to get into the Astrononmy program.

I told him that he had it in him to do math and all he would need was the right teacher and an AHA moment... everything would click. He was doing pre calculus when it clicked. I never had to push him I always had to tell him not to be so hard on himself. So he was ready when he transfered to SDSU.... The astrononmy program was Awesome... and he had the opportunity to be a part of the Kepler project. First year in. Meaning he along with some other students and grad students were given data to analyze and make notes on.

What they were looking for were exoplanets. And he found several along with one anomaly which may have been a planet circling a binary system.... The professor was excited.... he was one of the major players in the Kepler Project.

http://kepler.nasa.gov/

After that summer My son needed to take his final Math class..... Quantam Physics was a part of the class.... due to cutbacks at the college the professor was having to cram in four semesters worth of work in one semester. There were grad students in that class that had already taken it and failed. My Son was not a grad student.... he failed it and it crushed him. I know he could do it but just not now.

I told him to take a break if he wanted but he was going on Grants for school.... Good grades low income Grants are free money as long as you keep your grades up. So he worried all summer as to what to do next. and found one degree program that would take all the units he had accomplished so far.... And he switched majors to Geology.... It was during that time in a Creative writing class the teacher offered him the chance to apply for a Masters Degree.

He LOVES LOVES LOVES science and the telling and the reading of it..... He can take technical journals read them and retell that information to the lay person so as they can understand it. Masters degree in Creative writing will put him in a position to work for publications or write his own books...

So right now his goal in school is to finish his Bachelors which should take him two more semesters... His social anxiety has peaks and valleys but hes getting good help now....

Sorry I wrote a book.

deb

 

[Athaid]

No problem, that was interesting. You have quite the son, you should be proud.
Anxiety is a real pain, always gets in the way of things.
I'm sure whatever he ends up doing he'll do it well, things don't always go in a straight path. But I'm sure everyone here knows that better than I do, I probably don't have anything to say that you haven't heard before.

 

[Latestarter]

...But I'm sure everyone here knows that better than I do, I probably don't have anything to say that you haven't heard before.

Never think that way! That is ABSOLUTELY WRONG! You have a unique to you view, and experience base. Granted, there are things that you might share that some of us have experience with, but that does NOT mean that YOUR experience is less valuable! And your perspective, being fresh, and coming from a much younger place (than most of us) could potentially turn on lights for someone else who sees it from a different perspective. Don't sell yourself short there yougun!

 

[perchie.girl]

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Nailed it ....