MarioFan completed 11th grade, actually he finished a few weeks ago but I just got around to writing about it. MarioFan took 3 online classes and received an A in all his classes and I was very proud of him as I was really hands off, but available if he asked for help, but most of the time he did everything just fine. He showed up on time and completed most of his work on or before the class deadline with minimal assistance from me.
MarioFan completed his last 2 project for electronics which was to assemble the circuit and box for a useless machine and counter. I must admit I wasn't around much for this build as I was pretty much checked out of schooling by this point. Luckily he did it on his own. If you are looking for electronic soldering builds I highly recommend Spikenzeilab. We have used several different companies for projects with varying success. This is our favorite company as they had clear, concise and easy to understand instructions and videos.
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| I did catch the testing phase and saw in in action |
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| Assembling the box to surround the electronics |
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| Useless machine in action, when you turn the switch on a lever comes up |
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| and turns the switch off:). Pretty useless LOL |
The plans for the summer for MarioFan will be to continue private tutor for piano and Spanish tutoring weekly and to attend 3 different summer camps, 2 are being done virtually and 1 is a sleep away camp. He also wants to start studying for his driving permit in order to take the test by the end of the summer. We have plans to get together weekly with one of his friends so they can socialize since there hasn't been much of that this past year. Everyone has been vaccinated so we are safe to get together!
I am planning to take a break from most school related activities and work on my stain glass hobby for a bit. I have a rough outline of courses for next year classes and a very brief outline of lessons for some of the classes. I will work on those a little later in the summer.
Firedrake has been home for a month and did well with her first year at college, although she ran out of steam by the end of the second semester. I think everyone was feeling this way, it has been a hard year for everyone! She was a bit worn out by the end of the spring semester and was actually ready to come home. She took about a week off to relax and get a few things done, like going to the dentist and cutting her hair!
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| I will admit I was not enthusiastic about her cutting her hair short as she has such gorgeous long red hair. However once it was done it look good!!! |
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| She was quite happy with the new do and it will be cooler for the summer months. |
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| side view |
Firedrake has also found a summer job! She is now working at Walgreens for the summer and they said she can transfer her job to her college town when she returns to school if she likes. We think it may be a good idea to maybe have one or two shifts a week during the school year so she can transfer back to the Walgreens in town when out of school over the Christmas holidays or summer break and not have to keep looking for summer jobs. However that is still up in the air as studying for college is her priority.
Kids have already gone to six flags three times this summer and have plans for many more trips since we live so close by. It feels like things are slowly returning to normal and that is a huge relief for us all!
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