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HEY GUYS !!
hows going ? what are you doing lately ?
^_^
Playing Prison Architect. Admiring the thunderstorm with rain, which we needed. Preparing to install Arena from the Elder Scrolls anthology, which just came in today. I can once again struggle to obtain the seven parts of the missing staff, and crash without ever succeeding. But I can do it under Win 7! ;D
noce !
Quote from: RedKetchup on June 26, 2014, 04:21:40 PM
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Anything else there is no board for yet.
.... i didnt know where to make that topic so ... i placed it here lol
HEY GUYS !!
hows going ? what are you doing lately ?
^_^
Hey
@RedKetchup , yes it can get slow. We need more friends over here on WorldofBanished! Let those you communicate with to come see what we have and let them know we are always adding and changing to make sure everyone can discuss and enjoy the forum!
I'm trying to focus on a test I have coming up next month and somewhat avoiding my desktop as my air conditioning has been out for the last week! :o
I'm going to be dropping a surprise into the Champions forum this weekend!
thats what i tried today on shinning forums, told the new guy the adress of our board :)
i mean ... your board :P i am just a visitor ^^
me personally since 2 days i am working on a new city called : Geronimo (the random name was very close and reminded me that Indian ^^)
i am at 1.7k for the moment. doing things differently.
And, I just saw that Scilly-Guy is the newest member here. Way to spread the word,
@RedKetchup.
@RedKetchup you had it right the first time, our board! It would not exist without everyone!
I'm a day late, so I'll give you two days! ;D
Yesterday: doctor appointment, getting medicine for the fish, doing my main's weeklies in WoW with my older son, lunch, dentist visit where my younger son had to have two crowns put onto baby teeth (molars) :( , cleaning, forums here and there through out the day as opportunities arose,
dinner, a little Banished time, stories and bedtime for my younger son, and finally Banished until I got too tired to stay awake!
Today: coffee shop with my younger son (it has been a special thing for us this month), drop him off at his art camp, do some cleaning and check/reply on forums as able to, then I'll be picking up my son and my nephew (I am caring for him during the work day this summer) from camp and heading to the playground so they can expend some of their boundless energy. Fridays are our out-and-about day so we'll have lunch out (probably McDonald's :-\ ), then go to the local pet stores and look at the animals, then visit the book/toy store to play with the big train set there, hit up the grocery store, drop off my nephew, then home and dinner, and Rhett and I have our special one-on-one time (usually he wants to play Minecraft together), then later, I'll get to game a bit. I am on the last day of my 7-day guest pass for Wildstar so I have to play that tonight as I haven't played it enough to get a fair impression of it. If I'm lucky, I'll get some time to play Banished before bed. ::)
Anyone have any fun plans for the weekend?
All work and little play this weekend I'm afraid. The cows need milking and there's some chicken manure that won't do much good sitting in a bag.
I've sent my oldest daughter off for a week's scout camp in Denmark today, the house is eerily quiet.
I'll probably try to tick off a peak on sunday in the ten peaks challenge I told about in the travel subfora.
@mariesalias seems you are very occupied person :) (for sure having kids) they say it s a full time job ^^. i never got any children. :-[
My older son has his high school graduation party coming up this Sunday, and we're desperately trying to get everything in place for that. So far today I've washed the windows on the porch, where most of the food etc... is set up, set up tables and chairs in the yard, and put up a tent for shade for the tables, and tomorrow looks like a full day, too. So much for playing any games (although I'm taking time out every now and again to see what's going on here).
And ... at the last minute ... my son (the one graduating) decided to go camping with his girlfriend, but he'll back in plenty of time for the party (like 2 hours before it starts) ???. He'll be a happy camper this weekend, but at the moment, I am not.
i hope you ll get a lot of fun :)
@kee I always thought farming, much like parenting, seemed like 24/7 type of job! I am quite a bit behind in some of the sub-forums, but I hope your ten peaks challenge is a hiking/climbing one and the weather will be enjoyable for it!
@RedKetchup Parenting is a never-ending job.:D My older son is 20 years older then my younger so I really only have one child to care for, and I have been very fortunate with him that I have been able to stay home with him for most of his childhood so far. With my older son, I started out as a single, teen-aged parent, going to college and later work, full time, along with everything else. It was a much different experience! Luckily, both my boys have been happy, good-natured children who themselves enjoy gaming. ;D
Never too late to get furry babies, if not human ones. :)
@salamander Congrats! Graduation is a milestone for the child and the parents! I hope everthing goes off smoothly and everyone has fun!
@mariesalias and
@RedKetchup -- Thanks. My wife and I are quite proud of him. He's done very well in school, and he seems like a pretty good kid all-around ... a little flaky, maybe, but it works for him. ;)
He' going to major in music starting in the fall, which just goes to show that musical talent is not genetic. :)
nan it is not genetic
Quote from: RedKetchup on June 28, 2014, 12:00:21 PM
nan it is not genetic
Actually...
Everyone is born with the ability to express themselves in one form of mathematics or another. The three primary expressions are:
1. Pure Math - the actual calculation and manipulation of numbers. This could result in a pure math career but could also show itself in engineering or architecture. Spatial perception is an early indicator of this expression.
2. Art - visual representation of math
3. Music - aural representation of math
Many times, parents don't recognize the abilities their child has because their expression was different or not developed. If you expose your children to these expressions early in life, they will show a preference for one of them over the others.
In any event, it takes time and effort to develop the natural expression into a great talent but the ability is there.
when i was very Young, at school, i was extremly good in mental calculations. many people needed a sheet and a pencil to make maths, me i needed none. often the teacher was doing some fun test like that and i was always the first one to lift my hand knowing already the answers ^^
what i became later ? euh.... nothing lol simple laborer ^^
Interesting ... actually, my son (the one who wants to major in music) does pretty well in math, and more importantly, seems to enjoy it. As a professional educator, it bothers me how often you hear students say that they can't do math. In many cases, I get the impression it's a matter of not putting any effort into it -- they don't seem to appreciate how large a role math plays in everyday life.
oh ya, i was always doing good in maths, always getting a 98+% on every note. even got a 100% 'bulletin' (i dunno the English word for it) for a session. also was as good in physics.
but was extremly bad in french, always barely passing on the edge 50-60%
Quote from: RedKetchup on June 29, 2014, 06:14:17 AM
... even got a 100% 'bulletin' (i dunno the English word for it) for a session.
If I get what you mean, the nearest thing would be a 'report card' -- grades for each course, usually for a 6 or 9-week period.
Quote from: RedKetchup on June 29, 2014, 06:14:17 AM... but was extremly bad in French ...
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exactly
@salamander a..... report card.
learned something :)
and yeah , i was better in foreign langage course : English (70-80%) lol
Quote from: salamander on June 29, 2014, 06:10:43 AM
Interesting ... actually, my son (the one who wants to major in music) does pretty well in math, and more importantly, seems to enjoy it. As a professional educator, it bothers me how often you hear students say that they can't do math. In many cases, I get the impression it's a matter of not putting any effort into it -- they don't seem to appreciate how large a role math plays in everyday life.
I think that ability in both music and math is pretty common. From what I remember both work from the same part of the brain or something like that. The philosophers of the Enlightenment often talked about the "music of the spheres" to express their notion of the mathematical harmony of the universe. Personally I taught theology and history and I heard the same thing: It's too hard. I realize I may not be the best one to judge since I always found abstract, mathematical, philosophical thinking a natural, but it does seem that such thinking is less appreciated, less taught and less practiced than it might be.
As to what I've been up to the past few days is a convention where the focus was on putting into practice the work of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC has been hearing testimony on the relationship between aboriginal people and settler people, particularly in the ways in which the residential school system severely damaged and abused aboriginal people and cultures in Canada. For those of you unfamiliar with the treatment of First Nations in North America, the Canadian approach was somewhat different from the American--more subtle but no less effective in killing people and trying to take their culture from them. Residential schools were a particularly nasty part of the system from the 1880s through the 1960s and the effects of that system still haunt the relationships between Canada's First Nations and those of us who came later. As you can imagine, it was a pretty emotional three days.
Quote from: salamander on June 29, 2014, 06:10:43 AM
Interesting ... actually, my son (the one who wants to major in music) does pretty well in math, and more importantly, seems to enjoy it. As a professional educator, it bothers me how often you hear students say that they can't do math. In many cases, I get the impression it's a matter of not putting any effort into it -- they don't seem to appreciate how large a role math plays in everyday life.
I think the single biggest problem with math for students is the way it is taught. Schools seem to be locked into a methodology or technique that actually makes math harder and less fun. Numbers are everywhere and being able to see the math of life is very enlightening for students.
Here is a thought provoking book I bought when it first came out and it really gave me a lot to think about when my 3 children came along. He has some very interesting ideas about the title subjects, Art and Physics.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Physics-Parallel-Visions-Space/dp/0061227978/ref=la_B000APTXBM_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404096436&sr=1-2
I especially enjoyed his chapter on mythology as a way for that culture to explain scientific principles.
Quote from: salamander on June 28, 2014, 03:54:09 AM
He' going to major in music starting in the fall, which just goes to show that musical talent is not genetic. :)
I don't know...my husband's family are all musically inclined and talented! It comes really naturally to them all.
I'm a little envious of them as I love music but seem to have no natural talent for it. ;D
Quote from: salamander on June 29, 2014, 06:10:43 AM
Interesting ... actually, my son (the one who wants to major in music) does pretty well in math, and more importantly, seems to enjoy it. As a professional educator, it bothers me how often you hear students say that they can't do math. In many cases, I get the impression it's a matter of not putting any effort into it -- they don't seem to appreciate how large a role math plays in everyday life.
My seven-year-old kept telling us all year that he was bad at math or it was too hard. The reality is that (according to his teacher) he was one of the best math students in the class. For my son though, he only sees the struggles he has trying to learn the new concepts or methods (his ADD can make it difficult for him to focus, so sometimes it takes him a awhile) and to him, that makes him bad at math and makes math too hard.
It always surprises me how young we start to form our impressions of ourselves and our abilities and how long they can last (sometimes, our entire life).
I always enjoyed math, until we got into Algebra and Geometry. Even then, I still enjoyed it, but my way of doing math is I guess more intuitive. I could get the right answers but when showing my method/work, my teachers always said I was doing it wrong because I had a lot of trouble following their formulas/processes. Often, they would tell me my methods did not make sense, or would not work with other equations. But since I would not use the same process on a different problem, I never really understood what the issue was. Although I still enjoying doing basic math, I have not considered myself good at math since 7-8th grade.
I do very poorly with foreign languages. I took French for 6 years and was a C-B student in it, But I can remember very little of it now. I never could read it very well, but was pretty fair at speaking it.
@solarscreen That does look like an interesting book!
Quote from: solarscreen on June 29, 2014, 07:44:53 PM
I think the single biggest problem with math for students is the way it is taught. Schools seem to be locked into a methodology or technique that actually makes math harder and less fun. Numbers are everywhere and being able to see the math of life is very enlightening for students.
I don't know how much of a problem it is for students, but the changing methods of teaching math are hell for parents and grandparents who are willing to help with math. When my kids were in high school in the mid-late 80s the lingo they were learning was completely different from what I learned in the early 60s. Since the math was the same behind the lingo, I did OK with helping them after I figured out what the textbook was talking about. Now my grandkids are in French immersion and do their math with totally new lingo yet again, but in French, so I'm completely lost. It is also the case that it is really embarrassing to have your grandkids look at you like you are severely stupid because you don't know French.
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Quote from: solarscreen on June 29, 2014, 07:44:53 PM
I think the single biggest problem with math for students is the way it is taught. Schools seem to be locked into a methodology or technique that actually makes math harder and less fun. Numbers are everywhere and being able to see the math of life is very enlightening for students.
I don't know how much of a problem it is for students, but the changing methods of teaching math are hell for parents and grandparents who are willing to help with math. When my kids were in high school in the mid-late 80s the lingo they were learning was completely different from what I learned in the early 60s. Since the math was the same behind the lingo, I did OK with helping them after I figured out what the textbook was talking about. Now my grandkids are in French immersion and do their math with totally new lingo yet again, but in French, so I'm completely lost. It is also the case that it is really embarrassing to have your grandkids look at you like you are severely stupid because you don't know French.
The methods do change, not just the lingo! My son's school uses a different process to do their math problems then I learned growing up (as well as new lingo too). It can be confusing!