It sounds to me that perhaps your dd needs to start to schedule these things into her time on a regular basis. If exercise and hobbies are only pursued on a time available basis, opportunities are missed and life does indeed become flat. Sometimes work needs to be the top priority but it shouldn't always preclude other activities. If it does, she has no margin and no fun either. jmho ~Moira

Congratulations to your son. Have him check out if there are perks associated. dd is an RA for an English professor translating medieval Latin. She's well paid but the best thing to her is that she has her own carrel in the library and can check books out to her carrel for the entire semester! No more hunting for space close to examinations when most students seem to rediscover the library. ~Moira

Both my dds studied German through OSU German IV. It sounds as though your dd is well beyond the work of German IV, I'd go with the tutor unless you need an official credit. jmho ~Moira

Lots of good ideas from other posters. If you want to explore more of the chemistry side, I suggest you check out Carl Snyder's The Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things hth ~Moira

Oklahoma State University offers German and Spanish for high school that can be run on a block schedule or taken over the summer. HTH ~Moira

A couple of additional titles The Year of Ms Agnes - Kirkpatrick Hall A Year Down Yonder -- Richard Peck A Long Way from Chicago -- Richard Peck HTH ~Moira

Maybe Lial is a poor fit for your dd's learning style. I used her Basic College Math text with my elder dd when I needed to delay starting algebra. She liked the title word 'College' but that was about it. I used Jacobs for Algebra I. When my younger dd was approaching algebra I took a look at Forster's Algebra I text since I'd used his text for Algebra 2 w/dd1 with great success. I decided not to go with it despite rave reviews from some on this board. It would have been good for dd1 but definitely not a hit with dd2. The previous paragraph is meant to suggest that it's probably the text you're using. Can you and your dd review some others and make a choice together? Just a suggestion that I hope helps (btw dd2 is now taking AP Calculus) ~Moira

Many (most?) libraries offer an orientation to students around frosh week that includes this plus an orientation to other library services such as database access. dd1 took one last year. She found it very useful. hth ~Moira

Hi Chris I did Omnibus I thru III with my dds when the eldest was in 9th thru 11th grade. I wouldn't use it with a senior. The very much doubt that the style of writing would appeal to that age range. If you still want to consider Omnibus, I'd suggest taking a look at Omnibus IV which covers the same time period. HTH ~Moira

My dd1, who was seriously considering music as a major, was really glad that she did Calculus BC rather than AB. She found the second semester material way more interesting. Just a data point for you. hth ~Moira

:iagree: Elder dd had clear ideas, knew exactly what & where. That was easy. Younger dd has been disinterested. Pushing for a decision would have been counterproductive. So I required a general, balanced course of study based on requirements for selective colleges. Now (in her senior year) she's finally figured out what she's interested in studying. She has the pre-reqs for some (although not all) of the schools she considered. If she doesn't get in, she can cover the other requirements as a super-senior or apply to another program after 2 years of college. Our children mature at different rates. Isn't it one of the benefits of homeschooling that they can be allowed to do so? jmho ~Moira

Another mind that worked this way. ~Moira

It depends on the turnip variety. Summer turnips -- the little white ones that often come with greens attached, I just scrub them -- these are probably the ones that were eaten raw in Farmer Boy. Purple top turnips that you get in winter tend to have tougher, more bitter skins so I peel those. HTH ~Moira

Glad to hear it. dd1 really enjoyed LLftLotR and got a lot out of it, it's a wonderful study. pm me if there is anything that you're looking at and want to see. If I have it I can bring it up with me when I come to the CBC Sing-in at St Andrew's and St Paul's on Dec 4. I'm coming to the end of this crazy, stressful but ultimately rewarding homeschool journey. It's been a wild ride :auto: ~Moira

Congratulations to your dd. Now you both have some decisions to make. ~Moira

Welcome. ~Moira in MA

For 12th grade dd2 is doing history, literature and culture (3 credits) from the French Revolution to the end of the Twentieth Century -- rather broader than you are looking for but for the history portion I'm using the relevant chapters of The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures -- Lynn Hunt (it comes in many different formats) together with the Teaching company course Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age plus selected podcasts from BBC Radio 4's program In Our Time hosted by Melvyn Bragg. hth ~Moira

Have you heard of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcasts? He recently did a series of 6 programs on the Roman Republic. I found it really informative but I'd suggest previewing it before sharing with children. ~Moira

The NLE offers opportunities beyond bragging rights. Check out their web page. At least 2 dcs of WTMommies have received renewable scholarships, too. hth ~Moira

Glad she's okay -- I doubt she'll make that mistake again. ~Moira

Tell your daughter well done on her unit 1 grade. Since she is keen to continue the challenge, is there anything you can do to lighten her load in other areas of study? Can you put something off until after the AP course finishes? Maybe she can do extra work mid-May thru June to make up or take a summer course. Just a thought. ~Moira

No advice but you have my sympathies. I agree with your friends, it's really common. Anxiety in general is on the rise among young people especially among the higher achievers. ~Moira

My youngest dd, 17, will be applying to college for fall 2012 entry. Like her sister, she'll be going to Canada. She's really not sure where she wants to go or what she wants to study so we have a lot of work ahead of us -- so different from her sister who knew exactly where and what. ~Moira

Lovely story. Tell your dd way to go from me. ~Moira

Ian McKellan reading the Fagles translation of the Odyssey is excellent. Derek Jacobi reading the Fagles translation of the Iliad is an abridgement but nevertheless excellent otherwise -- the publishers didn't think that people would go for the whole thing. By the time they did the Odyssey, they'd learned otherwise. Btw, there is a different narrator to cover the omitted material so you know where you are. Cover notes indicate which parts are read. HTH ~Moira