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(I hope I didn't already ask this question on here... I'm really not sure, but I don't *think* I have. :tongue_smilie:)
I'm having some trouble figuring out what to do about registering this year as a homeschool. DD is 5, and we are in Maryland, so this coming year is our first "official" year.
Here's the situation though. Our "primary" address (the one on my driver's license, the one I use for financial aid, etc.) is in Charles County. But we actually LIVE most of the year in Wicomico County (since this is where I go to school.) I didn't change my address because I'll only be here until I graduate, and it really never made sense to change everything over. (Plus- I don't have any of the required documents I'd need to change, I don't have bills where I live, no lease, no mail... nothing. I rent an apartment that's attached to my landlord's house.)
No problem until I started thinking about where I'd send the letter. Charles County or Wicomico County? I suppose it doesn't really matter, I could just register in Charles County, but it would be a pain to schedule portfolio reviews all the way back home and possibly miss school to do them. I mean, if I really counted the days we are probably there nearly as much as we are here (summers, holidays, every other weekend, school breaks..)
Any thoughts from those more experienced than I? I'm so confused.... :tongue_smilie:
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My state requires both art and music- so I'm assuming I'll have to at least minimally teach both each year.
I'm planning on doing music, art, music appreciation, and art appreciation each one day a week. (Uhm- music and art appreciation may just end up being 10-15 minutes of looking at/listening to a piece, but hey. At least it'll be exposure to some of the "classic" works! :lol:)
It was either this, or every other week, but it makes it easier for me to plan things if they happen at least once a week since I made a weekly master list. I couldn't figure out how to indicate things that only happened every other week. :tongue_smilie:
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WOW. Really?????
This is. absurd.
I get food stamps. I live on 12K a year - I've had to borrow toilet paper and laundry detergent from friends, but luckily we get them and my daughter never goes hungry. But next time I go up for recertification- I'm going to have to jump through all kinds of hoops to "prove" that I still need the food stamps, because I'm a college student (therefore, not working) and my daughter is now over 5. The rule says that if you are a student and your child is over 5 you have to show proof that you can't afford daycare. (And I'm just waiting to hear- well you should send her to school. :glare:)
And yet..... someone who has over a million dollars in the bank still gets it? I mean, besides the whole, government loop hole, obviously someone screwed up here.... what about social responsibility? Whatever happened to feeling some responsibility for caring for you and yours?? Geez. I can't WAIT until I can claim complete responsibility for all that is mine- including the food put on my table.
(Then again- just a few days ago I told someone I'd never be a millionaire- I'd be giving it away long before then. Who needs that much money?)
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I'd pick the lab in a heartbeat... but we are a lab-loving family. :D They are amazing dogs... loving, sweet, fun....
We just lost a dog last summer, I don't think I could adopt an older dog right now- just not ready for that right now.
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reported?
I'm assuming there was some spam after the OP that got deleted
There was!! :tongue_smilie:
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Well, see, mine are really happy doing this. But my oldest is 9 and since some of her friends are gone, is really noticing that void. It's hard to see her lonely.
To be truthful, I haven't really been pushing myself on the "socializing" thing- more the opposite, for the last year. Which, of course, could be why I'm in situation I am in now. :tongue_smilie:
If most of the children are happy playing with one another... is it an option maybe to make your oldest a priority right now? Seems like this is the age for friends issues (I have a few friends with 7-9 year olds who are all having problems with friends- too few, snarkiness, meanness, loneliness...) It only takes one good friend to fill that void. Maybe spend some time really working on her, instead of trying to make friends for ALL your children at the same time.
Again, I only have one, and she's just 5- just throwing around some ideas.
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My thoughts as I read your post: you'll have Spanish for the rest of your life AND you'll be busier as time moves forward.
I would find a good French curriculum now, get that down, then move on to Spanish. While you'll be busier later on down the road, if Spanish is as easy as it sounds it will be, you'll most likely have better ideas of how you want to teach it (because you'll have more experience with it) and be able to make the time for it a little easier because the task won't seem so daunting.
You make some really good points - the same points I keep repeating to myself. I feel like I should stick with French for now, but I want to switch to Spanish. -sigh-
DD of course, doesn't particularly care. She'd rather do BOTH, NOW, and nothing else. :tongue_smilie:
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My impression is that Spanish might be easier for her to pick up first. But then again, learning French when she's younger might actually make that easier for her. Hmmm. I guess I'm not much help! (But I did bump your thread up for you.)
:D Well.. thanks for that!
I *think* that learning French when she's older would be easier- especially the written parts. It's a little easier to understand what gets dropped, when, what gets added, when, what's not pronounced..... :svengo:I'm just worried that *MY* French won't be there to teach her anymore!
I really want to switch to Spanish. I just feel like it would make our lives easier. More materials, more speakers around us (and I'm looking at graduate schools in Texas and North Carolina, so future speakers also). And since my own focus right now is strengthening my Spanish it's been hard to get both languages done.
I guess I'm looking for permission to drop French.... even though I really do want her to learn it. :willy_nilly:
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Your signature doesn't say.. how many children do you have? How old are they?
I only have one and still have trouble finding her friends- and to compound that problem I am an extreme introvert. At this age when it's all about Mommy making the connections and playdates... well. I fail. :tongue_smilie:
Just remember... in the olden days children played with their siblings. :D
Don't be too hard on yourself. It seems like you are really pushing yourself on this "socializing" thing.
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Just spit it out. I get in trouble when I try to read minds. They're thinking pink and I give them puce. Or they want a hamster and I bring an emu.
:lol:
Go ahead and type up a long post. Didn't you see the post about time suckers? Apparently we need more going on here at WTM if everyone is searching out new sites... :D
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Just looking for a little advice, because I can't seem to make up my own mind.
I started French with DD about.... 1.5 years ago. We started with reading books, watching movies, listening to music... just to learn the sound of the language. This year we started with L'art de Dire and... I hate it, so it isn't getting done. :001_unsure: So we are going to have to switch curriculums.
Here's the thing.... my own French is sort of a hobby. I'm a French minor in school, but only because I love the language. Once I leave school, I'll probably lose most of it. I'm also a Spanish minor. Right now my French is stronger than my Spanish- but soon they will swap. (I want to study Latin American history in grad school, so I spend much more time working on Spanish. I'm also studying in Ecuador for a month next winter.) I'll be using Spanish for the rest of my life.
I was *planning* on teaching DD both languages (plus Portuguese- since I'll eventually be learning that). But part of me says to go ahead and drop the French to start Spanish now since I'll be better equipped to teach it as she gets older.
The options I'm considering are:
1. Find a new French curriculum, and continue with French- picking Spanish up sometime in the next 1-2 years like I planned.
2. Drop French altogether and study Spanish.
3. Drop French for now to do Spanish and go back to the French when she's older and can do something a little more independent.
4. Something else?
I don't know why this is even an issue. I do *want* DD to have both languages, but I guess I'm just feeling frustration with this curriculum and feeling a little unsure of myself.
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Been following this thread with some interest... and I have a question. :D
For those of you who school bilingually, do you find that the concepts transfer over? For example, since it was brought up in this thread, if you do math in French, how difficult is it to do math in English?
What about other subjects like science, history, etc.
Eventually I'd like to be able to move towards teaching a few subjects in French (not for awhile now- DD is nowhere near grade level in French for now!).
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And... it's ends up in really laughable situations. Such as my little boy saying, "I'm going to tell him what he wants for dinner." or "I'm going to tell her what she wants to play." It sounds so rude, but he means ask! lol
:lol: DD does the same thing. I'm pretty sure I've heard both those statements before! It is pretty funny.
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When is she hoping to go?
I wouldn't be comfortable with a 13/14 year old going... but at 16/17? I might consider it, depending on the country. Well, I'd very likely consider it actually- since our school is very internationally focused- so studying abroad will be a natural extension of that. Plus by 16/17, she'll be preparing to go away to college anyway- so she's going to be living away from me and unsupervised soon anyways.
I agree that you will want to really vet the program. Spend time researching (better yet- have DD do thorough research and report back to you, with reputable sources!! :lol:) Look for a program that uses the same families from year to year.
I've never heard of exchange students being discouraged from contact with family. I definitely wouldn't be comfortable with that, but I think those cases were probably anamolies. (Or everyone I've known has had particularly good experiences...)
What country is she hoping to go to? I think studying abroad can be an amazing experience, both culturally and linguistically.
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I was going to say middle school- but now I'm thinking the younger years also. I think pulling a kid out for 2 years right in the middle of their schooling would be... disruptive? Both academically and socially. I'd probably afterschool solidly before I'd pull out for a random year, but that's just me.
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DD5.5 still does this and isn't delayed at all, so I wouldn't be overly concerned. She regularly asks me to "call (friend) and tell her if we can come over" or "tell nana if she can take me to the park."
I just repeat it back to her in the correct form. ("Ask (friend).... ask Nana...") She seems to be catching on fine. Have you tried doing the same for DS? I've found that now that I'm being consistent about it, DD is remembering more often.
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I might go and hide in the back. I'd not tell him until he's a mddile -aged man.
;) If he doesn't know you're there it will not affect him. lol
:iagree: and... I'll feel sorry for you. All of us will be there at some point! :grouphug::grouphug: (I fear it's coming entirely too soon for me)
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Well, I only spoke very minimal Spanish and I've forgotten most of the Finnish I learnt. Swedish, Dansih and Norwegian are all very similar, so it's quite easy to have a general knowledge of all three. It also helps that I'm a language nerd.
As for mixing up langauges this goes on frequently at my house. The other day DS 6 asked for, "A little lait, være så snill." English, French, and Norwegian all in one sentence! That might not be a good thing, but it was super cute. :D
I'm hoping the similarity will help when it comes to Portuguese, although my goal is to read and write in all three languages (but of course, speaking would be amazing).
I *just* (as in, 2 hours ago!) described myself as a language nerd in my facebook status. I then followed it up with a status about diacritical marks. :D I'm surprised I even have any friends left. :lol:
And, that is very cute about your son! I think it is a good thing at that age- everyone keeps telling me it will *eventually* sort itself out. He has a long time to sort things out before he's expected to, you know, not look silly. :tongue_smilie:Seems like he is thinking in all three languages, which is pretty awesome.
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A similar thing has happened to me. After completing my BA in Scandinavian Studies I spent a couple months in Norway. On my first day I was at the train station and proudly went up to the ticket booth ready to show off my mastery of the Norwegian language. I was sure everyone would think I was a native Norwegian. I got up to the ticket booth and began explaining what I wanted. I was several sentences through before I realised that I was speaking French! Embarrassed, I started babbling in every language I knew; Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Latin, before finally managing to say what I wanted in Norwegian. So much for trying to pretend I wasn't a tourist. :lol:
:lol::lol: Not to get joy from your embarrassment but.... :D I'm so glad it isn't only me! (And simultaneously intimidated and impressed by your list of languages! amazing.) I studied Spanish a few years ago, switched to German and French, then dropped German and went back to Spanish. I've pretty much forgotten all the German, but now that I'm studying two similar languages, I mix them up so often. I don't think I get through an entire conversation in one language without at least one word from the other creeping in.
(And I'm supposed to start seriously studying Portuguese this summer. ack!)
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That is pretty cool. But watch out- someone might try and speak to you in Latin. I always choose the French option on ATMs (just generally to use it more- my facebook is also set to French, as well as my computer settings, my phone, etc.) One time the person behind me in line must have saw that I was using it in French and started speaking to me. In French. :lol: After freezing for a minute, I stumbled through a few short sentences. (Including J'apprends le francais ahora, je ne parle un poco... a sufficient mangling of both French AND Spanish!! :svengo:) I'm not that good with speaking- he must have thought I was a complete idiot!!
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I would go with a light brown all over. Brown is okay to do at home. Blonde needs to be done at a salon.
:iagree:I do my own (naturally blonde) hair red (auburn-red, not red-red!). I've also done many different shades of brown. Always turn out well.
And to make you feel better... :D. My hair has been red since just after DD was born. After about, 3 years of red, I really wanted to go light blonde and pink. So.... I tried to go blonde. Uhm. I've been dying my hair since I was 11, and I swear I *knew* better... just wasn't thinking!! My hair ended up.... much like the description of yours! :lol: Very very orange, and very, very dry. I dyed it medium brown to cover up the disaster and it was so much better.
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You can just dump it, wipe it out with TP, and reinsert. There is a certain learning curve to inserting it correctly, but once you've mastered it, it's smooth sailing. No need for "digging around" even if you haven't mastered it :D.
I'm one of the many who can attest to the fact that the Diva Cup *decreased* cramping. No lie.
Interesting. How much are these things?
Now that I'm back on birth control pills and my cycles will *hopefully* be lighter, shorter, and less frequent... Maybe one of these days I'll get up the courage to try it. :D I've been intrigued with them since I first heard about them (on this board of course!)
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I think that is your answer! Mom's really do need to have a time of privacy at some point each day, and a bedroom is a retreat -- especially for adults. You deserve it, so don't feel guilty about it. Dc can join you by invitation perhaps. So I would say put up the bunks and the other bed in the larger bedroom for the three dc to share and you take the smaller room. Like you said, this is not a permanent situation.
Blessings,
Lucinda
:iagree:DD is 5 and we share a bedroom, and will for another 2 years, but when we move from here..... Mommy will be getting her own room!! Not only for the privacy, but also because I would like a bedroom that isn't filled with toys, glow in the dark stars, bed full of stuffed animals.... :lol:
Guess how much weight I lost this week?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Wow! Congrats, and great job!
I'm hoping to get my lack of self-control handled this summer and start losing some weight myself. :tongue_smilie: