PartnerInLearning

@PartnerInLearning (9)

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Am I crazy or just a typical mommy?

makingpots @makingpots (11915) • United States 12 Sep 08

I was prepared to pass up a relaxing getaway weekend trip that my husband wants to give me because I don't want to miss one of my son's T-ball games. As I sit here watching Hurricane Ike prepare to hit in our area it occurs to me...

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PartnerInLearning Sounds like a normal amount of angst as parents figure out what priorities to set. Over the years, you will take some trips and forego some trips. You'll make some games and miss some, too. I hope that along the way you'll think of yourself as much as you...

12 Sep 08

Last minute preparation for exam is useful or not?

mssaranya @mssaranya (193) • India 8 Sep 08

Hii According to me i dont prepare in last minute .If i do so ,i feel very tedious to understand.Without understanding how can we write the answers for the questions.Itz better to learn from the beginning itself...This also...

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PartnerInLearning The research is conclusive: the best learning comes from study, followed by sleep, followed by review. Even practicing a sport benefits from the study-sleep-review (make that practice-sleep-review). Both book learning and practical skills benefit, but most of...

10 Sep 08

How would you feel if your post/discussion are similar to others?

sharie16 @sharie16 (2212) • Philippines 9 Sep 08

sometimes I feel annoyed that I saw some of my discussions are similar to other post, and to think that I did the first post, i felt being copied...but then I should not judge it that way, maybe it was just accidentally. Should...

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similar discussion

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PartnerInLearning Shared culture! Professional writers have the same feeling when an editor says, "I've gotten that proposal 15 times in the past 3 weeks." We see the same phenomenon in Hollywood as themes sweep through the writing community, even when no one is collaborating...

10 Sep 08

computer engineering vs computer science- Which to choose?

nitesh512 @nitesh512 (153) • Nepal 8 Sep 08

I get very confuse at this. which do i choose? which would be the best overall? I am a high school grad deciding to go forward. I know the major I want to pursue is in the field of computers but which one has confused me a lot? I...

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PartnerInLearning I retired from Texas Woman's University, a smallish school with a smallish CS program. (My discipline is the family field, not computers.) In my state, there are a number of large state schools with fine CS departments. My son went out-of-state to Carnegie...

10 Sep 08

How do you handle with stereotypes?

insaneduck9 @insaneduck9 (836) • United States 6 Sep 08

Today during gym class, we were having a fitness test and a lot of people where involved and I actually got a pretty good score. People didn't find it good enough because I am African-American and people expect me to jump high...

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PartnerInLearning You have observed a very real issue -- Stereotype Threat Theory. Claude Steele (chair of the Psychology Dept at Stanford) made studies in the early 1990s that established that stereotyping is very real and very powerful. It impacts how we perform on all sorts...

9 Sep 08

computer engineering vs computer science- Which to choose?

nitesh512 @nitesh512 (153) • Nepal 8 Sep 08

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PartnerInLearning Congratulations on having a "starting point" as you enter college. As a retired college professor, I have these suggestions for you: - Name "computer science" as your major in college applications; if there is space for a second choice, add "computer...

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omg dad bought the wrong milk, end of the world

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85146) • Shingle Springs, California 8 Sep 08

My son has autism and he's kind of funny about some things. Saturday night he drank the last of the milk so his dad said he'd get up Sunday and go and get him some milk. Well Dad bought the wrong milk! End of the world! He bought...

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PartnerInLearning Your story reflects a great sense of humor -- what a great attribute for life! We have some nice research from the late 1980s on family dinner time. The average number of arguments per dinner hour was 3.3 and that was assumed to be generalizable from the small...

8 Sep 08

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how do i let go

jasaladee @jasaladee (11) • United States 8 Sep 08

My mother does not have any friends that are her age. She constantly hangs around my apartment and tries to pick my friends. I try to encourage her to find friends her age or to just hang out at the mall shopping. I really don't...

letting go

mother

releasing

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PartnerInLearning Time to take Mom to some community classes. YOU go with her. Sign up for cooking, crafts, exercise, anything! Keep going until Mom is hooked on a class (or the good friends she meets there). You will have to hold back... let Mom be the star. You just be her...

8 Sep 08