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    What to do: dc's disillusionment about value of college (programming related)

    in The College Board

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    A CS degree will not teach someone what a professional software developer does on a daily basis. What is done on a daily basis is way below what is taught for a CS degree. If you can do a CS degree, you should be able to learn whatever is needed professionally easily. It may be easier to learn by picking up a book or watching videos online.

    A lot of professional software developers who completed CS degrees typically get disillusioned by the job because it is well beneath what they were trained to do. They become quite unhappy over time. 

    That being the case, it's hard to get a professional software development job without a CS degree. For entry level jobs the interview questions can be of the type typically covered in a Data Structures and Algorithms course though they may never have a need to use it in the actual job. 

     

     

     

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    Youngest

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    24 minutes ago, BandH said:

    I am not sure what this means.  

    This is what I'm going by.

    On 6/25/2023 at 8:45 PM, BandH said:

    He's the driving force behind the homeschooling idea.  ... he's pushing homeschool as a "more efficient" model.  Which it probably would be as he's a very fast worker who reports spending a lot of time in class doodling or working math problems he brings from home.  

     

     

    Youngest

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    7 hours ago, BandH said:

    Just looking online the process seems similar to private school applications in our area with essays, transcripts, recommendations etc . . . 
     

    I don’t know that much about it.  I am not sure that it would be the right fit for all his classes, but I could see him doing STEM classes there, but I am not sure if he would get in.  
     

    Do you have experience?  

    After reading your posts again it seems that you have time to apply. I initially thought that you were looking to do it for this coming fall. My sense is that your child is gifted not because of any scores but because he's trying to change his environment. This kid should be on a rocket ship at least to see if he likes it. 

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    in Accelerated Learner Board

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    23 minutes ago, regentrude said:

    We are talking about one year. I still maintain if a student "forgets" calculus in one year, they never properly learned it in the first place.

     

    The concept of spaced repetition is about days so one year is a lot worse.

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    in Accelerated Learner Board

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    46 minutes ago, regentrude said:

    If the material has been actually mastered and understood, that will not be an issue. People forget things they memorized, but concepts they understood stay forever.

    Even if you understand and master the concepts, time will erode your memory. It's just biology. Hence the concept of spaced repetition.

    Techniques to pick-up more from instruction

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    19 hours ago, Storygirl said:

    The dyslexia school that DD attended used the "two column note taking" method. You can google it to see examples. The disadvantage is that it wouldn't use standard notebook paper, so you would have to either find a source to purchase the paper or design your own.

    If your child will be attending school, I would recommend talking to the school or teachers to see how they teach note taking. There is a good chance that they don't expect students to take notes the way that we used to. They might also have students use computers for note taking. But there may be schools that still teach it in the middle school level and expect it by high school.

    If you think your child might enjoy note taking, I say explore that option as much as you can. On the other hand, if you are just hoping they will enjoy it, be prepared for it to go either way and have some other ideas as back up.

    If they are really spacing out in class, I would also explore the possibility of ADHD, if you have not already.

    When I searched for two column note taking, it seems like there are many variations on what to put on the left and right columns. I'm wondering if you can please post a link to an example that is similar to what your DD's school uses? Thanks.

    Techniques to pick-up more from instruction

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    I'm wondering if there are techniques that can be taught to a child that will help the child pick-up more from instruction. In the past I realized that while the child may be nodding or saying yes when being taught, nothing is actually heard. Hence it seems better to ask direct questions to focus the attention instead of lecturing. At homeschool this is fine. However, I'm wondering more when the child is attending outside classes. Are there techniques that a middle school child can use to pick up more from instruction? Thank you.

    Accommodations for High School Placement Test (HSPT)

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    Thank you all for your helpful feedback. We don't have a psych report. IEP, 504 or Qualified School Plan. We tried reaching out to our public school system for an evaluation but we were turned down because we are homeschoolers. So we're not sure how to proceed.

    As a follow-up question, I wonder if you have any thoughts if a child describes the situation as follows: as soon as I read/hear the words, I lose them; I'm dropping words; it's like a key word outline (IEW concept) where you drop the most important words. What should I research for that? Thanks again. 

    ADHD inattentive suspected

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    Thanks kbutton for sharing your experience. After making some calls, it seems like we're leaning towards pediatrician and developmental optometrist first just for general health, regular eye check up and then eval for VT just in case DD might be a candidate for it. Then we'll take it from there. I'm also just wondering too if there are any important questions I should ask pediatrician and developmental optometrist. Part of me don't want to just say I suspect ADHD inattentive because I'm not qualified to make that assessment and I don't want to bias their views. I'm wondering if others may have come across an effective way of broaching the issue?

    ADHD inattentive suspected

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    Thanks PeterPan for your advise. For us I believe attention is the main issue. We are accidental homeschoolers because of the pandemic so we are going at it on our own. One positive outcome is that because I work with her everyday, I now understand several issues that were coming up when DD was still in Catholic school. For example, I thought there was inadequate instruction at school because it seems we have to go through everything after school. Perhaps because we did so much catching up at home, the issues may have been masked. 

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    ADHD inattentive suspected

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    First of all, thank you to all who share information here. It helps me make sense of some of the things that I've been observing for some time now. I now suspect that my DD in middle school has ADHD inattentive type. My question is what sequence should I follow for consultations? I understand that a pediatrician, neuropsychologist, psychiatrist, developmental optometrist, occupational therapist may all be helpful.      

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