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About kate in seattle

  • Birthday 12/15/1956

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  1. Whether or not your student's 8th grade classes go on her high school transcript depends on - YOU. and to a smaller degree, your state laws. The real question is "who will see this transcript and what will they think of it?" Is she aiming for an Ivy - I wouldn't put it on there. Is she aiming for a private LAC, doubt I would include it. Local CC college - yes, you could, though in our state, CC don't look at transcripts for taking students. Our local institution of higher learning - University of WAshington - only looks at classes from the four high school years. So even if a student had Algebra II or French IV in 8th grade, it could not be on the transcript. Listing trig would imply successful completion of Algebra II and passing the SAT subject test in French would be sufficient for them. A homeschool transcript is a little bit like a resume - you can tweak it a bit depending on who is seeing it.
  2. in general, or are you thinking of a specific time frame. the 'plus' side to Sonlight is they do add in some 'just for fun' books. Other programs tend to not do this. My daughter wants to do Modern History and as I compared lists between Sonlight 300 and BF "US and World history from Civil War to Vietnam" I tended slightly more to the BF list. I don't think SL has a solid spine at this level and appreciate using some Hakim and Marrin books for the historical narrative. just my .02
  3. why don't i make it more difficult by suggesting "The Scarlet Letter" (written in 1850) and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" written near the end of the 19th century. If they have read Pride and Prejudice many times why not another Jane Austen The other choices are all excellent; except I can't speak to Silas Marner as I have not read it. I would chose Scarlet Letter over Last of the Mohicans, I think there are more interesting themes in it. So hard to whittle down and refine!!
  4. thanks Kareni for the thread links. I knew it had been discussed before but i never seem to be successful when I search the board. One of my colleagues at work shyly admitted that he had written an outline of the history of sci fi and would be happy to share it with us. I sse that the hard part will be paring down the list, not trying to beef it up.
  5. Okay, my oldest two have only applied to three colleges (Air force Academy, University of Washington and Cornish College of the Arts) but were accepted at all three. I only used credits, not units. I think Carnegie units are bogus, even at public schools. 1 Carnegie unit =50 minutes. 50 minutes x 180 school days = 9000 min. Divide by 60 and you get 150 hours. But I know of NO high school class which meets 180 times for 50 minutes. There are early dismissal days, late arrival days, assemblies and field trips that eat up some of those Carnegie units. And the class still earns those Carnegie units if the kids are watching a movie, working on material from other classes, texting on cell phones or not doing anything while teacher grades papers. (and yes, all that stuff happens in our local high school). And a class is considered complete at the 180 Carnegie units - homework is not considered into the calculation. So, generally I think Carnegie units are bogus. Just tell the counselor that your home school teaches to mastery and uses credits. I didn't put dates on my transcripts either, just grouped classes by subject matter. Is there another admissions person you could work with?
  6. Thanks for the super list - very helpful. She has already ready "hitchhiker". I would like to add William Gibson in there for cyperpunk sci-fi. And I want to do some story/film comparisons Do Androids dream of electric sheep/Bladerunner and there is at least one star trek episode based on a short story hopefully i will come up with more of these as i research the college syllabi I found. I will probably skip Brave New World - my older dd loved it, but I don't know if A. will really 'get' it yet. Would like to do some Ursula LeGuin and Sylvia Engdahl. I know I will have to pare down the reading, but there is just so much GREAT stuff.
  7. DD (15) will be 10th grade next year and wants to do Modern History. Yes, it is out of order, but she REALLY wants to do this. She is a good reader, but doesn't enjoy the 'classics' as much as her older sister did. I will be using Marrin books and some other non-fiction as her history texts. I will probably assign about 6 'great books' (from TWTM) And I would like to do about 12 science fiction books for a seperate lit class. What would your recommendations be? Thanks!
  8. The second Mrs. Giaconda - Konigsberg I, Juan de Pareja - ? (forgot) Famous Men of the Middle Ages Famous Men of the Renaissance the whole Louise Vernon Reformation series: The Man Who Laid the Egg Night Preacher etc. etc. Fine Print - Joanne Burch - about Gutenberg Midwife's Apprentice - Cushman Catherine, called Birdy - Cushman Ramsey Scallop - (sl book) Bedouin's Gazelle (sl book) Single Shard - Park Kite Fighters - Park these are set in Korea in the 1200's, if you want a 'world' perspective look at Greenleaf.com also. many interesting titles. and i would definitely include Cathedral and Castle by Macauley as well.
  9. she will also need to practice fingerspelling. while it is not a large part of signing, it is an essential part. went to a high school graduation (with Deaf concentration) and interpreters finger spelled EVERY SINGLE NAME. All proper names need to be spelled. in the car I would fingerspell every sign we went by. In the days we had a Deaf exchange student (from Finland) there were Silent Games night at the Local Deaf and HH Society. Occasionally these game nights were open to hearing (but signing) individuals. Very fun
  10. i can't remember how many signs lynne learned in her cc asl class - a lot. she had to read several books - train go sorry, deaf like me are two that pop to mind right away. she had to spend time IN deaf culture. i would say KEY is finding an excellent tutor - Deaf and/or interpreter with whom she can sign frequently. We loved the Bravo family series as an intro ASL course.
  11. i read, in a how to parent teens book, that all they 'deserve' is a place to sleep, clothes to cover the body and adequate nutrition. this guy recommended taking away priviliges to the point of 1)only one set of clothes at a time, 2) mattress on the floor and 3) taking the door off so you could always monitor. I have never implemented those measures, though there were a few times i probably should have. I think it is SO TOUGH to parent non-motivated or underachieving or misbehaving teens. it requires incredible toughness on the part of parent to really take away privileges and/or release them to fail. sorry no real help but :grouphug: and all the moral support in whatever course you decide is right for YOU and your teen.
  12. the idea of doing the same thing every day - getting up, packing a lunch, tied to the public school schedule is, honestly, a huge factor in me homeschooling. plus we get to read a lot of books and hang out together. i have three kids out of the house and i would never give up these homeschooling high school years of spending time with my teens. that said they usually do end up in a dual enrollment program at the cc at some point.
  13. i haven't read the medieval book, but have the ancient world volume. she is very readable and let's her attitude/bias show. However, the ancient one is LONG and I only wanted a spine as were reading primary texts. If you are only reading a history book and saving your reading for literature, it is probably doable. But you know your dc and how much reading they can handle without being overwhelmed. blessings,
  14. Those books are HUGE. I had my high school history/lit class read about 200 pages a week from the great books and maybe, in the course of a year, 200 pages of Western Civ (which included LOTS of maps, pictures, summaries, end of chapter questions, etc.) If you are going to add in a 700 page spine, you are going to have to cut out that many pages of great books. For me, in the end, it was not worth it. But I am more 'great books' oriented, rather than 'SWB classical"
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