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What is the ptb?
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And I will have three in college at one time, too.:scared:
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Pre-law. He's in his 3rd year of speech & debate and loves it. That's one reason why he wants to be an attorney. He also does/tests well in reading and writing. Math is just so-so.
We live in Austin and UT has a good law school. Maybe when he matures he will consider it for his law school, but he has too much Aggie blood to consider it at his young age.
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I'm bookmarking and printing the info. Thank you so much!
This is all a little overwhelming. Now I have to do college research, too.
I keep reading about getting too many credits and losing out on possible freshman scholarships. Are there many academic scholarships available? We are not going to qualify for any needs-based help.
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individual academic departments may not accept them for courses that are required by that particular major.
Jackie
I would have thought CLEP within your major is what you wanted. I'm glad you mentioned that!
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I didn't know you could take the test AP test if you teach the class yourself. I'm planning to have my son take some of these classes online from an accredited source - looking at Scholars Online and Regina Coeli.
Thanks for the replies. This all seems a little overwhelming. Especially since my soon-to-be-freshman doesn't know where he wants to go to school. I just wanted to prep him so that he will have many options. Right now he's looking at Hillsdale, Cedarville, Patrick Henry, or Texas A&M.
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OK, I'm just starting down the high school road & I'm trying to figure all this out. Here's how I understand it right now...
AP - This is an advanced (college level?) high school class. Is grading different? A=5.0 instead of 4.0?
CLEP - This is a test to earn college credits - but not all colleges accept all CLEP tests.
Dual credit - This is taking an actual college class, at a campus or from home, to earn college credit while still in high school. Again, not all colleges will accept these hours.
Is any of this incorrect? Which method is preferred and why? Someone have a link to a better explanation?
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The Knowledge Product audio tapes that Cornerstone uses vs. TCC?
Can anyone describe the difference between the two? Which do you prefer?
They are both expensive...
Thanks!
Tracie
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forty-two,
So, what are you using to study math proofs?
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Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that. NOW I understand it!!!!!!!
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I just can't remember how to do this...
Graph: -x - 2 < 1
(Actually, it is less than or equal to, but I don't know how to type that).
When we work the problem we get
-x - 2 < 1
-x < 3
x < -3
But that isn't right. The answer key says x > -3
Do you need to reverse the < / > when you move the negative over?
If so, why?
Help!
Tracie
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We went through Cornerstone's Starting Points last year. I really enjoyed it, but same problem... no helps anywhere. I did read ALL the material and answered ALL the questions (way too much for me with three children) and still, I wasn't sure how to answer some of the questions. I would have like to know where they were leading me. I don't mind disagreeing with an opinion, but I hate not knowing the point at all.
Does that make sense?
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Beautiful Feet doesn't seem to have any teachers guide or helps, right? I used their primary guides a long time ago & liked them, but I feel like I need a teachers guide now. At lease Notgrass provides answers to Q's.
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It seems to me that, by this point in his school career, I should be able to just say "here's your grammar book... Have the book done by January 15th... If you don't understand something, come and ask me." And then check up on his progress. But when I've tried to do that, the work doesn't get done... at all... ever.
I can't imagine my son doing this... maybe ever! I give him some room to plan his own schedule, but he also needs some structure. For example, I write out which math lesson is due which day. But now for history and lit I just give him the week's assignment and he decides when to do it. I do have to check with him almost daily to see what he has finished. If I don't check, he gets really lazy and it is too much to reject an entire week's worth of history or science notes because they are sloppy/incomplete, etc... I'd rather do that a day at a time - and it DOES happen.
The other thing that has helped him is that we do speech/debate. So some weeks we leave town on Thursday afternoon for tournaments. He still has to get his school work finished. Hopefully, it is done before we go. If not, it isn't a fun Sunday afternoon for him. It has just forced him to be a little more responsible. But I have to tell you we still struggle with his personal responsibility. I just know I can't expect too much. Or, as the old saying goes, "expect what you inspect."
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I'm feeling WAY overwhelmed in planning for high school. My 8th grade son is working through Notgrass American right now and its working for him, but I'm not able to keep up with his reading and his 2 brothers. I really want to be able to discuss hist / lit with them and I need some help.
I've considered Omnibus, but I have two problems with it (1) I don't agree that more is always better, and (2) some of the material is just too mature for a 15 yo.
I've also considered Scholars Online. That is still a possibility, but I really don't want to farm out this area of school. I do that now with biology, but history & lit is the core of our homeschool and I want to be in the middle of it.
So now I'm looking at two things...
(1) Hist / lit lectures that we can listed to together.
CD or DVD are fine. I don't really like TCC because of their secular point of view. I've looked at some things from Vision Forum, but they seem to concentrate only on the role of religion. I would like something that sticks with the hist / lit topic without ignoring or belittling Christianity. I've read a little about Gileskirk, but haven't been able to find it. Has anyone used this? Any other suggestions?
(2) Literature guides.
Again, I would like to discuss this from a Christian point-of-view. My Spark Notes reads sexuality into everyting - like Last of the Mohicans - for goodness sakes. I certainly don't plan to avoid the topic. We've gone through Mere Christianity together & CS Lewis doesn't beat around the bush regarding sexual temptation. But I don't want to create issues that the author didn't intend. We have some PP guides, and I like those. But they do get expensive if you buy them individually. Any other suggestions?
I'd appreciate any advice you may have. There is just so much to choose from I don't know where to start.
Tracie
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I just ordered Notgrass American for my freshman....
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I guess I just need to think outside the box. Writing is always the hardest for me to create assignments.
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I've been looking at Notgrass American History. They give a different writing assignment every day, in addition to a larger assignment that covers 5-6 weeks. These daily assignments aren't terribly long, but every day? I've been giving one assignment per week. Mon - outline, Tues - rough draft, Wed - revisions, Thurs - final copy, Fri - possibly more revisions.
Do any of you use daily assignments? Do you bother to correct them? Can you correct one assignment and write another new one the same day? Is a week-long assignment too slow for high school?
Thanks (again)!
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I've used both Bastien's and Alfred's adult books. Of course, they aren't terribly fun. They are exercises instead of fun songs; lots of hard work.
I've had YEARS of classical training - mostly flute and some piano - and scales and exercises are just indespensible. It's funny, but now we are all playing bluegrass (I play mandonlin, othe kids play guitar, fiddle and bass). Bluegrass is totally by ear and improvisational. But even with bluegrass - as "hillbilly" as it is - we still need the scales & exercises! There's just no getting around them to be a good musician, no matter what kind of music you play.
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Math is one subject I want to farm out to the local cc, but that is several years away. I can cover Geometry & Alg II at home, then let him take college algebra as dual-credit along with Spanish and maybe a science class. It's the humanities I really want to keep at home.;)
Thanks for all your help.
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I guess I'm not the only one to ask that question. I found lots of good advice by searching there. Thanks. :001_smile:
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We haven't started high school yet; I'm just planning. Does my child need a certain number of math credits in high school? He's taking Algebra I in 8th grade, so his HS transcript will only show Alg II, possibly Geometry if I add it - we're using Saxon, and advanced math. Will he need a 4th year? Is Saxon advanced the same thing as pre-calc? His Alg I won't be on his transcript, right?
I think I read somewhere that he needs to complete the advanced math before he takes the PSAT in fall of his junior year.
He's not a math/science person. He wants to probably get a degree in history before law school... his life is speech & debate right now.
Thanks. I'm sure I should know this already. This whole transcript thing is a little daunting.
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I'll just have to say that I so know what the ps are doing - that's why I homeschool. I knew when we started it was "early", but a ps cut-off date of Sept. 1 is so arbitrary, especially since many boys are held back a year in my state. So, he started 7 days before his ps peers! I knew my child was ready to start reading and so he did. I'm not trying to make this child fit into the ps box! He tests way ahead in grade levels, although I haven't seen this year's math results. I don't think he was ready for the logic of algebra. Still, my goal isn't to push him through advanced courses so that I look like a successful homeschool mom, my goal is to educate him to THINK and be strong in his Christian faith before I send him off to school. I want him to be prepared to be a leader in life, not a follower of "the system."
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Well, I think his age-mates would be going into 8th grade. I guess he's borderline, but technically our state ps would have him starting 8th this year. Our local cc classes are based on grade, not age, so he could still take plenty of them his last two years and then transfer to college.
Still, I don't want to hold him back. I hate that I have to decide NOW (I'll have to get my record-keeping in gear!), when I don't know how he's going to mature over the next 4 years.
Debate.... Elective, core or Extra-curricular??
in High School and Self-Education Board
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We are in our third year of debate. I plan to take next year off, but then start again. My kids learn SO MUCH; but it does take a great deal of time.
In general, a club cannot really help your child prepare his own case. He and his partner will need to write their 1AC. The "negative" that they want is just a brief explaining how they would argue against their case (they probably WILL come against another team running something similar) and the evidence they would use to do so. Just like any argument or persuasive writing, you really cannot adequately explain your side of the issue without acknowledging the other side. I would never debate a plan without researching how you would argue AGAINST it first. Once he knows the arguements against he case, he will know how to defend it and should prepare evidence to do so.
Since this negative brief is for the club, all the other debaters will also be preparing negative briefs. That means that your son will get plenty of briefs to put in his box to argue against the various plans. It should be very beneficial for him.
Does he have a book on debate that explains these things? If he's in NCFCA, I would recommend Christy Shipe's Argumentation and Debate. It can sound like a foreign language at first. Going to more tournaments is certainly helpful to get the hang of it and to work out the anxiety.
I'm sure you can find a place for credits on the transcript, but the real reason for debate is that it teaches your child the think, research, use logic, understand current events, and think on his feet. It is a major part of our education!
Good luck!
Tracie