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Thank you. That's helpful. My son says he doesn't remember much. I bet he's sorry he didn't pay much attention in high school. I told him it would come back to bite him and now he's finding that out!
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Do you mean this to prepare for CLEP? What he needs is a college course that will transfer to his university so he can earn his gen ed language credits. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.
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He took French in high school, so is open to that or Spanish.
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My son would like to get his languages credits taken care of this summer, but our local CC isn't offering them, so I'm looking for the cheapest online options you all know about.
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Online art classes?
RubyPenn replied to Homeschooling2or3's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Schole Academy has live art classes. -
I’m not sure how you can make the claims they are racist, xenophobic, and inaccurate. Have you ever watched any Stories of Us? They have former leftists, North Koreans, communists, etc. telling their own stories. One can easily say the same thing about CNN and the NEA being liberal propaganda machines whose purpose it is to indoctrinate and not educate.
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German 2 course suggestions?
RubyPenn replied to RubyPenn's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
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German 2 course suggestions?
RubyPenn replied to RubyPenn's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
So Deutsch Im Blick can be done as self-study? I know DW can. -
German 2 course suggestions?
RubyPenn replied to RubyPenn's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Thank you. I’ll take a look. Are you familiar with the Willkommen courses? https://www.amazon.com/Willkommen-Third-German-Beginners-course/dp/1473672678/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KM9KQKYZOJSL&keywords=willkommen+german+course&qid=1691420205&sprefix=willkommen+german+course%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1 -
I’m planning German 2 very late and need suggestions. Last year my son took German 1 though Schole Academy, but we opted not to spend the money on German 2 since he was less than thrilled with it. I just need something to check this box and am open to all suggestions that are relatively inexpensive, meaning no live online classes.
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My incoming freshman has been having a great time as his last summer being a kid. He went to a Christian youth camp for a week, music camp for a week, and vacation to his favorite place in the world with his cousins for two weeks. Now we have two weeks before he leaves for college eight hours away. Weep, weep.
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I think understanding worldviews in anything is really important and going in chronological order. So for 8th grade we did ancient history, then we do Medieval and Renaissance in 9th grade and use Dorothy Mills books and workbooks by Memoria Press, plus select lessons from Roman Roads Media Christendom course. In 10th and 11th, they do Compass Classroom's American and Modernity courses, and in 12th grade they take Hillsdale College's online government and economics courses. I have one graduate and this worked well for him. I just assigned most of the lessons that go with the courses, movies here and there, and field trips. I've always paired literature with history since they go hand in hand. Memoria Press, Schole Academy, and Roman Roads materials are what we used for that as well. That's just what works for me and my kids.
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MP Lit Guides & Vita Beata
RubyPenn replied to TreeLoft's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
We have experience with 9th grade literature taken with different teachers and I'm happy my kids participated. Yes, I think the classes added to their understanding and they were balanced between moderator and student participation. My boys weren't enthusiastic about a dern thing related to school so I can't comment on that. However, Memoria Press literature guides are something we've used with good results since elementary school. They can become tedious by late high school because there are questions on every single chapter, but you can definitely tweak them.- 1 reply
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Please help me decide on online English for 9th!
RubyPenn replied to TreeLoft's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
We love Schole Academy writing courses. -
Yes, yes, yes! 100%
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Our family is the opposite of yours. We are very musical and artistic, but I required my son to take anatomy this past year (he just graduated) even though he disliked science all the way through school and didn't even need the credit. I believe exposure to things we don't prefer is very important to be a well- rounded and educated individual. I didn't make the anatomy course tough, but I did make sure he understood the human body, if only on a basic level. You can do the same with the arts so your kids are exposed to the great artists, musicians, architects, etc. of our western heritage just so they KNOW.
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Favorite “get it done” chemistry?
RubyPenn replied to athena1277's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Guest Hollow. My son did not see the point in much of school, either. He actually found Guest Hollow chemistry interesting, though, and never complained about it. -
My son got scholarships from Anderson U in SC and Lee U, but has decided to attend Anderson. His attitude towards college has even improved after we met with the music department chair and attended the school's gala concert. Hooray!
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Sorry, I just re-read your post about not liking audio or lectures.😬
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Have you heard of Discovering Music by Professor Carol? It looks very engaging to me, but I have music degrees. You can get it through Memoria Press and Rainbow Resource. https://professorcarol.com/discovering-music/