Atari
Anne O
***> Speaking of that....Atari...have you seen those systems with the old
games
those games and enjoying them. They do look like fun, but we've also come
across a few of the *demos* that are broken. Made me think that it wouldn't
be too long before it was broken in my own home if I bought one...so far it
hasn't made us want to part with $20 that could go towards a game my kids
KNOW they would love.
~ Anne
games
> that consist of only a controller, and you hook the controller directly tothe
> TV?Everytime Jake and Sam have a minute to spare in a store, they're playing
>
> I'm dying to play Break Out again, but I want to know if they're worth the
> $20. Anyone tried one, yet?***
those games and enjoying them. They do look like fun, but we've also come
across a few of the *demos* that are broken. Made me think that it wouldn't
be too long before it was broken in my own home if I bought one...so far it
hasn't made us want to part with $20 that could go towards a game my kids
KNOW they would love.
~ Anne
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In a message dated 10/6/2004 11:20:57 AM Central Standard Time,
ohman@... writes:
...so far it
hasn't made us want to part with $20 that could go towards a game my kids
KNOW they would love.
~~
Yeah, but I already know that I love Break Out.
Then again, I did buy Tretris for PS2 before my trip and I have hardly
played it....so maybe I'll just skip Break Out, too.
Karen
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ohman@... writes:
...so far it
hasn't made us want to part with $20 that could go towards a game my kids
KNOW they would love.
~~
Yeah, but I already know that I love Break Out.
Then again, I did buy Tretris for PS2 before my trip and I have hardly
played it....so maybe I'll just skip Break Out, too.
Karen
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julie w
So I'm doing that now.
Hi, everyone.
I'm Julie and live in Arkansas.Those of you who were on the old HEM AOL
boards might remember me as HSOK1.
Married to Jim, mom of Josh (12), special human to 3 dogs (Rosie, Dixie,
Fang) and Human Slave Monkey to 5 cats (Alley Cat, Nico, Storm, Mr.
Killer Kitty, and General Boo Boo Kitty **** (if you like Kevin Smith
you'll get the end of his name) and until recently Ed Wood who seems to
have gone AWOL~sob~) see them all here:
http://pages.ivillage.com/juliewinar/afterthedayisdone/id4.html
I wait tables part-time and spend way to much time on LiveJournal and
reading Harry Potter (specifically Snape, I could care less about that
annoy Harry) fanfiction. I think we've already discussed my embarrassing
obsession with Neil Gaiman.
Josh has always been homeschooled.
I always ment to unschool, just not brave enough or maybe too lazy.
We've been relaxed, eclectic. even school at homeish, but never really
unschooling.
For the last two years we have actually been "public" school attendees
since we were involved in one of those virtual school using K12. Lots of
reasons but mostly it made dh happy and Josh was receiving services
(reading help) at our local school. Last year the special ed class (and
he did go from not being able to read to being able to struggle through
Captain Underpants) was something he enjoyed, for the most part, to
attend. This year as he said "it sucks". So he stopped.
I wanted to stop K12. Ugh.
But, and this is silly, we had that extra computer now that you got with
enrollment and, well, I don't share well so we couldn't quit until we
scrapped up the cash to get ds his own computer. Lucky for us a friend's
hubby is a "computer guy" had a really nice (nicer then mine) machine he
wanted to get out of the house (he bought it for work, used it as a
server, but has a different setup now) and sold it cheap along with a 20
inch monitor. Josh will be stoked when he comes back from Kentucky
tonight and sees this huge ass monitor. His BattleField 1942 plays on
it. All will be well with the world.
When I told ds that we were quitting the virtual school his 1st question
was:
"Can I unschool now?"
Well thats pretty direct and honest.
So of course I said yes.
And of course I will drive myself crazy worrying about math and reading.
Now with reading we can get into the whole question if the "schooling"
causes the learning disability or if the ld is organic and he will
always have a problem with reading. My dh can read but only does for
information. It does not come easy to him so he does not read for
pleasure. You have to understand that I'm always the one telling
everyone else to lighten up with their kids, to give let them choose
what to to...but really it in a more eclectic homeschooling vein. Not
what I perceive as pure unschooling. It never has seemed to hard me to
give a kid the lead when they are reading well, but I do struggle with
the whole "late, late reader" issue when mine is one of them. It was
easy when he was 8, 9, even 10. It has gotten a lot harder at 12 (almost
13).
But the truth is he's never wanted to read, has never cared, and I
wonder if I've done damage that can never be undone by pushing it for
sooooo long and trying so many different reading programs and therapies.
I don't worry that he'll play video games all day or watch tv. He
already has that freedom and moves form thing to thing in a day and if
he's playing Fable he is at least trying to read stuff. If he's online
he is figuring out how to work his way around and following along as his
screen reader reads websites to him. Josh has a program that will spell
and do word prediction for him if wants to write. He really likes that
talking Franklin spelling/dictionary thingee. We are stocked up on the
assitive technologies around here.
How long to "deschool"?
Well we've been "homeschooling" since he was 4 so that's almost a whole
year's worth of time to get rid of the old and embrace the new.
I just hope MY resolve can last that long.
Julie W
Hi, everyone.
I'm Julie and live in Arkansas.Those of you who were on the old HEM AOL
boards might remember me as HSOK1.
Married to Jim, mom of Josh (12), special human to 3 dogs (Rosie, Dixie,
Fang) and Human Slave Monkey to 5 cats (Alley Cat, Nico, Storm, Mr.
Killer Kitty, and General Boo Boo Kitty **** (if you like Kevin Smith
you'll get the end of his name) and until recently Ed Wood who seems to
have gone AWOL~sob~) see them all here:
http://pages.ivillage.com/juliewinar/afterthedayisdone/id4.html
I wait tables part-time and spend way to much time on LiveJournal and
reading Harry Potter (specifically Snape, I could care less about that
annoy Harry) fanfiction. I think we've already discussed my embarrassing
obsession with Neil Gaiman.
Josh has always been homeschooled.
I always ment to unschool, just not brave enough or maybe too lazy.
We've been relaxed, eclectic. even school at homeish, but never really
unschooling.
For the last two years we have actually been "public" school attendees
since we were involved in one of those virtual school using K12. Lots of
reasons but mostly it made dh happy and Josh was receiving services
(reading help) at our local school. Last year the special ed class (and
he did go from not being able to read to being able to struggle through
Captain Underpants) was something he enjoyed, for the most part, to
attend. This year as he said "it sucks". So he stopped.
I wanted to stop K12. Ugh.
But, and this is silly, we had that extra computer now that you got with
enrollment and, well, I don't share well so we couldn't quit until we
scrapped up the cash to get ds his own computer. Lucky for us a friend's
hubby is a "computer guy" had a really nice (nicer then mine) machine he
wanted to get out of the house (he bought it for work, used it as a
server, but has a different setup now) and sold it cheap along with a 20
inch monitor. Josh will be stoked when he comes back from Kentucky
tonight and sees this huge ass monitor. His BattleField 1942 plays on
it. All will be well with the world.
When I told ds that we were quitting the virtual school his 1st question
was:
"Can I unschool now?"
Well thats pretty direct and honest.
So of course I said yes.
And of course I will drive myself crazy worrying about math and reading.
Now with reading we can get into the whole question if the "schooling"
causes the learning disability or if the ld is organic and he will
always have a problem with reading. My dh can read but only does for
information. It does not come easy to him so he does not read for
pleasure. You have to understand that I'm always the one telling
everyone else to lighten up with their kids, to give let them choose
what to to...but really it in a more eclectic homeschooling vein. Not
what I perceive as pure unschooling. It never has seemed to hard me to
give a kid the lead when they are reading well, but I do struggle with
the whole "late, late reader" issue when mine is one of them. It was
easy when he was 8, 9, even 10. It has gotten a lot harder at 12 (almost
13).
But the truth is he's never wanted to read, has never cared, and I
wonder if I've done damage that can never be undone by pushing it for
sooooo long and trying so many different reading programs and therapies.
I don't worry that he'll play video games all day or watch tv. He
already has that freedom and moves form thing to thing in a day and if
he's playing Fable he is at least trying to read stuff. If he's online
he is figuring out how to work his way around and following along as his
screen reader reads websites to him. Josh has a program that will spell
and do word prediction for him if wants to write. He really likes that
talking Franklin spelling/dictionary thingee. We are stocked up on the
assitive technologies around here.
How long to "deschool"?
Well we've been "homeschooling" since he was 4 so that's almost a whole
year's worth of time to get rid of the old and embrace the new.
I just hope MY resolve can last that long.
Julie W
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[email protected]
In a message dated 10/6/2004 2:02:01 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
jjjwoolfolk@... writes:
And of course I will drive myself crazy worrying about math and reading.
Here are some collections of encouraging words:
http://sandradodd.com/math
http://sandradodd.com/reading
-=-Now with reading we can get into the whole question if the "schooling"
causes the learning disability or if the ld is organic and he will
always have a problem with reading.=-
It will be hard now to know what did damage, though, since he had
professional remediation (yuck).
-=-How long to "deschool"?=-
Well, for the parents it's worse--one month per year they were in school
(plus maybe a month per year they were convinced they were their children's only
teachers).
Sandra
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jjjwoolfolk@... writes:
And of course I will drive myself crazy worrying about math and reading.
Here are some collections of encouraging words:
http://sandradodd.com/math
http://sandradodd.com/reading
-=-Now with reading we can get into the whole question if the "schooling"
causes the learning disability or if the ld is organic and he will
always have a problem with reading.=-
It will be hard now to know what did damage, though, since he had
professional remediation (yuck).
-=-How long to "deschool"?=-
Well, for the parents it's worse--one month per year they were in school
(plus maybe a month per year they were convinced they were their children's only
teachers).
Sandra
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