[Do I stink, or is this a program error?]

I decided to pick up a couple of CLEP books for myself, as I'm considering taking a cc class this summer.  Why not bank some other credits for a 3 or 4 year associates if I can?

 

I took the REA diagnostic test for College Comp, and one of my wrong answers is bugging the heck out of me.

 

(6) And in achieving this higher level of thought, Frankl found that humans find the courage "to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. (7) No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. (8) His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden."

 

I know my wrong answer is wrong (there was no "none" option) but they're insisting the correct answer is that sentence 8 is in the present tense while the rest of the passage is written in the past tense.  BUT IT'S PART OF A QUOTE!  A quote that is in the present tense.

 

I would really like to know if they are wrong or if I'm missing something because, if I'm missing something, I have a major brain gap somewhere and I'd like to fix it!

 

 

Yes, you do. It's your birthday ;)

 

Sheri

[OM math questions]

My son has always struggled in school. I think it is just laziness honestly, but still. ;) we do supplement with MUS this year, but I was hoping to do just OM next year. :)

 

Honestly, I just didn't feel there were enough problems. 

 

He was having a horrible time with fractions in 6th grade. We took a break from OM and did Life of Fred Fractions. When we completed that, we went back to OM and he did great the remainder of the year.  7th grade comes with a whole new set of issues, so we were supplementing with math-drills.com constantly. That is why we made the switch.

[Time4Writing ... reviews? anything similar in format? Their fb comment is putting me off!]

That comment was addressing both T4L and T4Writing.

 

T4L is a curriculum. You don't have a teacher, receive feedback, etc. It is up to the parent to critique any writing assignments done through Odyssey Writer. 

 

With T4Writing you are assigned a teacher and given feedback for writing assignments. We only used it for two classes in middle school. The first class was the paragraph writing class. My son hates writing and he did fairly well. I thought a little too well. 

 

We then tried the essay class. Had a different teacher that took a lot longer to look at the assignments and a lot longer to respond to them. My son had a horrible time with the assignments. He was asked to rewrite everything numerous times. That was not the problem, it just seemed like he was really nit-picking and the assignments were just plain weird. He was getting nothing out of the course but anxiety so we ended up dropping it about 5 weeks into it. The two courses, and the two teachers were like night and day.

 

I would not use them again. We went with Bravewriter Intermediate (online, not the curriculum) last summer and his writing has taken off since then.  More expensive, but so much better :)

 

[OM math questions]

We used OM math 6 & 7 for my oldest son. He struggles greatly in math so we had to supplement both years. Decided to not to use OM 8 because of that.

 

Youngest did OM 4 & 5. It was perfect for him. He is an average math student and often has math anxiety when learning something new. It was a great fit for him. We stopped using it because he wanted to do Teaching Textbooks like his older brother.

 

Both went on to TT with no problem and then on to other programs. Definitely no regrets using OM for math.

[American School - Online/Current]

To start, they send you two courses. I had to make an extra payment or two and was able to get two more courses. Now, both of my kids have 4 or 5 courses at a time and we have had no problems requesting more (though as you can see, it can depend on how far along your payments are).

[Teaching Textbooks Geometry issues]

There is supposed to be a download from TT for users with El Capitan. But, I would imagine if you already talked with TT that you already did this??

[Purchasing OM High School]

Amazon.com :)

[American School - Online/Current]

Both of my boys take the paper based/online tests courses at AS. The older has been taking courses for two years now, so if he wanted to take an online course it would cost extra. He also doesn't like online courses, so we haven't bothered. The younger just started in August so his tuition includes two online courses. He hasn't completed 4 courses yet, so he cannot take any electives yet. I figure we will try one of the online classes for an elective sometime next year.

 

Both of my guys really like having a textbook, so that will matter in the decision to take any of their online classes. Unfortunately, some of the classes they are interested in are only online (culinary and music appreciation, for example).

 

A few weeks ago, AS had a posting on their blog stating they were thinking of starting middle school classes next year. That might be a great way to try out a course before high school.

 

Sheri

[Take a little break from all the holiday stress... by listening to my dd :)]

😊

[Can we talk Easy Grammar]

I am curious first how long do you continue grammar??

 

We are entering 10th grade

 

Can anyone explain to me what easy grammar plus consists of ? and when and how long do you use it??

 

Thank you!

Try looking at the website's samples or CBD.com. That should help you with content. I believed we used it almost daily.

[Can we talk Easy Grammar]

nm 

 

[Just Submitted DD's DE application...]

Good luck! I hope it works out (and AS corrects those tests on time!)

 

Sheri

[Homeschoolers interrogated in home on curriculum, guns, vaccines, and inspect child's room]

This town is about 20 minutes from me. I read the story in 2 local papers.

 

http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2015/04/homeschooling_was_focus_of_dyf.html

[DS's accomplishment is going viral. Need help navigating all of the publicity.]

Cool! Good for him :)

[TWTM Academy Workshop Model]

I would like to know too. I had already signed my writing-phobic son up before the new syllabuses were posted. I don't know if this new format will work for us either.  :confused1:

[Am I the only one who names cars?]

My husband names everything. I name only LIVING things.

 

I don't get it. At all.

[Chris Rock has been pulled over 3 times in the past 7 weeks]

What should Walter Scott have done differently?

Poppy, that wasn't what I was saying. I meant as a whole, EVERYONE needs to change their way of thinking.

 

Reread SKL's post.

[Chris Rock has been pulled over 3 times in the past 7 weeks]

To be honest I didn't read the 28 minute statistic.  However, I assume she read it somewhere.

 

It fits right in with the constant rhetoric that "black lives don't matter to white people" and "cops are always out to get black people."  Unfortunately if I'd been raised around that rhetoric, I might believe irrational claims too.  That is why we should NOT be encouraging people to raise more generations in this rhetoric.  Change needs to come from both sides.

 

 

Addressing this. This is not one-sided. Change needs to come from both sides.  Was this mentioned at all in this thread?

[Is this normal? I don't think this is normal...]

We call it "cat chatter".

[Online Life Science or Biology?]

My son enjoyed Life Science from Time4Learning. It is considered middle school level, grades 6 - 8th. He watched the lectures, took notes, quizzes, and there are some writing assignments also. He enjoyed it and learned a lot.

 

Sheri

[Sturdy backpack?]

LLBean! We have bought many from the kindergarten years on up to high school.   Always fantastic quality - never rip, etc.

[8th grader thinks he wants to be a police officer....]

DH has been a police officer for 20 years now. His only regret was not learning Latin. Says it would have been very helpful.

 

Also, possibly being fluent in Spanish, depending on your location.

 

Educational requirements will vary. DH's department requires a 2 year degree in criminal justice to get hired. But, requires a bachelor's degree to become a lieutenant.

 

As the previous poster mentioned, there is a ton of report writing. Writing is very important:)

 

edited to correct - bachelor's degree, not master's degree - sorry!

[TT users, Pre Algebra spreading it out over 2 years?]

We are currently using TT level 7, and I just got Pre-Algebra in the mail for next school year.

 

It seems different than the lower levels.   Maybe it's all in my head.  It looks like maybe the tests are just in a book, and not on the CD's?   Is that correct?   Anything else I need to know about this level :) ?

 

Also, my dd is 11, and finishing up 6th grade.   Math is not her strong subject.   When we initially tested for TT in 4th grade, she tested 2 levels ahead, but I didn't want to put her that far ahead and I just put her in the 5th grade program.   We love TT, it's been a great fit for us.   In the back of my mind, I've always liked the idea that she is "a year" ahead and that we could use that year in the future when we needed it.   DD is starting to struggle with math, and I think it's time to slow down.  I had thought about doing some sort of review year for 7th grade, but instead have decided to spread pre-algebra out over the next 2 years.

 

I know there has been a lot of discussion about whether TT math is "behind" so doing it a couple of years ahead makes sense.   Those are great discussions, but I don't want to debate that here.  I would appreciate some ideas logistically of how to spread this program over 2 years, particularly from anyone who has done it.

 

I thought maybe day 1 my dd could watch the lecture and do the practice problems, and day 2 read the textbook and do the other problems. As opposed to doing one whole lesson, taking a day off.   Or doing a quarter of math, taking a quarter off.   I feel like it would be better to still do math every day, just half a lesson.

 

Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

 

 

 

Answering the bolded: I don't think splitting it that way would be considered doing half the lesson. What are there, 5 practice problems? If I remember correctly, they aren't necessarily from that lesson, either. That would leave 20ish problems for the next day. The text book is exactly the same as the lecture, also.

 

My older son used TT prealgebra in 8th grade. He has a terrible time in math. He got through this in one year and is currently in Algebra I (not TT, because we are using American School) and is getting through. When he started to struggle, I started to watch the lectures with him and sat with him while he worked the problems. If he still had trouble and needed more problems, I used math-drills.com. 

 

Are you sitting with your DD? 

[Integrated Chemistry/Physics for rising 9th grader...]

I was looking at it. Have you used it?

 

Yes. My son has completed half so far. We also added a lab kit from Quality Science Labs. He finds it interesting and doesn't mind it at all :)

[Integrated Chemistry/Physics for rising 9th grader...]

PAC Integrated Physics and Chemistry? No math, if I recall correctly.