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    Canadian History for Dummies

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Canadian society is so diverse, I'm not sure there's anything that can be said that would encompass everyone. Not even "We hate Americans"...

     

    That pretty much covers it. She's had a lot of training about how to approach sensitive topics and had expected others to be as well versed. It came as quite a shock to hear "we..." when it was pretty clearly not an inclusive "we". If I recall the particular discussion was about First Peoples rights.

     

    As a side note, dd1 sent dh poll data from the National Post that clearly shows Canadians can agree on some thing. :D

     

    ~Moira

    Canadian History for Dummies

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    Hi Cleo

     

    Maybe this is what dd2 needs for intro to Canadian Studies @ McGill. Can you get it to me tomorrow? No, that's fine. She wouldn't have time to follow it anyway. :001_smile:

     

    Seriously, she is so dismayed/swamped. Yes, she's Canadian but she doesn't feel it when everything the other students say starts with "We..." and it isn't anything she agrees with -- if she even remembers that she's heard of it before.

     

    You can check out the syllabus here: Intro to Canadian Studies

     

    Hope things are going well for you

    ~Moira

    Remarque: All qiet... question

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    I assigned this to my dd in 12th grade last year. It was a *very* powerful read and she is glad that she read it. However, it was hard as Paul was her own age and just on the cusp of moving from his family to the world -- that seemed to hit her very strongly.

     

    Although it can be assigned for late middle/early high school, I think its impact is unlikely to be felt in such a visceral way.

     

    jmho

    ~Moira

    The box of ancient lit arrived today.... gulp!

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    Audio versions are great.

     

    Before Ian McKellen voiced the Odyssey, Derek Jacobi voiced an abridged Iliad. The publishers didn't think there was a market for an unabridged version. It is well done, the excised portions are well documented and 'covered' by a female voice giving a synopsis.

     

    As to being incapable as a science person to handle these, nobody now believes me when I tell them I majored in science -- they all assume literature because I'm so, well, 'literate.'

     

    ~Moira

    Recommend a Camera Tripod for me?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Pretty please? I need one that will work with my digital camera for shooting my youtube videos - I'm sick and tired of using a stack of books:glare:. I know NOTHING about tripods, but I do know I need a screw base as that's what my camera has.

     

    If you have one and like it - please let me know!

     

    Both dds have the Vista Voyager Lite Tripod.

     

    hth

    ~Moira

    A thank you to the Moms who've graduated kids or are about to do so...

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    So, do you mean that you have two kids at McGill now?? Wow!

     

    Thanks, I will have 2 there as of the end of August, but just for the one year; dd1 will graduate summer 2013.

     

    McGill and Dalhousie have been very easy to work with regarding admissions, I'm sure the external courses helped.

     

    McGill has been a wonderful fit for dd1, I hope it will prove the same for dd2.

     

    ~Moira

    What's the Class of 2010 doing?

    in The College Board

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    dd1 just came home on Thursday. She'll be here for a couple of weeks and then returns to Montreal for June and possibly July. She is taking a summer reading course in Greek drama and also stage managing the Montreal Fringe production of Hippolytos -- this year's classics play. She also hopes to find more time to work on her French.

     

    Although she graduated in the class of 2010, she's now a senior as a result of credits for her APs.

     

    Next year will be busy, she's directing the annual classics play: Philoctetes in a new translation that the students are making. She's editor for the classics journal, VP events for the classics students association, and will also be applying to graduate school -- oh yes, she's also taking just a few courses :D

     

    ~Moira

    AP Art History???

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    Moira--

     

    Did she take the ap studio art through a school or were you somehow able to do it at home?

     

    Dd has an art teacher but we are in the UK. Just curious if we could somehow do the exam from here?

     

    Thank you for any advice.

    She took the course through Pennsylvania Homeschoolers. It has been a boat load of work, easily the most demanding time-wise of the AP courses she's taking this year (Biology, Calculus BC, and Macroeconomics).

     

    Her teachers have been very helpful and the online critiques have been most useful. She's learned a lot.

     

    That being said, it has been the hardest to manage at our end. You have to find a school that is willing to submit the portfolios for you -- not easy as it isn't a very commonly offered exam.

     

    I checked the AP course ledger. Only 7 schools in the UK have authorized AP courses, 2 (1 is a DOD school) offer Studio Art: Drawing. The school doesn't have to offer the course for a homeschooler to take it of course but they do have to be willing to serve as the coordinator for the upload to the college board.

     

    Feel free to pm me if you have more questions.

     

    hth

    ~Moira

    AP Art History???

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    Also, has anyone done the AP Studio Art? Our local private school offers a class for this, but they take two years to complete the portfolio.

     

    My younger dd is just finishing the Drawing exam -- porfolios are due Friday.

     

    It has been a wonderful but very tough year. It is a boat load of work. I'm not surprised that some schools decide to do it over 2 years.

     

    ~Moira

    Whole food eaters... questions...

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Rachel,

     

    Whole foods are minimally processed foods. They're usually found on the outside edges of the grocery store. But I consider canned tomatoes whole foods, likewise canned beans (although from dried is much cheaper and better!), and frozen veggies.

     

    My standard for things that are in jars, cans or bags is that there should be 5 or fewer ingredients and I can pronounce them all :001_smile:

     

    HTH

    ~Moira

    2011-2012 College List

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    Creekland's ds - U of Rochester - class of 2016, U of Alabama, Baylor, Furman, U of Pittsburgh (all acceptances)

     

    Dirty Ethel Rackham's ds - Hope College, attending fall 2012, Class of 2016, also accepted at Beloit College, Bradley University and Illinois Wesleyan University.

     

    Floridalisa's dd: University of Florida, Class of 2016; also accepted Florida State University, Covenant College

     

    Grace is Sufficient's ds - University of Akron, Class of 2015; also accepted: Baldwin Wallace College, Geneva College, Eastern Michigan University, Northern Kentucky University

    Grace is Sufficient's dd - Geneva College, Class of 2016; also accepted: Waynesburg University

     

    Gwen in VA's ds2 -- Webb Institute class of 2016 (ED so no other colleges!)

     

    hsmamainva's dd -- Radford University, class of 2014. Also accepted at James Madison University, University of Mary Washington, Coastal Carolina University and Flagler College

     

    JennW in SoCal's ds - College of Wooster, class of 2016; also accepted Willamette University

     

    lisabees' ds -- Oberlin College. Also accepted: Haverford, Macalester, Kenyon, College of Wooster, Denison, Dickinson, Juniata, Goucher.

     

    Margaret in CO's dd--University of WY, AROTC, Honors, also accepted: Western State College of Colorado, DIV II swim scholarship, Honors, Westminster (UT), AROTC, Honors, CO School of Mines, Hillsdale CO (MI), Association of WP Grads civil prep for Appointment at West Point Class of 2017

     

    Memphispeg dd- California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo class of 2016. Also Accepted: University of Memphis (Honors), University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Honors), College of Charleston, University of Miami, New College of Florida, and University of San Diego.

     

    Moira in MA's dd2 -- McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada -- Class of 2016. Also Accepted: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

     

    True Blue's ds - University of Washington, Washington State University Honors College, and Gonzaga - these are the only ones he applied to. He wanted to stay in WA.

    Literary geniuses, help me with a fun assignment?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    If any of your students also study French, they might be interested in Mark Twain's The Jumping Frog: In English, Then In French, Then Clawed Back Into A Civilized Language Once More By Patient, Unremunerated Toil.

     

    Or, if they study German (or frankly [ah, a bad pun!] any foreign language), they might enjoy Twain's piece on The Awful German Language.

     

     

    Seconding these.

    ~Moira

    Do your teens have paying jobs?

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    dd1 never held a paying job until college -- she's now working as a research assistant translating medieval Latin for an English prof - great benefits! Her own carrel at the library.

     

    dd2 started working for The Food Project (thefoodproject.org) at 16 and has continued through their program. This summer she's been hired as an assistant crew leader! She is psyched!!!

     

    ~Moira

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