athnam

@athnam (20)

United States • Age 63

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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HELIO Ocean phone . anyone have one?

d_hapke @d_hapke (165) • United States 10 Sep 07

Does anyone have a Helio Ocean or other Helio? I want to add buddies to my beacon.

cell phone

helio

ocean

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athnam My daughter just gave me a Helio Ocean for Christmas. She knew I've wanted one for about six or eight months. It is everything I expected and more. I keep exhausting the battery from playing with it so much. My other daughter liked it so much, she got one for...

26 Jan 08

how old

drkimble05 @drkimble05 (191) • United States 21 Jan 08

now a days kids have cell phones at an early age. how young would you let your kids get a cell phone. while i am not a parent, i still dont beleive a ten year old needs a cell phone. i know to many children with cell phone that...

at what age

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athnam I got both my daughters prepaid cell phones with Virgin Mobile for emergency use only, and so I could keep track of them when they got about middle school age. They only had $15 worth of minutes a month (about 60 minutes at the time). One daughter never used...

26 Jan 08

foriegn birth certificate

athnam @athnam (20) • United States 26 Jan 08

I hope there's someone out there who can point me in the right direction. I was born in Germany and would like to get a copy of my birth certificate. I have no idea where to begin, what agency to contact, or even if it's possible...

birth certificate

born in germany

foriegn birth certificate

How to plan a lesson effectively with all its requirements ?

yesudas @yesudas (1) • Maldives 3 Nov 06

A topic chosen for teaching should have learnig outcomes. These outcomes have bearing on the syllabus requirements. When the teacher plans a lesson, some of the outcomes are left out. What should be the effective way to plan a...

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athnam This will open yet another can of worms, but...engaged busy, or engaged thinking?

26 Jan 08

Understanding Women (a man's perspective)

aling_tindera @aling_tindera (259) • Philippines 9 Jul 07

I know I'm not going to understand women. I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out of the root, and still be afraid of a spider.

jokes

understanding women

women

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athnam ok, cat's outta the bag...

11 Jul 07

What's wrong with my English?

easyzheng @easyzheng (666) • China 18 May 07

I expected to improve my language proficiency here in mylot. But the more I read here the less self confident I became. I read many posts in which the english used is very weird and there are so many words that I have never met...

teacher

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athnam English is the third hardest language in the world. (Navaho is the first. I don't remember the second.) Give yourself a pat on the back. You're doing wonderfully.

10 Jul 07

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Do you believe that the teachers at a school should have any say in ...

samtaylorskykierajen @samtaylorskykierajen (7977) • Canada 2 Jun 07

What your child eats ? In our schools the teachers decide weather or not your child is allowed to eat what you send them to school with . I can remember when my daughter was in grade four , her teacher took away her drink because...

teacher

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athnam In Arizona, the state has mandated by law what foods and drinks are allowed in school. Considering the huge increase of obese children, lately, I'm not sure how I feel about this. However, at the beginning of the year, parents are sent a letter outlining...

10 Jul 07

How to handle teenage students?

michan @michan (212) • Philippines 26 Jun 07

I just started student-teaching and I'm going to handle 14-15-year-olds. I was left alone with them today and I couldn't get them to keep quiet. I tried "exiling" students by making them change seats with other kids, but after...

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athnam I agree. And second, don't beat yourself up about it. It takes time to find you groove (and theirs) before you find what strategy works with your personality.

10 Jul 07

Understanding Women (a man's perspective)

aling_tindera @aling_tindera (259) • Philippines 9 Jul 07

I know I'm not going to understand women. I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out of the root, and still be afraid of a spider.

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athnam Personally, I'll never understand getting rid of leg or armpit hair. Why would you want to look like a prepubescent girl?? As for bugs, we have an Emperor scorpion and three Madagascar cockroaches as pets, and until recently, a pet snake. I do have to...

10 Jul 07

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Disgusted, disapponted, whatever you want to say

minijumbuk @minijumbuk (514) • Australia 10 Jul 07

Hi there myLotters, I am very disgusted/disappointed after seeing what my efforts have been paid after a whole day of hard working, posing and uploading many pictures and responses here on myLot, i only gained less than...

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athnam When I signed up, I didn't even know MyLot paid! I thought, 'How absurd, to pay for discussion!' Do Facebook or MySpace pay? I don't belong to either one, because they seemed too oriented towards kids. This site appeared more adult with more mature...

10 Jul 07

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this is scary..do you have any experience like this to share?

angel_of_charm @angel_of_charm (4134) • Philippines 10 Jul 07

i got up this morning from a call from my friend Michelle..she was rushing to call me to inform me what was going on in my city.. it was in the news all week and i didnt even notice becasue i was busy writing in here..she says...

horible story

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athnam I had heard a story like the one you're telling years ago. Apparently it involves selling the organs on the black market. It was happening to adults and children, both. The story said childrens' eyes are fully developed at age 7, so that's why they take the...

10 Jul 07

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Selling for your kids - another pet peeve about work.

bonbon664 @bonbon664 (3466) • Canada 9 Jul 07

Ok, I'm still at work, and some of you may know that some snake ate my lunch. Ok, I have another pet peeve about work. Parents....listen up. I am tired of you constantly soliciting me for money for whatever your kid is selling. I...

baby shower gift

people

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athnam I often feel put upon having to say 'no', or shelling out the dough if I've so chosen. But I never say anything, because I've also thought about being in their shoes: what alternative do these groups have for raising funds, especially schools? I've never come...

9 Jul 07

How do you parent a child with advanced intelligence?

youdontsay @youdontsay (3497) • United States 9 Jul 07

I have a grandchild who is just six and will begin first grade in the fall. She already reads comfortably at a third grade level and can work through reading at the fifth grade level by learning what new words mean. They gave...

children

intelligence

school

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athnam You granddaughter's best advocates will be her parents. They need to push the school to accommodate her needs. Schools are notorious for not meeting the needs of gifted students. Her first grade teacher will have limited access to materials to teach her. What...

9 Jul 07

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Are you happy with your cell phone service?

dreamertink @dfollin (25351) • United States 6 Jul 07

I have a prepaid phone using the Virgin Mobile service.At first I liked it,then there was a problem.I paid my fee for a monthly program and they seen on my account that I had paid it,but could not get it attached to my phone for...

virgin mobile

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athnam i, too, have virgin mobile. I'm surprised you had such a hard time with them. i've had their service for over 2 years and have never had any problems with them. i use the minute to minute plan, because we don't use very many minutes. i haven't tried any of...

8 Jul 07

About your cat

xkristalx @xkristalx (230) • United States 8 Jul 07

How many cats do you have? What kind of cat(s)? What is the name of your cat(s)? When and where did you get your cat(s)? Why did you get your cat(s)? Do you have other pets besides your cat(s)? How do they get along? I have one...

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athnam we have 4 cats, all mutts and strays; bynx, bast, sonny, and luna. the oldest (bast) is 7 and the youngest (sonny)is 2. they are house mates to several other pets of ours. we have an emperor scorpion, madagascar hissing cockroaches, turtles, ducks, chickens,...

8 Jul 07

What Wii game do you like most?

krayzee @krayzee (1160) • Romania 17 Jun 07

I'm planning to buy some and I cannot decide :)

favorite

game

wii

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athnam zelda is the only rpg, so far, and since that's the genre i favor most, it's the only one i can recommend. you didn't say what kind of games you like to play.

8 Jul 07

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