Is that like actual learning at home or “you’ve been a bad little schoolgirl.”?
Please forgive the confusion. I have two heads that argue endlessly, and usually neither one wins.
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I guess it happens with step moms a lot too. Maybe related to the “step” part?
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Lol 1st thru 8th. My mom has her MSN and felt like she could offer a better education.
How did you end up learning how to socialize?
She’s probably right, and appears to have done well. They both offer a lot of pros and cons.
We’re doing a cyber thing now, but as luck would have it my kid is pretty gifted. He’s a few years past the curriculum at this point. The wife is (was) a real bona fide teacher, and I’m just naturally brilliant (
), ya know, so he shouldn’t outpace our abilities for at least 6 mos. or so.
Since your kiddo is gifted, I’d suggest a good “homeschool” curriculum, if only as a supplement.
I’m not exactly gifted, but I was always considered advanced because I did most of my learning outside of school via classes taken outside of school (ie math classes at the Chinese school or Kumon). For what it’s worth, my reading level was “grade 12+” before middle school (the tests are BS) and Calculus was the first “new” math content I learned in school even though I am not math inclined
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We’ll be looking into that at some point. As you know, things are a bit wierd at this point.
I just try to keep it light, fun, and stimulating but also useful/applicable. It’s hard to go completely into the abstract with young kids.
Like this banana hanger. There was all kinds of stuff built into building this-
But really it was just a cool little project that we did in the garage.
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How does one learn socialization? By interacting with people not just peers. I had a lot of friends some local, some in other town or states. I volunteered at an animal rescue till I was old enough to work. By high school I worked 2 jobs. I went to public high school which was a joke. I crowded all my credits into the first 3 years. So I had enough money after high school to buy a new Jeep. I’m sure some homeschooled kids have issues with social skills but then again that all starts with the parents.
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You have Kumon there too? I never noticed. Good Lord they’re everywhere lol.
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I fucking hated these things lol. My mother/father shoved classes down my throat often with little to show - definitely my fault as well, in fairness
I’m assuming you know this already but the kid has to be willing to put effort into them. Not “he has to love everything” but appreciate working the problem/results
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Just wait till they demand repayment when you’re a working adult and act like every single part of your success was due to them even though they vehemently disapproved of your chosen profession right from the start. Then the whining and guilt trips about not bearing them grandkids fast enough start coming…
Oh crap. Confucius is probably on the verge of shooting lightning bolts up our asses lol.
Seriously, most Chinese kids around the world middle class and above are parented like that nowadays. Just bear with it 忍 and count yourselves lucky. There were reports years ago about parents selling off their houses and living on the streets just to pay for their kid’s university education in China.
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Hmmmmm, which is the correct way to hang your bananas?
I feel if they face the other way then it may be a smaller footprint but I think this is a more sexually suggestive position.
Trivia: Last time I came into this thread green boy had posted haha
I think it depends on if you’re beta orbiting a girl or not.
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I swear you’re my brother sometimes
I hated classes up until 3rd grade, then something flipped and I really started giving a crap. I’m very strong willed so if I didn’t want to do something, I didn’t do it. They actually gave up trying to stop me from going for a history major after middle school
They’re still trying to get my little bro to not study international relations and he’s a senior 
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I’m not sure whether or not to take this as a compliment lol
And then there’s me who has no idea what I want to study
Yeah, first world problems I suppose
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Neither really- I just find the similarities interesting. With that said, he’s amazing and put up with me and some serious favouritism for 18 years without a fight so there’s that
Meh, most ppl end up changing in uni anyways. I thought I’d be doing history since middle school and now I’m basically on track for a math minor
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Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t just some “finger wagging” from an old fart lol. I’m just saying it’s the norm and it’s beneficial for you in the long run. Just go with the flow till you’re living on your own and supporting yourself. It’s just a short part of your life. It won’t be a big deal when you look back 5-10 years later, I promise you.
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You’re the one who said it, not me
But yeah I hear what you’re saying
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Promiscuity isn’t praiseworthy, no matter who is praising it.
“These days“ don’t change people’s nature. Men seek women and women do much of the rejecting in the mating game as they should and have to. Men seek, women choose. Women’s choosiness stifles the male drive to screw around.
Both genders should be responsible about sex. Modern technology allows people to have it without responsibility. That is, to a degree because having sex with strangers or with little investment still has consequences to individuals and the rest of us.
A double standard isn’t fair but it still works because if one gender is pressured not to do something (screw around), the other can’t either. There are double standards on men too.
These double standards arose because despite “it’s 2020”, and, “in this day and age,” and “we’ve come this far”, peopled are still hardwired for gut instincts. Hence why “In this day and age” men still hear “Act your age,” “be a man”, and “grow up” and are expected to pay for dates and make more than their women, despite many women making fine livings.
I’m fine with all the double standards though. When one thinks about it, the first mentioned isn’t likely isn’t even a double standard because in 41 years I’ve never heard of any man pressured to live up to a standard of bedding down many women. Many men don’t want serious relationships or future wives with a hefty partner count. Hence the standard.
Most men cannot bed down many women anyway. They’re ordinary.
From your writings it appears you have several grievances against Western/Anglosphere societies. Have you considered elsewhere? I’m being serious. If I’m correct there are some European countries that are even more liberal.
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