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1 hour ago, Dmmetler said:
You might want to check out Thompson Rivers university in Canada. They offer a TON of online classes and were really, really easy to work with when L needed a class to tick a box, and were readily accepted for transfer. They've done a lot of remote learning classes even before online learning was common (and still have some book based/mail in assignments remote classes) because of the population they serve.
They also were reasonable on price, even for an international student.
Thank so much. I'll look into it.
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3 minutes ago, chiguirre said:
I'll give you an example. My dd needed to place out of three semesters of a foreign language as a gen ed requirement for the U of Florida. They accept CLEP exams for credit. If you score high enough you get 6 credits and have fulfilled the language requirement. She took the Spanish CLEP and scored high enough to receive credit, so she's done. She didn't really prep much for the exam because she had studied Spanish throughout school and is pretty fluent. But, if she had needed review, she would have used the Spanish version of the prep book and Spanish language classes on Youtube to review and prepare for the CLEP.
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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Just now, RubyPenn said:
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.
7 minutes ago, chiguirre said:If he has already taken some French, I'd get a review book like this:
and look for French video lessons like the BBC's French Experience:
If he's further along, there's a more advanced BBC course called Ma France. When he's ready, he can get lessons with a live teacher at Italki or similar services.
If you live near a big city, you might be able to find Alliance Francaise courses near you.
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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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18 minutes ago, chiguirre said:
Does your local CC give credit for language CLEPs? Modern States and FreeClepPrep have study resources and you can get a voucher to take the test for free from Modern States. This would only work for Spanish, French and German.
Clep Exams - Free CLEP Study Guides at Free-Clep-Prep.com
If you don't know the language at all, you can start with Duolingo. Post here for language specific learning material recommendations.
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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Shormann Math. It’s Christian if you don’t mind that. https://diveintomath.com/shormann/
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Mine had 28 regular credits of which 4-6 were electives. No DE, no AP. He’s attending a school with a 50% acceptance rate.
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Schole Academy has live art classes.
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23 hours ago, MJmom said:
PragerU is a conservative propaganda machine. Their purpose is not to educate, but to indoctrinate. On a surface level, for people who don’t already have an understanding of an issue, their videos can seem compelling, normal, and researched. This is what makes them so dangerous. It is often the information and voices that the leave out that make them racist, xenophobic, and inaccurate. It is textbook example of propaganda.
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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15 minutes ago, pmeilaen said:
Well, if you had a very motivated student, I would give it a try, but it is probably too overwhelming. There is a grammar site that goes with it.
No, not motivated.
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3 minutes ago, pmeilaen said:
No, I am not, but to me it looks like a course that would work best with a teacher. I am familiar with the authors: I am using a grammar book for my German college students by Heiner Schenke and I know that Paul Coggle is popular in the U.K.
So Deutsch Im Blick can be done as self-study? I know DW can.
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12 hours ago, pmeilaen said:
You could have him take a placement test at the Deutsche Welle site and choose some of their free materials here. All suggestions there are pretty interesting. If you are more interested in a textbook, you could try Deutsch im Blick.
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
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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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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.
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I don’t know how all schools are, but the ones my son applied to didn’t want course descriptions. They just wanted his transcript with gpa and test scores.
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We love Schole Academy writing courses.
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On 6/30/2023 at 10:23 AM, PeterPan said:
It is a mistake to think college admissions is about scores. You can have all the scores you want, but at the end of the day you are differentiated by what makes you INTERESTING. And if you read the boards way way back, you'll also find the recommendation to win at least one national level award if applying to an Ivy. 😉 But yeah, be interesting. You don't want to be the sob stories we get of people with perfect ACT/SAT scores and tons of AP who never let their kids go do crazy other stuff, who never became INTERESTING VARIED PEOPLE.
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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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.
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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.😬
11th grade planning thread
in High School and Self-Education Board
Posted · Edited by RubyPenn
We had a very rough 10th grade year so will have to finish a couple things next year.
Geometry-finish Math U See , then DE math 2nd semester
Writing and Rhetoric Book 10 (finish) Book 11
Dave Raymond's Modernity
Guest Hollow Chemistry in the Kitchen (co-op)
World Literature from Sophocles to Tolstoy- Memoria Press lit guides
Nance's Introductory Logic (planned for 10th, but didn't happen)
Bible
Calligraphy (co-op)
Blacksmithing (possibly)
Drum and piano lessons