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Paliglass · 41-45, F
@itsMEsillyxx today? Language. How they are teaching languages. The standard way that works is to teach vocab first. My daughter is in year 1 of Spanish, they are not learning vocab. They give sentences to translate and apparently the teacher writes out the sentences and they copy them.
First you learn vocab. Then you learn verbs and verb formations. Then you can form it into sentences.
I don't know any Spanish and I could work out better what it was saying than my daughter based on having learnt French and Latin.
So I scrapped this nonsense of Googling the translation of full sentences and went to basics. Coulors, found a song about colours, we learnt that. Tomorrow it's body parts. So she can get to "I have brown hair" It's really stupid.
But I'm not surprised. My eldest son came home years ago with chemistry that was completely wrong. I was furious. I complained today on answer machine and I complained back then.
No wonder neither of my older sons could learn a language at school, I thought they were lazy but it's clearly how they are teaching it that's the problem.
First you learn vocab. Then you learn verbs and verb formations. Then you can form it into sentences.
I don't know any Spanish and I could work out better what it was saying than my daughter based on having learnt French and Latin.
So I scrapped this nonsense of Googling the translation of full sentences and went to basics. Coulors, found a song about colours, we learnt that. Tomorrow it's body parts. So she can get to "I have brown hair" It's really stupid.
But I'm not surprised. My eldest son came home years ago with chemistry that was completely wrong. I was furious. I complained today on answer machine and I complained back then.
No wonder neither of my older sons could learn a language at school, I thought they were lazy but it's clearly how they are teaching it that's the problem.
Paliglass · 41-45, F
@itsMEsillyxx no, I don't mind teaching my own children but I don't want to teach other peoples.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
Not here.
Yesterday was spent balancing the washing machine and re-rigging the dryer discharge line. Now I can stop worrying about the vibrating washer shaking the house apart :)
Tomorrow brings reorganizing the pantry and kitchen. Get the unused stuff ready for the garage sale and make room for the new stuff. With lights in the pantry maybe we can stop forgetting what's in there.
Speaking of the garage .....
Yesterday was spent balancing the washing machine and re-rigging the dryer discharge line. Now I can stop worrying about the vibrating washer shaking the house apart :)
Tomorrow brings reorganizing the pantry and kitchen. Get the unused stuff ready for the garage sale and make room for the new stuff. With lights in the pantry maybe we can stop forgetting what's in there.
Speaking of the garage .....
itsMEsillyxx · 31-35, F
SW-User
It really doesn't bother me but I miss going to restaurants and shopping.@itsMEsillyxx
goagainsttheflow · 26-30, F
itsMEsillyxx · 31-35, F
@goagainsttheflow yess grl! wanna be able to enjoy without constantly worrying about deadly germs
itsMEsillyxx · 31-35, F
SW-User
@itsMEsillyxx yeah I feel caged up
Poppies · 61-69, F
No, I have so many tasks to do that I've put off for years. Now I have all the time in the world to do them, and no excuse not to. But I still might not, since here I am wasting time on SW instead.
TexChik · F
I saw your pic without my glasses and thought you had a gag in your mouth ....🤭
TexChik · F
@itsMEsillyxx hahaha
I dont have time to be bored
@itsMEsillyxx I'm never bored here 😏 I think you doing sw wrong 😉
@itsMEsillyxx maybe later ,busy busy busy
SW-User
No, It's a dream come true. I've always wanted to stay home and play video games all day.
itsMEsillyxx · 31-35, F
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thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M
It's pretty much just more of the same for me at this point, really. 😅
ExperienceDLT · M
Yea its boring