Mine too and flogging sounds good to me!

I just saw that reported. So sad.

It is new this year. You could call WTMA and speak to the Dean to get more information.

:iagree: That's my plan. I'll wait and see how the new teacher approaches the material and teaches her class. My dd is currently taking two classes at WTMA and my ds took one last year, and we've been very happy with the instruction, expectations, and communication. Honestly, I would prefer to use them exclusively, but they don't offer some things my dd wants to take. I will contact the Dean and talk this over with her before making a decision. :001_smile:

Yes, I appreciate the feedback Hot Lava Mama offered as well! Thank you HLM! Rhetoric at WTMA was our plan for the future, but as I'm not a fan of the workshop method I'll have to give that more thought.

I'm probably at about 5 hours too. Going through all of our resources for ancient history trying to combine Roman Roads with HoAW plus various episodes from a few of the Great Courses. Head exploding!!

Anyone else planning this weekend? Just updated my info in the first post.

My ds, who is 18, and I are watching The History of the US course and he takes notes during each session with no difficulty. The pace is quicker than a typical classroom, but not too quick for note-taking imo. We haven't used any of the Vandiver courses, so I can't compare the two. He is a child that needed instruction for note taking when he was younger. He either wrote down too much or too little, or his notes weren't organized with any structure and he often struggled to make sense of them. He's got it down now. I think your class sounds quite useful.

:iagree: I was very happy too!

Grove City College isn't exactly on the east coast but not too far away either. It's located about an hour north or Pittsburgh, PA. It's a rigorous, small, conservative Christian school with an excellent reputation. It's more affordable than many schools as well. Lipscomb University is another conservative Christian school and it's located in Nashville, TN.

My dh and I got engaged on the beautiful campus of Sewanee. Neither of us went there. We used to hike in the area pretty often and loved to visit the campus. We had our favorite spot and that's where it happened :001_wub: Congrats to your ds! It's a wonderful school!

Free Penguins tickets are a great reason! :001_smile:

i joined immediately :001_smile: Looking forward to getting started this weekend as most of my family will be gone all day on Saturday!

If I were you, I would call the Dept of Health to report it and get myself to the nearest ER for the first shot of the rabies vaccine series. I've been through it before after exposure to a bat (actually...I've been through it 3 times...long story) and it's not that big of a deal. The biggest hassle is waiting in the ER. In my area, you have to go to the ER for the shot because the vaccine is so expensive that doctor's offices do not stock it. The first shot should be administered within the first 24 hours of exposure, per the CDC. The vaccine series schedule is easily to follow and the shots are not painful and have minimal potential side effects. It takes 2 weeks to complete the shot schedule and if the kitty isn't showing signs of the disease at the end of the 10 days of observation, then you don't have to finish the shots. You don't want to mess around with rabies. Waiting to get your first shot until after the 10 days might not be in your best interest. Your doctor and the Dept. Of Health can help you decide. The first time that I was exposed, I was also 9 months pregnant and reluctant to get the shots. My OB reminded me that rabies is always fatal and that it would do no good to worry about the vaccine exposure to the unborn baby if the mother (me) died. That did it for me. There has been one case of someone surviving rabies exposure, but they actually don't know if the person survived longterm. She just survived the initial acute response, which is horrific as the disease attacks your central nervous system. Apparently, after the woman left the hospital, they lost track of her. So sorry this happened to you!!

Those fees are pretty dreadful. It does give me pause for thought.

Ds received another acceptance - this one from Duquesne University with a very nice scholarship. We're still waiting to hear from 3 more.

This is pretty much my dd's schedule for next year for 9th grade although half of the classes will be at home and there are a few substitutions. She's taking physics instead of biology for example and a different math. She'll do Analytic Grammar instead of a class. but I'm not planning to give her credit for that. Plus, she'll have a different elective instead of PE. We have her set with 8 credits for next year. ETA: She isn't a STEM kid :001_smile:

WHA offers a study skills class during the summer. I believe Julie Etter teaches it. My son took the class in 2015 and found it to be very beneficial. She covered different learning styles and that was particularly helpful for him. She also covered note taking and other needed skills. I assume that she would most likely share her syllabus with you if you asked.

I've been greatly anticipating this :001_smile: and especially thankful that the classes we are taking elsewhere do not conflict with this schedule.

My vote would be for either #2 or #4. I think a full year of geography in either middle or high school is well worth the time. However, if you decide to study a period of history, creating it yourself and individualizing it to the interests of your ds sounds like a lot of fun too. I'm a fan of creating my own history courses. We've used prepackaged history curriculums in the past, but I ended up supplementing with so many other books/resources that I finally had to admit that I was better off just creating my own! Have you given any thought as to what you might want him to study in high school? Planning out the high school history sequence really helped me narrow in on what I wanted to focus on during the middle school years. I'll share with you what we're doing this year for my dd in 8th grade that has ended up being our favorite year of history thus far. My dd wanted to spend a year studying US History, and after much research and considering different resources we decided to use Joy Hakim's The Story of US as our "spine." We read a few chapters together everyday and have had some really fantastic discussions. I use the syllabus created by Hewitt and their tests as well. My dd likes tests :001_smile: She has quite the list of supplementary reading including primary documents, autobiographies, biographies, and historical lit. She's also watching a few documentaries and a few movies about the time period. Every Friday she gives a presentation on one of the presidents, and I've assigned two papers for the year. The books/resources I gathered from perusing booklists from Beautiful Feet, Sonlight, Amberside Online, and also from many threads here.

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:grouphug: So sorry for your loss! :grouphug:

No worries! I really liked what I saw of Mr. Reini from the recent parent's meeting. He really came across as a warm, dedicated math teacher :001_smile: I just want to follow up on the poor classroom management issue. I would expect there to be less clowning around in the chat box in an Algebra 2 class with the assumption that those kids are older....but, maybe not. Hopefully I'll be able to view a class before making the decision.

My dd is taking Geometry with Mrs. Smith this year and she runs a tight ship, which we appreciate. My dd has learned so much and I would recommend this class. We really like the text used in this class too.

My dd sounds a lot like your older dd :001_smile: I think she would lose attention too. And, I know I would have been frustrated by the lack of command from the start as well. Good idea about requesting the recorded Algebra 2 class. I will email them now. Thanks!