That's the path I ended up going down. Meant same time removing backgrounds etc in Photoshop but hopefully they come out well! Particularly pleased with this one - I found a hi res sketched floor plan of the Millennium Falcon. My 14 year old will lose his sh1t when he sees it!
I agree - to a point. Unstructured play/learning is great - for certain kinds of kids. My personal theory is that those kinds of kids will do 'well' in life, no matter what. They love to learn, and they learn by observing, doing, playing, tinkering, testing, breaking etc. I have one kid like that.
I also have another one who, given the chance, would gladly spend the whole day watching other people playing Minecraft on YouTube. But, break through his protests, and hold his hand to get him started on something, and he'll smash it out of the park. He'll whine the whole way, but man he blows me away with what he's capable of. Structured "traditional" learning works well for him, as it gives him the boundaries and targets he needs. But give him anything unstructured and he will goof off, every time.
How's the quality of the sleep you're getting? I feel better on six hours of decent sleep than I do on 8 of the alternative... I have very poor relationship with sleep - specifically the staying asleep part. Better sleep hygiene has helped, but have started taking a mushroom supplement recently that's made a dramatic difference.
And international as well. Vaguely reassuring to know we're not alone...
Honestly though, I look at what my kids do (or don't do) at school and the actual learning appears to be waaaay less than what it was when I was at school (admittedly we were still using slates and writing script by candlelight). Our usual "what did you do at school" conversation is typically at least 50% "non-learning" - videos, games etc. Yes, kids still learn through these (the Cahoot quizzes are great) but this shouldn't be at the expense of the basics.
To be fair, this has been pretty standard corporate-speak in most industries for a long time. It's (typically) referring to giving people a reason to stay with your product - we used to use this exact phrase in reference to our complementary training programmes that were included with the product.
But, this is HP, so locked in means LOCKED IN. So, fuck HP 😂
Time to make the tests easier? /s
Lol, blame a lack of caffeine
But it's only the 6th 😭
It's the most wonderful time of the year... (Coming down with a bad case of Christmas?)
We do them with bought wrappers every now and then - my 12 year old is a big fan and has got the pleating down pat now. We've done them from scratch once before - never again lol
Nice to have you here!
Santa Parade today in my small town. Sitting on the back of a truck with my trumpet playing Christmas songs with the brass band. Nice to see a good turn out :)