Brenda, the same thing has happened to my daughter. My son and she took the AP Calc BC at the local high school. He received his score today (5, yay!); when she logged in and tried to retreive her score, she got a message that her AP # didn't exist. I called, and also got the "we'll get back to you in 5-7 days."

DH brought DS13 to the urologist 2 months ago. She suggested that in addition to a bed-wetting alarm and no liquids after supper, that during the day he drink water often, to increase his bladder capacity. He has been dry at nights ever since :)

It's for one more week; they are going to try to pass the budget for the rest of the fiscal year within that time.

Forgot to mention, his valve is leaking very, very slightly; he has a bit of regurgitation going on.

My 11 year old son has this. He was diagnosed when he was around 4; he's had to have an echocardiogram every year since then. DH is military, so in that time we are now on dr #4, and all the drs have pretty much given us the same info. There has been no change all these years, but his last dr told us that there probably won't be any change until he hits puberty. When he does, the problem can (1) get worse, (2) get better, or (3) no change. :glare: He currently has no restrictions on physical activity, although the drs have told us that once he's a teenager, no weight-lifting with heavy weights. Oh, and we were told that if it does get worse, when he's around 40 or so he will have to get the valve replaced. Also, any time he gets major dental work done (extractions), he has to take antibiotics an hour before the procedure. It used to include cleanings, too, until 2 or 3 years ago.

I don't remember what company it was (this was about 12 years ago), but we had a salesman over. We were responding to an ad promising 2 free meals at Golden Corral. We knew we weren't going to buy the vacuum cleaner; we did not know that it would take hours to get him out of our house! Our salesman was a 20 year old who was dropped off by his mom, around 4 in the afternoon. When he walked in, he noticed the game Civilization on our computer desk. He asked if we had ever played Colonization; when we answered "no" he proceeded to enthuse about how you could kill Indians in the game. Guess he didn't notice the American Indian decorations on our wall (I'm Mohawk). :001_huh: After suppertime had come and gone, we were finally able to get through to him that we weren't interested. Around 8pm, he asked to use our phone, and called his mom. He then talked loudly (we were sitting about 10 ft from him) to her: "No, they aren't interested... I know, and their carpets are filthy... I can't get them to understand what a great deal this is... Let me ask them... (turns to us and gives us a 5 minute spiel, to which we stonily reply "No thank you!")... (heavy sigh) No, they don't get it... Yes, please come pick me up." A few days later, we enjoyed our meal at Golden Corral. :)

Safe mode with networking. Then go onto the internet and download 2 or more programs that scan for malware (sometimes 1 will catch something the other doesn't). Along with my antivirus' scanner (AVG), I use Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php If you end up with something you can't get rid of right away, Malwarebytes has a forum where you can post your problem and get help for free. A few weeks ago I had a rootkit - really, really nasty. I thought I would have to reformat my hard drive, but the person helping me walked me through different programs which finally cleared it up.

Got my DVD today :001_smile:

We do math 6x/week. One son is doing Saxon 8/7. He does 1 lesson/day M-F; on the weekend, he studies for and takes a test, and with any remaining time he does LoF. My older 2 are on Advanced Math. They do 1 lesson/day M-R; study and take the test on F; on the weekend, they do LoF for an hour and a half. TV and computer are not allowed on school days until 4:30pm; when they finish early, they often do LoF.

Yes, but math and logic only.

I'd say let him go on, my assumption being that the majority of children aren't ready for algebra before puberty. My oldest DS is 11, with just a smidgen of hair on his upper lip. We are using Saxon; he just finished Algebra 2 last month and is currently on Advanced Mathematics.

2007-2008 school year, with Capistrano Connections Academy (they switched curriculum the following year). DD1 was in 5th Grade GT LA, DS1 was in 3rd Grade GT LA and Math. GT LA accelerated the regular LA lessons, by combining some of the lessons, and added a literature class, which "met" once a week in a virtual classroom. GT Math did the same acceleration by combining lessons.

Used it for 2 years (public option) when we were living in California, 4th-6th for DD1, 2nd-4th for DS1. They were using Calvert at the time. I was very happy when we first started. When DD1 was 4yo, I had homeschooled her using Calvert Kindergarten (she wanted to learn how to read), so I was familiar with the layout. They let DS1 accelerate 3 grade levels in math, DD1 1 grade level, and both of them accelerate in LA. Both kids loved it, esp DS1 who had had a miserable PS experience. And they both got speech therapy at a nonprofit center (in PS 5 schools shared 1 therapist, so at most they had therapy 1x/wk, 30 minutes, and were pulled out of class) 2x/wk, 1 hr/session. But by the end of the 2nd year, I was starting to champ at the bit. I didn't like that, as a public charter school, there was no school at all during the summer. I didn't like that it felt like they were just plowing thru all the info, and not retaining anything. It also took a lot out of me; almost all of my free time (and with DS2, DS3, and newborn DD2, I didn't have all that much to begin with, lol) was spent prepping their lessons, and I was going to be adding DS2 to the mix the next year. I am glad we did it, though, as without it, there is no way I would have ever had the courage to homeschool. At the end of the 2nd year, we moved to Virginia, which didn't have the public option. We used Calvert with the ATS option for a year, after which we switched to Robinson, and then after a few months of that, are now doing a Robinson/WTM/child-led hybrid :)

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Hello! Just joined a few days ago. We live in Centreville. Have 3 DDs (13yo, 2yo, and 4mo) and 3 DSs (11yo, 7yo, and 5yo). Been HSing for 2 years.

Got a 40. Took the one Geek linked, got a 151/200, "very likely Aspie." I'm highly introverted (IxTJ, btw, flip-flop between N/S depending on the situation), and have social anxiety. I was in the military for 8 years and thrived in that atmosphere. But put me in a group of women and I'm lost and miserable. And like Mona100, I have trouble looking someone in the eye; I have to force myself to, and then start to go crazy thinking I'm now staring too much, lol. I can act "normal" for the most part, but usually need a few days to recuperate afterward.

When I mailed in my form, I put down only the headcount. We had a census worker show up about 3 weeks ago. My husband gave her the headcount and names, but refused to answer the rest of the questions. She said, "No problem." I mentioned that the job must be difficult at times. She shrugged, and said that this is the 4th census she's done, and that this time around more people are refusing to answer. So you are in good company :-) Worst case scenario, the most the gov't can do to you is fine you $100 for not providing all the info. However, last census no one was fined, and the Census chief said it's highly unlikely this time around. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/89301-census-chief-government-unlikely-to-fine-anyone-for-not-filling-out-census

I started off with Singapore 1A-2B for DS 7, then moved him onto flash cards (+-/* for 0-12 facts). Once he had mastered those (took about 2 months IIRC), he started Saxon 54. We didn't need the lower levels at all.

I've got a 7yo boy just like that, too - starts off reading on the couch normally, 5 minutes later he's upside down, spends the next 10 minutes slooooowly sliding off. Gets back on; repeat. lol He just finished Saxon 5/4, and started on 6/5. For 5/4, the first quarter of the book he did aloud with me. But we're now at the point where he does the entire lesson by himself, to include checking the answers for everything except the problem set, which I do (this way I can spot any problems, since he hates asking for help). At first, he would write down just the answer. But once he started double-digit multiplication, I had him start showing his work. Offhand, I can't think of a time where I had to sit down and show him how a problem should be written out; he would just use the method Saxon presented in the examples. Oh, and I keep small, simple toys (jacks, marbles, blocks) nearby that he can manipulate with his non-writing hand, and some sensory balls under his desk that he rolls around with his feet.