life skills
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
22 Sep 24
Today I learned that our local high school is teaching a class called "Life 100" to Seniors. I do not know if it is required or elective.
First class of the year taught hands on how to change a tire, and also taught how to get...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
16 Jul 23
https://www.yahoo.com/news/teacher-reveals-increasingly-rare-life-113000765.html
The article is headlined about teaching students life skills. That is a big part of what our class does at school. Our students, however, start from...
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cmoneyspinner
@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
23 Oct 20
I'm glad for those TV stations where they show the old Westerns. I like to watch The Rifleman. I was watching one episode where some people were kidnapping Mark, Lucas Mc Cain's son. Mark is struggling to try to get loose. But...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382457)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar 20
A friend of Vince’s was commenting on Facebook about how people are worried about their child missing a few weeks, or maybe more, of school. He suggested that parents could always do a little ‘home-schooling’ and teach their...
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Bill McAlpine
@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
10 Jan 20
Or how to tell the time or how to use a knife and fork? Was it your parents - or your grandparents? Many grandparents spend a lot of time with their grandchildren showing them how to do many essential life skills. But there is...
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MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
6 Sep 19
Somehings, however, do not.
I am in the process of teaching my youngest child how to drive.
This process should be old hat. I’ve successfully taught two of her older siblings to drive (my husband taught the third) and she is a...
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
4 Dec 18
I always emphasize on life skills more than academic skills. Today I felt so proud as a parent. I entered home and was surprised to see it all tidy up. I left it in mess in morning before rushing to hospital. My daughters did a...
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carol mill
@carolmill876 (45)
• United Kingdom
23 Aug 18
I came across this today, and I thought my 16/17 year old self could have done with these encouraging words while I was waiting for my high school results.
Growing up, my parents emphasized a lot about education and that was all...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
27 Mar 18
The young lady on my caseload is in fifth grade. She will leave this school and go to middle school next year.
Our teacher has arranged for her to participate a few times in the class she will probably go to next year.
We cut...
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Jose Gonzalo Tapia
@gonzalotapia (8)
• Caracas, Venezuela
28 Oct 17
I am the lucky father of a girl who was born on June 21st 2000, so she is 17 years old. And this also means I am the father of a Millennial teen, and as such, I am worried about certain things I have noticed regarding my...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
4 Feb 17
Our fourth grade students read at second grade level or lower. They also are missing in some basic home experiences.
Our reading lesson yesterday incorporated some history, social studies, and home skills as well.
We have talked...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169568)
• United States
22 Jan 17
I did not do a follow up about my student and swimming on Friday. I originally posted here on Thursday night. http://www.mylot.com/post/3023603/swimmingly
Sometimes there are two of our students and two honor society students who...
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Fleur
@Fleura (35107)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 16
Yesterday I was chatting to a friend who has long suffered from mental illness. We were taking about the various therapies and I mentioned that a recent study showed that mindfulness cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was as...
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Teep11
@Teep11 (7673)
• United States
8 Nov 16
It's extremely important that we be filled with "hope." With hope we'll sink like an abandoned ship. The reason why we see so much depression is because so many have lost hope. They've given up for son reason. Even if no one shows...
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Fleur
@Fleura (35107)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 16
Last week we had a session of re-organising Big One’s bedroom. Big One has a decent-sized bedroom, so she had lots of her books and toys stored there. Little one has a tiny room so there’s only just room for her bed and a chest of...
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magnus1
@magnus1 (18)
• United States
28 Dec 09
In life people have different skills and talents.I am wondering what should be the best skill that everyone need master.
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Brian
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
27 Aug 09
How often do you use rational thinking in every day life?
Do you know how to use rational thinking when things go wrong for you or you struggle to deal with something that has happened which has upset you or hurt you.
Do...
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