2013.03.14 19:00 - Back to School!

The Guardian for this meeting was Paradise Tennant.  Participants included Aphrodite, Korel, stevenaia,  Bleu, Rosatta and San.

Paradise Tennant: hiya aph :))
Aphrodite Macbain: hey Paradise
Paradise Tennant: how are you this evening :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Mmm. a mix of feelings :-)
Paradise Tennant: smiles and listens
Aphrodite Macbain: But I have accomplished a few things which makes me happy
Aphrodite Macbain: I have built my art as being thingy
Paradise Tennant: cool
Aphrodite Macbain: and I have almost completed my application to the Master's Program at SFU
Paradise Tennant: smiles a huge smile :))
Paradise Tennant: wow
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm going back to school!
Paradise Tennant: that is just wonderful aph :)) a great idea
Paradise Tennant: will be such fun
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes. I'm looking forward to something long term
Aphrodite Macbain: I've missed this
Aphrodite Macbain: brb
Paradise Tennant: yes a whole new world opening :))
Aphrodite Macbain: -
Aphrodite Macbain: -
Aphrodite Macbain: )
Aphrodite Macbain: phone!
Paradise Tennant: okies
Paradise Tennant: hiya korel :))
Paradise Tennant: aph is just on the phone
Paradise Tennant: how are you tonight korel ?
Korel Laloix: Mentally tired... working two jobs and going to school.... not the smartest move I have ever done.
Korel Laloix: How about yourself?
Korel Laloix: wow hyper lag.
Paradise Tennant: ok sitting here with the dog drinking peppermint tea and he is telling me he would like a cookie
Korel Laloix: Smart dog... smiles
Korel Laloix: I could use a few at the moment... but I don't have any in the house... frowns
Korel Laloix: I soooo need to go shopping.
Paradise Tennant: I bet your nana makes great cookies :)
Korel Laloix: Need to get a pattern going for that.
Korel Laloix: She does.. but no longer living with her... so I can't count on that any more..
Korel Laloix: But, she may be moving in with me.
Paradise Tennant: oh no
Paradise Tennant: sounds like you have been too busy to think about baking
--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: back
Paradise Tennant: pab is great for that .. kind of like a little village pub you drop in without having to dress up drive anywhere .. where there is social downtime to be had :) which you especially need when you overscheduled
Aphrodite Macbain: It's nice for me to have my pre-dinner conversation
Korel Laloix: And I do that wayyyyy too much most of the time.
Aphrodite Macbain: I bring a glass of wine and chat
Korel Laloix: It is good to wind down for sure.
Paradise Tennant: nods yes
Korel Laloix: Or two.
Aphrodite Macbain: two jobs Korel!
Paradise Tennant: easier too .. to wind down in the company of others sometimes ..
Aphrodite Macbain: Kori - I'm going back to school!
Korel Laloix: Great for you... smiles
Korel Laloix: Want to do my homework?..
Korel Laloix: WHat you studying?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- I'm really excited about it.
Aphrodite Macbain: General Liberal studies stuff- humanities philosophy etc
Aphrodite Macbain: From Plato to Malcom X
Aphrodite Macbain: a Masters program for old people like me:-)
Aphrodite Macbain: How are your studies going?
Korel Laloix: lol... perfect... wish I had some more free space in my program.
Korel Laloix: There are so many courses that a great for personal development but have little to do with gaining an occupation.
Aphrodite Macbain: what would you do with it?
Aphrodite Macbain: what would you study?
Korel Laloix: I graduate in December.
Paradise Tennant: hmm my brother always said ..the main purpose of univiersity was to make friends and learn how to learn
Korel Laloix: Things are going good.
Paradise Tennant: you forget everything in double quick time anyways
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Stevenaia
Paradise Tennant: hiya stev
Aphrodite Macbain: yes!
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Korel Laloix: I would like to formally study First AMerican history and Theology.
Aphrodite Macbain: It is a 3 year program
Paradise Tennant: yes ! sounds likeyou
Paradise Tennant: that woudl be a great course of study
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe that's what you can do next!
Paradise Tennant: believe you should go through the calendar and just take what really interests you
Paradise Tennant: your career will evolve
Aphrodite Macbain: It's hard when the job market is so competitive
Aphrodite Macbain: What do you want to do Kori?
Paradise Tennant: well success comes from being passionate about what you do ..
Paradise Tennant: so you need to do something you love
Korel Laloix: With my duel masters degrees I should.. be able to find something.
Korel Laloix: We have another job fair after spring break.
Aphrodite Macbain: but what grabs your interest?
Paradise Tennant: what is your dream job korel
Korel Laloix: I already have some good leads.
Korel Laloix: Well, if I can't find a job inspecting saunas on the equator.
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Korel Laloix: Then I want to find a job doing medical research on the long term medical issues of professional grade women athletes.
Aphrodite Macbain: Paradise, Steve - if you want back to school what would you study?
Korel Laloix: But that is very focused, so anything will do.
Aphrodite Macbain: makes sense Korel
stevenaia Michinaga: the same, only more
Paradise Tennant: physics and archeology
Aphrodite Macbain: It combines your interests
Korel Laloix: But also, under this administration, money for research on our issues has really dried up.
Aphrodite Macbain: wow! interesting combo Paradise
Paradise Tennant: like the idea of First American history .. there are so many stories which need to be told and remembered
Korel Laloix: There is already good research and publication on most tribes.
Aphrodite Macbain: what kind of archaeology? Old world or new?
Korel Laloix: I just want to learn a bit more broad cover of it.
Paradise Tennant: just on times past in general but have always loved ancient history
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Aphrodite Macbain: that's sort of what I'm doing- filling in all those blanks
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Bleu
Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya Bleu!
Bleu Oleander: hiya :)
Paradise Tennant: hiya bleu we are talking of what we would take if we went back to school which is precisely what aph and korel are doing
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Where is Bleu?
Aphrodite Macbain: ah there she is!
stevenaia Michinaga: arriving
Aphrodite Macbain: Bleu is constantly learning with all the seminars she organizes
Bleu Oleander: yes
Paradise Tennant: yes !
Bleu Oleander: also taking an online math class
stevenaia Michinaga: which kind
Aphrodite Macbain: what kind of math?
stevenaia Michinaga: /lol
Bleu Oleander: from Stanford
Aphrodite Macbain: snap
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: so many flavors
Aphrodite Macbain: Stanford kind of math
Bleu Oleander: and one on complexity
Bleu Oleander: mathematical thinking
Bleu Oleander: it’s a challenge
Bleu Oleander: interesting these huge online classes
Aphrodite Macbain: Is it harder to learn on line?
Bleu Oleander: oops sorry ... talked through the break
Korel Laloix: It depends on the subject for me.
Bleu Oleander: yes
Paradise Tennant: bell forgives you :)
Korel Laloix: I have taken some on line classes and found them more fitting to my learning style.
Bleu Oleander: :)
Korel Laloix: But that is not for all subjects
Aphrodite Macbain: It's nice to be able to discuss things as you think of them
Bleu Oleander: well they have study groups for that too
Korel Laloix: For real abstract math stuff, I like on line.
Aphrodite Macbain: on line?
stevenaia Michinaga: online? nice
Bleu Oleander: yes
Korel Laloix: But for the real psych stuff, I like the conversations.
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: you miss the gestures, tones of voice, expressions
Aphrodite Macbain: I teach an online course and it's hard to engage people for
Bleu Oleander: what do you teach?
Aphrodite Macbain: community building through the arts - community cultural development
Bleu Oleander: nice
Aphrodite Macbain: It's interesting b/c people come from all over the world
Bleu Oleander: yes that is an interesting thing about online
Aphrodite Macbain: and bring their own cultural knowledge and biases!
stevenaia Michinaga: nice, like here
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- a lot like here
Rosatta Resident: 's current display-name is "Rosatta".
Bleu Oleander: yes
Paradise Tennant: yes love the stirring pot of sl
Korel Laloix: But then you have students like me that are extremely aggressive with on line teachers... I want them to earn their pay.... smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Rosetta
Paradise Tennant: hiya rosetta
stevenaia Michinaga: *atta
Aphrodite Macbain: hello Rosatta
Bleu Oleander: hi Rosetta
Rosatta Resident: Hello, everyone! : )
Korel Laloix: Bozho
Paradise Tennant: we are talking of what we are studying or would like to study
Rosatta Resident: Education - one of my favorite topics
Aphrodite Macbain: what would you study if you could
Rosatta Resident: Tough decision . . . .
Rosatta Resident: I think ornamental horticulture would be my first choice right now
Rosatta Resident: But there are so many
Rosatta Resident: I read a book about a Tibetan monk who ended up on Seattle when escaping the Chinese invasion of Tibet
Rosatta Resident: He was offered all the things he wanted to learn
Rosatta Resident: Rather than choosing a curriculum, he studied one thing at a time
Rosatta Resident: That was the traditional way
Aphrodite Macbain: avoid multi tasking
Rosatta Resident: He believed that a subject cannot be truly mastered unless it is studied exclusively
Rosatta Resident: Yes
Aphrodite Macbain: makes sense
Aphrodite Macbain: our brain can’t do many things at once effectively
Rosatta Resident: I don' t remember the things he chose to work on, but I remember that he chose something he could not possible use in this life
Rosatta Resident: But he was learning it for the next
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Rosatta Resident: That has always stuck with me
Aphrodite Macbain: a completely different way of approaching life
Aphrodite Macbain: or the next..
Paradise Tennant: smiles I love it ! ... often thought of what I would do in my next life
Aphrodite Macbain: I just enjoy learning
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, that is the key, learning
Aphrodite Macbain: getting stimulated by new things new ideas
Rosatta Resident: I read a quote a long time ago and I can only paraphrase it and can't remember who said it, but it was along the lines of "If you only want one thing in life, you will always get it. I, however, want everything and therefore end up with nothing"
Rosatta Resident: That's me
Rosatta Resident: I'm like a kid in a toy store who wants one of everything
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: a jack of all trades but master of none
Aphrodite Macbain: we can still do a lot- but not all at the same time
Aphrodite Macbain: In my new course I'm going to have to read a book or two a week! I'm not sure how I'm going to manage that
--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: my brain and memory will get a workout
Aphrodite Macbain: oops
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
Korel Laloix: "reading" a book is a very squishy term when it comes to formal course work.... smiles
Bleu Oleander: what course is that?
Rosatta Resident: 2 books a week is a LOT
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm signing up for a three year Graduate Liberal Studies Programme
Bleu Oleander: hi San
Aphrodite Macbain: I need some direction and structure to my life
Santoshima Resident: hello
Aphrodite Macbain: Hello San
stevenaia Michinaga: hi san
Rosatta Resident: Awwww, that was a sea turtle I bought that said it didn't need to be rezzed
Aphrodite Macbain: nice hat
Paradise Tennant: hiya san .. we are tiling of school and things we would like to learn
Rosatta Resident: Hi San! :-D
Santoshima Resident: ok,
Rosatta Resident: Cool outfit
Rosatta Resident: 50s?
Santoshima Resident: dots, timeless
Rosatta Resident: The hat is perfect
Rosatta Resident: Where is the tip jar for supporting PaB?
Santoshima Resident: oh ty ~
Santoshima Resident: um, what are people wanting to learn?
Santoshima Resident: no tips, but not a bad idea
stevenaia Michinaga: on the signpost near the info marker, but we accept Paypal :)
Santoshima Resident: really? there is a tip jar?
stevenaia Michinaga: everything is voluntary, not really a SL tip jar
stevenaia Michinaga: more a request for financial support
Rosatta Resident: Does it accept lindens?
stevenaia Michinaga: no
Rosatta Resident: oh
stevenaia Michinaga: nut much of it goes to pay them for our land
stevenaia Michinaga: *but
stevenaia Michinaga: I don’t know if Lindens accept Lindens
Rosatta Resident: I don't have a credit card. Someone just gave me lindens yesterday and I thought I would share because this place has been such a blessing
Rosatta Resident: I didn't even know the person
Rosatta Resident: I was gripping about how difficult it is for me to learn to do anything in SL
Rosatta Resident: I'm dyslexic, old, have add and field ground problems and everything I do takes a lot to learn it
stevenaia Michinaga: the first months here can be the difficult, much to learn
Aphrodite Macbain: You can contribute monthly if you like or all at once
Rosatta Resident: I didn't say all that, I just said I wanted to throw a temper tantrum because I have such a hard time
Paradise Tennant: remembers well being a newbie :))
Rosatta Resident: and suddenly I have 250 lindens
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Rosatta Resident: that was really sweet, and he wasn't even hitting on me
Rosatta Resident: You should see my block list
Paradise Tennant: once knocked a musician off his stool in sl .. accidently hit a hot key combo and started to zoom around the room was mortifying
Aphrodite Macbain: It's not as much as it sounds but it might buy you a nice hat!
Rosatta Resident rolling eyes
Santoshima Resident: several
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Rosatta Resident: lol I've been surviving on freebies, so even $L1 purchases will broaden my horizons
Aphrodite Macbain: I should go. I eat too late
Rosatta Resident: Ty for being here, Aphrodite
stevenaia Michinaga: many places to shop
Paradise Tennant: nite nite aph
Bleu Oleander: nite Aph
stevenaia Michinaga: Night Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: Nic to finally meet you Rosatta!
Santoshima Resident: bye aph
Paradise Tennant: sigh .. I am getting sleepy too .. think I will toddle off to walk the pup who incidently leaving the air blue :) will be a relief to take his hind end out side :)
Rosatta Resident: lol what kind of pup?
Paradise Tennant: bearded collie poodle
Paradise Tennant: smiles he is a cutie
Rosatta Resident: High energy : )
Bleu Oleander: smiles ... I should do the same and take my pups out
Rosatta Resident: what do you have, Bleu?
Paradise Tennant: well he is 15 now so only spurts of high energy but apparently no issue with producing enough gas for a flash fire
Bleu Oleander: bernese mountain dogs
Rosatta Resident: rofl!!!!!
Santoshima Resident: goodnight all you canine walkers
stevenaia Michinaga: pet your dogs for me
Rosatta Resident: Good night, Paradise. ty
Bleu Oleander: nite all
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Paradise Tennant: namaste my friends :))
Santoshima Resident: nite
Rosatta Resident: namaste
Santoshima Resident: { < arrived too late once again }
stevenaia Michinaga: class?
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: That is usually my task.
Santoshima Resident: attended
stevenaia Michinaga: everyone seems to the taking a class or teaching one around here :)
Rosatta Resident: I'm just working through The Artists Way on my own
Santoshima Resident: that counts
Rosatta Resident: : )
Rosatta Resident: SL is a class - for me
Santoshima Resident: :)
Korel Laloix: I have learned so much from it for sure.
Rosatta Resident: I've learned more about my computer since being here than I did in all the time previous, I think
stevenaia Michinaga: more learning, bigger brain
stevenaia Michinaga: all good
Rosatta Resident: PaB has been a learning experience. People often share things I take away and use in rl
stevenaia Michinaga: the trick is not to be frustrated by it all
Santoshima Resident: ture
Rosatta Resident: Yes, STevenaia - more wrinkles lol
Santoshima Resident: true
Rosatta Resident: And I've attended one building class. That was a fascinating experience
Rosatta Resident: And a writers'/readers thingy a couple of times and learned tons
Rosatta Resident: And story telling at both a native American SIM and the Bardic Circle
Rosatta Resident: It's like walking through the pages of National Geographic
Korel Laloix: lots of things to do for sure.
stevenaia Michinaga: there are many resources here
Korel Laloix: But some of it is just cheesy though...
stevenaia Michinaga: from all over the world it seems
Korel Laloix: Sort of like the internet in general.
Rosatta Resident: Yes, there is a lot of variation in quality
Santoshima Resident: cheese factor is exceptionally high, though, it must be admitted
Santoshima Resident: there are some remarkable aspects as well
Rosatta Resident: I am slowly finding the ones where I feel I can experience what is good for me and, hopefully, where I can contribute a bit
Korel Laloix: Some of the First American stuff in here is pretty bad... but I do think people mean well.
Rosatta Resident: I think it is the people that make the particular SIMS good for me
Santoshima Resident: yes
Korel Laloix: It hink that is true of RL and SL places or organizations.]
Rosatta Resident: I've enjoyed Home of Many Nations - once they decided I didn't have to be blamed for every bad thing every white person has done lol
Rosatta Resident: It is, Korel
Rosatta Resident: I mentioned I was Anglo Saxon and got a very intense reaction
stevenaia Michinaga: wow, doesn;t sound like home
Rosatta Resident: What's funny about that is Anglo Saxon is only one white race that came to the Americas
Korel Laloix: Some of that stuff is just silly... and there are those there that have little business judging as well.
Rosatta Resident: True, Korel. Everyone needs to be careful at making assumptions based on race, not just white people
Rosatta Resident: ty
Korel Laloix: There are always reasons to hate if you want to find them.
Rosatta Resident: But since then they have been very kind to me
Korel Laloix: But finding reasons to forgive is more difficult.
Rosatta Resident: And Heart songs story telling always get me crying
Korel Laloix: But the results are far better.
Rosatta Resident: I think some kind of healing occurs for me during his stories
Santoshima Resident: going dancing
Rosatta Resident: Yes, Korel. ty
Santoshima Resident: anybody want a LM?
stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy
Santoshima Resident: ty see ya
stevenaia Michinaga: almost bedtime for me
Rosatta Resident: Do you mind if I ask where you are going dancing
Santoshima Resident: fracture
Rosatta Resident: If it is in SL, send me a tp and I will join you if you are comfortable with that
Santoshima Resident: lm sent
Santoshima Resident: I don't actually dance
stevenaia Michinaga: night Korel, San, Rosatta
Santoshima Resident: I sit and listen to music
Korel Laloix: Ciao.
Korel Laloix: I am off as well.
Santoshima Resident: gunfight all
Rosatta Resident: Ok! I'll get my dancing shoes on : )
Santoshima Resident: sleep well
Korel Laloix: Take care... smiles
Rosatta Resident: Ty everyone! You are truly wonderful