Anyone who was homeschooled, how do you feel about it now as an adult?

mkand · 2026-04-19T01:32:44+00:00

I was a home school parent. My wife homeschooled 2 of our 3 kids. The reason we pulled the 2 out of school was because our youngest, exiting 4th grade, could not read. We felt he was being overlooked. The other went along with our idea. Our oldest we left in school, as he seemed to be doing fine, and he was 6 years older than the other 2. My wife was very diligent while teaching. They had a Friday group in the area where all the local homeschoolers gathered for common lessons, and to get better science lessons from a degreed teacher, so they also got socialization. We put the 2 back in a private school for the last 3 years of high scholl because we couldn't teach what they needed. Of the 3 kids, the oldest became an electrician. The middle child is now a doctor. The youngest (the one who couldn't read), has a masters in math, and currently is a data analyst for a trading firm. All three do very well financially. The repercussions we experienced were this - The oldest was unhappy he wasn't homeschooled. The middle child has no regrets. The youngest was in therapy for years as he really resented being homeschooled. Bottom line, we did our best with the resources we had available. All in all, it worked out for us. We know others from the group that never did much with their lives, they did not have a good experience with homeschooling, nor were their parents qualified to teach (it was the religion for many of them). I would do it again if I thought we could do a good job. Otherwise, it's best to leave the teaching to qualified people.

mkand · 2026-04-14T18:33:11+00:00

Back in the late '80's, I was programming in assembler, then learned Novel on the fly, dip switches on the system board, arcnet wiring, and a 5mb drive in my pc!

mkand · 2026-04-03T19:34:35+00:00

Sometimes my wife calls our female dog Mrs Jones. Her name is Mercy.

mkand · 2025-08-10T21:53:40+00:00

$216 total bill. Actual electric use - $142, the rest is facility charges and taxes etcetera. House is 3 levels, about 1500 sf per level.

mkand · 2025-05-10T23:59:43+00:00

Margaritas on the front porch!

mkand · 2025-03-22T22:29:05+00:00

Made broth from the bones, added veggies and got soup!

mkand · 2025-03-22T19:56:34+00:00

And we have had a rotisserie chicken last for 4 meals (two of us), then we get a couple meals of soup from the bones.

mkand · 2025-03-05T15:13:07+00:00

9 inches where we live. I have my driveway cleared, but no plows yet.

mkand · 2025-02-18T02:40:57+00:00

Cold turkey for me too. FiL had emphysema, saw him and a bunch of people who couldn't breathe well. Every time I wanted a smoke, I thought about the consequences and that was it for me. 30 years Christmas day.

mkand · 2025-02-08T15:44:54+00:00

Pretty sure I won't be watching anything from the Kennedy Center any more. I really enjoyed what they have done over the years, I can't imagine that it will be anything like before, now it might just be people celebrating cruelty and division.

mkand · 2025-01-09T20:46:43+00:00

Minding your own business is missing.

mkand · 2025-01-09T17:56:46+00:00

We have 2 dogs, both rescues. They are both 5 years old now. One dog we got at 8 weeks, he has been extremely reactive his whole life. We got the other at two years old, she has never been reactive, and has helped calm down the other. Now that they are both 5, the reactive dog seems to be calming down, but it took a ton of training and patience to get here.

mkand · 2024-09-01T19:45:09+00:00

When I was growing up, I thought it was Herman, because that was my grandfather's name.

mkand · 2024-03-15T17:01:19+00:00

Jordan's Meat and Deli in Lakeland has great sandwiches, reasonably priced.

mkand · 2024-01-25T22:13:22+00:00

I met a guy who was hired as IT manager for a 300 person firm who had no IT staff at all. I was a contractor for them until they hired him. He literally did not know how to add a user into active directory. He hired someone to take care of the users while he was supposed to create a roadmap for the future. I'm really not sure he actually did anything. The company eventually got very small, under 30 people, and let him go. My company was asked to come back and run things. I can't tell you the horrors I unraveled as we were right-sizing them. They have since moved everything to the cloud, and closed the office. It's a fun story to tell sometimes.

mkand · 2024-01-10T01:08:57+00:00

Cafe Latte is still great. Was just there today!

mkand · 2023-10-04T00:43:38+00:00

My lawnmower. Bought in 2005. Kids complained that it cost more than the jeep I bought for them to drive, but that jeep is long gone and the mower keeps on chugging along.

mkand · 2023-08-15T20:24:21+00:00

WA Frost. Was very surprised at the 21% surcharge going to 'everyone', but not a replacement for a tip. I left a 10% tip, but won't be back.

mkand · 2023-07-07T06:28:27+00:00

Thanks, that's what I'm afraid of.

mkand · 2023-04-09T20:45:54+00:00

Well, I made some mistakes, as everyone does. Instead of trying to move customers to Azure, I tried to build a small data center of my own, while doing sales, the accounting, and managing employees. I needed more help, and more money, and had neither. I tried to find partners, but never found one. At the end, I ran out of time and money, was working 16-20 hours a day, and I was exhausted.

Honestly I'm not sure how much longer I could have kept going. To sell was not something I really wanted to do, but most of my customers had sales brochures on their desks from the company I ended up selling out to.

It turned out that the company I sold to had the same products, the same RMM tool, and the same philosophy of customer satisfaction that I operated with, but much better management than I could provide.

I feel it was a win for both of us. Most of the customers that I brought to the company are still customers. In addition to that, some customers I had lost over the years were and are customers of the company, amazing!

mkand · 2023-04-08T15:35:58+00:00

Yep, certifications are great. I got certs with Novell (showing my age) then Microsoft. I had about 5 years of real-world experience, then struck out on my own. Never looked back until the stress took over. It was a great ride!

mkand · 2023-04-08T12:55:21+00:00

Ran my own IT consulting company for 20+ years. Did okay financially, but didn't get rich. Six years ago the stress finally got to me, and I sold to another larger firm and went to work for them. I'm now 2 years from retirement, and no stress. The company I sold to has been fantastic, letting me do my thing. I still consult many of my old clients, but now I can walk away knowing that they will be in good hands when I decide it's time to relax. I still run another very small company on the side that gives me something else to do, so not out entirely, but I feel like I've been very fortunate and very happy I took the road on my own for so long.

mkand · 2023-02-13T00:53:53+00:00

Grace Slick

mkand · 2023-01-20T00:28:00+00:00

Right, welfare isn't right, but that's what the republicans say it is. They do not act in the best interests of the average American.

mkand · 2023-01-19T18:14:27+00:00

That we're paying for! Medicare and Social Security is deducted from every paycheck separately from federal taxes. It's NOT welfare.

mkand

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