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Here's what I'm thinking of for 8th grade so far:
Literature: Various novels/stories/poetry (Poe, Twain, ?) - independent reading + narration and discussion
Writing: Jump In (continued from 7th grade)
Math: Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 (continued from 7th grade)
History: K12 Human Odyssey 2
Geography: Runkle's World Physical Geography (continued from 7th grade)
Science: Apologia Physical Science (lessons based only around experiments) OR Hewitt's Conceptual Physics
Spanish: Getting Started with Spanish (continued from 7th grade)
PE: Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (5-6 classes per week)
Health: Informal learning
Technology: Mostly self-taught, maybe some programming classes or software
Religion: CCD (Confirmation classes)
Misc: Field trips, Homeschool group classes, Science apprenticeship
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I am thinking of a "happy homeschool situation" - kids thriving, family life going well (...going great!), mom content...
In this set-up, what would it take for you to choose to end the voyage?
What school would be irresistable?
...for full discloure, we have been homeschooling "forever"...and were set to see it through...
These last weeks an opportunity has risen, for the (older three) kids (14,12, 10) to attend a truly amazing school. They will start in August - and will never be homeschooled again... My heart is heavy, but I know that this is the right choice, and that any other decison would have been egoistic...
LaGuardia Arts was the irresistible school for dd. As a dancer, this was her dream.
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Daily A.M.
Laundry
Put away dishes
Wipe down bathroom (toilet, sink, & surrounding walls)
One weekly task
- change sheets
- clean bathroom tub, walls, floor, & door
- Dust and Windex all rooms
- Sweep & swiffer bedrooms, living room, & dining room
- One monthly task if needed (ceiling fans, mattress pads, fridge, lemon oil wood, high walls & ceilings, etc)
Daily P.M.
Clear table
Wipe stove and counters
Wash dishes & clean sink area
Sweep & swiffer kitchen
I live in a cozy NYC apartment, so not that much to clean. Dh cooks and the kids pretty much keep their rooms tidy. I also maintain the clean throughout the day. Doing it this way is so quick and takes no time at all. I don't clean on the weekends (except dishes), although I may wash my windows, the car, or organize the basement if I feel like it. I refuse to spend a whole day cleaning and I hate any kind of "big" seasonal clean, so I try and keep things manageable with regular daily stuff.
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NY. I'm part of 5 active secular groups in my area (and there are about a dozen more that I'm not part of). I know of one Protestant group and one Catholic group in my area.
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My kids can take a zillion classes at and volunteer at about 100 museums and a bunch of zoos, gardens, science centers, art galleries, and environmental centers all within 7 miles of my house.
They can be on the beach in 45 minutes one direction, skiing or hiking on a mountain in 45 minutes the other direction, and at a farm 45 minutes in a third direction.
They have the best homeschool group field trips (Ellis Island, NBS Studios, Met Museum, Federal Reserve, Ground Zero 911 Memorial, Christmas windows and Rockefeller Plaza tree, the U.N., etc)
Dd's high school English class trip was to a Broadway show - and they walked there.
My kids also have their choice of over 400 public high schools to attend (if that's what they want to do), each with a different focus. (But I'm ecstatic ds will be spending his high school years outside of a school building).
They can walk or take (very fast and efficient) public transportation any and everywhere (and the city gives them 3 free rides a day).
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Here's what we have on the roster for 8th grade:
Ambleside Online Pre-Year 7 for literature, history, some language arts, and nature, artist, & composer study
Various on-hand writing, vocabulary, & spelling workbooks (Jump In, Wordsmith, Daily Spark, the Painless series, etc)
Saxon Algebra 1
Apologia General Science into Physical Science (experiments only + some text)
Getting Started with Spanish (love this so much, ds will continue with it)
Weekly CCD religion class (Confirmation)
Health and technology will be informal
Updated on 8/30/14.
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Dd 42 weeks: 8lb 12oz
Dd 39 weeks: 7lb 1oz
Ds 39 weeks: 8lb 12oz
My boy was the biggest based on gestational age.
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Beginning defensive rant: I just wanted to throw out there that New York (City) has over 400 public high schools that all NYC children to choose from. About 250 are good, about 100 of those are really good, and about 50 of those are outstanding. So, when people say NY (I'll assume they mean NYC because they usually do), "where the public schools are lousy", then they haven't really done their homework. Rant over.
Ok, carry on.
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My girls both went to high school after homeschooling. Dd(20) only homeschooled for 8th grade and had every intention of going to high school. Middle school was a disaster and she looked forward to a new school and new friends. Also, the school she chose focused on journalism, which was what she wanted to do. Dd(17) homeschooled from 3rd to 8th grade. She chose to go to high school - but only a performing arts high school. Dancing is her passion and she applied and auditioned for 3 p.a. schools. She made it into the top p.a. school in the country and is now a senior. Her day includes 4 periods of academics (3 this year), lunch, and 4 periods of dance. This school has already opened many doors for her.
For my girls, high school was what they wanted and they enjoyed it. Now ds, on the other hand, has homeschooled since Kindergarten and is on the fence about high school. I still leave the choice up to him, but he sees how much better he has it (socially, academically, even emotionally). There are no schools that focus enough on his passion (computer science) to be worth it. There are more opportunities here in NYC to volunteer, apprentice, and work at what he loves doing.
So, for us it depends on the kid, if it seems they will fit nicely into a school culture, and also benefit from what the schools have to offer. For other parents it could be fear, impatience, needing to return to work, school reputation, pressure from family and friends, not believing they could teach upper grades, etc. I've heard it all.
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See that's what I'm thinking. He's not dyslexic. You have almost all the tests you need and could get the last few done with a neuropsychologist and go ahead and get the report written. You're walking in with tons of info already, so you just need it interpreted. I don't know what the neurologist you used is able to do as far as diagnosing, giving the full write-up and accommodations and whatnot. That's holding you back though. You have a bunch of leaves and need to make tea with it. Get somebody to brew for you. It's the difference between having numbers and knowing the implications of them and what to do with them. The $300 you spend to get that done may SAVE you a $300 mistake in curriculum.
On the handwriting, I'll be a real stickler here and say I wouldn't give him a pass on handwriting till you have the eval showing he needs a pass and why. See here's my problem. My dd is much better typing than handwriting. We got her evals, and she did NOT get a dysgraphia label but DOES have an issue with the motor control of writing. The motor control isn't automatic, so it eats up her working memory, which is why it's not a good method for her. Fast forward to an online class where the instructor ASSIGNS FOR A GRADE something with a ton of HANDWRITING. It's a TON of handwriting, has to be hand-written, and when she asks the instructor is not interested in flexing. What do you do then? Happened to us this year, could happen to you. I pulled out the eval paper, examined it, said there's no mention of typing replacing writing, and told her suck up buttercup. I did that BECAUSE I HAD THE EVAL. *I* might have chosen to work around it, but the fact is neurologically my dd *can* do it and therefore had to do it. You really, really have to be cautious about eliminating writing without the evals. You can get him in a real pickle later. He gets accommodations if the psych says he gets accommodations, not because he wants them. College tests, same deal. ACT/SAT, is he going to fill in bubbles or write the essays or type? These are all upcoming for our kids.
If the dc *doesn't* get the accommodation of typing from the psych, then you have to hit reality that you might have to do more work on handwriting with a 12 yo to get it legible. I was pretty frustrated through last year (8th), and toward the end of the year dd and I created a font that she could write legibly, mixing together cursive and print, redesigning letters that she couldn't form legibly. So there is that combo of vision skills (her writing before VT was scary!), maturity, and them buying into it. In our case it's preferable to type, but the reality is she didn't get that as an accommodation and has to be able to write legibly for what she needs to do, whether it's easy or not. Finish the evals.
I wasn't sure about it either until I started researching. I found that there are different "types" of dyslexia - auditory dyslexia (dysphonemic) and visual dyslexia (dyseidetic). Ds falls into the latter, less common category - which is why he doesn't fit the standard dyslexia model. Most of the books and websites I read deal with phonemic issues mainly. Have any of you heard of this? Does it seems so? If what he has is considered "Visual Processing Disorder" then I've read that it's a cause of dyslexia. I think I gotta stop reading so much.
http://dyslexia.learninginfo.org/dyseidetic.htm
http://www.understanding-learning-disabilities.com/types-of-dyslexia.html
http://ccpsatot.wikispaces.com/Dyslexia+and+Visual+Processing
http://www.epinions.com/kifm-review-115C-10057382-3A022CBD-prod2?sb=1
As far as handwriting, his is ok. He can write in cursive and in print pretty well. I just wanted to review it since he doesn't really write much at all. I probably don't need any other handwriting programs. I wanted to toss the review workbook because I feel he does know enough and it's just tedious busywork for him.
This year I plan on getting him writing more. He expressed an interest in doing research papers (go figure), so I would like to find a way to ease into that slowly. Also letter writing and journaling. I'm hoping by the time he's in 9th grade (whether at home or in school) that his writing ability (composition-wise) will be somewhat up to par.
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Angela, you wrote: 'neurology department) showed "severely impaired" in most visual things like decoding and translating sound to the visual symbol) '.
Where this was most likely identified in the Rapid Naming test?
Though 'sound to visual' and visual to sound, doesn't involve decoding and translating from one to the other?
Rather, neural connections develop between the visual cortex and the auditory cortex.
So that an immediate connection between an image and sound of the word for it, is formed.
But the speed of the connection between the auditory and visual cortex, goes through a development process.
Which develops as a response to usage and exercising the connection.
Though this development can be disrupted, so that only a sluggish connection is developed.
Where the Rapid Naming test, will show sluggish naming.
While the Rapid Naming uses pictures, slowness with this, equally effects naming (sounding out) written words.
But most importantly, recently published research has shown that it can be improved, by directly exercising it.
Where the main tool used, are magazines with lots of photos.
Where things in the photos are pointed at, and then named.
The research has shown that regularly practicing this, will increase the speed of naming.
Where it has also shown this increase in the speed of naming pictures, carries over to sounding out written words.
Though it need to be practiced in a graduated process, which begins with categories.
As the brain doesn't just randomly store sounds and images?
Rather it forms categories, and then layers of sub-categories as a filing system.
So for example, under the animal category, is a dog category, where different breeds of dogs are stored, as visual images and names.
So that with exercises to increase Rapid Naming? It is best to begin with developing a rapid connection to the broader categories, and then progress through the layers of sub-categories.
Where the 'slow processing' could be rather viewed as 'slow finding'?
That is really interesting. I'm going to try it with the magazines and see if I notice an issue with rapid naming. On his report, under "Speech/Language Functioning", there are 3 tests. On the PPVT he scored in the 68th percentile. On the WCJ-III Picture Vocabulary he scored in the 79th percentile. And on the CELF Rapid Automatic Naming Color-Shape Naming his time was "non-normal" and his errors were "normal". The report states that his ability to translate sound to the visual symbol is within normal limits. Auditory analysis is high average and auditory closure is in the average range. Can you make anything of this?
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That sounds like it was a fabulous opportunity to get a lot of testing done! I can see why you did it! Since it didn't result in actually diagnoses, what you might do is find a neuropsychologist who is good with dyslexia and have them do just a bit of work for you interpreting the scores, running a CTOPP or anything else they want to see, and then making suggestions on accommodations, etc. That way you'd have the start of that paper trail and more info on how to interpret and apply what you've got. Find somebody well-liked for giving helpful feedback, if you decide to do that.
So did he qualify to go to the 2nd round, or did he not make the cut-off?
He did not qualify for further research. I believe it was because his phonemic awareness and all auditory aspects were higher than they needed. I don't know. Hiring a neurologist to explain his scores and maybe give me a more specific diagnosis is a fantastic idea.
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Welcome Angela!
Based upon what you have described in this thread and after getting the VT squared away, I would suggest you hire an O-G certified reading specialist to work with your DS a minimum of two hours per week. Maybe call your nearest dyslexia school and discover whether they keep a tutor listing.
Barton provides a free online assessment test. You could call Susan Barton as well. By all accounts, she's very friendly and generous with her time. Have you administered the Barton test to your DS?
Try to find a local area dyslexia support group. The staff at my local dyslexia school are very generous with their time and host a monthly parent support meeting that is free to the public.
You may be able to get a dyslexia assessment free or at a reduced cost through a Scottish Rite Learning Center. I Googled the term for you and found two SRLCs in NJ. Perhaps call Scottish Rite and discover what is available as far as dyslexia testing and teaching materials. Some SRLCs offer tutoring and will loan out O-G materials to teach your child at home. With a diagnosis in hand, you may sign up for Learningally and start downloading audio books. I believe the library offers a book service as well. You will need the diagnosed reading disorder paperwork to receive services.
Handwriting...well..If you haven't done so already, make typing and priority and get your son keyboarding. Typing has made life so much better for my DS.
Paragraphs and writing...Use a program that teaches writing slowly, explicitly, and systematically. For 7th grade, my DS used an IEW thematic book level A. He is currently taking a thematic level B class and doing well. Other moms use different resources with success. You may want to search that later. Anyhoo..
Good luck, h
Thank you so much for all of these suggestions! I emailed back and forth with Susan Barton when I first suspected dyslexia several years ago. She was very nice. I've heard of Scottish Rite. I have to look into that again. Ds prefers typing over hand-writing and I don't understand how he types so fast when his spelling isn't great. I think he's mastered the backspace, lol. We are going over cursive writing again and I do have him hand write some of his schoolwork. Should I just toss that?
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Just quickly, how did he end up in this neurologist study? Is there something going on or OT issues or something unusual? Why not just a regular psych eval? Has he had an OT eval?
I'd pick the developmental optometrist based on feedback from people, not just a referral. Sometimes referrals are the buddy system.
We aren't saying he has developmental vision problems, but it's also true a regular optometrist wouldn't necessarily catch them if he did. My dd went through 2 regular optometrists before they were caught, and my optom. never caught mine. And yes, of course there's a bunch you can do at home to help with developmental vision. It's called homework. ;) Seriously, there is a ton, but you don't know enough now to do it. First you have to know what's actually going on.
I go back to the neurologist thing. That's a little unusual to end up in a study. What is really going on?
Oh, sorry. It was advertised (on a few dyslexia forums) that the college was doing a research study on dyslexic children between the ages of 8 & 12. They would do testing and give an evaluation with a report and a consultation and if the child "qualified", then he partook in their research study at a subsequent visit. Ds spend about 4-5 hours doing a bunch of tests:
- Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2)
- Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Edition (CELF-4)(Select Subtests)
- Conners' Continuous Performance Test II (CPT-II)
- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (PPVT-4)
- The Beery VMI Developmental Test of Motor Coordination, Sixth Edition
- The Beery VMI Developmental Test of Visual Perception, Sixth Edition
- Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - Second Edition (WASI-II)
- Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement - Third Edition (WCJ-III)(Select Subtests)
- Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities - Third Edition (WCJ-III)(Select Subtests)
Then came back the next week and did an EEG and visual tracking exercises and a few other things. For this research part of it, he is only a number and not evaluated. They bought us each a nice lunch both days and ds left there with over $150. It took almost a month for the report (he did parts of the research study before they knew the results and if he ended up not qualifying then they would disregard his input). It gave me some good info - much of which I was unaware. The report is broken into the following sections:
- Tests Administered
- Relevant Background History
- Behavioral Observations
- Assessment Results (Intellectual Abilities, Language Functioning, Memory and Learning, Attention Functioning, Visual Spatial Integration/Motor Functioning, Acade,ic Functioning, Psychological/Emotional Functioning)
- Diagnostic Formulation
- Recommendations
- Neurological Test Summary (Scores and Percentiles)
Ds hasn't had any other assessments, ever. I jumped on this because I was so relieved that I could finally get him tested and evaluated without spending a couple of thousand dollars. That's all it was. Here's where I found the info: http://blog.dyslexia.com/dyslexia-study-seeks-participants/#.UtRhJdJDvDU , which led me here: http://www.einstein.yu.edu/cogneurolab/page.aspx?ID=35975&lid=26268
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Wapiti: I just took ds for new glasses and contact lenses and asked the optometrist for advice on his issues (btw, she found nothing wrong with his vision or convergence or anything else). She told me to call the SUNY College of Optometry's University Eye Center. I left them a message inquiring about testing for learning disabilities and about vision therapy. I haven't receive a call back yet, but here is their web page. Is this the right place to go? I noticed that one of the doctors on the COVD site is here. http://www.sunyopt.edu/uec/eyecare_for_children/learning_disabilities . I hope I can do this for only the $300 since I already had him tested by a neurologist - which was actually free since ds agreed to be part of their research :)
Other info:
Ds is also very good at math and anything to do with computers
His handwriting sucks unless he's specifically told to "make it neat", then it's beautiful. He absolutely HATES hand writing anything, though.
The neuro report mentioned that his visual-spatial skills are in the "low average" range. Those books you mentioned probably wouldn't help that much, would they?
OhElizabeth: I really hope this vision place will be the answer. The neurologist didn't put in any DSM codes. What's with that? It's so interesting about the auditory processing kicking in to compensate. Speaking of compensation, I do read most of his texts and other books to him. I'm slowly getting him to read more of it on his own and I'm attempting to have him do some composition writing (right now it's just writing one good sentence from one news topic of the day). He's pretty good with taking handwritten notes as I read aloud, though. I'm hoping to have him learn how to transfer that into a typed essay soon. I have tailored a curriculum to fit his needs since I suspected dyslexia 4 years ago. I do what works and then change it when it stops working. I constantly second guess myself. Having a definite diagnosis and a real "label" will help so much - even if it's not from the DSM, lol. I won't let it define who he is. I know he's smart and determined and has a pretty clear idea of what he wants to do in the future. He's thinking about attending public high school. Lord help me, lol.
OneStepAtATime: Going for that vision screening as soon as I can. I'm just afraid that vision therapy will be too expensive and I can't shake the feeling that I'd be paying for something I could possibly do at home. Please convince me there's more to it. I want to believe in it so badly. I don't think ds needs anything phonics-based, so Barton may not be a good fit. He is definitely a whole-word reader (as a first method of attack) but will sound words out with no problem. We've done so much phonics over the years. But if the VT doesn't pan out, I'll look at Barton again. It seems a bunch of COVD docs are in my area, many from the school I linked above. My regular optometrist said that because it's a college, it wouldn't cost as much as other types of practices. An initial consult (which, in fact, could be all he needs for an accurate assessment, according to the website) costs $300, which is the best price I've seen.
A main thing on ds's neuro report is that he cannot take in too much info at once. It's hard for him to process it immediately but he can take it in and condense it to be recalled later. Any advice on that?
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Who did the assessment? If it wasn't with a neuro-psychologist I would consider getting an assessment from an NP. Dyslexia is tricky.
For our personal experience, my DD couldn't read or spell well and struggled in subjects requiring those skills all the way through 5th grade. My DS got top scores in reading comprehension and spelling and did not exhibit the normal dyslexia traits until he hit 2nd and started to stumble a bit (coupled with an awful teacher). We did NOT believe that our DS was dyslexic. At all. They did not present the same. Yet both are dyslexic. It really depends on the child.
Also, there are other issues that can LOOK like dyslexia, and there are strengths that can mask some signs of dyslexia. When you say he has top reading scores, are you talking silent reading then a comprehension test? Many dyslexics are 2e, extremely bright, and many are able to effectively decode enough words to determine content and pass comprehension tests with flying colors. But they actually aren't using effective reading strategies at all. Some can even memorize and comprehend material read to them and recall it in detail later, "reading" it back out loud very accurately, and yet they aren't actually reading, they are remembering. My DS was this way, he had both those strengths, which is why it took longer to realize he was having issues with reading. Comprehension scores were higher than anyone else in his grade level.
How well does your child read when he reads out loud? Does he have trouble with decoding or fluency? Does he frequently mis-decode or skip small words like "at" and "in"? Does he guess at some words based on the first couple of letters instead of sounding out the whole word?
If you had an assessment through a school district, and it seemed pretty cursory, I would get a full eval through a neuro-psychologist first, before investing in something as expensive and intense as Barton. I use Barton and quite successfully, but if you don't have a really accurate picture of what the issues are, you may be investing in something that just isn't needed. And there are other ways of tackling dyslexia, if that truly is the issue. Many wonderful people on this board have taken a different route and quite successfully.
On the flip side. Barton can be used with NT kids, too, and if you complete the program it doesn't just remediate, it covers language arts (grammar, spelling, reading, and writing when you start incorporating IEW after Level 4) all the way through 9th grade, and is great prep for High School level material. It is just really teacher intense and not the cheapest route.
Wow, You're the first person to describe my son (12 y/o) to a tee. He seems to have very good silent reading comprehension, but stumbles incessantly while reading aloud (losing his place, skipping the small words, saying a wrong word that has similar letters, e.g. "carpet" for "crept", guessing other words). The neurologist report (from a 1/2 day long evaluation from the Einstein College of Medicine's neurology department) showed "severely impaired" in most visual things like decoding and translating sound to the visual symbol) and "high average" with auditory things (phonological awareness, ability to synthesize language sounds, and auditory analysis). He also was shown to have "slow processing speed", but I'm not sure how that presents itself apart from reading aloud (he types very fast with minimal spelling issues - he moderates a large Minecraft server, has a popular YouTube channel, and does a lot of internet research on topics of interest, but he's a very reluctant writer in all other areas). He's good at those paragraph editing workbooks - finding all the incorrect grammar and uncapitalized and misspelled words - but not always re-spelling them correctly). His memorization skills are fine (he was even in a teen drama group last year having to do cold readings :ohmy: , memorize lines, and perform). Does this sound like dyslexia? Maybe just a general visual or information processing disorder? His neuro report included a list of accommodations (like extended time on tests, giving him step-by-step instructions, more repetition of material, and not presenting too much information too quickly), so I know something is there - I just want a more specific label for it, I guess, so I can do more to help him. Does something like Barton sound like it would be beneficial for us as well? Any advice from any and everyone would be great.
And I don't mean to hijack this thread, so pm'ing me about this would be fine.
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We love Channel One News. Ds prefers it over CNN Student News. He watches the daily show (~10 minutes) and we discuss it for 5 minutes or so. This was shown to my oldest daughter almost every morning in her public high school. There are also articles to read, weekly news quizzes, and other links. If you subscribe to the teacher newsletter, you get daily discussion prompts, assessment questions and a complete show transcript.
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My ds is using Saxon Algebra 1/2 after doing 7/6 last year. We were going to use 8/7, but ds really wanted the hard-cover book. He loves it and is really good at math since we started with Saxon last year. He's not one for video academics (at all), so TT wasn't a good fit for him. He ended up just using the book. Since the book wasn't sold without the CD Rom, I switched programs. I like the way Saxon explains how to do things - it really resonates with ds. We do 30 minutes of math every weekday. My dd, on the other hand, is more of a visual learner and did well with TT and Math U See.
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My ds (12, 7th grade) gets a 5-minute break every 45 minutes. We do three 45-minute chunks (covering 3 subjects in each).
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Ds(12) currently does Muay Thai kickboxing (and soon Brazilian Ju Jitsu). For about 5-8 hours a week of training we pay $157/month (he's in the adult class for ages 15+). This includes a T-shirt & shorts (no gi), level tests, and "open mat" days where he can spend hours using the gym just for practice. We buy the MMA boxing gloves, hand wraps, compression shirts & pants, ankle supports, mouth guard, & gym bag separately.
The gym is about a 15-minute drive from my house.
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"Snipped" for brevity
This is the 2nd time this has been mentioned, and for some reason I needed more information :) The sources I've found (which are all Catholic) saying this specify that all Protestant denominations "condemned" birth control. But not all denominations are self-defined as Catholic or Protestant.
This is probably irrelevant, but for some reason this really stuck in my craw and I felt the need to point it out.
Carry on...
And Moxie, I just have to say that I admire your resolution to stick to your convictions. Particularly when there is such "grey area" among Church members on this issue. In the end, it is your conscience & your God that you are held accountable to.
Are these reliable sources? I didn't read through nor am I able to validate everything. There are sooo many articles to google on this.
http://bound4life.com/history-of-contraception-in-the-protestant-church/
http://www.reformedpresbytery.org/books/birthcon/birthcontrol.pdf
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I'm just jumping in here with a few clarifications. I know this is difficult and I am not judging, condemning, or agreeing, just clarifying. And this is not for Moxie - whom I understand and totally feel for, just for those who are questioning Catholic beliefs. The bible verse referred to is Genesis 38:8-10 - which says (I'm paraphrasing) spilling semen on the ground to prevent offspring is wicked in the Lord's sight. But, I am aware that there are many laws and rules in the Old Testament that Christians don't follow since Christ came to be (some eating and cleanliness laws come to mind). The Catholic Church holds sexual relations sacred and it is for the sole purposes of love AND creating offspring. All the Christian religions followed that as well - until about 1930 - but Catholicism was unwavering.
(As an aside, other reasons for why the Catholic Church oppose contraception are: "Rates of marital infidelity would increase because spouses could be unfaithful without fear of pregnancy. Since contraception offers an easy way to elude the natural consequences of the moral law, there would be a general lowering of morality. The Church also “feared that the man, growing used to the employment of anti-contraceptive practices, may finally lose respect for the woman, and no longer caring for her physical and psychological equilibrium, may come to the point of considering her a mere instrument of selfish enjoyment, and no longer as his respected and beloved companion. Furthermore, if people could separate making love from making life, then why would those acts that are unable to make life (homosexual sex or masturbation) be forbidden? With the increase in contraceptive use, it would become increasingly difficult to view sexuality as a sign of God’s love. [chastity.com])
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Again, I am expressing no opinion here. I just wanted to help with some understanding. :) HERE is some more reading and related bible verses.
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I don't understand the appeal of owning a dog or a cat.
People need to stop blaming their crappy childhoods for the way they think and act as adults. Grow up and move on.
Fish tastes disgusting in every way, shape, and form (but shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, and scallops are wonderful)
There are so many reasons city-life is best for kids
Barry Manilow is awesome
New shoes and handbags (and clothing and most items) should be for function and practicality only.
People who commit violent crimes should have a hand cut off
Summer is a vile season
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Ok, don't laugh but I have a particularly fond memory of the year I got a Donny and Marie album that I desperately wanted. Oh, and an Andy Gibb. The one with "Shadow Dancing" on it. Best Christmas ever. :)
OMG I have a picture of me wearing my Donny Osmond shirt holding my new Andy Gibb album.
What's your plan for next school year (2014/2015)?
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Here's what we're planning:
8th Grade
Math: TT Algebra 1
English: Various literature, Jump In (writing)
History: K12 Human Odyssey 2
Geography: World Physical Geography (Runkle)
Science: Apologia Physical Science (secularly) or Hewitt's Conceptual Physics
Spanish: Getting Started w/Spanish
PE: Mixed Martial Arts 5-6 classes per week
Religion: CCD (Confirmation)
Fine Arts, Health, Technology, Practical Arts, Music: Informal, interest-based, independent