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Is he sure he wants to attend local U? And if so right now? My DS1 was a pretty traditional kid and has mentioned that he thought he would feel out of place even just a year or two younger if we did this with him. My daughter did graduduate early, and transferred into state school at 18. She isn't eligible for any freshman groups. She isnt able to attend any freshman group events/dinners such as leadership groups or even freshman church retreats because all freshman events swipe ids, and her id says she is a transfer sophmore so ....nothing freshman. She is only 18, so it has been a bit limiting.
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I have heard of people making it into other things, like wedding handkerchiefs or baptism gowns.
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My son was the same with the essays , so I do understand. I am sorry I was so short. I am trying to convey some urgency that people reading stats for TAMU out of state do not quite understand.
The accademic admit status that your son will have due to his SAT scores is for the whole university, not the engineering school. So he could be admitted, just not to his major, and it is almost impossible to transfer into it later. Many accademic and automatic admits do not get full admit to the engineering school. There are many, many more qualified applicants than spots. The admission stats for TAMU include people who get conditional admission to the school through Blinn team ( taking most classes at the community college and a few at TAMU) or the satellite school at Galveston. I would advise you to spend a little time on College Confidential looking at TAMU engineering. People are looking for admssion notifications now, so you are a little behind with application...not saying it won't still be ok. Housing is also assigned on first come, fist serve basis. They typically run out of spaces in Jan/Feb but I think the Hullabaloo dorm (filled early October last year)and engineering dorm may fill earlier. He can apply for housing around when he submits his app. Hope this helps, I don't want to stress you out, but do want you to research when people are applying , so he can be competitive.
If he needs the scholarship to attend, then I would have few safety back up schools as they are notoriously hard to get. Wishing you all the best of luck!
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TAMU application opened July 1 this year, He might want to get on those essays.
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I am thinking with VideoText he will get through precalc earlier than the 4 years. Would precalc be enough exposure?
You might want to look at the reviews from VideoText Geometry before making your decison about using the program in its entirety. VideoText Algebra is wonderful and it is also a solid Geometry program, but because Tom isn't finishing the last module, there isn't any Trigonometry/ Precalc. Now, maybe I am wrong and he has recently finished it. My oldest did the program as written, but his precalc was weak. We now will switch after the Algebra progrm for the whole geometry portion. In your case, I would probably do a Geometry in additon Algebra 2 in tenth grade. Then you'll be all set up for a year of Precalc and a year of Calc. Hope that helps!
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Epsom salt bath?
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OP's topic was about looting and not race related at all. Please respect the topic and the OP. Most of your quotes, comments, and links are off topic...they are about racism , not looting.Race bait, huh? No, speaking about racism is not race baiting. But calling someone a race baiter for pointing out racism is a good way to try to shut down a conversation about race and often very effective. It is a particularly popular tactic in right-wing media such as Fox News. The same network that likes to stoke white fears of "savage man beast" looters.
That coded language employed by Fox News is offensive. Calling for looters to be particularly harshly punished is offensive and horrifying to me. It calls to mind the extrajudicial "justice" meted out after the Galveston hurricane of 1900. It calls to mind Emmett Till and countless other racially motivated murders. And say what you will, whites and blacks are not treated the same and "looting" is a loaded term. Remember this with Katrina? And on the subject of Katrina, remember the Danziger Bridge shootings? Would that have happened to white civilians?
Watch this. It is a humorous yet cogent commentary (and as a bonus discusses race baiting!) by Jon Stewart. That was after Ferguson. Last month white supremacists marched in Charlottesville. Have we made progress? We need to continue to have a lot of conversations and make a lot of admissions regarding racism. And please, don't play the race baiting card. Let's reserve that for racists.
eta bonus article on Irma "looting": http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/shut-up-about-hurricane-irma-looting-in-miami-9666645
I am all for discussing issues and I think if you would have started your own topic on racism and perception/language used in the media re: getting supplies vs looting ..it may have been a thought provoking and interesting thread . It is a shame that is not what you did.
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How is It going? My kids were totally freaked out by Screwtape's Letters. We have been doing YouCat with youtube. We like Fr. Mike Schmitz and other Assention Press vidoes. We also read anything inpirational like Brother Lawerence, Unplanned, saint books, movies, ect.
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Nope. It was the second post in this thread .The issue of race comes into it when the same thing is described two different ways. There were cases in Katrina (quoted upthread) where black people carrying groceries were called looters and other people were referred to as "scavenging" or "finding" items. That's where race enters the picture. People of all races can be looters. It has to do with who is given the "benefit of the doubt" versus assuming nefarious intentions.
I believe anyone scavenging for necessities or survival supplies should be given the benefit of the doubt.
OP asked if there were stiffer penalties for looting and next post was race bait.
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Insurance adjusters in our area after the flood need to see phots of everything in place before removal and want access to appliances, electronics at side of road to determine damage. So, people aren't getting reimbursed by insurance typically if it is not there. I know if you are bringing the race topic into this you were not effected by Harvey. We are not super impressed by that nonsense.
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Op, when you play a board game do you touch each square with your game piece as you count? Does your son? Does your husband? In my family, the people that look at the board and move six spaces without touching seem to need less repition, they visualize the concepts, and like traditonal books. The other half need more repition, more explanation, and like the hands on component. That is not to say half or the family is better at math, but they sure do approach it differently.
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If this had to happen, I am glad to have weathered the storm here. We didn't quite flood, but the whole community is so great. Biggest frustration In my neighborhood is that there is nowhere to volunteer. Shelters have three times as many volunteers and people staying. Too many donations of food. People just want to do something to help. We all know people involved in rescues, but without a boat, not much we can do.
I think as people can get back into their homes, we will be doing a lot of sheetrock removal,carpet removal and the like. Most of the people that flooded aren't in a flood plane and didn't have insurance. This is going to be rough. The community has already been suffering with so many layoffs due to decreased gas prices.
On the bright side, stores are starting to have longer hours, but are having trouble restocking. Water is receeding.
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Do you have a large white board? At our house , one problem at a time on a huge whiteboard has been magical. My son takes photos of his work with my phone to check it over and I guess that could be easily printed as well. I know at some point he will need to work on paper again, but college is a long ways away.
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Thanks for all of the info on health shares. We want to do this, but it would actually cost quite a bit more per month . I think after I am cleared medically in a few years, we will seriously think about it. I know it costs more, but typically we are never sick, and it would feel great to give money to peeps who need it.
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First, I am so sorry about your cousin. I am very familiar with ALS and it is horrible.
Second,I figured that would be your follow up. I need to teach now, but will try to answer (as well as I can) - part two of why God allows suffering: illness, natural disaster, accidents, this afternoon. Edited.. not this afternoon,but in afew days. Dd1 is leaving for college in 1 1/2 days and there is still a lot to do . I am agreeing woth many people posting above, but will see what I can come up with. It takes me a while to write.
And what about horrible things happening that are not caused by humans?
My cousin died a slow, torturous, horrible death from ALS. The disease robbed her of her ability to execute her free will, and she watched herself lose all her faculties while retaining a clear mind. I can hardly imagine anything worse.
An entity that inflicts such a curse on a human cannot be well meaning and all powerful at the same time.
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I am slightly dyslexic and not eloquent by any means, but I will try to answer part of the question before I teach this morning.
Why does God allow evil?
Evil at the hands of other people: God gives mankind free will. We can choose to do evil or good. The Holocaust is horrific example of choosing evil. Every example of hateful behavior from gossip/speech to bullying to torure and death is because of people choosing evil and not good. Not doing good and looking the other way when evil is committed is also an example of free will . Both are the opposite of what He has instructed us to do.
I will try to revisit later, because I know this only a partial answer to the questions you pose.
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Hugs! If it helps, our experience was that the time working on Math was actually wasted time. My DD1 had lots of foggy thinking with her illness and the retention was such that we might as well have not done it. Later,when she was better, she did extremely well at her CC classes including calculus(although it is still not her favorite).
I would let your daughter do what she loves ! IMHO there is some mind body connection and it sure wouldn't make someone worse to have some joy in her life.
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Maybe she could look into online degree completion programs in your state? If there are any that look promising, then she has a game plan for CLEP credits that might work as well as cc coursework. CC often have scholarships that go unclaimed, so perhaps she could snag one of those. One of our regional schools has an extremely supportive program , but out of state costs make it a weak option.
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No personal experience with this one, but Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo has a reputation for this. https://engineering.calpoly.edu/about/
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Praying!
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We waited until after level 8, other than the readers. After level 8, we have 3 (oral reading to me) reading sessions that slowly increase to about 3 hours a day for a few years. This is pretty unorthodox, but has worked for us. After than time frame, we work on grammar and writing.
We did massive amounts of audiobooks and read alouds before they read independently.
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To Graduate or Not To Graduate
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Hi Op,
Just wanted to add that in my state if you take any class with residency status (at any state school including community college), you retain that status. In order to maintain that option for your son, he could register for a concurrent online 1 credit class and as long as he continues to take classes , he would retain residency in my state. (My DD1 took a PE online walking class- so it doesnt have to be super accademic).I am not sure if that is the same where you live, but it might be something to look into.