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  1. Well, German taxes are 40% of their GDP. So they're definitely paying for healthcare.
  2. $104,000. Cost of living index 1.12. (12% more than national average.) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Oh! That makes sense. Thank you. I was thinking that people were suggesting algebra in second grade, or tons of abstract word problems or something. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. I've been using Aussie Sprunch spray from the grocery store for a couple of years. It's not enough to make curls if your hair isn't very curly, but it tames the frizz. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. I used Kumon as an elementary child, which is completely process - learn to follow the formulas as quickly as possible. Then I learned more conceptual problem-solving thinking in middle and high school math. I ended up a chemical engineer. Isn't the grammar stage supposed to focus on the grammar of math, mastering the mechanics and memorizing facts, and the logic of math comes in the logic stage? That's how I've been expecting to do it. (Oldest still in preschool.) I guess I would have said that there's nothing wrong with more conceptual problem-solving work in elementary years, as long as it doesn't detract from memorizing math facts and getting really good at basic mechanics of math. You don't want to be taking calculus but getting out your calculator for 12 x 15. Am I way off base? Do kids not really need to get good at arithmetic in the era of calculators? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. If he comes in with a bunch of humanities classes, he may be able to choose any type of electives he wants, or take 4 classes per semester instead of 5, or graduate early. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. I am a baby here and just graduated from an elite private school as an engineer a few years ago myself. My husband just got his PhD in Physics a couple of years ago. So I have some thoughts. :) The fact is, hardly any students are as advanced in coursework as he is, because you basically have to be homeschooled to get there. He's in an extremely small group of high school students who know so much math. There is simply not a school he could attend where there would be a large group of eighteen-year-olds who know multivariate calculus! So just get rid of that idea. He will either be retaking similar courses at a higher level with same-age peers or will be studying math with senior undergrads and beginning grad students. He may still be thrilled to find at a selective school that his peers are just as smart as he is, and he will enjoy making intellectual friendships. But they won't be in his math classes unless he's redoing classes. Most American universities are narrowing the number of transfer credits possible, not increasing them. They don't want students coming in with years of credits and graduating in two years. Cuts into the bottom line... Grad schools also will often not allow you to finish quickly because you already took most of the classes. So at some point in his career he will have to retake classes OR branch out and take more breadth of classes. There just aren't enough math classes to fill six years of higher education starting where he is. If he's going to do that anyway eventually, might as well do it in early undergrad, where the peer interaction is so valuable. Is he just as advanced in Science? One possibility since he already knows so much of the undergrad math curriculum is to study either physics or computer engineering/programming/analysis type major, and fill in the rest of the math major too. If he wants to solve practical problems using math, math academia is probably not what he's looking for. He will probably end up somewhere in big computational supercomputer math stuff, because that's where the innovative problem-solving stuff is today. And as long as he's not advanced in computational methods already, he can start off on-level with peers. Even if he ends up in math grad school after the double-major, he won't regret the computing background. Look for a school with high average SAT ACT scores. That will give him a whole school full of very smart people with different specialties. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. Is the hive this forum? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. Yep. I might do a pre-rinse. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. I have a two-month rotation we've been using for a year with occasional substitutions. Every Saturday before I go to the store, I just transfer the next week from my master plan onto the fridge list for this week and make the shopping list accordingly. Just be sure you cross-check with your calendar. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. I'm new to this forum. My son is three months younger than yours and sounds somewhat similar, so I'm interested in the responses! I just ordered the Kumon basic tracing workbook for him and he's loving it. I also bought 100 Easy Lessons and Phonics Pathways. Pathways starts with a couple of little games that he seems to like. We've really only started the lessons in the last two weeks, so I can't say whether it will be on-level for him. I think for letters you are supposed to teach the basic obvious consonant sounds (hard c and g) and the short vowel sounds first. But I'm 0% experienced!
  12. Hi, Just found this forum after reading the book. This is such a great resource! (Well, the forum and the book!) I have a 3 yr old, an almost-2 yr old, and a 6 month old, all boys! Definitely planning to homeschool. I'm just starting a little Phonics work with the 3 yr old. We live in New Mexico. Anyway, thought I'd say hello before I start posting and asking questions. :)
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