And they asked you to PM. Did you?

Wilson responds (scroll down to #6) and Miller responds to his response.

Does anyone think there will be repercussions or fallout from this? Surely Veritas Press will have to respond in some way.

We've used Derek Owens's lectures. As soon as a dc gets stuck, I e-mail him and ask for just the video option to go with Jacobs geometry. It's been awhile, but if I remember correctly it was about $25/month for access. That always got my kids unstuck.

No, Karen, it's not.

Even Derek Owens skips that chapter. It was such a relief when we discovered that.

I like this. Thanks for linking. Reading up on INFJ has helped me understand myself better which has led to discovering strategies that work for me.

I'm an INFJ who's homeschooled for 23 years. Yes, your post rang a bell, OP. A few things that have helped: Finding a routine to get the skill subjects done using open-and-go curricula (math, grammar, writing, spelling) and exercising creativity/ following passions in content subjects (elementary science and history). Embracing one-on-one tutoring. I can handle up to 3 kids at a time, any more than that and I feel overwhelmed. For a few years, this meant my days were really long, but I don't do multi-tasking well, so this was a trade-off that was worth it to me. Designating a small room for homeschooling. I keep that clean and close the doors to the rest of the house during school hours. Finally convincing my ESTJ dh that I need alone time like he needs oxygen. For the first two decades of our marriage, he couldn't bear to leave me at home by myself. He was sure I would die of loneliness (as he would). Now, he takes the kids to play sports for a few hours every week while I enjoy being in the quiet of my own company. Before he understood this, I survived by having a two hour quiet time here every afternoon. Now that I'm not nursing babies in the middle of the night, I get daily quiet time by waking up early. The quiet time keeps me sane and makes me a better mom. It took me years to get over the guilt I felt every time I took it.

Our favorite retellings are Garfield's ​Shakespeare Stories I & II ​​Favorite plays on dvd: Branagh's ​Much Ado About Nothing ​(fast forward nudity at the very beginning and one window scene in the middle) Branagh's ​Henry V ​ -- Fantastic! My middle schoolers watch these two over and over simply because Branagh reminds them of their 22 yo brother who looks like Branagh and used to memorize and perform some of the speeches. :-) ​Twelfth Night ​(not true to the setting, but very well acted. This play is a family favorite -- very well-received by the younger set, a great play to start with.) The series Shakespeare Uncovered streams on Amazon and gives helpful analysis and background for each play. ​Brush Up Your Shakespeare​! by Macrone is a fun resource with commentary on some of Shakepeare's most famous phrases and a list of common words invented by him.

They were announced in class. You'll get the award in the mail later.

Everything went wrong while dd was taking the Latin 2 NLE this year. We were on vacation in Mexico (why oh why does the NLE have to coincide with our college students' spring break?!?) Dd had done a face plant on ocean floor the day before and had sand burn on her face and a black eye swollen almost shut. We were stuck at the kitchen table in the middle of the rental house because it was the only place in the house that had internet. Even there, we were bumped off the NLE website three times. There was a loquacious parrot in the kitchen that wouldn't shut up. The owner of the house decided to stop by and chat (I think she missed her parrot) and everyone else in the family kept coming in asking if dd was finished so we could go play. We were expecting nothing at all. Dd was a little bit sad because her older siblings medaled when they took it. As Mrs. Barr began handing out medals, I reminded her that the situation had been ridiculous - I didn't have my hopes up, and she shouldn't have hers up. Then she interrupted this speech of mine to let me know Mrs. Barr had just announced she had a gold. :tongue_smilie: ​

Two of my sons did it as seniors after chemistry and biology and concurrently with physics. I hear Apologia chemistry has changed a lot. This was 4+ years ago, so we used the 2nd edition chemistry and the 1st edition advanced chemistry. It was self-teaching for them as they had become very independent by that point, but they both enjoyed it a lot and thought it was helpful to them as science majors in college.

Dd used ​Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy in an online DE introduction to philosophy class she took through a Christian university this year. I was impressed with the book and mentally noted that I would consider it in future for a high school philosophy course. Each chapter ends with a suggested writing assignment. Other books I've read and would consider: ​Prelude to Philosophy: An Introduction for Christians ​Philosophy for Dummies ​(a well-written, engaging overview -- not Christian, but certainly not anti-Christian. The author seems to be theist. He does tell some fascinating, but potentially objectionable, personal stories about fortune-tellers and psychic phenomena which you would probably want to discuss or skip.)

The Collapse of Parenting by Leonard Sax

I like Lightning Lit for the years when I just need someone else's schedule. Both of the middle school packs cover a lot of modern literature and would go nicely with SOTW 4. (I couldn't tell if you'd finished using that or not.) If you read aloud, your 8 yo should be able to enjoy these stories. A SOTW4 & LL Lit combination would make for a fairly simple open-and-go year.

What have you done in past years? What period of time are you wanting to study?

Almost exactly this, except peacock instead of turquoise.

What a great idea! Thank you.

Circle Time/Morning Basket was always more challenging for me at the end of a pregnancy. I see you're due in June. For me the last trimester of pregnancy was always a good time to embrace one-on-one tutoring. You could try picking up your circle time again later when you're more likely to enjoy it and to pass that enjoyment on to your children.

OP, you describe my thoughts and feelings about the book perfectly. I did love it, but I wondered the same things about that scene. I'm afraid a large part of me just wants Disney endings. I think I never grew up or something. If the scene had been written differently, it could have been more plausible with a happier ending. BTW, I listened to it on audio (mostly -- with all my audiobooks, I go back and forth between written and audio.) The narration for this one was amazing. It's a book that lives with you a long time after reading it.

Lately we're finding a lot of new favorites from the lists and reviews at Guest Hollow and the new supplemental reading sets at Memoria Press. Over the years, the lists in TWTM and in the SOTW Activity guides have yielded favorites.

I'm still thinking about your post, op. When I began using RS English, my kids were 11, 9, 7 . . . all the way down to baby. I put everyone in their grade level, so eldest began in level 6. That went great even though she had had very little formal grammar beforehand. But my degree is in English. When she had questions, it was easy for me to answer them. Sometimes the best hs decisions come through considering where you are as a teacher more than where the kids are. I'm terrible in math. My kids don't skip levels in math because I don't recognize holes and might not be able to answer their questions. Recognizing my own limitations as a teacher has been one of the best things I've done in my hs. Consider what you're up for and run with that.

I've used RS English 3-10 several times. One thing about RS English is that it only goes through 10th grade. That gives you two full extra years to do whatever. You can run the program two years behind and still finish before graduation. Many people consider those final two books overkill and skip them. I like them and do use them, but you may find that you just want to skip them when you get there. So there's really no reason to race through RS English. On the other hand, since your dc are doing well with it, and since there is ample review in every single book, there's probably no harm in just skipping to the grade level they're in. I think this is what I would do, or I might teach them together in the 5th grade book.Two of my dd's were almost two years apart in age, but they were technically only one grade apart because of their birthdays. With English they were academically almost on the same level. I taught them together in English throughout their school years using the youngest's grade level. It was more efficient and gave us time together. Elder dd was still finished the whole series a year before her graduation.

It took almost two school years, but my writing phobic ds (12yo, nearly 13) finished WWS1 a few weeks ago. He did a few extra final compositions for practice. I don't think I want to start WWS2 until mid-August, although I could be convinced to start it now. Summer will bring an irregular schedule for us with farm work and older kids coming for visits with the grandkids, so we won't be able to work consistently through the summer. What would you suggest for the remainder of the school year and intermittently through the summer to keep his writing skills sharp? Will there be enough review in WWS2? I'm afraid he's going to forget everything.

I didn't have time to say this earlier, but I do think I would be concerned about the type of debt in option #3 because you're looking at a 6 year commitment made by (I'm assuming) an 18yo. I've had too many kids that age to think that nothing would happen between freshman year and graduation six years later. Kids change their minds, find out they don't like it . . . you name it. Things happen. That's far different from a college graduate taking on debt for med school or post-graduate work.