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Gratuities, taxes, and tips are included. I still have the receipt as my proof. You also get snacks at the park.
The meal plan changed on January 1, 2008. Tips and appetizers are no longer included with the basic Disney Dining Plan (the one they have given for free.) The Deluxe plan includes an appetizer, but no gratuity. :(
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It didn't stick here either with my two oldest boys, one left brainer and one right.
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It's not really a big deal, there has been some playful ribbing over the years between pp and non-pp people. :)
I use them because I am a tactile person and I like the feel of them. Also I want to keep my pages as clean as possible, back in my Diet Pepsi days I spilled a glass on my unit and it was saved by the pp. It does raise the cost per year plan a good deal, I'll pay about $45 this year for pp for my Redesign Year 2, but because I do one unit here and one unit there it doesn't seem so bad.
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Um, both kind of. It's kind of like 2 steps forward, one step back at times. If you look here you can see the order of Year 1. The Bible history is pretty much chronological, although the first 6 weeks are out of order. As far as history goes, when you look at where unit 3 ends and unit 4 begins you may notice that Alexander was in the 300's B.C., but Rome was founded in the 753 B.C. so it does back up a bit.
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We just returned from Disney yesterday!! We're currently planning our trip for next January!! (Before the baby turns 3 and we have to pay for her!! LOL)
Nothing takes away the leaving Disney blues than planning the next trip :D We snuck a trip in before my youngest turned three too, very smart of you. ;)
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The Disney meal plan isn't as good as it used to be, no more appetizer and you have to pay the gratuity, and I think I'd prefer another discount. If Disney doesn't do a free meal deal in September they historically have offered some kind of great deal during that time period, in 2003 it was buy 4 nights, stay 3 nights free (including park tickets.) We stay at the Poly usually so that was a great deal for us, better than the free meals we got in 2005 & 2006.
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You know those Hollywood stars always lie about their age. ;)
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When you get to LFC-D your children will read more Latin, in the mean time I have enjoyed using the out of print book Latin Book One which can be found at Bookfinder or you can join the Latin Book One Yahoo group and print off the book yourself.
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Tapestry of Grace Year 3
Science - ?, maybe BJUP Physical Science
Chalkdust Algebra I
The Lost Tools of Writing
Traditional Logic
Latin - ? (Hoping for LFC E)
Greek - I may switch to Classical Greek using an out of print book titled "First Greek Book" by John White. My boys are tired of Greek, but since prepares students to read Xenophon's Anabasis I thought it might hold their interest a wee bit.
Warriner?s English Composition and Grammar
NCFCA Debate Team and class (I think I'm going to go for it Lisa, hour drive and all :cool:)
Piano
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DS14 - AP Biology with BJ
DS12 - Getting ready to begin Math and the Cosmos
DS5 - Nature Study with an antique school book
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I have used both TOG and Omnibus I, we are only using TOG this year. Here is a comparison I did a while back:
TOG - History program with great books study.
Omnibus - Great books of Western Civilization study with history readings optionally scheduled.
Who comes out on top (IMHO):
History - TOG
Literature - TOG (Redesign only), although Omnibus is quite good, compared to Classic TOG I give the nod to Omnibus. The rhetoric literature program in Redesign is very meaty, students complete analysis weekly and keep an ongoing file of literary terms that they should be quizzed on.
Writing - Toss-up. Omnibus has lots of writing assignments to choose from including progymnasmata. It doesn't have much writing instruction though (assumes you have learned essay writing and such from IEW I guess.) TOG's writing does a very good job of teaching writing using contemporary methods and you may purchase Writing Aids which includes instruction for teacher and student, samples, organizers, grading rubics.
Socratic Discussion - Tie. I think both to a very good job with teacher prompts and asking good questions.
Worldview - TOG. Omnibus discusses cultural and Biblical views, but since it's limited to the books contained in Omnibus, rather than world history like TOG, I think some areas are covered more in-depth in TOG. With Omnibus you will discuss the ideas of people like Darwin (while reading Livy) but it assumes you already know what those ideas are. TOG has student read portions of Origin of Species and it also has the Pageant of Philosophy pages (narrative written by Marcia Somerville's husband that has a character named Simplico who meets various thinkers throughout the ages. Included in all 4 year plans).
Government/Law - TOG. Again, because TOG covers more cultures in history there can be more discussion brought in. I do like what I have seen of Omnibus' questions about government.
Geography - TOG. There are some map projects included in Omnibus.
Church History - TOG
Fine Art - TOG. Omnibus has some interesting picture studies.
Theology - Omnibus
TOG Credits:
History - 1
English - 1 (using their suggestion to pick a vocabulary book and grammar from Shurley 7 or a foreign language such as Latin). Or 1/2 credit literature and 1/2 credit grammar & composition.
Church History/Bible Survey - 1 credit
Worldview/Philosophy - 1/4 credit
Government - 1/2 credit.
Art History - 1/4 credit
Omnibus Credits (I spoke to a consultant on the phone):
History: 1 credit (with the Spielvogel text)
Literature: 1 credit
Theology: 1 credit
~ This is if you do all the readings (primary and secondary).
If your goal is to focus more on history then maybe TOG is for you; if you want to focus more on great books then perhaps Omnibus. I really like them both very much, but ultimately I chose TOG because it does a very good job at both educating my children and holding my hand and it makes my life easier because all three of my sons are studying the same topics (usually).
HTH,
Karen
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I'm afraid there's no going back, unless it's to read. Maybe if you post what is troubling you someone can help.
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I lurk all the time, but rarely posted. I love the new format, so I'll be around more. :Dsame here!
See, now, I don't consider either one of you lurkers, I guess because I've seen you around. :)
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There are a few things you could do. One is you can Google "free avatars" and you will find many, many choices. Choose an avatar and copy it to your computer. Then you can either upload it to this site or host it on another site, Photobucket is the one I use. To add your avatar you click "User CP" and then "edit avatar" over on the left side of that page. Now you have the choice of either uploading it here or entering the url of the hosting site you used (e.g. Photobucket). Each one of your pictures hosted on a remote site will have a unique url.
Avatars need to be a maximum of 80 by 80 pixels or 19.5 KB (whichever is smaller). The avatars you find on the web should fit this criteria. If you want to make your own avatar you have to resize your photo using whatever program you have on your computer, I use Photoshop, and then follow the instructions above to upload either here or to a remote site.
HTH,
Karen
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The Memoria Press books FMoG, FMoR, and FMotMA are beautifully illustrated, are printed on really nice paper, and have a great "Glossary of People and Places" in the back of the book. I've never used the guides for either, but I know the Greenleaf books had guides too.
The Memoria Press version of Famous Men of the Middle Ages does have the same number of chapters as the Greenleaf version, it's just that they are in a slightly different order.
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The only thing that I don't like about Startwrite is that I can't export a document as a pdf, I would have liked that option. Anyone know if there is a way?
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If you click the "remember me" box next to where you sign in it should keep you signed in until you log out.
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I Am America (and So Can You) is hilarious! We did skip chapters, though!
Yes, we asked him to skip two chapters.
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Your students will be reading many books without a reformed Christian POV, but their weekly questions will have questions that assume God's omniscience and of course the teacher's notes will include commentary that offers scripture and discussion scripts that ask questions from a Christian POV. Have you tried to download one of the free samples? I recommend Year 2:
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My ds14 is also reading Dante's Inferno, he's doing O.K. with the reading, but he has to analyze it with TOG using a book by Leland Ryken called "Words of Delight." That bit of it is making him a little loopy.
For fun he is reading "I Am America (And So Can You!)" It's not entirely appropriate, but it's so funny. I love Colbert's idea of building a big front porch along our borders and manning it with cranky old men who like to yell, "Get off my lawn!", but in this case they would say, "Get off my country!" I guess I'm easily amused. :o
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I love this type of forum :D
Can you be TOO frugal?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Of course you can, your story relates an episode. Paying a worker his due is honorable and right, I would have paid the owner the full amount. If I know enough of a person's character I will try to stave off uncomfortable/hurtful situations by being upfront ahead a time, e.g., "You are welcome to drive with us. How about chipping in $10 for gas and tolls."