lonewolf wrote:given the state of the SHTF event that might not be possible, much of what we have now will be destroyed in the general mayhem that will follow. a new dark age will probably follow. knowledge and skills (not books) and not possesions will be they key to survival .
When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come and see!” I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and were instructed to rip the last page out of every book and toss it on a bonfire. (Revelation 6:7-8)
Mate, I don't want to disappoint you and ruin your bank holiday but there's only a teeny weeny chance of an apocalyptic SHTF ever happening. You are stuck with the present shit so it's better to be positive and just accept it.
Refer to my recent post. I'm concerned that to a new member you are coming across as a die-hard Nat Geo doomsday prepper preparing for anarchy and the apocalypse.
I already home educate and to cover the same amount of 'learning' achieved via the primary school syllabus takes no more than an hour a day (term time only).
Based on one hour a day, we are already way ahead on literacy & numeracy targets and we also cover all the actual subjects studied in his year in line with the govt guidelines in that hour and have no need for homework.
The rest of the day we learn other things more useful in everyday life and play.
If you actually look at what children do in school all day, it's very little learning with one teacher shared between so many pupils.
In an SHTF situation, how many times would you really bother to make a kid spend weeks doing colouring in & papier mache projects on The Ancient Egyptians/Ancient Greeks/Romans?, PE (school style), weeks spent getting ready for the end of term each term, with all those christmas concert/play etc... rehearsals, sports day prep and so on.
I also teach him, at an age appropriate level, things like how to bake bread, maintain a food garden, basic medical care, camping skills and so on.
If the SHTF, I don't really think the things my son will learn would change all that much as I include a lot of practical every day living skills already.
I have fiction on my Kindles and paperback/hardback books on Gardening, Fishing, Cooking & Food preservation, Sewing, Knitting, Music, Astronomy, Microscopy, Music, Art, various other random subjects, general DIY on building things, many random books about birds & animals, history, geography etc at varying levels.., the equipment needed to garden, preserve & store food, fish, sew, knit, play guitar, build a table etc (even got the microscope & telescope!) to see him through to whatever they call the exams you take at 16 by the time he gets there.
With the knowledge of skills on the bookshelf and the ability to read, you can learn to knit, or cut a dovetail, or gut a fish if that's what you need.
Maybe not as well as a pro in each area, but far better than if you didn't even have a book to give you a start.
I want the knowledge on my shelves so if something happens to me, it's not all lost.
We don't ignore all the normal stuff kids need to learn for being part of everyday society as it is now by the way.
MissPrep wrote:I already home educate and to cover the same amount of 'learning' achieved via the primary school syllabus takes no more than an hour a day (term time only).
Based on one hour a day, we are already way ahead on literacy & numeracy targets and we also cover all the actual subjects studied in his year in line with the govt guidelines in that hour and have no need for homework.
The rest of the day we learn other things more useful in everyday life and play.
If you actually look at what children do in school all day, it's very little learning with one teacher shared between so many pupils.
In an SHTF situation, how many times would you really bother to make a kid spend weeks doing colouring in & papier mache projects on The Ancient Egyptians/Ancient Greeks/Romans?, PE (school style), weeks spent getting ready for the end of term each term, with all those christmas concert/play etc... rehearsals, sports day prep and so on.
I also teach him, at an age appropriate level, things like how to bake bread, maintain a food garden, basic medical care, camping skills and so on.
If the SHTF, I don't really think the things my son will learn would change all that much as I include a lot of practical every day living skills already.
I have fiction on my Kindles and paperback/hardback books on Gardening, Fishing, Cooking & Food preservation, Sewing, Knitting, Music, Astronomy, Microscopy, Music, Art, various other random subjects, general DIY on building things, many random books about birds & animals, history, geography etc at varying levels.., the equipment needed to garden, preserve & store food, fish, sew, knit, play guitar, build a table etc (even got the microscope & telescope!) to see him through to whatever they call the exams you take at 16 by the time he gets there.
With the knowledge of skills on the bookshelf and the ability to read, you can learn to knit, or cut a dovetail, or gut a fish if that's what you need.
Maybe not as well as a pro in each area, but far better than if you didn't even have a book to give you a start.
I want the knowledge on my shelves so if something happens to me, it's not all lost.
We don't ignore all the normal stuff kids need to learn for being part of everyday society as it is now by the way.
Nice post.
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Briggs 2.0 wrote:Refer to my recent post. I'm concerned that to a new member you are coming across as a die-hard Nat Geo doomsday prepper preparing for anarchy and the apocalypse.
I believe what I believe, and you are quite right, I am preparing for anarchy and the apocalypse AKA TEOTWAWKI. "plan for the worst, hope for the best".
I don't want TEOTWAWKI - too much suffering to stomach.
Unfortunately, I did maths, so I understand the exponential function. Unless economic growth stops globally, we will run out of stuff very soon, no matter how much more stuff we find.
Sadly, I studied science, so I see that the IPCC is overly optimistic on how long before changing weather makes business as usual impossible.
Recently, I looked at environmental issues and anthropology and realised that humanity will keep excusing stupid actions as long as it suits us, until we are prevented by our own destruction.
I work towards lessening the short- and long-term impacts in my immediate area and making a broader noise, but short of a miracle I am resigned to it happening within the next few years.
cpslashm wrote:I don't want TEOTWAWKI - too much suffering to stomach.
Unfortunately, I did maths, so I understand the exponential function. Unless economic growth stops globally, we will run out of stuff very soon, no matter how much more stuff we find.
Sadly, I studied science, so I see that the IPCC is overly optimistic on how long before changing weather makes business as usual impossible.
Recently, I looked at environmental issues and anthropology and realised that humanity will keep excusing stupid actions as long as it suits us, until we are prevented by our own destruction.
I work towards lessening the short- and long-term impacts in my immediate area and making a broader noise, but short of a miracle I am resigned to it happening within the next few years.
Oh. I'm prepping for rising utility bills plus the odd powercut or short term outage of resources, not TEOTWAWKI.
