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I am so sorry for all the difficulties you and your daughter have had. If I where inyour shoes , I guess I would try to keep the two college options open for next year, gap year , deferred enrollment. If you can only choose one, I would choose the one that is more difficult to get into, probably Baylor. Oops just saw the affordability issue. If she gets some more core classes done either this year or next summer, her honors classes and upper levels will likely be much smaller.
My next step would be to investigate some counseling that deals with practical matters, I.e. helping your daughter set goals, career inventories, interpersonal communication, assertiveness training, limit setting. Not all counselors are the same, and I would want someone other than myself that my daughter needs to account to for a while. If the counselor thinks taking a class or two would be a good idea, i would set limits as to timeframes that work with your schedule, i.e. tow T/Th classes and i will drop you off at 9:00 and pick you up at 3:00, unless she has her own car.
If I were in your shoes , I would also seek some counseling for myself . You have had an extremely drama filled year where you are trying to do the best for all, and if I were you I would have all kinds of emotions and be pretty depleted. I would want some support,and help with setting limits for appropriate behavior of daughter and expectations of independence . It sounds like a stressful few years and I would be "done" at this point. Parenting is tough buisness and you are doing a good job.
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We are keeping DS's room the same, except we took out all of the garbage and vacuumed :) We actually had him pack up every single thing and box it up. His room was a disaster though and it was the only way to organize and clean/declutter. Our plan is to display some of his favorite things and have it looking nice for when he comes home. Right now it has been less than a week, and youngest son is sleeping up there because our a/c doesn't cool the youngest son's room and it's Texas, and it's hot. No permenant room changes though.
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My sophomore will take it. I'm hoping that she will see if this is a good testing site for her. Things she will look for are : clock on the wall, classroom/ large auditorium, temperature, ect. Yes, some of these things are supposed to be in every SAT room,but that hasn't been our experience. If the school is a good testing site for her, hopefully she will be a bit relaxed going into a familiar enviornment for her junior year of testing.
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My kids did not take the live class, but the videos were not helpful in Biology. They said he would go on rants and basically express his opinion frequently, but not add much to the topic, and that they were not impressed by his scientific knowledge. To be fair, my DH does have a degree in chemistry, so they have grown up hearing the thought process he uses. They were pretty harsh in their criticism, but overall the opinion was that he didn't teach good science and the videos wasted time. On the other hand, they did like the DVD from apologia (I think we bought both for Chem and Physics). If you want a live class, isn't The one through Apologia around the same price?
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DD is taking course through Test Masters . I am not associated with Test Masters, nor can I at this time reccomend it as we have not gone through the process completely yet. She does better with classes , vs. print and DVDs. So far, she is enjoying it, but will see over time if there is much improvement. She has not taken many tests, and standardized tests are very difficult for her. We are hoping that the class in combination with taking practice tests weekly and tutoring will help. Most of the kids in this class are trying for a perfect score, but DD is looking for a score for admittance. They don't offer DVDs , but do have an online class I think.
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No luck here with DS using the phone for organization, but his campus had a few map and dining apps that have come in handy when we visit the campus.
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If he would go for online classes, I think I would try home2teach. Their classes are only 6 weeks and reasonably priced, and I know the paragraph class worked on grammar as well. I'd do the paragraph class twice and then probably move onto a quick IEW b/c on essays for notetaking and organizing ideas. I would skip writing from pictures and all of that and focus on steps to writing essays. Last, I would probably have a (recommended online or otherwise) tutor work with me with analytical grammar or rod and staff give lots of feedback on papers.
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I've been checking out Start Write. It looks like just what I need.Thanks!
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Thanks again.
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I have been writing out copywork from the Barton leveled readers or the sentences in the manual. Anyone know an easier way to do this (a link of some kind that I can type sentences in and print them out on lined paper)? It would make my life so much easier.
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Guess we are the exception. My husband and I spent a Saturday showing our DS1 how to write up a degree plan for his double majors. We showed him how to read the course descriptions to find prerequisites and work backward. At the end of the day, he knew what he had to take, and had a list of classes that he could use for the diversity requirement that Texas has. Could our DS1 have figured it out by himself? Maybe. I know I felt better about being over planned and about him being able to walk himself through the process. He has a pretty complicated degree plan in that each major is in a different school. He had never taken a dual credit class, and really never planned out a class schedule, although we did outsource a few classes. He's registered for first semester, and he is in a few honors programs, so has priority registration for subsequent semesters..hopefully that will help.
We liked ratemyprofessor but found so many of his freshman classes were being thought by TBA.
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Chiming in for tiles for first three levels. As much as I love the iPad app ( it takes sooo much less time to do a lesson), I am glad we needed to start with the physical tiles. Be careful though , as when I was showing a neighbor my Bartons program I pulled out the tiles(I keep them on cookie sheets with little round magnets glued to the backs) and they were embarrassingly covered with dust and dog hair.
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Also agree on the videos. It was the only thing that worked over here though . It took us a while to get through the 8 levels(almost 4 years, but I wasn't able to spend much time per day on it at first). For Christmas, my now reading 12 year old..wanted only..wait for it..books. :). Hope it works as well for you.
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Perfect timing. I'm thinking the same thing as my oldest is leaving for college and my youngest turns 9. They are very different people, but with my oldest, we did Calvert and Primary math (Singapore). Very structured, but also we felt confident that we had everything covered,with little planning. Unfortunately, we did notice some holes in knowledge that later had to be filled in, but overall positive. High school was focused on meeting college requirements and ahem ,test prep. I'm a little sad that we didn't have more fun together.
This time, we are focused on social and life skills as much as academics. I realize that I have to set up social opportunities to meet/make friends.
Trying to make things fun, not just done.
Carving time out for read alouds and snuggle time. Memory work (now, I see the importance!), and many more books/ hands on activities. I'm not afraid to outsource if something is fun/social for both of us.
Less curriculum, more learning.
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Thanks, I'll call around . Online, I looked like U of H doesn't do evals, so that is good to know.
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I was looking through the archives, and was wondering if any of you could share your NP or EP recommendations for Houston. It looked like a few of you had planned on doing evals here.I'm not sure which of my kiddos to test first, but I'm leaning toward my sophomore. We've remediated some things on our own, but since spelling and vocabulary are still such an issue, I'd like to see if they have any ideas or at least start getting some accommodations for testing/college.
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I cannot say enough how much my DS and Dd loved Great books Academy classes at first They have such a lively discussion in their individual classes, and then discuss with the family. Edited 2015 ...then I found out my son didn't actually read the material and the discussions rarely touched on the material.
Websters online writing academy..kind of a hit. Both kids' writing have improved ,but the classes are pretty expensive, and they seem to be moving to recording the classes. I would wait on this one. Edited 2015: The biggest waste of time and money in my 12 years of homeschooling. Teacher had to use the restroom during the one hour class, never sent the correct handouts... forgot to teach the last class. Stay far away from this one!
DS is in Derek Owen's calc and physics. The classes are ok..not great, and often we have to resubmit work because he didn't get the email. Questions take 2-3 days for an answer. I don't know that I will have Dd take these.
Spectrum Chemistry combined withApologiafor Dd is a hit.
American History using living book syllabus through MODG is a hit as well.
Thanks for all of your sharing, I'm getting great ideas. My DS has one semester left, any great writing courses?Edited 2015; for my own future reference and anyone searching for courses
Classical Conversations and Catholic Issue with How Then Shall We Live
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Ok. First class of Challenge 2 completed. They had/willl have a video of How Then Shall We Live each class as well as chapter readings. I have read the first few chapters and it is full of the author's unsubstantiated opinion and is very derogatory to Roman and Eastern Orthodox Catholics, as well as other Christians who do not follow Mr. Schaeffer's views. Many historical references are incorrect. We started doing a fallacy study of the text, but I wonder if she should even be there. She enjoys the people and taking a homeschool class where most of the people actually do the work and are begining some critical thinking. A few of her classmates were also noting the historical inaccuracies, and t's not as if she is being treated unkindly by them. Why aren't they just studying the art itself and styles rather than read some agenda driven synopsis about what someone else thinks? That part doesn't seem very classical to me. I can have her opt out of the reading, but feel it is probably better to read it together. Not sure how to pre watch the videos. What would you do?