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  1. I don't know where you live, but I'd get gas into your home before it is outlawed.
  2. By the way, there is a Saxon geometry book, if it is just geometry that is the concern.
  3. Yes! If you want a book that talks about this stuff in a reasonably accessible way, Deep Simplicity by John Gribbin is excellent. Well, I should say that "accessible" is a relative term, especially when it comes to topics like this. It helps to have some mathematical maturity to really get the most out of the book.
  4. I would guess it depends on when your student gets to the Advanced Mathematics text. If it is in the senior year, then that might be a problem for achieving a tippy top SAT score. That said, the vast majority of tippy top scorers are going to be doing calculus in their junior or senior year, so perhaps if a student without Advanced Math has the material through Saxon Algebra II down solidly, that might make up for a lack of knowledge of certain topics. If your daughter struggles with math, I'd use what works for her and not worry about the SAT. You're not looking for a tippy top score in this case, just a score that reflects her ability. Note that if you're expecting her to learn the math on her own with a textbook (any textbook), that is probably contributing significantly to her struggles.
  5. Are you sure it is actually a mole? Perhaps it is a wart that you body has finally rejected. That might explain the quick growth. That said, I'm stunned that your PCP wasn't alarmed at the growth rate and the size even it it looked reasonably normal. I really do think that the thing should be biopsied. I would think that your PCP could handle that.
  6. It's a platform that many colleges use for their applications. It allows students to apply to multiple colleges at once.
  7. They are probably looking for her grades for the first semester of the current year. This is called the midyear report in the Common App.
  8. What's remarkable to me is that it has been known since the 1950s that dietary cholesterol has no or very little effect on serum cholesterol in the majority of people. Because homeostasis. But for decades people have been obsessing about the cholesterol they eat because they were told they should. It's nuts.
  9. My cholesterol numbers have looked like that for years--since my early 30s, at least. My doctor has always told me they look great because the ratio is good. There is no way I'd take cholesterol medication just based on those numbers.
  10. By assuming that she needs help to process these events, and then giving her that help (either in the form of counseling or simply you focusing on her feelings about it all), you are sending her the message that people don't process such things on their own. Since this isn't true, I'd proceed from the assumption that she will naturally emerge from this period intact within a few weeks and not keep the focus on it.
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  12. Really? I'd be stunned if a neuropsych knew anything at all about the details of teaching elementary math.
  13. Between that and the pronunciation of Linex, the phonics teacher inside me is feeling salty.
  14. Have you tried the Epley maneuver?
  15. I've been thinking about BlsdMama and have been concerned about her absence.
  16. Are your expectations for math perhaps higher than they are for reading given the dyslexia diagnosis? Hopefully this won't happen! But is a likely outcome if he were to suddenly end up in school regardless of his diagnosis status. Elementary school is difficult for 2E kids with dyslexia, at least a certain sort. The easy stuff is the hardest it seems. If you've read The Dyslexic Advantage by the Eides, the chapter on Max describes the sort of child I'm talking about.
  17. Oh wow! I wasn't sure it would--that's great!
  18. All of what you are describing could be due to dyslexia. My son (who is now an 27), is 2E with dyslexia and he had major problems with all aspects of the elementary school curriculum. He presented as being much less intelligent that he actually was until about 5th grade. I'd meet your son where he is and not worry a whole lot about the specific diagnosis just yet.
  19. Something to think about... The story or stories of science aren't necessarily best told through the lens of history, particularly not a strictly chronological lens. The history of science is actually a pretty sophisticated subject. It is really hard to do it justice with people who don't have a good grasp of science to begin with--which is anyone who hasn't really learned high school level physics, chemistry, and biology. And even then, what science is goes well beyond the accumulation of facts about the world. The story of science is really about a change in how people approach elucidating those facts. The scientific process--using data and reason, and not intuition and narrative, to learn about the world--was a transformative invention, but it's something that children (and many adults) aren't prepared to understand. The study of this transformation is in the realm of the philosophy of science, and really goes hand in hand with science's history. That said, I think that there is a need for something that is like Story of the World, but for science.--something that uses story as a device to introduce kids to scientific principles. I've seen some things like this, but the stories aren't compelling and the science is usually patched together (or they use history as the organizing framework, which is a mistake). Something like SOTW for science would use a combination of story and explanation to introduce kids to all of science over, say, four years of elementary school, and get to all of the principles that should be covered before middle school (or even high school). It would present these principles in a way reinforces the understanding of the organizing principles of the physical world. That is a tall order. Perhaps someone has already done it but I have not seen it.
  20. No purse. I carry a phone, keys, and very small wallet (holds license and has slots for three cards) in pockets. If for some reason I don't have pockets and need these things (hiking in sweatpants, for example), I have a runner's fanny pack where those three things just barely fit. Back when I needed such things, I carried an ob tampon or two in a pocket as well. If I absolutely need to carry more, I use a backpack.
  21. There are lots of reason that people get hives, not just food allergies. I had hives once randomly and never figured out why. My adult son has gotten them seemingly randomly for years, usually when he/his body is stressed in some way. So just because she got hives after eating sushi doesn't mean it was the sushi though it could be.
  22. I started coming here in 2004 towards the end of our first year homeschooling my older son who will be turning 28 this year.
  23. I use Turbo Tax. Having a CPA do it just adds a layer of complexity that I'm not interested in dealing with. ETA: Our taxes are complex.
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