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Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifelong
Learner
By: Birdie Date: June 25, 2018, 8:08 pm
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Hey Ladies,
So, Chapter 7 is about "Lifelong Learning." Below are some
questions I thought might be interesting, but if you have
something else that you took away from this chapter, please
share.
1. In what ways do find opportunities to learn new things?
2. Do you think it was a waste to go to college when you later
begin your vocation as a "stay at home" mom?
3. How do you find ways to teach your children the importance of
learning? Or how would you see yourself teaching your future
children?
4. In what ways do you grow in your faith? Do you teach your
children about your faith?
Enjoy your read and I look forward to reading all your post!
Again, if you don't connect with the above questions, please
feel free to write what you did take away from the chapter
because that is what really matters:)
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Re: Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifel
ong Learner
By: MommaAshley Date: June 26, 2018, 2:32 pm
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1. In what ways do find opportunities to learn new things?
Oh goodness, I love to learn. I would be a forever student if I
had the money to do so. I think I find that I learn new things
when it saves me money. For instance, with my newborn
photography, there are so many wraps and backdrops and
headbands. They can get very pricey and everything you need to
make them is available at the local craft stores. I watch
tutorial videos and then get to work, if it's something I'm not
sure how to make. I find myself to be pretty crafty, so it
helps. I also have loved attending college as an adult. I
appreciate the time and financial investment. I do however
procrastinate on papers, it's the only way I can complete them.
I think because I get everything in there, read, review, and
complete in a shorter period of time. Like a race with myself,
might not be the best approach.
2. Do you think it was a waste to go to college when you later
begin your vocation as a "stay at home" mom?
I definitely do not think college is a waste. A lot of nights,
attending class, was a break from the stay at home mom life. I
was able to learn, grow as "Ashley," and interact with other
adults. I really enjoyed myself.
3. How do you find ways to teach your children the importance of
learning? Or how would you see yourself teaching your future
children?
We have 3 children in school and it's hard, mainly because
education is so different these days. Our kids go to top schools
and for the most part they are all excelling as to be expected.
We try to focus on the "putting in the work" and "trying your
best." Focusing on numbers (grades) seems to be more pressure
than they can take sometimes. I don't want them to associate a
number with their work. We also try to encourage our children to
try new things and keep commitments made when it comes to school
clubs or activities.
4. In what ways do you grow in your faith? Do you teach your
children about your faith?
I think as a mom, I grow everyday. Sometimes I feel like I take
a few steps back, especially on the days where I've yelled or
just been so tired. My children are continuing to teach me
patience and unconditional love.
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Re: Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifel
ong Learner
By: Birdie Date: June 29, 2018, 5:22 pm
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Good Afternoon my Book Club buddies,
Well I’ve been super busy so I can’t say that I actually did all
the youtube reviews for Monday’s chapter. But I did read it and
thought it was really interesting. I love learning! Well now,
not so much when I was in high school. I thought school was a
waste of time and I wouldn’t need any of that stupid stuff in
life! Boy was I wrong. Times were different back then though
so you could easily get a job without going to college. When I
decided to go back to school for nursing I ended up loving to
learn and still enjoy it today. I would love to take more
classes just for the heck of it, maybe one day I will. For now,
I find opportunities for learning through the internet, reading,
and youtube videos (yes, some can be very educational). When I
find something I am really into I tend to dive in and find as
much information as possible to find out about it.
I never think it’s a waste of time to go to college. Even if
you are or end up after college being a stay at home mom, you
have a big responsibility in teaching your kids as much as you
can. In addition, depending on what you went to school for it
might come in handy. And, you never know what life will throw
you and you might end up going back to work. So it’s always as
good back up! And I think school makes you well rounded. I did
listen to one youtuber, Laura Likes and it surprised me that she
went to law school. I never would have figured – caught me, I
judged someone by their youtube video! Bad, Bad ☹ But,
she said how having that knowledge gives her the ability to read
any type of contract or document that might come up which has
been good for her.
I think it’s important to teach your kids about learning whether
it’s through reading to them, watching educational shows or just
sharing your knowledge with them. And encouraging them to
always do their best and absorb as much information as possible.
Unfortunately, you have to be careful these days in finding
safe ways for kids to learn outside of school. Geez even school
sometimes can be so “one sided!” It drives me crazy when I hear
how they want to practically erase entire chapters in our
Country’s history because it might offend someone. That is how
we learn and grow as a people. It’s not about erasing, but
about learning what we might have done wrong and strive to
always to better. I also think it’s important to let your kids
know that you should never stop learning. When you think you
know it all = scary!! So when they see their Mom or Dad
learning something new, going back to school or just reading
about an interesting topic or a good book it can encourage the
same in them.
I think I grow in my faith as a Catholic by going to mass every
Sunday and reading books about the Catholic faith. I have a lot
of Catholic youtubers that I watch also. I think I mentioned
Father Mike on Ascension Press – he is awesome and his youtube
videos are short but very educational and encouraging. And he’s
pretty funny as well! Another person I follow is Bishop Barron
– he is wonderful. I have watched most of his videos and read a
couple of his books. If you are ever interested in learning
about the Catholic faith and it’s history he is a wonderful
resource. He is down to earth and straight forward in his
teaching. In addition to his youtube videos and books he has a
website called “word on fire” (I don’t really like that name
because it scares me! Reminds me of the Baptist scare tactics
growing up!!) that has a lot of great videos on the history of
the catholic church.
Okay so I have been rambling a lot, sorry! I hope you all enjoy
this chapter and I look forward to reading the next one.
Hopefully I will have some time to read ahead while driving next
week 😊
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Re: Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifel
ong Learner
By: Birdie Date: June 29, 2018, 5:31 pm
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[quote author=MommaAshley link=topic=8.msg74#msg74
date=1530041576]
1. In what ways do find opportunities to learn new things?
Oh goodness, I love to learn. I would be a forever student if I
had the money to do so. I think I find that I learn new things
when it saves me money. For instance, with my newborn
photography, there are so many wraps and backdrops and
headbands. They can get very pricey and everything you need to
make them is available at the local craft stores. I watch
tutorial videos and then get to work, if it's something I'm not
sure how to make. I find myself to be pretty crafty, so it
helps. I also have loved attending college as an adult. I
appreciate the time and financial investment. I do however
procrastinate on papers, it's the only way I can complete them.
I think because I get everything in there, read, review, and
complete in a shorter period of time. Like a race with myself,
might not be the best approach.
2. Do you think it was a waste to go to college when you later
begin your vocation as a "stay at home" mom?
I definitely do not think college is a waste. A lot of nights,
attending class, was a break from the stay at home mom life. I
was able to learn, grow as "Ashley," and interact with other
adults. I really enjoyed myself.
3. How do you find ways to teach your children the importance of
learning? Or how would you see yourself teaching your future
children?
We have 3 children in school and it's hard, mainly because
education is so different these days. Our kids go to top schools
and for the most part they are all excelling as to be expected.
We try to focus on the "putting in the work" and "trying your
best." Focusing on numbers (grades) seems to be more pressure
than they can take sometimes. I don't want them to associate a
number with their work. We also try to encourage our children to
try new things and keep commitments made when it comes to school
clubs or activities.
4. In what ways do you grow in your faith? Do you teach your
children about your faith?
I think as a mom, I grow everyday. Sometimes I feel like I take
a few steps back, especially on the days where I've yelled or
just been so tired. My children are continuing to teach me
patience and unconditional love.
[/quote]
I loved reading your post Ashley! I also love learning now and
always look for new things to learn about. You are very crafty
and are doing a wonderful job at photography! I think your kids
are learning the importance of education by watching their mom
go back to school to get your degree as an adult. I also think
Will does a good job at teaching the kids the importance of
learning through reading that I know is one of his favorite
loves!
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Re: Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifel
ong Learner
By: Jday1106 Date: June 30, 2018, 8:49 am
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1. In what ways do find opportunities to learn new things?
There are numerous ways I find opportunities to learn new
things. As far as work, I learn new things constantly. I am huge
on asking questions whenever I don't know something. I never
assume I know something, if I'm unsure I ask or I look it up.
Right now I work in PACU which consists of recovering patients
after surgery and I'm in the process of reading a booklet my
manager gave me that is full of information in this field.
As far as my daily life outside of work I have numerous hobbies
such as gardening (plants and flowers, not veggies), arts and
crafts projects, my faith, cooking, and numerous other little
things that pop up. Anytime I want to learn more about a topic I
look toward books, the internet, YouTube, or people that I feel
are knowledgably in the particular topic. Learning is a never
ending thing. I will say that I hate going to school lol. I
enjoy the learning part but I hate the assignment and test part,
it always causes too much stress and I hate having deadlines to
stick to. I definitely don't see myself constantly pursuing
higher and higher degrees. At the moment I have my associates in
nursing and I am sure one day will go back to receive my
bachelors but honestly at this time have no interest in pursuing
it.
2. Do you think it was a waste to go to college when you later
begin your vocation as a "stay at home" mom?
So it took me years to finally finish college and just get an
associates lol, I kept changing my major and nursing school
takes forever to get into. I obviously am not a stay at home mom
but I would absolutely love to be one, I would actually love to
just be a house wife right now lol. I can say that definitely NO
I would not feel like it was a waste to go to college. If I quit
working tomorrow to just stay home, I worked my butt off to
finish school but I wouldn't feel like it was all worth nothing
just because I wasn't using my degree to work. The securement of
knowing I have a college degree and can get a job whenever I
want is very important to me. You never know what the future
holds and although Andrew has an amazing job right now, there
may come a time (hopefully never) when he may be unable to work
and knowing that I can work instead makes me feel secure. Also I
love all the information I learned while in school, even if I
don't use my degree to work, I still will always have the
education that I received, and that education has made me a more
informed human being which I think is very important. It blows
my mind how some people are so ignorant in this world and some
of the decisions they make are crazy to me, but then I have to
also understand that not everyone was blessed enough to receive
a good education. So for this reason also, college or just any
formal education, to me is never a waste, education is not
purely just for attaining a job, it's there to make us better
informed people.
3. How do you find ways to teach your children the importance of
learning? Or how would you see yourself teaching your future
children?
When I envision teaching my one day children about learning I
see it being an everyday thing. I can see me starting when they
are babies and buying toys that are fun to play with but also
educational. Teaching them about colors and learning new words.
Teaching them to count while I feed them. Maybe teaching them
sign language as babies (hmm am I going to be one of those moms,
I don't know). I definitely plan on teaching them to be a good
loser and winner when it comes to playing games or playing
sports. Teaching them how to behave properly is something I
think is important. I definitely don't plan on just assuming
someone else is going to do a good job teaching my kids. I think
it is the parents who are the primary teaching figures in
children's lives, it is ultimately the parent's responsibility
to teach their kids. That's really all I have to say about that
(Forest Gump).
4. In what ways do you grow in your faith? Do you teach your
children about your faith?
I try to grow in my faith everyday. Some days I do better then
others, some months I do better then others. I go in and out of
periods where I'm super interested in learning new things and
then periods when I'm content with what I already know. I think
we should always strive to grow everyday in our faith though,
there is always stuff to learn or perfect. I personally just
love my faith and find joy in learning about it, I'm just so
curious about things and love diving deeper and deeper into
things and just informing myself better on customs and
traditions that come with my faith. I grow in my faith mostly
through informative books, but have just recently branched out
in using toutube which I never even thought contained so many
informative videos but actually does. I try on my days off each
morning to watch a new youtube video to grow in my faith,
usually just something quick, videos usally last somewhere
between 8-20 minutes. Something I'll do a couple short videos,
just depending on my mood, sometimes I'll spend an hour watching
videos. I also grow in my faith through weekly mass, I love
listening to the homilies every week and trying to understand
how to incorporate what is said in my daily life, sometimes it
takes a bunch of pray to understand how something may fit into
my life.
If I have children one day, I plan on teaching them about the
faith immediately. Little things when they are young such a
short childrens books, toys, stuffed animals that say prayers,
childrens shows that are faith based. When they are school aged,
I plan on having them go to Sunday school and sending them to
Catholic school verus public school. I plan on having set family
time together to do certain things, praying together at meals,
taking time to do a pray before bed, going to church every
Sunday together, participating as a family during traditional
times such as lent and advent season, and other little things
here and there.
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Re: Chapter 7 - School's Never Out - The Joy of Becoming a Lifel
ong Learner
By: mnlepage328 Date: June 30, 2018, 11:28 pm
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1. In what ways do find opportunities to learn new things?
I find opportunities to learn every day. In the Navy I have
taken the time to go to as many schools as they will let me
because I just love learning. Education has always been very
important to me, as you all know. I feel that as I get older, I
need to continue to learn new things, whether it be something
job related, educating myself on all the things I'm consuming or
products I use on my body, learning something new about cars, or
finding the actual facts when it comes down to what's going on
in our world. Today I learned how to use my new Instant Pot,
that I have been researching and considering buying for a couple
of months, and what an awesome new tool! Just silly stuff like
that is always fun to learn!
2. Do you think it was a waste to go to college when you later
begin your vocation as a "stay at home" mom?
Like everyone else said, I definitely don't think going to
college is a waste! It's an important way to always have
security since you never know what will happen in life. And I
think it is always better to further your own education, whether
you use it or not. I think having a college degree will also
encourage my children to try to get a degree. College is also
nice, because unlike high school, you get more of a say in the
classes you get to take! That's always been nice to me, and I
always try to encourage Matt to go to college for this reason. I
think he would love majoring in history, although there's not
much he could do with that! Also, every college class I've been
in has opened me up to the ideas of people from all walks of
life. It's always interesting to have a debate with other's on
whatever topic you are learning.
3. How do you find ways to teach your children the importance of
learning? Or how would you see yourself teaching your future
children?
Oh I can't wait to teach my kiddos! That's literally one of the
parts of my vocation to be a mother I am most excited about. I
love watching kids learn and grow and discover all the things
there are to discover. I plan on making learning fun for my
kids. Doing little challenges for who can read the most books or
something like that. And I am also looking forward to teaching
them how to ride bikes and play the sports that I love. I know
I'm gonna be a baseball/softball momma! I plan on trying to
minimize electronics and encourage my kids to play outside and
teach them about nature. Life's about balancing things like
that, and I think that is one very important thing that children
are laking now adays. Electronics are fine and dandy but they
can't consume your life...sometimes you gotta get outside and
take a hike!
4. In what ways do you grow in your faith? Do you teach your
children about your faith?
I've discussed it with Matt and even though we aren't super huge
into church, we have decided we will teach our kids about it.
But I do not plan on forcing religion on my kids. I'm not sure
if that makes sense. I want to give them the chance to believe
but also let them chose. I think that our parents were really
good at exposing us to church and allowing us to learn about it,
but we were also able to form our own opinions. And I also think
that I will teach them about the faith by leading by example.
While I sometimes struggle to actually believe there is a God, I
do believe in most of the teachings of the church. And I want to
raise my kids on those values.
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