i am anxiously waiting it to hit 100 and also for CanadianAlison to be able to be relieved from her volunteer job for us.

Read this for the interpretation of "hireling and slave". http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828-evolution/star-spangled-banner-lyrics.htm

JojosMom, Thank you so very much for this link http://www.american-historama.org/1801-1828-evolution/star-spangled-banner-lyrics.htm The 3rd verse "hireling and slave" DO NOT in any way refer to the black slaves. I like the interpretation in this website. Teachers can use this when teaching the anthem. I , a legal immigrant from a communist country, am very grateful to this United States of America and respect the flag, the anthem, and the pledge of alligence. Stomping on the flag and burning the flag makes my blood boil. To me, the flag is not just a piece of cloth. No country is perfect. The U. S. is a great country and I love living here.

FiveOaks,Thanks for bringing up the number! Now we are closer to 100. Hope the others will commit and pay now. And welcome to WTM! You probably have visited WTM some before becoming a member. Hope you stay around. :-)

Also send her your full name, number of credit you buy and your email address.

Each credit is $52, but pay $53.86 (this include PayPal fee) when you choose "pay for goods or service" for payment protection.

You can PM CanadianAlison and get her PayPal email so that you can pay for your 5 credits. Hope we can get this moving. :-)

Hope everyone will paypal CanadianAlison promptly so that we can guarantee the group buy today.

Even the younger generations, say, people born in early 1990s and later in China have not learned any heritage languages. I am sad to see that my 30ish old nieces only talk with their kids in Mandarin. Their kids do not know how to speak Henan, Sichuan, or you name it heritage dialects. Kids go to formal day care school at age 1 and teachers only speak Mandarin, while my teachers in 1970 and 1980s all spoke local dialects. Eventually, Mandarin will be the only langauge spoken. My older son is going to continue Latin with me and younger son started Spanishn with Sr. Gamache. I kind of wish I had gone with Homeschool Spanish Academy for the more time for oral practice with a native speaker. Sr. Gamache has 18 students in a class and it is hard to practice enough.

Unless you teach every subjects in both English and a heritage language, the heritage language usually suffers. I homeschool all subjects in English, which leaves me only some time to teach Chinese, a very hard language for reading and writing. I was unsuccessful. After five years, we gave up.

I just paid for 8. Should be in your PayPal now.

How do I pay you?

mWhat 2 classes is she taking at Landry?

I wonder about the same thing. On the other hand, PayPal protects from fraud, right? You can ask your money back if the deal is not delivered?

Will have to try to solve it tonight. If not, I will call TT again tomorrow.

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Is there a new thread for the actual head counts for the group buy?

I talked to TT. I tried to install it, but can only see Grade Transfer, not the lessons. TT walked me through install and uninstall a few times and still I could only see Grade Transfer and TT Help, no lessons.

Thanks, Lanny! I found my purchase info and will contact the seller. Jade

I bought TT geometry 2.0 from ebay in June. I can't find the seller on my ebay account and buying history. She put a note saying that she changed parent account pass code to 888888888, but when I put it in, it is invalid. I should have installed it when I just purchased from her. I checked TT Q and A and didn't find anything to help. I will call TT in the morning. I wonder if you have purchased used TT and have encountered this problem. Can anyone offer some help, please if you know how to solve this problem? Thanks!

I would be interested in buying 8 semester credits.

Amy, I like the look of Maps of the United States. I might just get that. I ordered Desk Atlas of United States, so dc can look at each state to find info. I don't think governers' names are that important, though. We will see what we can fit in. The first book you mentioned is kind of pricy for the few pages it included. I actually checked it out when I did a search and decided it was not worth the cost. I hope we can finish American history in 1.5 school years. We will then do a world geography study with BJU 9th grade geography.

I am still looking for a US geography course for 8th grade. I looked at many but couldn't find one. Trail Guide to US geography; MP geography I, II, III;North Star; Spectrum; Maps,Charts, and Graphs are among the few I checked. I also looked at BJU 9th and OM 9th geography. I would like something that is US geography and is 7th or 8th grade level. What do you recommend? Ds13 will use Changing Frontiers for American history. There are no maps and geography in the program. So I need to add US geography. Thanks! Jade

We are also doing American history and literature this year. What geography are you using? I am still looking for ideas for US geography.