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Participant[quote=CA renter]Everyone is different, and there is no “right way” to teach or learn, IMHO.[/quote]
I totally agree with this. Montessori or any program for that matter is not right for everyone. Like you said, everyone learn differently, so they should be taught differently.Participant[quote=Rhett]Did it work? Yes. Within a few minutes, the girl got back to business. Textbook Montessori? There are plenty of books/pamphlets that explain the Montessori philosophy and how they go about doing things – probably can find some online as well.[/quote]
Oh, you’re talking about the span of minutes. I thought you’re talking about hours or days. I am aware of the Montessori philosophy and their teaching methodologies, where they let the kids work at their own pace and are there to guild them through certain materials (not forcing planned materials down their throat, even if the kids doesn’t want to do that material at that time). I thought you’re talking about hours or days, which would concern me. If the teacher let the student to just do nothing for hours or days, then there something wrong there.I think even as adult, we don’t work at 100% all day long. So, I don’t expect kids to do so. There are time where I’m lazy and just check some email or surf the net for a little bit. I think the peer pressure (seeing all your classmates working) will get you to do so. I know it works as an adult too. I work in a lab environment and when all of your coworker are busy working all around you, you tend to want to do the same. It’s even more effective when you do extreme programming as a software engineer. Which is what these kids are doing. They pair up and teach each other. If it works for adults, I believe it works for kids as well.
Participant[quote=briansd1]AN, nobody is cutting in line if there’s a new line that opens up. You have the choice to move to the new line, or stay in the current line.
If you move to the new line, your wait can be longer or shorter.[/quote]
If the new line is quicker (letting people in the new line get in faster than if they would go to the end of the original line), then, yes, it is like cutting. But really, what’s the point? Why waste money and energy creating a new line when we already have a line? What’s the purpose of a new line, other than to score some political points?Participant[quote=Rhett]Are you talking preschool (which I think you are) or grade school?
I’ve seen the way they deal with the unmotivated kids at AN’s preschool. The teachers ignore them until they get back to business. It reminded me of Star Trek, when the Klingons turn their back on a Klingon that has dishonored their race. 🙂
[It’s pretty much textbook Montessori, I think][/quote]
How did you see that? I didn’t know you can go and see the kids during class time. Did the unmotivated kids get back to business? Does it work? Or do they end up just leaving the school?Also, what do you mean by textbook Montessori?
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]Agreed. It was a short sale so they put up with something a deserve a 5% discount IMO. Once you get over 450K the market in MM eases up a bit[/quote]
The Dancy property went pending pretty quickly with multiple offers and it’s priced at 450k-500k. There are only 4 properties in MM above $450k that’s currently available. The rest are under contingent. So, I’m not sure if the limit is $450k. Maybe it’s $500k or $550k.Participant[quote=briansd1][quote=no_such_reality]
Duh Brian, the people waiting in line have been waiting a long time. [/quote]
The path one chooses is of one’s own choosing. No need to get upset, feel bad or jealous when opportunities open up for other people.
If you get in line and know that it’s 10 years, that 10 years does not change even if a new line opens up for people in other circumstances. In fact, you should feel happy for, rather than resentful of people who are given a break — in this case, innocents kids who were brought here by their parents.
Should’ve, could’ve, would’ve… You can’t change the past. And the past shouldn’t affect the present or the future. We need to move forward, not look back.[/quote]
Exactly. The path one chooses is of one’s own choosing. If you choose to come in illegally, then own up to the consequences and stop asking for others to feel pity for you.Hell yeah I’m upset. I get upset when people cut in front of me in any line. I get upset when people cut in front of me when I drive. So, this is no different. Now, if you say, they can stay with a worker or student visa and they can get in the back of the line like everyone else. Then I’d would totally support that.
Don’t give me the BS of it’s not the kids’ fault. I know someone who didn’t get to see her parent for the 1st 10 years of her life because she had to wait in line like everyone else. So, I’m not crying a river for these illegal kids who get to grow up with their parents here, in the USA.
ParticipantThe other thing that I love about my kid’s Montessori school is, they teach them both Spanish and Mandarin from the very beginning. So, they get immersed in the languages very early. That alone is something public school can’t match. My kid is still only three, yet he knows his 0-10 in 3 languages as well as various other common words in Chinese and Spanish. I think exposing them to foreign language early will help them later on. I imagine that by the time he finish elementary school, his Spanish and Chinese will be good enough that he’ll breeze through foreign language classes in HS.
I disagree with CAR that only self motivated / self-directed kids will take full advantage of the montessori program. When you walk into any of the four preschool classes at my kid’s school, you’ll see ALL of the kids are busy working on something. Some work alone while some work in pairs. I’m pretty sure not all of those kids are self motivated. Yet, they all seem busy learning/working. I think peer pressure is a great thing. When you see all of your friends/classmates working, you’ll want to do the same. Also, having older kids teaching the younger ones how to do some of the work is very helpful. My kid loves to work with older kids on stuff that he doesn’t really know how to do. But he wants to learn from his older classmates. It’s like have 30 teachers instead of just 3.
ParticipantMy kid have only been in Montessori program, so I can’t give you a comparison based on the same student. However, I love the Montessori method. My kid just finished his first year of Preschool at a Montessori program. Before he start, he could barely talk. After just 9 months, he’s extremely talkative now and his vocabulary is VASTLY improved compare to where he was and he’s speaking proper full sentences. His writing skill (finger control) is similar to his cousin, who is 2 years older than he is and drastically better than his cousin who’s his age. Both of those cousins were/are not in Montessori program, just your regular preschool. It’s amazing to walk into a class room of 30 3-5 years old and see them all quietly working. They seem to love to work too. When he started, his math and number recognition were better than his language. However, after 9 months, his language has drastically improved while his math and numbers have only improved somewhat. That is because he chose to do the language related work rather than the math work. After 4 years old, they’ll have a minimum requirement for what each kids have to learn before they can pick their own work. Before 4, they can pick any work they want.
Participant[quote=The-Shoveler]I like the way you think AN and Allan,
But we actually get quite a bit of rain at times, trouble is it all comes at once, what we need is more dams.
In the seventies they were having some success with cloud seeding.
I think I heard California has the most agriculture of any state, so yea bring it.[/quote]
It’s not just agriculture. See all the stinky cows while driving up the 99? If NorCal wanna play that war, we can with hold veggie and meat from them. They can charge us for water, but we’ll charge them back higher for food. We also have the Sierra. I’m sure we can figure out how to store that snow water.Participant[quote=flu]I don’t think NorCal would want to do anything with SoCal. If there’s any secession, it would be NorCal breaking away from the rest of CA…I think they wouldn’t mind leaving the “lazy, bump, fake booby, bimbo, shallow, BMW-galore,mexico border humping” SoCal to fend for itself… Not to mention it could make a pretty sum of money charging SoCal for water, considering NorCal actually gets rain, and we’re a desert down here…[/quote]
Depend where you’d consider NorCal. If you consider the Valley as SoCal, then we’d gladly see your water and raise you food.NorCal might get rain, but if it gets too expensive, we can either go east to Colorado or go west and take water from the most abundant source (the ocean).
June 20, 2012 at 4:57 PM in reply to: OT: the microsoft backward compatiblity strategy lives on…. #746169ParticipantThat’s not too surprising. WP8 is using a different kernel. They’re migrating to NT kernel. Which is why they’re not supporting old devices. But they’re giving old devices WP7.8, which should have a lot of the WP8 features except for the kernel. That’s better than Google I’d say. Google drop support for their own Nexus One in less than 2 years. It’s worse for other OEM.
June 19, 2012 at 9:28 PM in reply to: OT: It’s official.. Goodbye wells fargo.. Hello u.s. bank corp #746137Participant[quote=flu]I hate going into a bank these days. They’re always trying to either get me to open yet another account or trying to show me their crap refinance rates.[/quote]
Luckily, Chase doesn’t do that to me. I just don’t want to waste my time going to the bank. I rather do it when it’s most convenient to me. That tend to be in the middle of the night.June 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM in reply to: OT: It’s official.. Goodbye wells fargo.. Hello u.s. bank corp #746130Participant[quote=flu]Ok, different strokes for different folks I guess. Personally, I hate going into a branch. I get everything done when I want. When I collect a rent check, it gets deposited immediately once it lands in my hands. No trip to an atm, into a teller,etc.
Snap, and it goes into my account.As far as money..I end up putting everything on a credit card as much as I can to get points/dollars. But that’s just me. And when I do go abroad or anywhere for that matter, I pick whatever atm I want. Never had a need to step into a specific bank.[/quote]
I’m with you 100%. The only time I go into a bank is to wire a large amount of money or to deposit a check larger than $2k. Otherwise, checks get deposit within minutes of it touching my hands. Even if it mean it’s 1AM.I also put as much on the credit card as possible, for the points.
ParticipantFlu, for some reason, I thought you’re talking about something else, like beams and studs or something. With regards to doors and cabinets, I totally agree. After completely remodel my house, I start to notice these cheap materials as well. But I’m not sure if its just pardee or are all builders are doing this.
The cabinets are no longer real wood and the sorrento heights cabinets are a combo of metal and partical boards. Feel really cheap. I wish I did all solid core doors for my house too. It doesn’t cost that much more either. Would be nice if builders give you a base price without flooring, doors, and cabinets.
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