Thanks so much @Vintage81. I searched for that email address and all that came up were a few old messages. I tried the support email for follow-up yesterday but still haven't heard back. I found a phone number on their page and may try to call. I appreciate you sharing your experience!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience @Vintage81! Could you tell me what email address was connected with the payment portal email you received? I've searched my email several times for CLRC and no confirmation came up in junk or inbox, but maybe it's from a different address if it's auto-generated? I don't know if there's another way to contact them. I just want to make sure my daughter doesn't get shut out of a class because of a beaurocratic oversight. 😬

Hi all, I registered my daughter for four CLRC classes on the first day their enrollment opened (last Monday). I received a confirmation email listing the four courses, and it said that I should keep an eye out for a welcome email with instructions to sign into the portal and set up payment. I still haven't recevied an email. Yesterday I emailed their support address to ask about it and haven't heard back. I wondered if anyone else was experiencing this. (I also had emailed them a couple questions prior to registration and didn't get replies to those either, but I figured it was just a busy time getting the system up and running...but now I'm starting to worry!) Thanks!

I like the book Finally Focused. We also have a prescriber who is integrative and will use both meds and supplements, so you might want to find someone integrative/functional. I have one child who benefitted greatly from stimulants--wish I hadn't held out for so long and deprived him of that help--but then we discovered that they caused long QT (heart rhythm anomaly) and he now can't take any medication that lengthens the QT interval. Now we use guanfacine, which helps with impulsivity and a bit with focus but is nothing near as effective as the stimulants were. We're also using Rhodiola in the morning and LIthium Orotate, Magnesium, and Theanine in the evening (under the advisement of our prescriber). I would give him the stimulants again if I could. I have another child who tried several stimulants and then tried guanfacine plus stimulants and it was all disastrous and we gave up on meds for her. However, I think her focus issues, while neurologically based in part, were greatly exacerbated by situational depression. So we worked on that with an herbalist, exercise, and changing her sitution, and now the depression and concentration issues are largely resolved. Stimulant meds leave the system quickly and are easy to try and stop. SSRIs are a whole different ballgame.

Ok this is a really old question but I just came across it. In case it's helpful for others, my daughter took Spanish 3 & 4 at Schole (finishing 4 now) and loves it. It's challenging, and the teacher is wonderful. She said she wanted to take 4 because she loved her teacher.

I used the book and workbook for my daughters and some of the videos. I put together one test from workbook questions, then found that was too much work and devolved into just...assessing my kids based on discussion and preparation for class. I wish there was a test book!!

@Shoeless Thank you so much for this perspective! Reinforcing my inclination... @Malam Re: "Gaming the system," he will figure out how to do the least amount of work possible. He does this on Beast Academy when he can narrow things down and use the two tries to eliminate one answer. On one hand, I am totally impressed with his logic and efficiency, and this is a good test-taking approach. However, if it means he ends up skipping doing the work on lots of problems over time, it could affect his engagement/learning. But I will look into a sample Thinkwell vid. if they have some to see if it's a good fit for him. I do think interface is key for him. And humor is a plus! @EKS I love Jacobs too! If I'm going to be next to him for all of Derek Owens, I might as well do Jacobs with him... Maybe in couple years he'd be more ready for more independence with Derek Owens. My oldest daughter is going to do precalc with his program next year, so I can get more of a sense of it. @Nm. It's nice to know there's someone else out there who gets it! I will check out the MathUSee. Have you used it? Do you like it? I'd heard it was a little "light" but if he's going right into Algebra and the interface works, it could be just the thing! Thank you everyone!

Moved this to K-8 board. Sorry for confusion!

@Lori D. I have a background teaching argument writing, and I love this connection between logic/math/writing. 🙂 I just scored a set of the 2nd ed. textbook & teacher's guide off eBay for $20 from another homeschooling mom. Win! Thanks again for all your help!

@Lori D. Thank you so much! This is really helpful and encouraging. It seems like we could rock the 2nd ed. w/o issues. I will also look into MUS because it might also be nice to have it be very low stress and easy. DD has so many other interests that enliven her, it wouldn't be the worst thing to spend less effort on math and more on other things...

I've searched the Jacobs/Geometry posts already, so please forgive me if I missed this specific info. DD is finishing Jacobs Algebra and likes it. She's self-teaching from the book and checking her own work with me on hand for questions. Has anyone successfully used Jacobs 2nd edition for self-teaching? How did you fill in the gaps? I heard the teacher's guide doesn't have all the answers or solutions, and the test book is $700 online right now... hahahahaha. If the 2nd ed. is not logistically possible, are there other Geometry options folks recommend? Here are my considerations: Is Jacob's 3rd really that bad? Is it doable with videos? If so, which ones work? (I've heard DO and Callahan are both meh with this course.) My older DD used Jacobs 3rd in a co-op class and it liked it fine, but again, she was getting live teaching. We'd like something self-paced not live--DD doesn't need a lot of repetition to "get" concepts, but it can take her a while to work through problems, so I give her shortened problem sets. She has learning differences and we need flexibility to accommodate. She's also hard-of-hearing and prefers reading to videos, although we could manage self-paced videos if necessary. DD is bright but she doesn't like math. She is not headed toward a STEM future. We're just trying to get 'er done. Ultimately, a text-based, homeschool friendly, self-teaching program with all the components would be SO great. I can be on hand to help (I like and am good at math), but I don't have time to write tests or lesson plans. Thank you for any suggestions!

Thank you for the great ideas!

My DD will be in 9th next year. She’s gifted and an excellent natural writer, and works beyond grade level esp. in humanities, but hasn’t had a lot of structured writing instruction. We are looking for a mostly self-directed, systematic composition program she can use to lead her through the basics that should be covered in HS writing—different types of writing, citations, research, etc. She learns well by reading (videos w/o subtitles won’t work bec. she is hard of hearing) and tends to learn and incorporate things quickly, so a workbook or something self-paced would be great. She has said she doesn’t need or want this to be a life-changing investment of time or energy—she’s rather spend her efforts on her other (obsessive?) interests/endeavors. Ideally she’d be able to write on topics of her choice—see “(obsessive?) interests/endeavors” above. We do a lot of literature reading and discussion/analysis separately and don’t need a comprehensive LA program. I have another 2e child who requires a lot, and I have to budget my time and homeschooling effort carefully, so this seems like something I could be less involved in—checking work, discussing— but I don’t want to develop my own DIY program or have to directly teach everything. I want a workbook or video program (with subtitles—EIW does not work, IEW would). Edit: I would prefer not to outsource completely to a live online class for self-pacing and budgeting purposes. I have an MFA in writing and have taught creative and academic writing at the college level, so I feel capable of coaching her—just don’t want to design/teach all this myself next year bec. of time. Thanks so much for any ideas!

I got an MFA from a top-5 ranked program in my 20s. I was funded--tuition covered + fellowship money and teaching assistantship. I would not have gone somewhere where I had to pay money. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with other young writers and also ostensibly have time to write and work on a first book. I had a grand time. Lots of wine and cheese with famous writers and amazing discussions and readings. I also was able to teach and work on journals and make connections. We had lots of opportunities to network with visiting writers--and many classmates used these connections and went on to publish books and get teaching jobs (adjunct at first--competition is VERY tight). I learned that I liked reading and writing and discussing/teaching reading and writing but did not like being my own marketing/PR department and did not like schmoozing or playing politics, so did not pursue a career in the "Po' Biz." The world of academic creative writing is very, very political in the sense of building alliances, flirting with older professors (or more) to get recs or blurbs, backstabbing and scandal, etc.--likely much worse in fiction than in poetry because real money can be at stake with a novel advance. Today much more than 20 years ago the world is entirely political in the literal sense (read about what's been going on the Poetry Foundation, etc.). I also know that many note the proliferation of these programs beyond market demand for writers/teachers and the way that "workshop poems" have homogenized contemporary American writing. All in all, I'm grateful to have had the experience but am also grateful that 1. I was paid to do it and not the other way around and 2. I never tried to build a career in that scene.