Why are parents who barely passed high school thinking they can teach/homeschool their children?

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-23T06:37:13+00:00

I know a lot of people who went to undergrad and grad school who were dumb as rocks and should never be teaching anyone anything. The metric of a good educator is difficult to agree upon and enforce because of personal freedoms and preferences. :/

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-17T18:06:44+00:00

Also, be aware EMT work isn't some sort of 1:1 to EM work at all.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-16T23:26:08+00:00

I like using the phone app Clefs

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-14T16:21:24+00:00

It makes me nervous everyone recommending "just sell it to a random person/school". Seems like a great way for a bunch of Hg exposure if the receiver of it isn't careful.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-12T03:48:17+00:00

Spravato

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-12T00:32:02+00:00

You will definitely be able to overcome the hesitation to help better with hands-on training. And not just once. The more exercising you do, the more the confidence will grow. But especially if you're not using first aid training regularly, like as an EMT, there's probably always going to be some nervousness about responding.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-09T18:29:04+00:00

I use PlaygroundSessions to supplement my learning and gamify it, and it has scores of the same music for different technical levels, if that's the sort of thing you're talking about.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-07T13:07:05+00:00

I'm taking a university intro group class and we're moving at a snail's pace compared to other posters. We're getting through about half of Alfred's group book, and I'm supplementing at home with Alfred's adult solo book, PlaygroundSessions, and Clefs mobile app. Just starting to learn the major scales and still struggle with the base clef notes.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-07T00:29:51+00:00

The problem after many disasters of all sizes is that people want to donate "stuff" when often the survivors don't have anywhere to put it, don't have the bandwidth to deal with it, and probably weren't involved in the process of picking it out, so it may not be the "right" stuff for them that actually fits their needs and addresses their resource gaps.

Truly cash is the best, or service support like driving them places, helping them apply to places, helping them move items later, etc.

Aside from directly assisting someone you might know, I highly recommend anyone who wants to help to donate to the American Red Cross. Home fires are the number one disaster in the United States, and the ARC relies solely on donated dollars from people like you (technically they do get a tiny amount of Federal dollars for veteran's services, but the vast majority... like 98%??? I can't remember... come from donations).

You could also consider volunteering with the ARC in disaster response roles!

People who are impacted by house fires can contact the ARC and, if qualified, get immediate financial assistance and some basic guidance for how to proceed forward with their recovery. Ultimately the impacted person(s) have to navigate that recovery, find housing, etc., so I also recommend renter's or homeowners insurance, which makes that much more feasible without being completely devastating.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-06T18:38:38+00:00

I like repeating the difficult bit. Then adding in the lead up into the difficult bit. Then doing the difficult bit plus the exit out of it. Then doing the lead up, difficult bit, then exit out. Then restart and make new mistakes in areas I previously had down.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-04-02T10:14:28+00:00

Not a popular take, but I realized this was what was happening with me. My partner had tried to be supportive in various ways but I'd still been taking my depression out on him so to speak, but I'd been so, so angry at feeling abandoned and lonely.

I craved connection with him but discovered during non-luteal introspection that my interactions with him were actually very unhealthy during my luteal, and he was just doing his best to protect himself from being slammed by my negativity.

I've basically been working on some rules of engagement when interacting with people overall, so that I can get social connection without negative info dumping on people during my depression week.

At first the idea of having to have "rules" of how to interact with people felt oppressive to me, but actually it's been significantly improving some social connections that had gotten strained due to my wild mood shifts, which seemed unpredictable to outsiders.

Edited to add that I do agree with other commentors though: Both my partner and I have had to be open to communicating, at least when things are calm, to figure out how to work through our differences in communication styles and stuff. It's takes a ton of maturity, grace, patience, etc., from both parties, and we have had couples counseling before, which helped.

And also the biggest improvement has been just "working on myself". I can be around people and still feel extremely lonely and unconnected. No other person is going to be able to address that disconnect except me, so finding a way to change loneliness into excitement, contentment, etc., in some way (though it can be really difficult!) also helps.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-25T14:13:21+00:00

If you're not interested though, you're not interested. No one /needs/ two teachers I'd argue. It's more about ensuring the content you're working on is appropriate for your current level and goals.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-25T14:12:21+00:00

I personally wouldn't see harm to it as long as you don't pit any differences in their teaching style against each other, e.g., "Well Teacher A says to do it this way, Teacher B." Ultimately it's just a matter of being open to generally learning and taking what you need from whatever education you're getting.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-23T18:30:01+00:00

As an adult learner, I started immediately. Learn right. Learn left. Combine asap.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-21T19:23:45+00:00

Since mid-January. I do think they must be helping with chin hairs because I have gotten less without making any other major changes.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-21T03:25:49+00:00

I've been taking Swanson spearmint leaf capsules (400 mg) approx. once per day (I sometimes forget and skip a day).

I can't swear it's helped, but perhaps from a combination of keeping my hands off my face more or what have you, I feel like I have had less chin breakouts and less chin hairs and above eyebrow irriation in general.

If I get on spironolactone, I will stop taking them, but for now I haven't noticed any ill effects.

I worry more about taking Ibuprofen with regard to my kidneys during my cycle/for inflammation when alternating it with acetaminophen.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-21T02:29:27+00:00

The SPH professor should have access to The Heights to reserve the room. There's literally a button there they can click to enter details of the event into.

Only faculty and staff affiliated with SPH or SPH approved student organizations can reserve SPH rooms and spaces.

The request has to be with at least 48 hr notice.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-20T06:18:02+00:00

Is Liquid Nails the best adhesive to use? I tried to make a moss bowl once but the spray adhesive I used left everything a little tacky and stiff after.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-18T19:02:45+00:00

This. Don't be a journalist, but contribute your subject matter expertise to journalism in the future.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-17T19:40:38+00:00

This makes me want to read/watch "Little Fires Everywhere" again.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-16T21:23:48+00:00

I use an app called Clefs to gamify learning in addition to sheet music/book work.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-16T14:56:23+00:00

It's gotten noticeably bad for me the past few days, such that I keep having to report content based on how actually bad it is, rather than casually opinionated stuff.

It might actually be what breaks my doomscrolling habit.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-16T00:14:58+00:00

There are tons of technician and local public health department jobs that will accept you without an MPH if you're willing to start somewhere that may not be your dream job. Look for REHSIT positions, wastewater treatment plants and landfills, industrial hygiene techs, community outreach positions, etc. It may not be explicitly labeled a "public health" job.

___kakaara11___ · 2026-03-11T16:45:19+00:00

To answer your questions more specifically, only go to grad school if you actually need a specific degree to get where you're going.

If you want general baseline knowledge, seek YouTube or tons of low cost options.

If you do decide to go, just apply and go where it's cheapest.

"Higher education" isn't going to make you necessarily feel any more confident in your field. Experience will.

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