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I'd like to teach a Basic Iridology Class, Learn to Read the Iris To Find Weakness In The Body. Submit Your Eye Picture And Learn From Others Eye Pictures. Reports on the basic signs in the Iris.

sh

 

I'd enjoy teaching sewing and crafting. I can teach basic sewing techniques with detailed pictures and instruction and give out simple projects. I could also teach some knitting/crocheting and jewelry making.
My experience:
Design - entire life basically
Sewing - 11 years
Knitting - 5 years
Crochet - 1 year
Jewelry/beading - a few years

Let me know if I can be of any help

I also know some stuff about Poi/fire dancing. This would be hard to teach over the net but if there was interest I would try! I could take pics and video of basic moves or something.

 

I'm ready when you are

 

I would like to teach a class on growing up and dealing with the stress of being a teenager.

 

A couple folks have asked me if I would "teach", or lead, a class or classes about Organic Gardening. I've been thinking about Organic Gardening "classes" too. Here's my thoughts so far. First, and in no order, I really love helping folks who want to do it or more of it. Next, teaching gardening is more than reading and writting, things the internet is able to provide. But it is also about getting out and doing it, getting dirty & sweaty, and it's about feel, smell & even taste. And those are things that you can't do over the internet.

Another thing is that different people are at different levels of what they need or want to know, some are beginners, some have been at it a while and have a certain problem(bug, disease, plant identification, varitey selection, etc.) they need help with. And helping with the need & want to know and problems is what is already going on in the Gardening Forum. There are a lot of folks in the Gardening Forum that have said they've been helped there. So a lot of what would go on in a "school" already goes on in the Gardening Forum, and so it's hard for me to imagaine "classes" not going somehow hand in hand with the Gardening Forum.

I've tried to figure out what could be in a "class". Perhaps a series of posts about the basic whys and hows of Organic Gardening, perhaps a FAQ post, a post for organic resources (both materials like seeds, etc., and information like insect identification), those sorts of things. Then instead of an instructor, having a group of advisors, some of the (once again) Gardening Forum regulars.

However, another thing is that in the "What subjects are you interested in?" thread, no one has expressed an interest. There have been a couple mentions about foraging and "living off the land", those are good too but a different from agriculture.

As to qualifications, I've been Organic Gardening for over 50 years & have a really large reference library and an extensive system of bookmarked web sites that are good for further info.

Another class I may be able to help with is one about getting back to the land, self sustaining, self supporting farm type thing. There are lot of posts all the time in the Camping/Outdoor Living, Communal Living, and Living on the Earth forums (and other places too) by folks wanting to get "back to the land" even though they weren't ever on the land. Again, I'm not sure how this would be taught. So many people have had so many experiences, and what worked for some didn't or won't work for others. But there seems to be an awful lot of hippies and "hippies" and others who are looking for a simpler, natural, self-sustaining life and life style. And there are several folks around the forums who have as they say, been there and done that, who could act as advisors to the seekers. This class, or these classes, would include gardening, but would also include philosophy, bartering, animal care, locating and acquiring land, locating markets for what you produce, other economics issues, equipment care and use, lots & lots of things.

As to qualifications, other than the above mentioned, I have been living and working on my own self sustaining (by my definition) farm for a dozen years or so. This is my third farm. Due to too little rain & too many thieves, I'm now also working for a short while in a "real job" too. But then again, that's part of the doing what you've got to do to keep the dream alive.

Peace,
poor_old_dad

 

Excellent idea... I have many question about what to expect and how to cope with these issues and the body changes, etc, as I start to fade away.

Also, propers to poor_old_dad. Everything he says above sound right on point. There are a lot of wanna-be's on this form (probably including me), but he seems to be one of the few who actually tries to live out his ideals. Good work!

 

Namaste

Thank you for the kind words. They brightened what was a rough day.

Peace,
poor_old_dad

 

This is a great idea Skip. Especially since too seniors are the biggest targets of scams,,,soo it is good to be informed also in this area, which the most recent fax sent to all senior centers was issused by the IRS Involving a telephone scam. The scam begins with a caller who intends to fool people into believing the IRS will be issuing a tax refund and medical card. All you have to do, says the scammer(pretending to be a IRS agent), is provide some personal information.(i did not quote the entire bulletin in this post) NEVER GIVE PERSONAL INFO OVER THE PHONE. Anyways There is always bulletins like this every month or soo alerting senior centers of new scams that are targeting seniors,,soo this subject would be a must. I would be able to help in this area, since i do have over ten years experience of working with seniors and have dealt with assisting seniors in all areas you have mentioned above.

 

I'd like to lead an Attachment Parenting class, more of an open-ended discussion where new parents, born and raised in a mainstream-detached culture, can have a full discussion of all things related to:

1. The Post-Partum Period
2. Breastfeeding Basics
3. Co-sleeping and its many forms
4. Babywearing and its benefits
5. Parenting a high-needs child
6. Parental debates (vaccination, alternative diets and children, cow-milk in a human diet, etc)

I want to keep this seperate from the Parenting forum, mostly because it is so easy to spam that forum or get advice from detached persons with no background in the forums. This is to be a pure AP classroom.

My experience includes 16 months of parenting, extensive research concerning the different methods of parenting an attached child, strategies to cope with being AP in a detached world, building intentional parenting communities, 2 years+ research on vaccinations, and a full-spectrum experience with wearing a newborn/infant/toddler.

I believe the vaccination class could be a class to itself, but I'd like input on that end.

ETA: Other issues to discuss: AP while working, tantrums and you, Ap as it relates to religion (as a PM-only discussion, emphasis on Christianity and how it could benefit from a peaceful parenting approach)

Do you require a full syllabus and reading list?

ETA again: I would also periodically have guest "speakers", other forums members either currently parenting AP-style or adult products of AP-style lifes.

One example: Drumminmama has a teenaged son, whom she has parented in a very attached way. Since my knowledge of AP-ing a teen is somewhat limited, she, as a guest speaker, could offer insight into the world of parenting older children.

Again, i would want to keep this where the main answers are from known forums voices with known backgrounds in parenting AP.

 

Sounds good.

 

Hey guys. I could teach about a couple things. I'm probably not to knowledgable but I can provide the basics on the following:
draft horse power
Ecoagriculture/ sustianable farming
community living (i'm in the process of starting a community as we type)
herbalism
cooking/baking/preserving
homesteading

I've got a killer library to recomend as well.

p.s. this was an awesome idea

 

Skip,

I've taught stress management seminars. I'm very well trained in priority managing and stress management. I've also done seminars on divorce and coping with it, release through writing, and a few creative writing seminars. I taught one seminar on rape counseling and coping with rape.

My length of experience:
Creative writing (teaching and practicing combined) 8 years (I've taught about 48 seminars)
Stress management and Priority management-3 years (taught about 6 seminars)
Coping with Rape-8 years (taught about 175 seminars)
Coping with divorce-11 years (taught about 200 seminars)

And if anyone else may be interested in Human Resources, I have a TON of information (legal, etc) on Human Resources functions...I'd be willing to teach that, also.

 

Haha thanks for reminding me about books-I have more!

I'm skilled in palmistry, astrology, metaphysiology, yoga, meditation, resolving karma, tarot, etc.

I am skilled in those things and I have books on them...so if someone else wants to teach those things, go right ahead, but if no one else wants them, I'll take them.

 

What about the most important topic of all? Peace practices?

What if more than one person wants to sign up as an instructor to something? Maybe some of them should have more than one instructor so the students have a bunch of different learning techniques-and I'm sure the instructors will learn something from each other as well...

Are we going to create boards for each topic? Or should we have an email base to the course and maybe post assignments and finished work/essays (post grading of course, so no one steals) in the forum?

Courses shouldn't run for like 6 months, more like 6 or 7 weeks at a time, then afterwards have a second course on it i.e. herbology I and herbology II . Also, we should have a trial and like most colleges offer the add/drop period (maybe 2 weeks after signing up for the class?) so students can see if they like it?

Instructors should make a syllabus, also, letting the students know what will be happening...create the assignments throughout the entire class.

I think once we get the instructors and organize a little, we should have instructor rules and student rules.

What will happen after the class? Will students get a certificate or will this basically be for personal knowledge?

Stop me now! I'm on a roll! haha