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So, my conclusion is that if homeschoolers are writing poorly, at least they will be in good company!
She says that there are ususally 1 or 2 students in her first-year writing classes who can actually write decently, but that's it.
Also, I have a friend who works in the writing center at a local CC, and she has said the same thing.
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So, I decide to check on some of these topics at Kahn Academy, and on the front page is a new video on Proofs by Induction--the exact topic we got stumped on today! lol I guess we'll make it through this. :-)
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okay, thanks. That helps.
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But isn't AoPS for advanced math people? So, not necessarily a "typical" algebra 2 course?
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thanks for your input.
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hmmm...so that would lead me to believe that some series put it in algebra 2, and some put it in pre-calc
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I have always wanted to be a midwife, and I always thought that I had to become an RN and then get certifiedin midwifery. But then I found out about another way I could become a midwife, and it is Direct Entry Midwifery and I believe this is what Jill Duggar is working on right now. What I would like to know though, is this path worth it? Will becoming a DEM bring in good money, decent benefits, and overall happiness? If I become a DEM and I want to become a CNM, how can I do this? I love the whole idea of becoming a midwife, but I never knew about this route, and I don't want to take this route if it isn't worth it. So any advice would be greatly appreciated!:)
DEMs typically attend births outside of the hospital. They are independent practitioners, so in other words typically own their own businesses. I've never had the impression that the money was what I call "good." I think you can earn a liveable wage, but I don't think it's what CNMs who attend hospital births earn. When I lived in west Texas, my midwife said she averaged it out one time, including all her expenses, etc., and her wages were about equal to minimum wage. That is probably skewed, however, since she attended births in a very rural part of the state, and would drive very far to both births and prenatal visits--it was 2.5 hours from where she lived to where I lived, and yes, she came to me for all my prenatals. And, as far as benefits, you'd have to provide that yourself, since you'd own your own business.
It might be different if you work at a birth center owned by someone else, and perhaps there are more of those types of opportunities where you live, but here in Texas they are far and few.
As a CNM, you may work in a hospital, birth center, or homebirth setting (the latter two only with an MD signing off on your protocols and/or "supervising.") Obviously, if you work at a hospital (or I've also heard of CNMs only doing office visit stuff like pre- and post-natals, and well-woman care), you'd have a regular salary, and the benefits provided by the hospital, including the hospital paying your liability insurance. You'd most likely also share call time with other midwives or even OB/GYNs. Maybe five years ago, I remember reading that the median salary for a CNM who had been practicing for 5 years was something like $70,000. I don't know if that's still true or not. A CNM practicing in a free-standing birth center or homebirth situation would make less money, and would be on call most of the time (unless, of course, you work in a joint practice) and again, you would own your own business, so would have to provide your own benefits. In my experience, CNMs who attend home births charge more than DEMs, so the income is higher, but there may be higher fees for certifications, etc.--I'm not sure.
No matter if you are a DEM first or not, you still have to become a RN (often with a BS in nursing, but not always) before you go to CNM school. But there are actually multiple routes into becoming a CNM. For example, I have a BA in music. I could attend a program where I spend 1 year earning my RN, then 2 years in the MA program to become a CNM. There are also RN to BS-nursing to CNM programs. Check out this page on the ACNM website.
Also note that the ACNM offers a CM credential. It is the ACNMs version of DEM, but the training takes place in college, not through the typical classroom and apprenticeship hybrid model that many DEMs receive their training through. Back when I was looking there was only one college that offered this training, and I think it was CUNY, but I'm not sure.
Where do you think birth is safest? Where will you feel safest attending women who are giving birth? How much trust do you have in the birth process? How would you feel if you were attending a birth at home, and a baby died who might have been saved with a stat cesarean or other interventions only immediately available in a hospital? Those are the types of questions you should ask yourself before you decide, IMO, in addition to the ones about your quality of life.
As to whether you would be happy as a DEM... would you be happy owning your own business, with all that entails? You may or may not be able to get liability insurance as a DEM (from what I know it varies from state to state); without liability insurance, your practice could be vulnerable to lawsuits in the case of an injury or a death. You will be on call all the time. I think that some DEMs work out arrangements with other DEMs near them, and trade some call time, but I don't think that is the norm. Of course, you have control over your client load, so you have control over how much you work overall...but not how much you may work any given week, weekend, or month.
That's all I can think of for now. :tongue_smilie: I hope it is helpful.
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My kids, in 9th and 10th, will get a credit for "English" and one for "Literature." I am going by how many hours they will spend studying each, and going by what SWB said in one of the workshops I attended at a conference this past spring. She said if a student gets 120 hours of study in a subject, it can count as one credit. Some courses (like math or science) I count by subject matter completed, but things like history or english, I go by hours.
Given that, my kids will spend around 130 hours studying literature this year. They will also spend about 120 studying grammar, writing, and vocabulary, which I am lumping into one and calling it English.
Grades--
For Literature, they will be graded on comprehension questions, their papers (including both content and the technical aspects), and class participation, each weighted equally.
For English: grammar, writing, and vocabulary will be weighted equally. I am considering "writing" to be the time we spent working through the exercises in Jensen's Format Writing. So, actual writing instruction, as opposed to the writing they're doing for their lit papers.
HTH
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My ds is using LoF Advanced Algebra. He is good at math, but not "genius," and he's done well with the LoF series. I was and am good at math. It wasn't what I studied in college, but so far, I've been able to help him on the few topics where he needed help.
Today he was doing Proofs by Math Induction. I've never seen this stuff in my life, and although after working through some of the problems with him, I have a basic grasp of what's going on, but I don't fully understand why we are doing the steps. These problems are HARD.
I started looking at what was coming up next, and there are other things I have never heard of in my life. I pulled up on the web the TOC for Lial's Intermediate Algebra, which dd14 will do when she gets to Alg 2, and it has all the stuff I remember from alg 2, but not some of the topics in LoF Advanced Algebra. I'm thinking that if some of these topics aren't normally covered in Algebra 2, I'll give ds credit for attempting to understand them and struggling with them, but if he doesn't master them, that will be okay. Here are the topics of concern:
Proofs by Math Induction
Linear Programming
Arithmetic Progressions
Geometric Sequences
Sum of a Geometric Progression
Permutation of n Things Taken r at a Time
Combination of n Things Taken r at a Time
We hit one of these "questionable" topics earlier: determinants. I went to Kahn Academy for help with that, and we managed to get a decent grasp of what was going on. But I just don't have hours and hours to spend on these higher math topics, even though I'd love to. I do have other kids to teach, and ds has other subjects that need his attention.
Thanks for your help.
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And I give credit for effort. My ds is using LoF Advanced algebra, and some of this stuff is really hard. I suspect (and I'm about to ask in another thread) that some of this isn't normally covered in a high school algebra 2 class. I've certainly never seen "proofs by math induction" and "linear programming" before. :001_huh: All that to say, I give credit for working hard at trying to understand what's going on with some of these advanced topics, even if he (and I) don't fully get it.
Oh, and I am going to try to find someone in our community who is more of a math person than I to help us. :tongue_smilie:
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Just looked her up on the Alumnae Association's MHConnect...she did major in Geology...which is why I know her name...my roommate and good friend, Tuffy Peare Traylen, also majored in Geology, and I know she talked about Martha frequently.
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I graduated in 1991; I know the name, but don't think I ever met her. Did she major in geology by any chance?
Yes, I am far away, but this is where I am from originally. So, really I went far away for college. I'm feeling very nostalgic after reading this thread.
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I used to live in Granby! I went to Mt. Holyoke College, in South Hadley, then lived in Granby and worked in Chicopee for a few years afterwards. I really, really miss MA this time of year, even though it's been 17 years since I lived there. Back then, Chicopee wasn't bad at all, but maybe things have changed?
I agree with not living in the city of Springfield, but there are many 'burbs that are very nice.
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Ah...thanks for the reminder that I'm expecting too much out of my dc and myself. This is the ideal that I have in my head, and I keep thinking that if I "could just change X about myself," my homeschool would look just like this. Seeing it written out like this, and reading all the responses shows me, what folly that is. Tomorrow, I'm going to relax and enjoy my dc more.
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Only time will tell, but at this point it seems that switching to another math program is not always a negative thing.
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I switched my dd14 from Singapore to R&S 2 and back to Singapore in 1st/2nd grade. Then, I switched her from Singapore to MUS Gamma and back to Singapore when she was a little older. I did this each time because she struggled so...I think there just wasn't enough practice in Singapore, plus she has a terrible time memorizing math facts (or latin word endings, which is why I let her drop Latin early on). She got through Singapore 5A at the end of 7th grade, then did Lial's BCM in 8th grade, and has just started Lial's Introductory Algebra now that she's in 9th. We'll see how things go for her this year in Algebra 1, but I suspect she'll do well enough.
The foray into R&S for addition facts, and the foray into MUS for mulitplication helped her a lot. I guess in the end it looks like R&S and MUS were just supplements, but that was not my intent when I moved her to the new curriclum. Neither time did I think I'd switch her back into Singapore, but she ended up begging me to go back to Singapore, and .
So, switching around isn't all bad. Sometimes, for some students, understanding math is a brain maturity issue, and exploring another curriclum can keep the learning moving forward until the brain matures and the light bulb turns on.
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How about a "Lurker" badge? Or the "Mike's helps me keep my sanity" badge?
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I knew I couldn't be the only one. I'm sure there are others, but they're too busy posting on the thread about gays or the thread about whether Muslims and Christians worship the same god to come over here. :-)
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I wonder, too, if SWB's ideas on narration have shifted a bit. In the 1st ed. SOTW 1 activity book, the sample narrations are longer, and more detailed than the narrations in WWE 1. (Or is it just that there is more information in the SOTW1 readings?)
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I got two--yes, two--tickets within a month of each other.
:auto: :auto:
I had to just pay one ($175--ouch), and take the points on my license. :glare:
But I'm taking defensive driving for the other. I started out watching the videos in earnest, but...so boring :bored:. And I watched the exact same course a couple of years ago, and believe it or not, I learned a lot, and remember quite a bit...but I keep thinking, "Yes, I know that already." So, I am listening...but reading and posting over here. :blush:
Guess I didn't learn how to pay closer attention to the posted speed limits. :tongue_smilie:
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"...we worked to maintain the communion despite the diversity of beliefs..." Yes, and to me that is a true expression of the love of Christ, and a big part of what drew me to this church. The particular parish dh and I belong to is an incredible mix of political/social beliefs, and they had some issues a number of years ago when Bishop Robinson was elected. The parish members came through that, and learned how to love each other even if they don't agree with each other on the issue. I love that!
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Then the answer may well be no but when major churches like the Episcopal churches are ordaining homosexual bishops, the answer to the original question is quite obviously yes.
Unfortunately, though, this has caused schism within the Episcopal Church, and is still causing issues within the Anglican Communion. There have been, for example, entire parishes leaving the Episcopal Church, and joining the (Anglican) Church of Uganda, which has very conservative views on homosexuality. Indeed, in the Ugandan parliament, legislation has been introduced that says it's okay to kill known homosexuals...and the Church of Uganda has not spoken out against this (as far as I know), although I think there are individual priests who have.
There have also been lawsuits in the U.S. over buildings, money, and property when a parish leaves TEC for one of these other Anglican churches...it's all very ugly.
I was confirmend as an Episcopalian one year ago. I love this church, and finally feel like I have found a permanent spiritual home. I'm still trying to sort out all the goings on over the gay bishops (only 2, and one is retiring)...and may have some of my information wrong, so forgive me if I do.
I think things are starting to settle out at this point, at least in the U.S., but within the worldwide Aglican Communion...let's just say that at the last Primate's Conference, the head Bishop of the Church of Uganda refused to sit at the conference if Bishop Schori (of TEC) was going to be there. yuk
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I wouldn't spend that much on an instrument for a child until they had played for a number of years, and show that 1) they're really interested in pursuing it, willing to practice, and are getting serious about it; and 2) are responsible enough to care for the instrument properly. Even a very responsible 5 yo is more likely to have "accidents" than an older child.
I payed $0 for my dd14's clarinet, dd9's flute, and ds15's french horn (I paid $110 worth of repairs for the horn he started on). I paid $75 for ds11's trombone. I asked around in every group and e-mail list I'm on, and people were willing to donate or let us borrow the instruments they played in high school and had sitting in their closet collecting dust. The trombone I found on Craig's list.
Of course, those are more common instruments for young people to play (excepting the f. horn--around here those are provided by the school for ps kids), and easier to find in the way I did. I would be willing to rent the string bass, or to pay a few hundred dollars for a small bass, but not $900.
Could he start on cello, then switch if he sticks with it? Or could you try Craig's List or one of the online rental places????
Good luck.
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So happy for you. I spent many an hour on the phone with my aunt when her 3 DSs and 1 DIL were in Iraq (not all at the same time, execept for the husband/wife, who were in the same unit)...I remember how much she worried, and how she would drop everything if they called or Skyped her.
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It's a great church that is very much like family...only the kids and I feel like outsiders sometimes because almost everyone goes to the public schools in our small town (one high school, so most of the kids go there). And most of the parents just think the schools are fantastic.
But then I'll hear things like this:
One of my dd's teen friends was complaining that she doesn't really have friends at school because the kids at school only ever talk about alcohol, drugs, and sex. Makes me not doubt any more, and makes me feel right fine about being an outsider.
Are homeschooled kids "behind" in writing?
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I'm at the "behind and starting tons of hard work" stage with my 9th and 10th graders. I am confident in them that we'll get it figured out in the next few years. My younger two are way beyond where my older two were at the same age. I don't know how they compare w/ ps kids, but I am very pleased with where they are--and very grateful for WWE/WWS to help me get them there.