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*waves* I used to be a regular on another incarnation of this board, and I missed you guys so much, I just had to come back. Can you imagine that? I missed you freaks.... I must have no life. *headdesk*

Anyway, most of you have changed your user names. *wags a finger* I guess I'll have to spend some time figuring out who's who. I saw Bullitt, but I'm not sure he's the same old Bullitt I knew, but "hey, what's up?", if you are. :D *searches the crowd for Algolei*

There are also some new "faces," so in that case... I'm me. I sing, play D&D, and I'm a stay at home mom who's TRYING to homeschool her 5 year old maniac of a little boy. I also have a 5 month old daughter. I'm in a very happy, monogamous relationship, and, no, I will not show you my boobies. :rolleyes: Got questions? Ask.

Hi Babydoll.
:welcome:

Which part of planet Earth is home to you?

hi :) nice to meet you

will you show us just one of your boobies?

come on just one! i promise not to look at the other one

welcome back, I guess. or just welcome. whatever. . .
Hi.

Thanks! I live in the seventh layer of Hell... also known as southern Illinois. ;)

Hmm... perhaps I should have a lawyer write my posts so there are no loopholes...? *chuckles* No, no... not even one.

While that's very gallant of you, I will have to decline. I'm sure there are pictures out there somewhere still... if you guys that desperate you can play detective. :neutral:

Hi! :D

Hey, there! Nice to meet you, too. :) (And welcome to the board.... I realize I'm technically newer than you at this moment, but I saw your welcome thread. )

Hello, nice to meet you.

Your dreams were your ticket out.

OOH OOH OOH!! !! !!

Welcome. Boobs or not.

Actually, any of us who were here a long time ago still have the same user names, well, except one guy who decided he didn't want to screw up his employability, the rest of us just plain don't care about that.

If you were here, who were you before?

What led you to choose homeschooling?

And where, oh where, do you find people who are into role playing that doesn't involve dressing up in brightly colored latex suits and spanking each other?*


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* Not that I have any particular objection to that kind of role playing amongst consenting adults, but well, I haven't played D&D in years and I really miss it.

Hi, there! Nice to meet you, too! :)

Sadly, this is a step up. I hail from Kentucky. :headshake

Why, thank you very much! :)

I think I may have been slightly incorrect in my assessment when I said I'd been here before. I used to belong to a board called "Nothingland," but it... um... imploded? *chuckles* When I Googled to see if there had been a new incarnation spawned I found this board. After poking around a while, I decided this was a somewhat friendlier incarnation of NTL. I was babydollgoddess on that board, if it matters, though. I shortened the screen name this time around.

The homeschooling plan came from several schools of thought. 1) I used to work for a school supply catalog which sold (mostly) to school boards and teachers. I spent entirely too much time explaining and reexplaining simple concepts to these so-called "educators" day after day. I learned it didn't matter what area of the US the call originated, I was going to be dealing with morons 90% of my day. It was sometime during my employment there when I decided that if I ever had children I would teach them myself - at least until they were old enough to think critically and research on their own.
2) I am a stay at home mom. Since Elias (my son) was an only child for nearly 5 years, I didn't have much to do except play with him. I just couldn't see always having mindless playtime, so we began to play color, shape, then letter games. As it is, he's been reading for almost a year, he can add and subtract single digit numbers, and he's more than capable of doing most anything a 1st grader can do. The only problem is, he's not old enough to go to school 'til this coming fall. I can't send my very active little boy to school now because he will be bored. Boredom for him leads to being silly, loud, and generally disruptive. I have no desire to start him on the road to being the "bad kid."
3) Maybe I can get him to pass the Bar Exam by the time he's 18, then he can support ME! :D (Okay, that last bit was a joke. ;) )

I do plan to let him go to school around 5th or 6th grade if he wants... unless I can find a private school that is cheap and will meet his needs. I doubt that's gonna happen, though. :rolleyes:

Ah, yes... roleplaying. Who said we don't wear brightly colored latex suits?! I thought everyone who owned polyhedral dice owned at least a whip... Geez. What kind of freaks have I found here?! ;)
It's pretty difficult to find gamers worth the time nowadays. Most people will perk up when you ask if they're a gamer, then they'll tell you all about their WoW character. *deep sigh* Mostly, we sift through gamer friends to find someone who is available to game... and willing. Our gaming group is up to a WHOPPING three players, now! It quality, not quantity, though... right? :neutral:

Geez. I should get paid by the word. :blush:

i changed my mind. I don't wanna see your boobs anymore.

kthxbai.

Dat 'splain it, I was under the impression you had been here before, also. :smack:

Not all geeks here, more of an eclectic mix of characters. Welcome.

FWIW, it does depend on the school. My stepson was also reading at 4, and we were worried he'd be bored in kindergarten as well--until he got there, and discovered that at least a third of the other kids were reading as well, and the teacher was totally prepared to keep them challenged. But if you're in Kentucky, you mileage definitely may vary. ;)

But if you're in Kentucky, you mileage definitely may vary.

Ouch.

Don't dismiss the schools without going to see them... then dismiss them... :lol: I don't homeschool but my kids are in an alternative program which works very well for them, but you have to look hard to find such programs. Ask the teachers what they do for kids who can already read. see if there's a multi-grade program nearby.... I'm not saying don't homeschool, but make certain why you're doing it. Don't base your decison on the asshats you used to deal with -maybe 90% of them were idiots, but maybe they're not representative of the teaching population as a whole. Maybe your company's products are only needed by crappy teachers?

Hi babydoll, I home school my 8 and 10 year olds (took them out of a private democratic school 2 years ago) if I can answer any questions for ya... or if you want to see my boobs just lmk...

I dealt with a lot of teachers when I worked for an Arts company. They came across very badly over the phone. In fact I used to realte the conversations to my colleagues in a comedy fashion, ending up with, "And this was a teacher!!!"

But then I had the same issue with pharmacists and GPs in a previous job. They aren't employed for their telephone manner, or their grasp of office procedure. They are intelligent individuals trained in a different field.

My siblings and I could all read, write and do basic maths before we entered school here. Given that my birthday is in July and at the time the school wouldn't take me until my fifth birthday (ie 20 odd days before the end of the school year) I was even doing "tens and units" addition and subtraction before I went. But I loved it. Friends, belonging, eating at school, sports, singing... it was a wonderful time and a wonderful experience.

I'm certainly not getting on a bandwagon re the choice between school/ home school - I know it's very different in the States. I accept that so many of your schools must be dreadful, given the reports I read on here and the number of Dwellars who home school.

Crotch shot? :D

Too bad you're not in the Philly area. I used to play D&D a while back and my wife has been asking me if I wanted to do it again. Dragon13, on this board is a friend of mine and I used to be in his gaming group before we moved about 20 miles away.

As you can see, my dice are now very dusty.

Dusty Dice - Sounds like a stripper at Gaming Con.;)

Welcome. I agree with the question posed by Elspode.

Probably wasn't me, first came around these parts in '04 as just another semi-annoying kid fresh outta high school. Most who I interacted with back then would probably agree I and my posting habits have changed since then.

Also, welcome hope you stick around.

Hey there babydoll, nice to meet you *smiles*

'fraid I am one o'them thar virtual roleplayers you were talkin about...

Though not WoW. Not with a ten foot barge pole would I touch that piece of shite.

I got into the first of the big mmos (Ultima Online) mainly because I hooked up with a bunch of 'proper' roleplayers: MUDs and dice based games. When I roleplay it's full on. Especially back then when ready made emotes were few and far between *chuckles* which is where the asterisks come from. It's how everyone emoted in UO. We'd come up with all sorts, really intricate stories that emerged from the different character backgrounds of those involved.

I spent the first year being painfully bad at the actual game...couldnt fight for shit (played a coward) took 12 months to max out my stats...didn't matter to me. I was a storyteller and in-game improv actor. Used to story up the quests that guilds got involved in.

Did all sorts in that game. Up to and including an actual dice game (there were sets of cup and dice to use in game) played according to rules a friend made up, in which I wagered (and lost) my character's soul. Thereby ending up a rather unlikely member of a vicious, evil gang of killer demons and vampires. At the time I was the de facto leader of a mid-size 'good' roleplay guild: losing the dice game meant me joining the other guild. Though I effectively continued to run the 'good' guild via instant messaging, at least til they could organise a stand in. I ended up on the field killing people I'd recruited.

Did wonders for my PvP skillz tho!

That was what made roleplaying fun. There were enough of us about to do some weird and wonderful shit, and everybody was committed enough to live with the consequences of their character's actions.

None of that would have been as much fun for me had I been playing in real life: difficult to carry off a male role, especially a slightly balding, high-on-his-own-supply physik, coward and scientist. Virtual roleplaying is far more than just WoW *spits on the ground* ... though admittedly the last seven or eight years haven't been brilliant on that score.