First day back with cyber schooling was worse then I expected
@shaggin (74987)
United States
January 3, 2017 8:59pm CST
Even though I knew I would be tired today I couldn't stop reading "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult. It was a reasonable time that I went to bed though which was 11 pm. I should have just stayed up half the night and read as I laid there most of the night without sleeping anyway.
Surprisingly I wasn't as tired during the day as I thought I would and managed to only drink one coffee (My face gets real red with more then one).
I knew it would be tough for my kids to go back to school but I really did not expect it to be as hard for my son to go back to doing cyber school today as he made it seem.
I would say that he cried the majority of the day from 8 am until we finished at 4 pm. He got at least three breaks between classes and that was the only time he didn't cry. It was an awful day for me. I'm praying that after he sleeps tonight he will be in a better mood tomorrow.
On Toluna the points you earn expire after 1 year. In order to get a $10 Toys R Us gift card I need to earn 40,000 points. Right now I am at 17,540 points. On the 28th of this month 6800 of my points expire. I want to reach the $10 payout as I lose points all the time as I am not active enough to ever reach a payout before my points expire. After that I am quitting Toluna. I completed two surveys there and am to tired to do anymore tonight.
I am to tired to read even so I am going to go brush my teeth and go to bed earlier tonight. Since I slept so poorly last night I should sleep much better tonight.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Jan 17
@shaggin If you're a milk drinker have you ever tried heating it up a little and drinking it when you can't sleep? I've done it before and it works for me.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
4 Jan 17
I quit toluna as well it is crazy the amount you need to cash out there. Sorry to hear about your son hope it goes better for him tomorrow.I hope you get some good sleep tonight.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
4 Jan 17
@shaggin I wish you luck hope you get enough soon to cash out.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Jan 17
@Tina30219 I've already earned enough points for the $10 Toys R Us gift card. Since I have awhile still before those 3600 points expire I am going to keep going and try to get the $15 target gift card. It is a lot faster to earn points then I had expected! Ther are polls as well you get 15 points for each. I've done a lot each day and wracked up hundreds of points.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
4 Jan 17
I hope you slept well! We need our sleep and I hate it when I can't sleep.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
5 Jan 17
I am very tired. My kids just went to bed about a half an hour ago. I completed a bunch of surveys on Toluna and am pretty close to having enough points to cash out. I am quitting for the night as I am so tired. I am going to lay down and read and hopefully be in bed by 10pm.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Jan 17
Don't you hate that when you do try to get to bed at a reasonable hour and then have trouble sleeping anyway? Sometimes it's better to get back up and accomplish something and try again. I used to do that, but anymore if I get up for too long my husband can't get his sleep either, so it's best for me to just try to get some rest if nothing else. I've found a few times when I've been awake more than asleep that I, too, was quite surprised to find that I wasn't as tired the next day as expected.
I've not heard of cyber school before. I'm guessing that's different than homeschooling? Does it mean they're able to do classwork in real time from the comfort of their home? I've heard of things like that but I don't know whether it's available.
As far as what you were reading. I've not read that one, but I have read a few of hers before and they can be hard to put down. I'd have to dump out a bag of books in the closet to find the ones I've read of hers before. I find that if I want to read, I shouldn't have anything else to do for it won't get done. I'm hoping to get some reading done when I have my knee replacement, but I'm also hoping to get some things gone through in the house and thrown away and organized. Plus spend more time here and a photo site I'm on.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Jan 17
@MarshaMusselman I accidentally pushed comment before I finished writing sorry! With Cyber School my son does online classes from 8:15 am to 1:45 pm. He can hear and see the teacher as well as hear the other students. It is pretty neat! He has homework after that which is partly online and partly book work.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Jan 17
@MarshaMusselman He has 17 kids or so in his classes and they all are at their own homes sitting at their computers too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
6 Jan 17
@shaggin Do other children in his class attend the same way, or maybe all of them do? When I remember I was going to add more to my response or replies, I'll just edit what I wrote and hope the other person wasn't too quick to see it yet.
It looks like you remembered later here though, maybe?
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
4 Jan 17
I hope your son will have a better day tomorrow and that you get a good night's sleep tonight.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
4 Jan 17
@shaggin oh good. Glad to hear today is a better day for both of you. I hope your daughter had a good day at school too.
@toniganzon (77227)
• Philippines
4 Jan 17
I hope you do get enough sleep tonight. So sorry for your son.
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
6 Jan 17
I may stick around at Toluna after all and just make sure to cash out before the points expire. I an earning points there so much faster then I expected.
Since the first day back to cyber school after vacation my son has done better. He has a very hard time with changes.
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