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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Joeboo
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Yep, still using it, we've had it a little over a year now, bought it June last year. About 6 months in I started getting a weird problem where the infra-red wasn't illuminated enough at night, it's like it was only working on like 25% brightness or something, but I emailed their tech support and they mailed me a brand new camera the next day. Great service, and no other issues since. And the thing has been on 24 hours a day for the entire time we've had it, it never turns off so I'd say its pretty reliable.
Vandyn
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School started for us in July -- year round. I used to think it was insane for kids going to school during the summer but since we've been doing it now for the past 3 years, it's not that bad.
Joeboo
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The weather really isn't an issue anymore as far as year round schooling goes, I don't think i've seen a school that doesn't have air-conditioning anymore, at least in the classrooms. I remember sweating my balls off in elementary school in the 80s, we didn't have AC. Those first few weeks in September could be pretty brutal. Hell, my first dorm at Mizzou in the mid 90s didn't have AC, that sucked balls when moving in at the end of August.
The biggest gripe I hear about year-round schooling is the people that need daycare for their kids. Finding daycare service for a few weeks here and a few weeks there between quarters/semesters is a lot more difficult than finding it for one big solid 3 month chunk during the summer.
The biggest gripe I hear about year-round schooling is the people that need daycare for their kids. Finding daycare service for a few weeks here and a few weeks there between quarters/semesters is a lot more difficult than finding it for one big solid 3 month chunk during the summer.
Crone
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Awesome. I see no reason not to go this route, instead of buying a more traditional monitor.
Vandyn
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I hear that, we just happen to be fortunate to live in an area where a third of the county is year round, so there are a lot of what we call 'track-out camps' which run for the 3 week off period. The bigger complaint we hear around here (which is very valid) is the cost of putting one in track out camps throughout the year is much more expensive than just covering a couple of months in the summer.
Summer school back in the day sucked. I had to do it one year to get some credits during HS and we had no AC. I remember one day it was 95 outside and the teacher rolls a tv in front of the room and puts on The Civil War by Ken Burns. The whole class was out cold sleeping in probably 10 minutes.
Joeboo
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Not to get totally off topic, but my absolutely worst school memory came from not having AC. In 1st grade we had 3 1st grade classes in our school, about 70-80 kids total. One really hot afternoon the teachers decided to get all the kids together in one classroom to show a video/movie. It was at least 90 degrees out, maybe close to 100, it was just brutally hot in that 1 classroom with that many kids. Well, half an hour into the video this kid gets up to run to the bathroom sick, but didnt make it, and puked ALL over the floor, right in the doorway of the room. Now, nobody could get out of the room because the floor was covered in puke right in the doorway, so the smell of vomit starts to permeate the stifling hot room. It was absolutely brutal, I remember one of the teachers on the intercom yelling at the office to get the janitor there ASAP. I can't believe more people didn't lose it, it could have been a massive chain reaction of vomit.
That kind of stuff scars you for life, I still remember it vividly, now 30 years later.
That kind of stuff scars you for life, I still remember it vividly, now 30 years later.
chaos
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So my oldest is in kindergarten and she is in a before/after school program through a local day care, the same one my younger two go to preschool at. They have a bus and take the kids to whatever school they go to and pick them up in the evening. I found out today that she has been driven to school in one of the teacher's personal vehicle at least once. Or picked up, I don't know which. I am not sure how to feel about this. I am not going to freak out or anything right now but I have a lot of questions I am going to pose to the director, like is she at least safe in a booster seat etc.
Vandyn
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I agree and I think it should be looked into to. The question becomes why was her vehicle used and why only his kid? I assume there are a certain number of kids in before/after school, they are not all going to fit in a personal vehicle. The fact that they didn't notify right away raises all sorts of red flags.
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I don't think it is a big deal, it's a new system, there will be bumps along the way, but the fact that they didn't communicate it to you is worrying. How did you finally find out?
chaos
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I found out because we couldn't find my daughter's backpack (it was later found in our van under a bunch of stuff) and she told me "I left it in Ms. Jamie's car." So I said "you mean the bus?" And she said "No, Ms. Jamie's black car." So I asked the director of the day care and she said yeah she picked her up in her car and that they have had to do that occasionally in order to get the kids to/from school on time. I was tired and running late at the time but the more I thought about it the more I realized this is fucked up. No one told me, I never signed anything authorizing this.
I am thinking about taking her out of the day care over this but I am holding off making a decision to ensure I am not making too much of it. Mostly I am just pissed because I don't know if she was even in the proper safety seat and anything could have happened. They have a before/after school program at her elementary school, but my other two daughters are at this preschool. And we already pay an outrageous amount, and this place is the least expensive. Ugh.
I am thinking about taking her out of the day care over this but I am holding off making a decision to ensure I am not making too much of it. Mostly I am just pissed because I don't know if she was even in the proper safety seat and anything could have happened. They have a before/after school program at her elementary school, but my other two daughters are at this preschool. And we already pay an outrageous amount, and this place is the least expensive. Ugh.
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Man, that's a tough situation. I have always had enough flexibility with my working situation that I can be home to both put the kids on the bus, and get them off. If I couldn't, I can't imagine the headache that would be.
I'd say go and talk to these folks. Their first error was not calling you. The second was making a decision like taking your daughter to her school in a personal vehicle. The third, and most egregious, in my opinion, is not communicating that to you. I'm willing to bet she was in a proper car seat - Ms. Jamie's car was probably chosen because she had a car seat. (Obviously I'm guessing, but these people to care for kids for a living.) Talk to them, and if they don't have an explanation that satisfies you, talk to the day care director about it. I wouldn't yank her just yet. Find out what happened.
I'd say go and talk to these folks. Their first error was not calling you. The second was making a decision like taking your daughter to her school in a personal vehicle. The third, and most egregious, in my opinion, is not communicating that to you. I'm willing to bet she was in a proper car seat - Ms. Jamie's car was probably chosen because she had a car seat. (Obviously I'm guessing, but these people to care for kids for a living.) Talk to them, and if they don't have an explanation that satisfies you, talk to the day care director about it. I wouldn't yank her just yet. Find out what happened.
I would ask questions and decide what to do based on her responses. I think you do have a valid reason to be upset.
You can probably get plenty of answers from your kid too. At least in regards to car seat and perhaps frequency.
You can probably get plenty of answers from your kid too. At least in regards to car seat and perhaps frequency.
You might pose your questions to your state licensing board for day care. Here in VA, it's legal for a personal vehicle to be used as long as it meets normal DMV requirements and the proper safety restraints are used, which are very vague and basically say if the kid is under 8, they need to be in a safety seat approved by DoT. The safety seat should meet the height/weight of your child. I've seen booster seats supporting as little as 22 pounds. If your kid is old enough to take the bus (is this a normal "school" bus that has no seat belts?), they are probably fine in a booster seat.
Crone
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So this wasn't an issue when we just had 1 kid, because the car seat was on the passenger side. But now that we have 2 kids, 18 months, and newborn, wtf. I drive not a small car, Buick LeSabre, and I'll be damned if the driver seat doesn't have to be nearly all the way forward to fit the infant carrier base + carrier.
About to turn in our 2nd car, as it's coming off lease, and was really hoping to be able to keep my Buick, but I can hardly drive the thing squeezed in like a sardine.
Pissed! Oh well, such is life. New baby. New mini-van.
About to turn in our 2nd car, as it's coming off lease, and was really hoping to be able to keep my Buick, but I can hardly drive the thing squeezed in like a sardine.
Pissed! Oh well, such is life. New baby. New mini-van.
Joeboo
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Rear-facing carseats are a bitch, they stick out so damn far from the seat. It gets better once you can go front-facing, the kid sits more upright and the seat doesn't stick out nearly as far.
My wife had to ditch her Mustang when we had our kid, putting a kid in the back of that would have been a nightmare.
My wife had to ditch her Mustang when we had our kid, putting a kid in the back of that would have been a nightmare.
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Wow, this is interesting to me. I've got a pretty small car (Hyundai Sonata), and never had an issue with rear facing car seats. I'm a tall guy, so the seat is actually all the way back. Maybe I just had a really small car seat?
On another note, I have enough job flexibility that I'm able to spend time in my kids' classrooms every week. If you can do that, if you can at all make it work, I'd advise it. You get to know the teacher, you get to know the other kids in the class, and how your kid interacts with those other kids...it's fantastic.
On another note, I have enough job flexibility that I'm able to spend time in my kids' classrooms every week. If you can do that, if you can at all make it work, I'd advise it. You get to know the teacher, you get to know the other kids in the class, and how your kid interacts with those other kids...it's fantastic.