Karpov

@Karpov (68)

Australia • Age 37

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Asking the same questions over and over

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 6 Jun 09

Do your kids ask questions that their sibling has just asked? Mine are terrible for this! The older 3 just decided they wanted to go outside. They each came up to me 1 at a time "Can we go out?" I say yes, the next one comes...

kids

questions

siblings

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Karpov Next time, when they are playing, could you please stand behind them, watching them? And try to count the times of their repetitive behaviour. Maria Montessori has observed that a girl can repeat her practice for over 40 times! Doing so, they can have their...

11 Jun 09

I need her to eat on her own

jaydee_r34 @jaydee_r34 (147) • Canada 9 Jun 09

Hi Everyone My youngest (1 1/2 years) is able to use a fork and spoon and for awhile was eating on her own. I think the novelty of learning how to do this has rubbed off however, as she is more interested in everyone else's...

18 months

eating

sharing

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Karpov I felt this pretty strange. Normally child that over 1 year old would come to a sensitive period of himself that he have already developed his ego (i.e., he is not the same as the world around him) and try to practise this sense via means of language and...

11 Jun 09

Which antivirus do you use?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 3 Nov 08

My computer crashed three days ago. It was just fixed this afternoon. The technician told me that my computer should have internet protection to avoid crashes in the future. There are many internet protection software available....

antivirus

internet protection

technician

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Karpov If you mean an internet protection, that shall mean a firewall. Maybe, you just mean that these days firewall and antivirus are installed together? I have use three types of those. But I think it depends on what kind of computer do you use. My computer has...

25 Nov 08

What do you do with a child who lies?

deltadawn1975 @deltadawn1975 (14) • United States 23 Nov 08

My ten year old son has gotten really bad about lying when he is caught doing something wrong. Just today I found him with my bf older phone charger. I asked why he had it, he said he just wanted to play with it. When I went to...

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Karpov What kind of punishment will you take? Time out? Well, the origin mechanism is that the liar might know the reaction that how a person would have if he was told a truth. he might think that such reaction is far too radical, for which he has to tell lies to...

25 Nov 08

Need some advice from other Moms?

KMNash @KMNash (40) • United States 23 Nov 08

I am a new mom, my daughter was born 3 months premature due to me having eclampsia and having a massive seizure. They took her by c-section and rushed her to the NICU, where we spent 108 days watching her struggle sometimes, then...

advice

babies

screaming

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Karpov Finally I turned my attention to the very beginning days of your daughter. There were 108 days she's been apart from you and your husband since she was born, right? Man was born to be care, for he/she had no ability to take care of himself/herself. And,...

24 Nov 08

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Do you always get what you wanted?

leateagee @leateagee (3667) • China 23 Nov 08

Though considered as an only child I don't get what I want. I only fulfilled this wishes of getting what I wanted by the time I gave my mom what she wanted... that is to finish my college schooling ... which I did with flying...

want

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Karpov Never.....never.....it appears to be so difficult that I don't know when I can reach it. My spoken English is quite fluent and spoken free from a Chinese accent. But our nasty Chinese education always starves the spoken English and feed the points to the...

24 Nov 08

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No Child Left Behind ---- a boon for children or for the publishers of tests??

MaryAnn1067 @MaryAnn1067 (21) • United States 24 Aug 07

Should children be allowed to learn in an unstructured environment which will allow them to develop/learn at their own pace or is it better, do you think, that they should have to pass certain standardized tests at various points...

early childhood education

no child left behind

standardized testing

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Karpov Differences between cultures and understanding varies from individuals give birth to the authorized tests of abilities and knowledge. In an ideal situation, children should be allowed to learn in an unformulated, unstructured environment for a very long time,...

24 Nov 08

Do you always prefer giving a smile while getting photographed?

I_LUV_U @I_LUV_U (2519) • India 21 Jul 07

I remember my childhood days, about a decade back when we did'nt have a camera at home. I had to go to a photo studio everytime when there is a need of a photo. I would comb my hairs there itself, sit straight and face the camera...

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Karpov I feel quite strange....everytime when I take a photo I try to present a smile. But after the photo is taken from the stuio I couldn't find my smile but an expression of indifference. It sounds whether I smile or not is totally the same in the photo. Luckily...

19 Dec 07

Is Math really that difficult?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 18 Jun 07

Many students are having difficulty in Math. Most of them take up courses with lesser Math subjects. For me, Math is fun. Once you understand the logic behind those numbers, Math would be easy. I've competed in several Math...

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Karpov Well, I thought it might be difficult sometimes. But I am willing to donate time on dealing with math problem I can handle those quite well. I just couldn't find it fun.

29 Sep 07

Rainy Day - Do you love/hate going to office on a rainy day?

ranjeetkolarkar @ranjeetkolarkar (1595) • India 9 Aug 07

Here in Mumbai, on a rainy day, the things turn out to be very chaotic. The roads, the highways and the railway lines get submerged under the water and the trains stop running. Mumbai, being a huge metropolitan city, people need...

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Karpov Ha....every kind of questions.... I hate rainy days only because it always made my shoes wet. I am favor in using computer in rainy days and I love sleeping in rainy night

20 Sep 07

Phone Numbers - How many of them you remember?

ranjeetkolarkar @ranjeetkolarkar (1595) • India 17 Aug 07

Since the time I have been using a mobile phone, i.e. since past four years, I have stopped remembering phone numbers that I call up very frequently. All the numbers are stored in the mobile and I can hardly remember 5 phone...

mobile

phone

phone number

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Karpov When I was young I don't remember the phone number of my home until my parents urged me again and again. And even now I have got a cellphone you could just imgaine how many numbers I can memorize. Maybe no more than 10, even the one of my sweetheart. My mother...

20 Sep 07

Marriage: To Plan or Not To Plan?

myliezl0903 @myliezl0903 (2726) • Philippines 28 Aug 07

How do you know if you need a wedding planner? Where do you start? And Why would a bride need a wedding planner for wedding planning? Ü

life

love

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Karpov If I find the wedding case is really cumbersome and the procedure is lengthy for deal with, then, I will do it. Maybe, I shall start with the scale. For me, wedding is really important. I will plan the wedding myself, for this is an event that would occur only...

28 Aug 07

Do you always prefer giving a smile while getting photographed?

I_LUV_U @I_LUV_U (2519) • India 21 Jul 07

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Karpov When I remain a natural expression myself, the image of me in the photo looks unnatural. When I make a smile in front of the camera, the image looks quite ugly. But in the real life girls around me phaise that I am quite handsome. And I believe that it is...

4 Aug 07

"Caps Lock" or "Shift", what would you prefer to use?

I_LUV_U @I_LUV_U (2519) • India 30 Jul 07

I am talking about the alphabets here. Only Upper case and lower case letters, no other characters like !@#$%^&*() etc. Just in case, if you have to type a short sentence of one line using UPPER CASE and LOWER CASE letters, how...

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Karpov I prefer using 'shift', for typing the Caps Lock is really cumbersome. Even when I have to type a whole sentence of capital letters. Ironically I still have no familarity with the word 'shift' and when I encounter this word in my test paper I just feel...

1 Aug 07

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revealing army secrets..what i heard yesterday..

liranlgo @liranlgo (5752) • Israel 21 Jun 07

I was at work yesterday, and there was a man that came into our office, i know this men for two months now, and the others know him from a few years. He belongs to the college staff, and people see him as a very serious...

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Karpov Oh...sounds like the story of Noah. But you will remain the situation, right? As an Isrealite you will not leave this promise land.

28 Jul 07

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Do you Bookmark your favorite websites? Is It helps You?

skbadhan @skbadhan (879) • India 20 May 07

I always keep on adding new sites to Bookmark or Favorite sites. it helps me to get to these websites easily. it also saves time for typing web url in address bar specialy if you aren't good at typing. I have about 15-20 website...

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Karpov I estimate that there are 150 site at least bookmarked. Yeah to do so it really makes more convenient. Even though I have a good memory to memorize a lot of websites

28 Jul 07

Do you try to impress someone you just knew?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 22 Jul 07

As the saying goes " First impressions last". Some people always try to impress someone they just new. It's a way of saying, I am a good person, and I want to be your friend. There are some people that are very good in getting...

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Karpov I never try to do so. If I have meet someone only once and in the next encounter if I couldn't remeber his name I just act as what I know. When I was in primary school a lot of people know me but I just could'nt know their name. A good doing is to remember...

24 Jul 07

do you keep empty boxes?

squaretile @squaretile (3778) • Singapore 15 Jul 07

I've just moved into a new home. so that means new appliances or stuff passed down from other folks, and housewarming gifts. these include stuff like a toaster, electric jug, coffee press, pots, wok, TV, dvd player, iron,...

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Karpov Your title made me think of my friend. Everytime when she bought a tin of candies she just only want to have the tin. And she threw all the candies. that's really odd.

16 Jul 07

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Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix the movie

dannakatrina @dannakatrina (110) • Philippines 15 Jul 07

This year, the Boy wizard hit the silver screens again. Together with his wizard friends, they are back to defend themselves and Hogwarts from the Dark Lord. Yes. He-who-must-not-be-named had striked back alongside his loyal...

danna

harry potter

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Karpov Just wait....the Chinese version of the final book will not release until October.....I lose patience.

16 Jul 07

Mobile Phone - Do you use hands-free kit or speak directly in your mobile?

ranjeetkolarkar @ranjeetkolarkar (1595) • India 5 Jul 07

Since mobile phone emits harmful radiations, which might cause medical complications I prefer to use hands-free bluetooth kit only to speak. How do you prefer to speak into your mobile phone - through a hands-free kit or directly...

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Karpov I always speak directly into the moblie. But I prefer to use a blueteeth hands-free kit. To do that is much more convenient and safer. And I have no worry about being rob of. Moreover, the radioaction of mobile phone is considerable.

16 Jul 07

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