Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: dreams
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> << But to think that a child will wait until the lastwant to learn about something, I'm like a sponge. I can absorb
> minute to pursue a real dream is ridiculous! >>
>
> I think it could happen.
> I also think it could be pulled off!!
>
>
> Sandra, who specializes in last-minute>>>>
>>>Oh yes! I do some of my best 'work' at the last minute. When I
fast if I want, or need to. I'm sure there are a lot of 'last minute'
learners out there.
Meghan<<<<
My point was that if a child HAS a big dream (according to the post I was
referring to---wants to be a ballerina or a lawyer) , he won't start pursuing
it "later", he'll be pursuing it NOW. A frind of mine DID want to be a
ballerina, and danced at a very early age and geared every waking moment
towards that dream. I wanted to be a vet---I put all my efforts into
preparing to get into vet school.
Children whose dreams are clear from an early age are not going to WAIT until
they're sixteen or eighteen to START pursuing the dream.But they MAY
"discover" that dream later in life---maybe even at 40! <g>
Kelly
Nancy Wooton
on 4/29/02 5:46 AM, kbcdlovejo@... at kbcdlovejo@... wrote:
is <g> Awhile back, she had a show about careers, following dreams, etc.,
which included Dawna Markova on the panel of experts. That caught my
attention, since she'd been a keynote speaker at a homeschooling conference
I attended. She or one of the other guests suggested you think about what
you wanted to be when you grew up when you were 10 years old, that that
would give you the best idea of what you truly should do.
I was obsessed with horses from birth, it seems, but as far as 10-y.o.
vocations, I wanted to be a Seeing Eye Dog trainer. At 12, I wanted to be
either a vet or a jockey. My loathing of math (prerequisite for all the
science classes) killed the vet idea, and I'm so danged old, no women WERE
jockeys back then. Besides, my mom wouldn't let me.
My dh wanted to be an astronaut <g> (When he graduated from high school, he
wanted to be a rock star. He's now back in community college, working on an
AA in anything. Reality bites. He *is* doing stuff with music still, but
not on the rock star level.)
I went to college as an English major, immediately switched to
Communications (which seemed to lead to jobs other than teaching <g>), and a
year and a half later, switched to Art/graphic design. I didn't keep pace
with the Computer Revolution, so I'm a cut-and-paste dinosaur. I have a Mac
G4 computer as of yesterday, so I have no more excuses.
At 43, I've come back 'round in some ways; though I don't train Seeing Eye
dogs, I do train my pet dogs. I'm back with horses now, as well: I work for
an equestrian therapy program 3 days a week. Somebody *pays* me to ride
:-)))
If I had to guess what my kids will do, based on their current interests, it
would involve staring at a screen all day pushing buttons. Wait, that's
what *I'm* doing -- although their buttons are making virtual skateboarders
wipe out.
Nancy
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>> << But to think that a child will wait until the lastI am a closet "Oprah" fan -- if I can get the kids off the Game Cube, that
>> minute to pursue a real dream is ridiculous! >>
>>
>> I think it could happen.
>> I also think it could be pulled off!!
>>
>>
>> Sandra, who specializes in last-minute>>>>
>
>
>>>> Oh yes! I do some of my best 'work' at the last minute. When I
> want to learn about something, I'm like a sponge. I can absorb
> fast if I want, or need to. I'm sure there are a lot of 'last minute'
> learners out there.
>
> Meghan<<<<
>
> My point was that if a child HAS a big dream (according to the post I was
> referring to---wants to be a ballerina or a lawyer) , he won't start pursuing
> it "later", he'll be pursuing it NOW. A frind of mine DID want to be a
> ballerina, and danced at a very early age and geared every waking moment
> towards that dream. I wanted to be a vet---I put all my efforts into
> preparing to get into vet school.
>
> Children whose dreams are clear from an early age are not going to WAIT until
> they're sixteen or eighteen to START pursuing the dream.But they MAY
> "discover" that dream later in life---maybe even at 40! <g>
>
is <g> Awhile back, she had a show about careers, following dreams, etc.,
which included Dawna Markova on the panel of experts. That caught my
attention, since she'd been a keynote speaker at a homeschooling conference
I attended. She or one of the other guests suggested you think about what
you wanted to be when you grew up when you were 10 years old, that that
would give you the best idea of what you truly should do.
I was obsessed with horses from birth, it seems, but as far as 10-y.o.
vocations, I wanted to be a Seeing Eye Dog trainer. At 12, I wanted to be
either a vet or a jockey. My loathing of math (prerequisite for all the
science classes) killed the vet idea, and I'm so danged old, no women WERE
jockeys back then. Besides, my mom wouldn't let me.
My dh wanted to be an astronaut <g> (When he graduated from high school, he
wanted to be a rock star. He's now back in community college, working on an
AA in anything. Reality bites. He *is* doing stuff with music still, but
not on the rock star level.)
I went to college as an English major, immediately switched to
Communications (which seemed to lead to jobs other than teaching <g>), and a
year and a half later, switched to Art/graphic design. I didn't keep pace
with the Computer Revolution, so I'm a cut-and-paste dinosaur. I have a Mac
G4 computer as of yesterday, so I have no more excuses.
At 43, I've come back 'round in some ways; though I don't train Seeing Eye
dogs, I do train my pet dogs. I'm back with horses now, as well: I work for
an equestrian therapy program 3 days a week. Somebody *pays* me to ride
:-)))
If I had to guess what my kids will do, based on their current interests, it
would involve staring at a screen all day pushing buttons. Wait, that's
what *I'm* doing -- although their buttons are making virtual skateboarders
wipe out.
Nancy
--
I WAS NOT TOLD TO DO THIS
--Bart Simpson
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In a message dated 4/30/02 10:01:09 AM, MBYeager@... writes:
<< At 10, I wanted to be a nun. I probably would have done it, too -- but my
chosen order closed its aspirancy when I was 14 and it's postulancy when I
was 16. By 18 I didn't want to do it anymore. <g> >>
Cool! (Not cool that they closed on you, but good story. I'm fascinated by
religious orders and for a while in high school looked long and hard at the
local-to-me religous houses. I was Baptist, but was playing guitar and
singing for 9:30 folk mass at a large Catholic church, and it's hard not to
be fascinated. (I'd leave there at 10:30 to make it to the Baptist service
at 11:00. They had NO nuns...)
At ten I wanted to be a teacher. I had decided four years prior to that.
When I was ten I had THE most staid, boring, quiet, non-nonsense, no
imagination teacher I ever had in my entire life. Mrs. Schilling. She was
probably born in the1890's and was about to retire (it was 1965, but she was
by far the oldest employee there). I made straight A's, but don't remember
learning one single thing all year. I remember much quiet and stillness.
None of my kids have had any idea at 10 what they want to do, and so that
eliminates their first "failure," which is declaring a future and finding out
that's not what's going to happen.
Holly's ten. She says she wants to make balloon animals at Ci-Ci's pizza.
(She already has a pump, and knows how to make several kinds of balloon
animals and hats.) She says she wants to do that when she's a teenager.
Maybe she CAN succeed if her careers aren't intended to be life-long
commitments.
Sandra
Sandra
<< At 10, I wanted to be a nun. I probably would have done it, too -- but my
chosen order closed its aspirancy when I was 14 and it's postulancy when I
was 16. By 18 I didn't want to do it anymore. <g> >>
Cool! (Not cool that they closed on you, but good story. I'm fascinated by
religious orders and for a while in high school looked long and hard at the
local-to-me religous houses. I was Baptist, but was playing guitar and
singing for 9:30 folk mass at a large Catholic church, and it's hard not to
be fascinated. (I'd leave there at 10:30 to make it to the Baptist service
at 11:00. They had NO nuns...)
At ten I wanted to be a teacher. I had decided four years prior to that.
When I was ten I had THE most staid, boring, quiet, non-nonsense, no
imagination teacher I ever had in my entire life. Mrs. Schilling. She was
probably born in the1890's and was about to retire (it was 1965, but she was
by far the oldest employee there). I made straight A's, but don't remember
learning one single thing all year. I remember much quiet and stillness.
None of my kids have had any idea at 10 what they want to do, and so that
eliminates their first "failure," which is declaring a future and finding out
that's not what's going to happen.
Holly's ten. She says she wants to make balloon animals at Ci-Ci's pizza.
(She already has a pump, and knows how to make several kinds of balloon
animals and hats.) She says she wants to do that when she's a teenager.
Maybe she CAN succeed if her careers aren't intended to be life-long
commitments.
Sandra
Sandra
Scott P. Cook
Sandra -
I just had to respond to this because all of my kids spent time in a
circus club locally. At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. We didn't buy
the unicyles, but got the best advice from this clown regarding face
painting and balloon sculptures. Thought I'd pass it on to you if you
don't already know. The absolute best balloon sculpture books are the
Captain Visual books, especially the first one (not the holiday one).
There is also a best brand of balloons, but I don't have the name off
hand. Face painting, which my 10 yo daughter likes even better, was
where we really got the best stuff. She sold us an ungodly expensive
set of Snazaroo face paints, but my daughter now does the most amazing
full-face painting jobs. People are amazed when they see what she can
do, and I always tell them it's not that she's that talented - the
secret is in the high quality face paints. Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK
"http://www.snazaroo.com"www.snazaroo.com But be warned, once you go on
this web site, expect to be there a long time!
Laurel in Burke, VA
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Re: Re: dreams
In a message dated 4/30/02 10:01:09 AM, MBYeager@... writes:
<< At 10, I wanted to be a nun. I probably would have done it, too --
but my
chosen order closed its aspirancy when I was 14 and it's postulancy when
I
was 16. By 18 I didn't want to do it anymore. <g> >>
Cool! (Not cool that they closed on you, but good story. I'm
fascinated by
religious orders and for a while in high school looked long and hard at
the
local-to-me religous houses. I was Baptist, but was playing guitar and
singing for 9:30 folk mass at a large Catholic church, and it's hard not
to
be fascinated. (I'd leave there at 10:30 to make it to the Baptist
service
at 11:00. They had NO nuns...)
At ten I wanted to be a teacher. I had decided four years prior to
that.
When I was ten I had THE most staid, boring, quiet, non-nonsense, no
imagination teacher I ever had in my entire life. Mrs. Schilling. She
was
probably born in the1890's and was about to retire (it was 1965, but she
was
by far the oldest employee there). I made straight A's, but don't
remember
learning one single thing all year. I remember much quiet and
stillness.
None of my kids have had any idea at 10 what they want to do, and so
that
eliminates their first "failure," which is declaring a future and
finding out
that's not what's going to happen.
Holly's ten. She says she wants to make balloon animals at Ci-Ci's
pizza.
(She already has a pump, and knows how to make several kinds of balloon
animals and hats.) She says she wants to do that when she's a
teenager.
Maybe she CAN succeed if her careers aren't intended to be life-long
commitments.
Sandra
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I just had to respond to this because all of my kids spent time in a
circus club locally. At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. We didn't buy
the unicyles, but got the best advice from this clown regarding face
painting and balloon sculptures. Thought I'd pass it on to you if you
don't already know. The absolute best balloon sculpture books are the
Captain Visual books, especially the first one (not the holiday one).
There is also a best brand of balloons, but I don't have the name off
hand. Face painting, which my 10 yo daughter likes even better, was
where we really got the best stuff. She sold us an ungodly expensive
set of Snazaroo face paints, but my daughter now does the most amazing
full-face painting jobs. People are amazed when they see what she can
do, and I always tell them it's not that she's that talented - the
secret is in the high quality face paints. Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK
"http://www.snazaroo.com"www.snazaroo.com But be warned, once you go on
this web site, expect to be there a long time!
Laurel in Burke, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: SandraDodd@... [mailto:SandraDodd@...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Re: Re: dreams
In a message dated 4/30/02 10:01:09 AM, MBYeager@... writes:
<< At 10, I wanted to be a nun. I probably would have done it, too --
but my
chosen order closed its aspirancy when I was 14 and it's postulancy when
I
was 16. By 18 I didn't want to do it anymore. <g> >>
Cool! (Not cool that they closed on you, but good story. I'm
fascinated by
religious orders and for a while in high school looked long and hard at
the
local-to-me religous houses. I was Baptist, but was playing guitar and
singing for 9:30 folk mass at a large Catholic church, and it's hard not
to
be fascinated. (I'd leave there at 10:30 to make it to the Baptist
service
at 11:00. They had NO nuns...)
At ten I wanted to be a teacher. I had decided four years prior to
that.
When I was ten I had THE most staid, boring, quiet, non-nonsense, no
imagination teacher I ever had in my entire life. Mrs. Schilling. She
was
probably born in the1890's and was about to retire (it was 1965, but she
was
by far the oldest employee there). I made straight A's, but don't
remember
learning one single thing all year. I remember much quiet and
stillness.
None of my kids have had any idea at 10 what they want to do, and so
that
eliminates their first "failure," which is declaring a future and
finding out
that's not what's going to happen.
Holly's ten. She says she wants to make balloon animals at Ci-Ci's
pizza.
(She already has a pump, and knows how to make several kinds of balloon
animals and hats.) She says she wants to do that when she's a
teenager.
Maybe she CAN succeed if her careers aren't intended to be life-long
commitments.
Sandra
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In a message dated 4/30/02 3:28:23 PM, scottcook@... writes:
<< At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. >>
Holly wants to learn to ride a unicycle.
How local is this "local"?
<Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK>>
THANKS!
When we saw Cats, she bought their face-painting set, and has done all those
Cats faces, and she can follow just about any make-up instructions she sees.
She will LOVE this. Thanks!!!
Sandra
<< At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. >>
Holly wants to learn to ride a unicycle.
How local is this "local"?
<Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK>>
THANKS!
When we saw Cats, she bought their face-painting set, and has done all those
Cats faces, and she can follow just about any make-up instructions she sees.
She will LOVE this. Thanks!!!
Sandra
[email protected]
In a message dated 4/30/02 3:28:23 PM, scottcook@... writes:
<< Laurel in Burke, VA >>
Oh. That is how local. Not very. <g>
Sandra in Albuquerque
<< Laurel in Burke, VA >>
Oh. That is how local. Not very. <g>
Sandra in Albuquerque
Scott P. Cook
You can get good unicycles at unicyle.com for about $85 including
shipping (the Torker is the best buy), and there's no point in worrying
about having anybody teach her how. You pretty much have to figure it
out. I did find with all of my kids that they were likely to give up on
learning and say they just didn't really like unicycling until they had
a breakthrough and got the hang of it. Then they all LOVED to unicycle!
Laurel
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Re: Re: dreams
In a message dated 4/30/02 3:28:23 PM, scottcook@... writes:
<< At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. >>
Holly wants to learn to ride a unicycle.
How local is this "local"?
<Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK>>
THANKS!
When we saw Cats, she bought their face-painting set, and has done all
those
Cats faces, and she can follow just about any make-up instructions she
sees.
She will LOVE this. Thanks!!!
Sandra
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shipping (the Torker is the best buy), and there's no point in worrying
about having anybody teach her how. You pretty much have to figure it
out. I did find with all of my kids that they were likely to give up on
learning and say they just didn't really like unicycling until they had
a breakthrough and got the hang of it. Then they all LOVED to unicycle!
Laurel
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Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Re: Re: dreams
In a message dated 4/30/02 3:28:23 PM, scottcook@... writes:
<< At some point someone in the club gave me a phone
number for a local clown who had some unicycles for sale. >>
Holly wants to learn to ride a unicycle.
How local is this "local"?
<Your daughter might really
enjoy their website: HYPERLINK>>
THANKS!
When we saw Cats, she bought their face-painting set, and has done all
those
Cats faces, and she can follow just about any make-up instructions she
sees.
She will LOVE this. Thanks!!!
Sandra
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In a message dated 4/30/02 3:48:40 PM, scottcook@... writes:
<< You can get good unicycles at unicyle.com for about $85 including
shipping (the Torker is the best buy), >>
THANK YOU.
I will probably wait until her birthday or Christmas, because we have had car
repairs and fees and medical stuff... but she would REALLY like that, and
I'm glad it came up! I put the link in my secret file. <g>
Sandra
<< You can get good unicycles at unicyle.com for about $85 including
shipping (the Torker is the best buy), >>
THANK YOU.
I will probably wait until her birthday or Christmas, because we have had car
repairs and fees and medical stuff... but she would REALLY like that, and
I'm glad it came up! I put the link in my secret file. <g>
Sandra