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  1. Even submitting your application requires multiple steps and can be reversed before hitting the final, final submit button. I've been wondering about this. When the Common App is finally submitted to a college with an Oct 15th deadline, am I still able to update information for a school with a Jan 1 deadline? Can I switch out an updated transcript with final semester grades?
  2. I started looking at the activities section as less of a "levels of greatness list" and began considering where does my son spend his time? He spends a great deal of it at church, in service/youth group/Bible Study. These activities are not necessarily leadership, but they do account for a significant weekly commitment. He volunteers in the community and goes on missions through an church organization called Carpenters for Christ, and I've already detailed those contributions. I'm talking about just the time spent at church. Likewise, he spends time at our local speech and debate club. This time is an activity, but separate from awards won/being a Student Leader, coaching, etc. Guess I'm wondering what is the purpose/goal of the "activities" section? Is it more to highlight achievements outside of academic honors - or also to account for their time and interests?
  3. You've gotten some great ideas here, so I will just put in a plug for our current read aloud - Carry On Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse. My 15 year old is on the floor laughing at every chapter! Very fun.
  4. Ok, I was absolutely flattened by the first year of high school. I enrolled/assigned too many classes and underestimated the amount of work involved. Honestly, I'm depressed when I look back and read my goals for the past year. They were so lofty; in reality, little time remained every week for discussion and writing at home. For English DS completed Windows to the World in a local class setting with an outside instructor. The main program was supplemented with some additional reading and analysis. It was a solid class, and I'm happy with his understanding of literary analysis, but the composition side seemed thin. From TOG, He read, and we discussed; the Iliad, the Odyssey, Plato's Republic, and some minor works - no writing. Moving into the Sophomore year, I need a solid composition resource that will teach the various types of essays and research writing. I'm open to an on-line class or home curriculum. Any thoughts?
  5. We've had amazing results with Grapefruit Seed Extract. It is an inexpensive oil that you can buy at Whole Foods. A natural anti-viral, we also mix it in orange juice and take at the first sign of a cold. Cuts the cold down to 3-4 day instead of 10. It has killed warts in 1-2 weeks with just a few applications.
  6. Track down the e-mails, then forward them and an account of your experience to the board.
  7. Fels Naptha Soap, it costs about $1.00 a bar. People use it to make homemade laundry detergent; we use it as a stain stick. You can grate it in your food processor and add just a tablespoon of the resulting powder to your laundry. I'm curious about why the Dawn dishwashing liquid doesn't cause a suds emergency in the washing machine?
  8. I never posted to the previous threads, but I always read them and enjoyed others creativity. I hope to return to bookmaking this fall and perhaps will even have picture of my own to share. Please continue the thread!
  9. By insisting on good manners always in virtually every situation.
  10. So does my son and every othe boy I know. I think it will be a highly competitive field. :lol:
  11. This is our first year in Rhetoric; the recitation piece is new to me and I am curious to see how it plays out in our week. My impression was that it is meant to faciltate their public speaking skills more than highlight memory work. All of the literature is so rich and weighty. I'm just looking for those nuggets that you want to keep in your heart and mind for a lifetime as a result of memorization.
  12. I like to have the boys memorize a few big pieces to anchor their history every year. I am the least familiar with classical literature and am looking for pieces that are either from the timeframe or reference the Ancients. My possible list includes: Ode on a Grecian Urn On a Replica of the Parthenon Exodus 20: 1-17 Invocation to Light by Milton Ozymandias by Shelly Excerpt from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare thanks for your ideas!
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