Just ordered new glasses in purple. Gotta love Zenni - glasses with progressive lenses for less than a pair of frames at the eye doctor's office.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Feb 27, 2015 10:56:18 am PST #20784 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2015 11:00:40 am PST #20785 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That reminds me, have people seen the comic about the artist who has Conan the Barbarian as a spirit guide? [link]
I love that comic.
sj - Feb 27, 2015 11:02:39 am PST #20786 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Just ordered new glasses in purple. Gotta love Zenni - glasses with progressive lenses for less than a pair of frames at the eye doctor's office.
Pretty!
-t - Feb 27, 2015 11:07:16 am PST #20787 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pretty, Suzi!
msbelle - Feb 27, 2015 11:08:23 am PST #20788 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am so frustrated with mac's behavior I am revisiting my old haunts of web searching for parental guidance. The consequences are not truly having a change in his behavior, he is still not: taking notes in class, writing down assignments, making school a priority, or even turning things in that I know are due.
If he did JUST that last one he would have had electronics back.
No, instead his energy goes to deception.
so then I read an article like this: [link]
and I am left wondering, what does that look like for us? how do I give him cues and work with him? I go to work, I do my job. I cook and clean in the house. I mostly get up on time. I have done the sitting with him for work, but when work is not brought home? when I never even know about it? when he lies? what then? I do not get her model.
Connie Neil - Feb 27, 2015 11:09:16 am PST #20789 of 30000
brillig
That reminds me, have people seen the comic about the artist who has Conan the Barbarian as a spirit guide?
I just copied that example comic to my desktop. Is the universe a worthy opponent? if not, laugh.
I may need to buy those books. Along with the collected Girl Genius, the full series of The Equalizer, along with . . .
SailAweigh - Feb 27, 2015 11:21:48 am PST #20790 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
msbelle, is there any way you could enlist the teacher's help? Have her send the assignments to you in an e-mail with a schedule for when they're due? Then you can have them ready for mac to do even if he doesn't bring it home.
edit for grammar
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2015 11:25:06 am PST #20791 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
msbelle, do you know any ditch-diggers that you could loan mac out to over the summer, with the warning that if he refuses to apply himself to his education in any way he can look forward to a life of unskilled manual labor?
msbelle - Feb 27, 2015 11:30:26 am PST #20792 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sail - they will not do that in junior high, they say (and rightly so) that the kids have to learn to be responsible.
Matt, at 13, no, can't. But also, he would just perform poorly or sit down. Not even kidding.
Kat - Feb 27, 2015 11:33:58 am PST #20793 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What are the consequences for him if he fails? (not yours, I mean at school).
Also, what need is being met by not doing the work? And by the lying? What do you think he gets out of it?