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In a message dated 4/4/01 1:20:17 AM, insomniaaks@... writes:
<< For 4th grade in a private school, at the science
fair, I made this example of how electricity is
transformed...ran the wire, and hooked up the light
switch, etc. Cuz dad did it, I thought it was cool,
and didn't even realize I was using my brain when I
went to work with him. >>
My dad was a welder, mechanic, steel building contractor sometimes, and
worked for a mining company. I went to work with him a lot---not for full
days, but when he had to go fix something or do something and it wouldn't be
too long. If it was a long time, I'd hike in the hills behind the plant (a
smallish building with machinery to grind and sack mica, which was used to
add to paint, he said. Paint for military uses, I heard later. Maybe for
heatproofing stuff? I don't know), which was on pueblo land in Pojoaque,
north of Santa Fe.
When I was in college I took a technical writing course and they asked us to
describe one of a short list of thigns. One was "blow torch."
So I did a paper on how the nozze of an acetylene welding torch works, what
it looks like inside, what the valves do and how to balance the oxygen and
acetylene, and the guy looked at it hard and kept turning pages, and said "I
meant one of those little blow torches they sell at K-Mart."
And I said, "WHAT little blow torches?"
When your dad has welding equipment in his truck at all times, you don't HAVE
a little blow torch at your house. <g>
My husband is an engineer at Honeywell. Holly has never seen where he works.
The boys can vaguely remember some family open houses when they were little.
It's a big security situation, and we can't go in, and his descriptions of
what he does are mega-boring.
Sandra
<< For 4th grade in a private school, at the science
fair, I made this example of how electricity is
transformed...ran the wire, and hooked up the light
switch, etc. Cuz dad did it, I thought it was cool,
and didn't even realize I was using my brain when I
went to work with him. >>
My dad was a welder, mechanic, steel building contractor sometimes, and
worked for a mining company. I went to work with him a lot---not for full
days, but when he had to go fix something or do something and it wouldn't be
too long. If it was a long time, I'd hike in the hills behind the plant (a
smallish building with machinery to grind and sack mica, which was used to
add to paint, he said. Paint for military uses, I heard later. Maybe for
heatproofing stuff? I don't know), which was on pueblo land in Pojoaque,
north of Santa Fe.
When I was in college I took a technical writing course and they asked us to
describe one of a short list of thigns. One was "blow torch."
So I did a paper on how the nozze of an acetylene welding torch works, what
it looks like inside, what the valves do and how to balance the oxygen and
acetylene, and the guy looked at it hard and kept turning pages, and said "I
meant one of those little blow torches they sell at K-Mart."
And I said, "WHAT little blow torches?"
When your dad has welding equipment in his truck at all times, you don't HAVE
a little blow torch at your house. <g>
My husband is an engineer at Honeywell. Holly has never seen where he works.
The boys can vaguely remember some family open houses when they were little.
It's a big security situation, and we can't go in, and his descriptions of
what he does are mega-boring.
Sandra
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In a message dated 04/04/2001 1:01:24 PM !!!First Boot!!!, SandraDodd@...
writes:
And mine are learning more than you would ever want to know about tile and
marble. I think it is a great idea for them to see Dad in action (goodness
knows they see enough of me! :) ) -- but they are too young to last full days
-- helping Dad at home or brief visits at work for now. But, to the original
questioner, I think it sounds great -- for as long as she wants to -- as I
recall, 12 years old was a period of brief interests in many things!
Nance
writes:
And I said, "WHAT little blow torches?"
When your dad has welding equipment in his truck at all times, you don't
HAVE
a little blow torch at your house. <g>
And mine are learning more than you would ever want to know about tile and
marble. I think it is a great idea for them to see Dad in action (goodness
knows they see enough of me! :) ) -- but they are too young to last full days
-- helping Dad at home or brief visits at work for now. But, to the original
questioner, I think it sounds great -- for as long as she wants to -- as I
recall, 12 years old was a period of brief interests in many things!
Nance
Karen
My kids don't get to "go to work" with dad, but he has shown them around on the weekends when it isn't busy. They know what an anesthesia machine looks like and like to play with the pediatric gas masks. They know how dh rubs those scented Lip Smackers on the inside of them so the kids smell something pleasant before they fall asleep (not our kids, his patients <G>). Emily reads the labels on the anesthesia machine, so she knows about O2, N2O, and hospital air. Our kids set up elaborate operating room tableaus at home on Noah's Little Tikes workshop bench. I wish there was a way Emily could really *go* to work with Dad, though... she would love it.
I have memories of going to work with my dad. When I was in elementary school, he drilled wells and installed/fixed water softeners, pumps, etc. I learned about muriatic acid watching him use it to clean parts. Also learned a lot about hard/soft water. Then when I was in high school, Dad opened his own floor covering store. I learned some basic accounting and helped keep the books for the store. I learned about pricing, profit, etc. But the one thing I could NEVER learn, no matter how much my dad (with a 6th grade "education") tried to teach me.... was to figure "cuts". That's the term for figuring how much carpet to order when you have a room larger than the carpet width. If the carpet is on a 12ft roll and the room is 12x18, you can order 18 feet of carpet. But if it is 15x16 and you have a 12ft roll.... you have to order more than 16 ft to fill in the 3 feet along one side. My poor brain was lousy at figuring that stuff. I have noticed nowadays, many carpet stores aren't pricing by the sq. yard any more... I'm not sure if that is to compensate for lousy math skills or what.
Karen
Mama to Emily (12/91), Noah (12/95), Halle (10/98), and Joel (9/00)
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I have memories of going to work with my dad. When I was in elementary school, he drilled wells and installed/fixed water softeners, pumps, etc. I learned about muriatic acid watching him use it to clean parts. Also learned a lot about hard/soft water. Then when I was in high school, Dad opened his own floor covering store. I learned some basic accounting and helped keep the books for the store. I learned about pricing, profit, etc. But the one thing I could NEVER learn, no matter how much my dad (with a 6th grade "education") tried to teach me.... was to figure "cuts". That's the term for figuring how much carpet to order when you have a room larger than the carpet width. If the carpet is on a 12ft roll and the room is 12x18, you can order 18 feet of carpet. But if it is 15x16 and you have a 12ft roll.... you have to order more than 16 ft to fill in the 3 feet along one side. My poor brain was lousy at figuring that stuff. I have noticed nowadays, many carpet stores aren't pricing by the sq. yard any more... I'm not sure if that is to compensate for lousy math skills or what.
Karen
Mama to Emily (12/91), Noah (12/95), Halle (10/98), and Joel (9/00)
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2358
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Vaughnde Edwards
Oh my goodness. My dad was a dispatcher then a supervisor
for the dispatchers at the sheriff's and city police station in Tacoma
Washington. I remember when they had it at the county-city building before they
moved it out by Costco in another area of the city. Because of my deafness, our
city was the first to have a TDD installed at the police department, even before
Seattle! and that was when I was all of 12 years old. My two daughters got a
chance to see where Papa worked before he retired. It was really cool. Dad was
able to show us the new computers they put in for the enhanced 911 calls that
also shows your address and phone number when you call them. I don't know if
Missoula has an enhanced 911. Its a much smaller town than Tacoma!
Since I don't work, Naomi has learned from areas around
her. There is a coffee shop at the bus station here that she has learned how to
serve customers at and make change at the cash register (she was only allowed a
few times, she can't do it anymore now...because our friend could get fired for
that)...but Naomi learned how to count cash money and figure out how to give
change without using the machine to give the answer for her. She also likes to
bag the groceries no matter where we go. So she does do the job for the baggers
<G>. She is learning how to bag the groceries properly (I learned on the
air force base in Mtn. Home, Idaho when I worked as a bagger there years ago).
Jessica
-----Original Message-----My kids don't get to "go to work" with dad, but he has shown them around on the weekends when it isn't busy. They know what an anesthesia machine looks like and like to play with the pediatric gas masks. They know how dh rubs those scented Lip Smackers on the inside of them so the kids smell something pleasant before they fall asleep (not our kids, his patients <G>). Emily reads the labels on the anesthesia machine, so she knows about O2, N2O, and hospital air. Our kids set up elaborate operating room tableaus at home on Noah's Little Tikes workshop bench. I wish there was a way Emily could really *go* to work with Dad, though... she would love it.
From: Karen <careermom@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] going to work with dad
I have memories of going to work with my dad. When I was in elementary school, he drilled wells and installed/fixed water softeners, pumps, etc. I learned about muriatic acid watching him use it to clean parts. Also learned a lot about hard/soft water. Then when I was in high school, Dad opened his own floor covering store. I learned some basic accounting and helped keep the books for the store. I learned about pricing, profit, etc. But the one thing I could NEVER learn, no matter how much my dad (with a 6th grade "education") tried to teach me.... was to figure "cuts". That's the term for figuring how much carpet to order when you have a room larger than the carpet width. If the carpet is on a 12ft roll and the room is 12x18, you can order 18 feet of carpet. But if it is 15x16 and you have a 12ft roll.... you have to order more than 16 ft to fill in the 3 feet along one side. My poor brain was lousy at figuring that stuff. I have noticed nowadays, many carpet stores aren't pricing by the sq. yard any more... I'm not sure if that is to compensate for lousy math skills or what.
Karen
Mama to Emily (12/91), Noah (12/95), Halle (10/98), and Joel (9/00)
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yuli womie
My kids occasionally go to work with dh. He's a
computer guy, so they get to play on all the computers
while he works. But he's also got good boundaries
about saying no when it's going to be a busy day or
there's something he really needs to concentrate on.
I taught some summer classes to college-age ESL
students for a while, because the director thought it
would be GREAT if I brought the kids. She felt like
she was getting three English teachers for the price
of one. And truly, they were like aides in the class.
The students loved them. And IMAGINE what they learned
from the students, who were from all over the
world!Then there came a new director, and he said they
had to stop coming because it wasn't professional.
Needless to say, I told him to by all means find
himself a more professional instructor. Dh was
furious. He felt the guy was giving men a bad name. :)
Juli
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computer guy, so they get to play on all the computers
while he works. But he's also got good boundaries
about saying no when it's going to be a busy day or
there's something he really needs to concentrate on.
I taught some summer classes to college-age ESL
students for a while, because the director thought it
would be GREAT if I brought the kids. She felt like
she was getting three English teachers for the price
of one. And truly, they were like aides in the class.
The students loved them. And IMAGINE what they learned
from the students, who were from all over the
world!Then there came a new director, and he said they
had to stop coming because it wasn't professional.
Needless to say, I told him to by all means find
himself a more professional instructor. Dh was
furious. He felt the guy was giving men a bad name. :)
Juli
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Bobbie
That's too cool. I mean, I'm all very anti-doctor -ish
and stuff, but little things like that from people in
the medical field who care about what the kids smells
before they fall asleep really do make a difference.
-Bobbie
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and stuff, but little things like that from people in
the medical field who care about what the kids smells
before they fall asleep really do make a difference.
-Bobbie
--- Karen <careermom@...> wrote:
> They know how dh rubs those scented Lip Smackers on__________________________________________________
> the inside of them so the kids smell something
> pleasant before they fall asleep (not our kids, his
> patients <G>
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mary krzyzanowski
I would love to be at "work" with my dad now. He's crewing on a tall ship
around Tahiti.
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>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] going to work with dad
>Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:07:06 -0600
>
>Oh my goodness. My dad was a dispatcher then a supervisor for the
>dispatchers at the sheriff's and city police station in Tacoma Washington.
>I remember when they had it at the county-city building before they moved
>it out by Costco in another area of the city. Because of my deafness, our
>city was the first to have a TDD installed at the police department, even
>before Seattle! and that was when I was all of 12 years old. My two
>daughters got a chance to see where Papa worked before he retired. It was
>really cool. Dad was able to show us the new computers they put in for the
>enhanced 911 calls that also shows your address and phone number when you
>call them. I don't know if Missoula has an enhanced 911. Its a much smaller
>town than Tacoma!
>
>Since I don't work, Naomi has learned from areas around her. There is a
>coffee shop at the bus station here that she has learned how to serve
>customers at and make change at the cash register (she was only allowed a
>few times, she can't do it anymore now...because our friend could get fired
>for that)...but Naomi learned how to count cash money and figure out how to
>give change without using the machine to give the answer for her. She also
>likes to bag the groceries no matter where we go. So she does do the job
>for the baggers <G>. She is learning how to bag the groceries properly (I
>learned on the air force base in Mtn. Home, Idaho when I worked as a bagger
>there years ago).
>Jessica
>
>Vaughnde Lee
>Missoula, Montana
>http://www.stampinbookworm.eboard.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen <careermom@...>
> To: [email protected]
><[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] going to work with dad
>
>
> My kids don't get to "go to work" with dad, but he has shown them around
>on the weekends when it isn't busy. They know what an anesthesia machine
>looks like and like to play with the pediatric gas masks. They know how dh
>rubs those scented Lip Smackers on the inside of them so the kids smell
>something pleasant before they fall asleep (not our kids, his patients
><G>). Emily reads the labels on the anesthesia machine, so she knows about
>O2, N2O, and hospital air. Our kids set up elaborate operating room
>tableaus at home on Noah's Little Tikes workshop bench. I wish there was a
>way Emily could really *go* to work with Dad, though... she would love it.
>
> I have memories of going to work with my dad. When I was in elementary
>school, he drilled wells and installed/fixed water softeners, pumps, etc.
>I learned about muriatic acid watching him use it to clean parts. Also
>learned a lot about hard/soft water. Then when I was in high school, Dad
>opened his own floor covering store. I learned some basic accounting and
>helped keep the books for the store. I learned about pricing, profit, etc.
> But the one thing I could NEVER learn, no matter how much my dad (with a
>6th grade "education") tried to teach me.... was to figure "cuts". That's
>the term for figuring how much carpet to order when you have a room larger
>than the carpet width. If the carpet is on a 12ft roll and the room is
>12x18, you can order 18 feet of carpet. But if it is 15x16 and you have a
>12ft roll.... you have to order more than 16 ft to fill in the 3 feet along
>one side. My poor brain was lousy at figuring that stuff. I have noticed
>nowadays, many carpet stores aren't pricing by the sq. yard any more... I'm
>not sure if that is to compensate for lousy math skills or what.
>
> Karen
> Mama to Emily (12/91), Noah (12/95), Halle (10/98), and Joel (9/00)
> http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2358
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Johanna
I hear what you are saying I used to be a church secretary and
when they hired me, the board knew I would have the children with me. Things
worked great until we got a new board and pastor. Suddenly it was a problem
having children in the church office and I got my good bye. Thats ok, I
would rather be with them all day anyway.
Johanna
----- Original Message -----From: yuli womieSent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 3:29 PMSubject: [Unschooling-dotcom] going to work with dadMy kids occasionally go to work with dh. He's a
computer guy, so they get to play on all the computers
while he works. But he's also got good boundaries
about saying no when it's going to be a busy day or
there's something he really needs to concentrate on.
I taught some summer classes to college-age ESL
students for a while, because the director thought it
would be GREAT if I brought the kids. She felt like
she was getting three English teachers for the price
of one. And truly, they were like aides in the class.
The students loved them. And IMAGINE what they learned
from the students, who were from all over the
world!Then there came a new director, and he said they
had to stop coming because it wasn't professional.
Needless to say, I told him to by all means find
himself a more professional instructor. Dh was
furious. He felt the guy was giving men a bad name. :)
Juli
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Tracy Oldfield
I would love to be at "work" with my dad now. He's
crewing on a tall ship
around Tahiti.
Mary-NY
Oooooh, Mary, can I come too???!!!
Tracy
crewing on a tall ship
around Tahiti.
Mary-NY
Oooooh, Mary, can I come too???!!!
Tracy