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What are your MUST READ books for SOTW vol 1
Abeth78 replied to wy_kid_wrangler04's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
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I too am so sorry for your loss. I totally agree with the PP though. Growing up with every man in my family being a Protestant pastor (including brothers now) I can assure you that It is not only the Catholic church who moved around their clergy...and that many many were protected (including Christian school teachers). Being Catholic for the past 10 years, I have never understood why they get all the press... the only think I can figure is that the Catholic church is a huge entity that is all connected to Rome... Protestant churches have many denominations.
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:bigear: too. My son starts K in fall. He is so ready to start writing and reading. We have been in CC the second half of the year. I was considering AAR but I may have to look at this program first as at this point we plan to follow CC all the way up to essentials.
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Lymes people....... And a rant
Abeth78 replied to Denisemomof4's topic in General Education Discussion Board
this. I was diagnosed over 10 years with Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue and Lupus, and Rhumatoid Arthritis, oh lets not forget unexplained infertility... oh yes it was hard to pin point. There is a lot of controversy and mis-understanding around Lyme...and it has really only come to light in the past few years. This is most certainly not a fad... IMHO after having had Dr.s "experiment" with diagnosis... the true test was I was put on Lyme medication and had a terrible reaction...and THAT was the proof they needed to know I had it. I also have seen it mentioned that Lymes doesn't make sense in this case. You know your loved one best but honestly Lymes doesn't make sense...that is what is so hard about it. 1. You don't always see a rash (many don't get one) 2. It mimicks so many things (Depression to true medical stuff like strokes) that it takes a seriously trained eye or someone who has had LD to see it. 3. The medication doesn't react like most think it should. You actually get worse before you get better while on LD medications. It makes people want to stop thinking there is something wrong and want to stop the medications when really what needs to happen is continuing the medications. 4. Many diagnosis on top of diagnosis make Dr.s think there is emotional problems rather (like is it all in a person's head) or the person seems fragile. I only lend perspective. I would never try to tell you what to do... but my mother to this day does not think I had LD (my husband however KNOWS for sure after living with me through it). It is true, people often don't take it seriously until their loved one begins to struggle...but that often is out of mis-understanding it. Best thing to to is research! Consider. Talk to those who have what you suspect might be wrong. I beg you though, don't let the Dr.s convince you to blow off that positive diagnosis. It is so very rare they come up false positive. So very. -
Lymes people....... And a rant
Abeth78 replied to Denisemomof4's topic in General Education Discussion Board
http://www.lymenet.org/ is the resource my Lymeb Doctor reccomends. I have a few others that are way more technical ( like written to educate doctors but I needed them in my quest to educate Myself when no one seemed to understand) If she got any kind of a positive blood test she has it. There are next to no false positives but a huge % of false negatives. Having had Lymes for 10 years, And now in remission. I can tell you LD is so VERY misunderstood by Dr.s and those who do understand often don't take insurance. It is such an expensive disease to treat that insurance companies go after them. It took me years of mis-diagnosis to finally get an answer and treatment. I too had a positive then a negative and it was written off for ten years as a false positive. A positive test is so good! Spirokeet cannot live in the blood stream and are corkscrew shaped. They burrow into tissuese to stay away from red blood cells that will kill them. Making it about as easy to win the lottery as get a positive test. Have you noticed cyclical sickness with dd? Lyme has a 4-6 (ish) week life span so many times the pain/sickness/symptoms will cycle through every couple of weeks until it is really throughout her system. lD is known as the great mimicking disease because it looks like so many other things and doesn't really have a good test for it at this time. -
What does everyone think of the new iPad?
Abeth78 replied to Oak Knoll Mom's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Yep! What she said LOL -
Why not stick with CC (my 4 yr old is loving it) and thet that be their history and science since they focus on that every week! I too have a baby due soon. I am not going to stress until we have adjusted but history and science are going to come from supplementation and CC rather than a full curriculum for the next few years.
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What the others have said! a GREAT book! Hugs I will be in this situation some day. It really is a case of caring for your family first and setting good boundaries.
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Classical Conversations Foundations, pros and cons?
Abeth78 replied to k3bzr18's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
:iagree: My just turned 4 yr old is doing amazing! Our group is wonderful. Everything she said about the tutor is true too. She presents the info and I bring him home to re- enforce the info. I have paid for other coops that had no standards. In the end the few extra dollars are FAR more worth having a program that I know is fun, easy, doable yet rigorous. DS asks to go to CC almost daily. He counts down the days. We too have a preschool program and a nursery. I think it makes all the difference for the moms and students. I say go for it. It is the best program we have come across. -
Classical Conversations + other curriculum??
Abeth78 replied to tkdkidsmom's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
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Book a Week in 2012 - Week 7
Abeth78 replied to Robin M's topic in General Education Discussion Board
Just popping in to say Hi! I have been keeping up with mu book a week though life has been too busy to post in the thread here much. This week I am reading Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps. It is non- fiction on the use of technology today. It was highly reccomend by Leigh Bortins ( CC founder) who I heard speak on Saturday. It is a book that is really making me think! -
I won't ressurect a new thread but...
Abeth78 replied to Abeth78's topic in General Education Discussion Board
best advice ever... done, and DONE. :D