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On 5/7/2019 at 7:39 PM, happypamama said:
In my state, which is also the OP's state, we need 4 credits English, 3 each of math, science, and social studies, and 2 of arts/humanities in order to get a high school diploma, and unfortunately, our state specifies that those credits need to be earned between 9th and 12th grade. It is stupid, but that's the way it is.
I fill out the transcript and give the diploma, so I don't even bother with what my local high school requires. Is your child enrolled in public school or in one of the few states that have graduation requirements? I assume the latter. Here is a quote from the Home School Legal Defense Association:
QuoteMust the student comply with state or school district requirements in order to receive a diploma?In most states parents are under no duty to imitate the public school standards for graduation, and parents can decide what students must do to receive a diploma. A few states have high school graduation requirements in their homeschool laws.
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Foreign language is a high school course, whether they took in 8th grade or 5th grade. Your child may be 8th grade "age" but can be doing high school courses. A lot of homeschoolers graduate early in my area at 16 anyway. I remember several years of Spanish that I took in high school - I would say they were elementary in my opinion now LOL. They decide and you decide for your school.
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My 6yr old son is gifted, he taught himself the letters and numbers, multiplication, piano, etc a few years ago. However, he has delays, which I recently found out are most likely dyspraxia. He can't pedal a bike, use scissors or hold a pencil correctly. He writes very neat but he doesn't use the pencil correctly, despite much teaching, therapy, etc. the past 2 years - he reverts back to a grip hold if he doesn't use his pencil grips. So, it isn't that his handwriting is illegible - it is very legible! He doesn't use the correct strokes to form each letter - is this something I should worry about? For instance, with e, he starts at the end of e and goes around and then finishes it at the middle.
I'm wondering if Handwriting Without Tears would be beneficial to him in forming his letters correctly? Or should I not worry as they look great, despite being formed opposite and holding the pencil incorrectly? I hope someone can understand what I'm trying to explain lol!
*To add - I did go through all the letters and teach the proper way to write each one last year, despite him already teaching himself prior. He either doesn't remember the correct way or prefers his way.
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1 minute ago, Ausmumof3 said:
Nope. Possibly you have to register your full name on Facebook but you can call yourself something else in your public profile. You have to put up an image but again plenty of people don’t use a photo of themselves as their profile pic.
So why doesn't everyone not use their real name? I guess some choose to put themselves out there and deal with the consequences that entails but that might be prevented by using a pseudonym.
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3 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said:
Many people don’t use their full name on Facebook. Especially police officers etc will frequently use a different name or nickname.
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4 minutes ago, regentrude said:
Yes, it is. 19 states even allow corporal punishment in public schools.
I think you are confusing corporal punishment and beating (abuse) - they are 2 different things.
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8 minutes ago, texasmom33 said:
The Fish and Game Commissioner from Idaho went on a hunting trip in Africa and shot several baboons. He shared the photos with some people via email- not on social media. The pictures nonetheless made it onto social media and he ended up being forced to resign.
That one contains a lot of hot button issues, but it does come down to the question of if you are doing something that is perfectly LEGAL in the country in which it occurred, on your personal time off and not in the capacity of employment, is it fair for your employer to fire you?
When someone takes something shared privately in an email and posts it on social media, I consider that a violation of one's privacy. Can we trust anyone? Is anything we want kept private - private anymore? I'm assuming he wanted it kept private to just those he shared with email or else he would have put it on social media.-
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1 minute ago, regentrude said:
After reading this comment, I am really puzzled by the fact that you have a blog, which you even link on public forum. One might equally ask what's the allure of posting photographs of your rooms or pictures your kids drew?
I'm sorry you don't see the difference in an anonymous blog and FB that gives your full name, etc. I'm sure you are coming at this from a viewpoint of trying to "understand" what I said. You do bring up an interesting point though and I really didn't think about it. I still don't understand FB's allure because I hear so many constantly talking about the drama going on there, the friendships and relationships damaged or even ruined, political turmoil that I believe have only divided this country even further, etc. By all means, have at it but I just can't understand the allure. -
18 minutes ago, Katy said:
These sorts of issues are some of the reasons why the smartest people I know don't let their kids access social media at all and don't pose pictures of their kids on it. I am not that strict about it, but I do limit my social media presence and how many photos of my children I post.
Totally agree. I don't normally read these posts but this particular post was on the side of the forum homepage and it caught my attention. I don't have FB, actually no one in my house does and neither do we share photos of ourselves or our kids (showing their face). Too much facial recognition technology out there. I'm really trying to protect my kids and when they are grown and gone and want to put something out there, its on them.
My husband has been with the same employer for over a decade, a very large and long-standing company that is worldwide. Several heads shared with him how they search potential employees online - FB, Twitter, etc. Good thing is, he has nothing online, but some haven't been so lucky. Employers are now able to really find out what type of employee they could possibly be hiring by looking at what they FREELY put out there. I suppose that is beneficial to them and a great tool.
I honestly don't understand the allure of FB but thought I would chime in.
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My dd struggled with spelling, so we did AAS up to Level 5 and it really, really helped her! I would have finished Levels 6 & 7 (I still have them), but I didn't want to teach it. I still regret that because, even though she spells better and finished up all the levels of Spelling Workout, her spelling is lagging from what it could have been. Reading is what helped her the most, the more she read the better her spelling and grammar/writing. We used the tiles. Even though she is in 9th grade now, she still talks about AAS, she absolutely loved it!
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My dd14 did Prima Latina in 3rd/4th grade and she still remembers everything even though we didn't do Latin in 5th-8th grade! We did the DVD teacher and the CD with songs/prayers. She is now doing Latina Christiana I & II for 9th grade for a high school credit with the DVD teacher, its going well. Then, we will move on to Henle Latin.
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On 8/2/2018 at 10:25 PM, 2ndGenHomeschooler said:
Electives - Apologia Health and Nutrition, Art class
What do you think about Apologia's Health? Does it look good? I've only seen a sample but thinking of getting it to add to Biology.
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I'm new to the high school board for this coming year as my dd14 is starting 9th grade. I've been with WTM forums for 9 years this month and in the K-8 boards, I know there was always a post going for each grade and what everyone was using. I haven't seen one on this forum, please tell me they don't stop! I really enjoyed reading what others do. Ours isn't as advanced or fancy as most but it works for us. Here are our plans for 9th grade:
Core Subjects
English I - GWTM; Vocabulary from Classical Roots; WWS; Book list
Algebra I - Saxon Algebra I; Saxon Teacher CDs; Art Reed DVDs
Latin I - Latina Christiana I & II
Biology I - Self Teaching Guide to Biology; Biology 101 DVDs, kits, etc.
World History & Geography - Encyclopedias and other books; Videos
Traditional Logic I - Memoria PressElectives
Intro to Aviation - Flight school online & Flight hours
Information Technology - Digital Savvy (CompuScholar)
Computer Keyboarding - Typing Instructor
Bible - MP Christian Studies III & IVPE/Health
What are you doing? Share your plans!
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17 hours ago, regentrude said:
Classifieds still not working right. When I click on "Classifieds", I can only see a handful of ads; cannot see the buttons for the categories, cannot post an ad, cannot see expired ads. It worked fine yesterday.
I also could not get to the Classifieds by going through the top link, I had to scroll down the forum and go to the Swap board and then choose for sale from there. Here is a shortcut: https://forums.welltrainedmind.com/classifieds/category/1-root/
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Logic got pushed to the side and we didn't finish Critical Thinking in middle school and didn't do Traditional Logic I in 8th grade as I had planned. Anyone else done Traditional Logic I without having informal logic for a year or two before? I'm just wondering if we should finish Critical Thinking books or just skip them and go straight into Traditional Logic I?
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On 7/25/2018 at 5:53 PM, yvonne said:
For those having trouble posting to Classifieds here.... there's a Facebook Well Trained Mind Used Curr buy/sell group that seems pretty active. I prefer looking for stuff here and avoid FB, but I still can't get classifieds to work. Also heard that ads can only be up three days and are not renewable. I can see where that might make it too much trouble to post. It kind of makes it too much trouble to search the ads to buy, too, since the chances of finding something specific in any given three-day window would be small.
I don't have a FB and know others that don't either, so that isn't something that just anyone could use. I had put an ad up in the Classifieds a while back and it took forever to get my photo to the right size. It only lasted 3 days, so had to repost again.
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18 hours ago, Lori D. said:
Outsource as dual enrollment to your local community college or trade school?? And, are you planning on moving into familiarity with a CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) course?
The CLE text/course that you linked looks good (no personal experience).
Here's are some YouTube videos on Mechanical and Technical Drawing. Here's a free 200-page pdf on Blueprint Reading and Sketching.
I'm not sure about the CAD but I was reading some requirements for a local course for high school students in robotics/engineering and it said being able to read blueprints.
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Are there any courses or books that teach how to read blueprints or technical drawings? Also, how to make/draw them.
All I have found is this course from Christian Light and I'm not sure about it, has anyone taken it? https://www.clp.org/store/by_course/181
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On 4/10/2018 at 11:28 AM, yvonne said:
I haven't used this myself, so I hesitate to suggest it, but Kolbe has a high school astronomy course (and here) for which you can also get course plans so you don't have to map it out yourself. An acquaintance used it and liked it. I flipped through the text very briefly once and thought I'd take a closer look at it as an option if my kids were ever interested in astronomy.
I don't know how heavy on theology it is. I have a non-Christian friend who has used Kolbe for a couple of courses because she liked the texts and the ready-to-go lesson plans. She said it has been easy for them to skip over the theology in the courses they've done.
My DD14 is wanting to take it in a year, so I don't think this will work for her. It says it is recommended for 12th grade, so probably a bit more advanced for her at this point.
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We have been using a short time and are loving it. We are using it for high school English, that combined with WWS gives us a full credit.
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41 minutes ago, Lori D. said:
"Astronomy" -- past thread has a lot of great ideas for resources as well as links to some specific activities and supplements. I cannot get this reply to accept the link or even the URL, but if you do an online search of "well-trained mind forum, astronomy", the first item pulled up is this Sept. 23, 2016 thread.
Looks like many people use and recommend Understanding the Universe (Teaching Company lecture series).
I did read that thread yesterday but didn't get much help, other than the 2 I already mentioned above. It seemed like a lot of books on observing or activities, etc. I'm looking for a full curriculum. The best complete text that I can find is the Self-Teaching Guide but I guess I'm hoping for something more. I suppose we could use that as our "spine" and then flesh it out with DVDs, books, etc.
I just checked our library and they actually have the Understanding the Universe DVD set! I didn't even think of getting it because we couldn't afford it, so glad we can check it out! Is it a complete credit? I'm assuming it is since it is so many DVDs and looks like a coursebook too.
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I've only been able to find 2 High School Astronomy courses - Self-Teaching Guide and then one on Christianbook, Survey on Astronomy. Are there anymore?
I would also like to hear from anyone that has used the above 2 courses and how you liked it or didn't like it.
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Thank you for keeping this forum, especially for those of us that don't have a Facebook and are thankful there are still forums like this around!
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10th grade planning 2019-2020
in High School and Self-Education Board
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Core Subjects
English II - Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind Red book; Writing With Skill; Vocabulary from Classical Roots; Book List
Algebra II - Saxon Algebra 2; Saxon Teacher CD's; Art Reed DVD's
Astronomy - Survey of Astronomy pack
World History - Notgrass' Exploring World History (Book List)
Latin II - Henle Latin
Electives
Bible II - Memoria Press' Christian Studies IV; New Testament and Old Testament flashcards
Graphic Design - Schoolhouse Teacher's Graphic Design Course
Game Design - CompuScholar Unity Game Programming course
Equine Studies - Equine Science
Home Economics - Christian Light's Home Economics I