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ETA: Under the intergrated math model, parents are upset because there is no way to get to AP Calculus by or before senior year unless 2 or 3 years of math are compressed in high school which makes the course load more onerous during say a heavily loaded junior year for example.
This. What's happening is math is being compressed/accelerated at the more complex levels than at the lower middle school levels, which doesn't really make sense.
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I don't think a course entitled "Algebra 1" in 8th grade is essential. It's just a name -- math is math and there is plenty to learn regardless of how the course is titled.
I do agree with this, in principle. There is lots of math to learn, especially outside of the traditional sequence taught in public schools. However, preventing an accelerated/gifted math student from moving according to his/her pace is just not acceptable. It's just one more way of trying to keep all students within the same category of mediocrity, to make sure no one is offended.
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We went to Seattle last summer because my Dd attended a ballet intensive there. It was our first family trip in years...
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District officials say the controversial practice of tracking students — or separating them based on talent and ability — is simply wrong."
http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/22/san-francisco-middle-schools-no-longer-teaching-algebra-1
Good grief.
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Image how my questioning/grilling of this district official (at a packed gathering of parent) went down :D
Bill
Would love to see the replay!
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So grateful to have had the opportunity to homeschool my girls through 8th grade.
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Yes, we moved forward. We used WWE, FLL, Spelling Workout and lots of read alouds for language arts in those years.
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He requested pasta with a creamy sausage and tomato sauce with garlic bread. Brownies for dessert.
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Yep. I'm not sure how the deduction works, but I know you can have money set aside tax free to use towards that. Like the medical reimbursement accounts. I don't know if there is any other types of deductions. Never was in that situation.
Yes, however the child needs to be under 13 years old. It's interesting that, for student loan purposes, the government sees your children as your dependents until they are 23 years old. But for a dependent care deduction? Once they turn 13, apparently they are totally self-sufficient.
eta: changed reference from IRS to govt.
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$250 per week sounds reasonable to me. I've not seen any around here priced that low that would actually be worthwhile. The cost of decent summer ballet intensives makes me :svengo:
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This probably doesn't fall exactly into the category you are looking for, but around the time my dds were reading AG, they also loved Gooney Bird Greene. I think there only 3-4 books, though.
Other suggestions: All of a Kind Family and the Penderwicks, maybe?
eta: I just checked Amazon, and there are about 6 Gooney Bird books.
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Yes, mine do school in the summer willingly because it's what we've done from the beginning. However, we definitely do less in the summers than during the regular school year. Each summer is different, but we always at the very least do math and lots and lots of reading and discussion. This year is the first year they've noticed their friends' break times. They don't seem too bothered by it because they know we take breaks of our own whenever it's convenient for birthdays, family visits, busy times during dance rehearsals, etc. They know schooling in the summer helps keep us more flexible during the regular school year.
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Or maybe the PSA should be: Parents -- Don't hire nannies, or babysitters. If you do, make sure you think of every possible thing that could ever go wrong while your child is with the nanny/babysitter and do something to prevent it from happening. Don't ever trust a nanny/babysitter because he/she could fall asleep while watching your child. Better yet, just don't ever have anyone else watch your kids. It's not safe.
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We travelled a fair bit with our kids when they were young & brought our own childproofing stuff to lock balconies & cover outlets etc in hotels. Part of moving into a hotel room with kids is doing a walk through & trying to figure out where the risks are.
Ok, I get that. You had just used the word "apartment", so I was confused.
In any event, this just supports the point 8circles was trying to make. Lanny's post was critical of/blaming the parents' behavior.
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But the adult in charge was NOT watching the child. They were asleep.
And they did not childproof the apartment so IMO did not try to prevent the accident.
This was a hotel room wasn't it? The Hotel Intercontinental?
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The only thing for me that has changed is my plan for high school before college. From the beginning, I was determined to homeschool high school. I would still love to do it. However, the reality of what colleges expect of homeschoolers (all the hoop jumping) is much more than I want for myself or my kids. All the extra testing to verify homeschool grades, etc. We found a very nice highschool for them which only requires 2 days per week of attendance, so it will be a nice compromise for our family. Community college for dual enrollment is likely in their last two years of high school, and then, college. Where they attend will be entirely dependent on where they receive the best merit aid package.
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Follow on: This was Tuesday night, about 6 P.M., E.S.T. At that time, it's about to get dark here. The parents had left the hotel room to go out and left the boy with his Nanny. That was approximately 2 or 3 hours before the 2 year old boy in Walt Disney World with the Alligator. Both events are very sad.
I honestly feel like many people are extra defensive about parent shaming with news stories right now because of the recent gorilla/zoo story and/or alligator/disney story. I think that is why Lanny is getting so much flack for this thread. I don't know if he's even aware of the gorilla or alligator stories.
Yes, he was well aware of the alligator story.
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The Hobbit is such a fun read aloud! Enjoy.
We are kicking off our summer read alouds with 1984. After that, I think we will go with something more lighthearted like The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax.
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This is a nice kit.
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I'm not familiar with MM, other than that it gets fairly good reviews here. Hopefully someone who knows better will chime in.
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If I was going to do a free resource, it would be Khan.
I'm not sure doing Saxon Alg I after already having done another Algebra course will give a deeper understanding. AoPS Intro to Algebra, or Singapore Discovering Mathematics would be a better choices for that, imo. I like Saxon, but I don't think it will go any deeper than Tablet Class.
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First, are you really going to do Saxon Algebra I next year after having taken Tablet Class Algebra I? Or was this a typo? Have you had him take a Saxon Placement test?
As for summer, are you looking for free things? I'm not the biggest fan of Khan Academy, but if you are just looking for some free, easy review, it's fine. No experience with MathHelp. I love AoPS, but I'm not sure how you can do AoPS without the books, unless you are just having him watch the free videos online and Alcumus?
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Wait, am I reading this correctly? The UC schools want you to write 4 separate essays??? What in the world?
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article: Why did San Francisco schools stop teaching algebra in middle school
in General Education Discussion Board
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Now, this does not seem unreasonable to me. Double periods for math seems more logical than what is happening in the schools I am familiar with in my area. What these schools do is have all 9th graders do Integrated Maths I, and then by 12th grade, they are in precalc. There is an honors path called Integrated Maths I-III "Honors" where the students study an extra chapter at the end of each year which covers some precalc concepts. Then, after the third year, the schools send the students to calculus. I'm definitely not crazy about this approach, especially because I've seen the textbooks and they are pretty bad. Nothing like Singapore.