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I hope this little boy is found safe.
2cents replied to unsinkable's topic in General Education Discussion Board
The part about hiring the landscaper to harm the boy gave me the chills. This is very specific info. I just hope the little boy is ok. :( -
I used to drink a lot of Crystal Light but noticed I was getting horrible headaches and felt like I was dragging and foggy. One of the threads here at WTM made me wonder if it might be the Aspertame. I cut it all out and within days I felt a lot better and no more headaches. I think there was a connection. Now I'm just doing water and if I want a little sugar, I'll just add some honey.
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I'm using UnitedStreaming Spanish - Educación Española:middle school for an 11 yr old and 13 yr old and they have had no problems at all with it. We also do FLVS Spanish during the year but the Unitedstreaming Spanish program is easily a complete program if you use the worksheets and tests along with it.
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Which microscopes are best?
2cents replied to Jen the RD's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I just went with National Optical Microscope #131 which is the one recommended by Apologia. Sonlight also has a microscope that gets good reviews. -
Treasure Chest Birthday Cake
2cents replied to Kathleen in VA's topic in General Education Discussion Board
The lid looks like the easy part. That is a pastry board that is just decorated with frosting and other decorations. It doesn't look edible but it would be pretty easy to make. You could make a pastry board out of cardboard but it isn't food grade. But you could make one if you made sure to cover it well with food grade wrap and then decorate. I'm sure the cake will be fab! :D -
Treasure Chest Birthday Cake
2cents replied to Kathleen in VA's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I use a white almond sour cream doctored box cake recipe and almost never have the 'bump'. If you do get one, never flip until you have trimmed or leveled that bump off. Here is the recipe, you can tweek the flavors to work with chocolate or other flavors: http://cakecentral.com/recipes/2322/white-almond-sour-cream-cake-wasc Once a cake cracks like that, it is hard to put it back together even with frosting. If you are familiar with fondant, you might be able to shore up the sides with a fondant ribbon. :) -
We had a young man in our area a couple of weeks ago. I felt sorry for him and gave him some water. It was brutally hot and he was lugging these books around. I looked at his books and told him that we wouldn't need any of it because we were homeschoolers and already had curriculum. He was telling me about a new-fangled math book that has the problems illustrated and fully explained. I told him that wasn't anything new. He seemed depressed. Poor kid...he is selling a set of dinosaurs IMO.
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s/o Worst job you ever had.
2cents replied to Renee in NC's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Worked as a name taker for the stenographers pool at a Boilermakers Convention. I had to run up and get the spellings of the names (from their tags) of the guys talking. Many of those guys were just plain disgusting and very disrespectful! They acted like I was 'interested' in them. I had to field advances all day just to get names. I got so angry that I told a few off and got reported for my 'attitude'. I felt sorry for their wives back home. It was awful and I quit after I was reprimanded for my 'attitude'. I was only a temp and there were other jobs that didn't entail being disrespected by convention-going boilermakers. Horrible job. -
What geography curriculums/workbooks/books anything are out there?
2cents replied to hsmom's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
We're using Visual World Geography. It is based on memory devices. The memory stories are silly but the girls remember them. It has worked great for us. It does include info about the countries but is somewhat limited. We backed it up with a cultural geography course that the girls took via FLVS. -
After literally hundreds of dollars wasted
2cents replied to wy_kid_wrangler04's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I'm going to try this with ds! We pay $25 a month for meds and honestly I really dislike the idea of him being on meds to control the acne if vinegar will work. Vinegar may not be completely natural but it has been around a lot longer than the meds he takes and in terms of long term side effects, I feel more comfortable with vinegar if it works. Thanks for the tip!! -
:iagree: I see so many hs'ers that go from A - C and lose B in the process of trying to move too fast. Moving a an accelerated pace is fine but not if it means a solid foundation is lacking. It's like building a house...a firm foundation and everything up from there. ;)
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Let's talk microscopes
2cents replied to greensummervillian's topic in General Education Discussion Board
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What HAVEN'T you managed to pull off?
2cents replied to JennifersLost's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
I wanted to teach the children Japanese but alas it did not work so ds did Latin and the girls are doing Spanish. I also wanted to progress past CW Homer and that didn't happen either. It was replaced by IEW and that is working a whole lot better. Also wanted the girls to continue with chess and do some tournaments like their brother but it just isn't their thing. Oh well, it's still all good. :) -
Let's talk microscopes
2cents replied to greensummervillian's topic in General Education Discussion Board
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Do you have to study differently for the ACT....
2cents replied to Whitneyz's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
Humm...I see what you're saying. I'm not sure because SAT is a measure of aptitude and ACT is more of a measure of achievement. How the guides approach a review and how that could skew the results I'm not really sure. Hopefully someone else might know...sorry. :( -
Do you have to study differently for the ACT....
2cents replied to Whitneyz's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
My son took the ACT and one of the main differences that I remember was that there is a science component to the ACT. There are some other differences but I just remember that one. My son used one of the ACT study guides when he was preparing. -
I'm an INTJ and normally stress makes me rely more on my planning and thinking tendencies to the point I can overanalyze/overthink things. I don't get emotional but I do get controlling, focused and dh says I micromanage. ;)
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hands and knees or a mop?
2cents replied to ProudGrandma's topic in General Education Discussion Board
I get in the corners and along the edges on hands and knees and use a mop afterward. I hate that the mop pushes yucky stuff in the corners so that is why I do them by hand before I mop. -
How do you let go of how you wish it could be?
2cents replied to CyndiLJ's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Anone else suffering from pre-seperation anxiety..
2cents replied to newbie's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Me! My son will be going away to finish his college degree after this year. I'm not ready for it. :( -
What is your childrens favorite Wii game?
2cents replied to gingersmom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Twilight Princess & Animal Crossing are my girls faves. :)