My Digital Online Diary

Even though there have been arguments against it, children who have undergone the program actually do well on standardized tests and even do well in college and universities. They are even commended for their abilities to learn on their own through college and independence when they eventually join the work force. Of course, this also depends on the learner and the kind of training that they provide. Below are some of the advantages of home-schooling:

Flexible and dynamic programs - freedom is perhaps at the heart of the homeschool program. Children are allowed to set their own pace in learning the lessons. There are no time pressures to learn a certain task or to keep up with other people. The lessons can also be tailorfitted to the needs of the children.

For instance, if they are already good in Math and may need some work in English, the program can incorporate more time with English lessons and less with Math. The secret to the success of the homeschooling program is the flexibility and dynamism that it offers to students. It takes into account the learning pace of the child, their abilities and even their learning style.

No fix schedule - because the program is done at home with parents as teachers, there is no need for a fix time schedule. This does not however mean that they won’t learn the discipline of rising early in bed and adhering to a time-schedule. In homeschooling, lessons may start at a specific time but it may end whenever the child is through. For instance, if the child is able to breeze through the lessons fast, he or she can relax on the remaining time. There is no need to stay in the class and study. Read more… »

A new study cited that anxious mommies are more than just a ball of nerves and mood swings because of the raging hormones. Pregnant women can identify signs of anger or aggression on someone’s face with more accuracy than other women who are not expecting and men. Researchers had previously established that, during certain phases of the menstrual cycle, women were more able to read emotions on someone’s face, which was explained by a peak in the levels of the hormone progesterone. As it turns out, the same applies for pregnant women: they can similarly detect emotions of joy and happiness, but also pick up on negative emotions with more accuracy, especially later in pregnancy.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, and included 76 pregnant women. They were shown 60 computer-generated faces, to which they were asked to assign one of six emotions. The study included two meetings for this purpose: one before the 14th week of pregnancy, and one in the 34th week, with the most impressive results achieved in late pregnancy.

Thus, researchers determined that happiness and surprise was an emotion women picked up on to the same extent regardless of how far along they were. On the other hand, faces expressing anger, fear and disgust were more easily read in late pregnancy, researchers found out, which could prompt the explanation that the development of said “superpowers” acts as a defense mechanism for the mother and child. Read more… »

It’s really nice to be home with my family, although I feel like super selfish because hubby rarely asked to visit his family. But, he spoils me whenever I want to be here. Anyway, I’m mostly talking the time I arrived from dad to my youngest sibling. The last person I talked before shutting for the night is my sibling next to me, who just came home from work. Our topic is from his love-life to his career plans.

He said he is planning to get a master’s degree. But, opting for traditional university degrees aren’t possible because of the nature of his work. Being a banker by day will not allow him to go to traditional school. Attending Saturday and Sunday classes will take him longer. So, choosing online university degrees are far more suitable for a working individual like him. It offers him flexible schedule and he can take the course in his own pace.

Oh well, brother seems to have a concrete plans for his future. It makes me rethink of mine as well.

Since I’m asking a lot of favors from my sister, favors like document authentication, school credential requests and so on, I want to her give thank you gifts. But, I’m still unsure what item to give because she is really picky. This thought lingers in my mind for quite some time already. While surfing the web yesterday, I discovered a nice idea and that is to give her Samsung cell phone accessories.

It is the safest gift idea I can think of because she loves her phone a lot. I’m sure she would love to receive new accessories. Of course, I also need to consider the style and color since I don’t want to see my gift go to the rear corner of her cabinet. My choices are pouches, rubber silicon skin, plastic cases and charms. But, I guess I’ll stick to pouch and charms. Hopefully she will love it. I’ll keep you posted when she likes my selectio.

At 35 my cousin (Heidi) is still single, I mean single since birth. She is too busy and too conservative to go on date. But, time is running fast and she is not getting any younger. Her younger sister already has three kids and is happily married while she is still struggling to find time to meet people.

Actually, her business is taking much of her time; she can’t even find time to go to a salon to fix her hair. That’s her biggest hindrance at this moment. I thought free online dating suited her situation. All she needs to do is set aside some of her conservativeness and start accepting the idea. Online dating is one the ways for her to meet people with the same interest as hers. That’s the only advice I want to tell her.

After three months from her graduation, sister finally decided to start dropping off her CV to potential employers. She’s well-aware there are lots of roadblocks ahead before she can get a job. But, she’s pretty confident she’s geared up to handle those hindrances and will enjoy success in her job hunting. For now, all she needs is to focus her energy and find as many vacancies possible.

I wanted to give her some help. But, I know she can truly handle herself. The only thing I can give now is some financial aid to buy papers and hp ink cartridges. She will need to make several copies of her credentials and it’s best to do it at home. It’s more cost effective that way than go to a print shop. Oh well, I guess other than that prayers and support can lift up her spirit to go further. I hope she can land a job that will give her professional and personal growth.