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Hot Milk which is excellent in a “dazed in the sun”’sort of way.
could not finish Portrait of a Marriage even though I loved Hamnet.
The Piano shop on the left bank as need to be in a Paris mood for the book I’m writing.
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OP, I’m a little bit stunned at the tone of the posts so far. And so I will throw in my 2 cents. Assuming this is public school, their raison d’etre is to accommodate the community and its idiosyncrasies. There are a ton of accommodations that public schools have to make and an eager and curious child who wants to be there is the least of them. People move, lose or gain jobs, etc.
If it’s private school, then I trust them to be big boys and girls and always act in their interest.
As regards your kid, I see no downside in your case. 8th grade is in fact not low stakes in my district, two of the classes end up on high school transcript and there are tests. I would also focus if I were you on any placement tests you want/school administers going into 9th. We have 3 math tracks for example and if you care to be on the top one and you don’t have 8th grade prerequisite, you’d need to arrange some testing, etc. best of luck to your DD!-
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Just wanted to make sure your friend knows homeschooling is now practically illegal in France (very limited exceptions to the rule which come with extensive oversight). I’m sure she knows it’s just a fairly recent development so just flagging.
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I have the opposite: generalized anxiety that manifests itself as work anxiety. My job can be, independently of my feelings, a fairly stressful one. In any event quitting would mean I’d find something else to worry about and instead of just an anxious person I’d be a poor anxious person 🤷♀️ I also don’t have good suggestions for coping, I do all the things you mention (obsess over things no one cares about, etc).
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Yes of course. Flying is miserable enough as it is, we don’t all need to suffer together. If you don’t want the upgrade yourself you can give to companion.
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Sympathy. I’m trying to enjoy the journey, she’s my only DD, she’s downright magical but OMG. It is and will be…a journey.
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5 minutes ago, EKS said:
60% is extremely common.
The LACs I’m familiar with have a gender ratio that is closer to the 4 year college enrollment ratio in the US now, which skews female.
So, more girls yes, but not massively so, couple percentage points 🤷♀️ -
Ideally we need English subtitles here but can get by with French subtitles. I tried a language extension like that but it’s very limited to chrome/youtube/netflix 😞
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3 hours ago, regentrude said:
But the question is: is the preference nature or nurture? What does culture contribute? For example, what effect for the lack of interest stems from math-phobic elementary teachers (studies show that girls in particular inherit those attitudes since they want to emulate their female teachers), centuries of designating those professions as "male", lack of role models?
I am all for honoring women's wishes and not labeling alternative choices as less valuable. But we should examine to what degree the different interests and behaviors are created by millennia of patriarchal culture and not accept them as genetic fate.
As for why it would be desirable to have more women: as a woman in a completely male-dominated field, I see how important it is for students to have female role models.
And having women in those fields does open other perspectives and viewpoints, and would, for example, mitigate gender bias in design - which would be another good reason to have more female engineers.
Representation also matters in that it changes the culture of institutions. I don’t know why corporations care about certain things but they seem to care about this. Nothing amazing ever came from places with enhanced “bro” cultures for example. There have been harassment and pay disparity scandals in video game companies for example.
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8 hours ago, EKS said:
Yes. You can google the school's names and "gender ratio" and see that generally females make up about 30-40% of the student body of these sorts of schools. An exception is MIT and perhaps there are more.
Note that quite a few (understatement) liberal arts colleges skew the other way, with upwards of 60-70% of the student body being female. Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be as much angst about this.
My DS’s LAC has more girls than boys but not upwards of 60-70%. Certainly not enough of a gap to cause angst 😉
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Is really annoying. Looking at you, “France channel”. Almost as annoying as movies that used to be available to stream when Ds was younger no longer being available. (Chorus, etc).
And if you’ve found a resource for French with subtitles, please add? I’m not a huge fan of watching English-language shows in French. I’ve recently found a couple (PeP’s, Nos chers voisins) that would have been perfect but for the pesky subtitle issue…
Lupin and miraculous ladybug only go so far. Thanks for reading this vent 🙂
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11 hours ago, bibiche said:
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
My Side of the Mountain
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basel E. Frankweiler
The Earthsea Series
Cold Sassy Tree
eta if you’re looking for an easy French series, Les messagers du temps was a hit here
Sorry for being too lazy to add the authors. Also, I can’t say I remember exactly what age these are for, I just remember they were favorites here.
Ooh, Calpurnia Tate is a good one. Did that with my son, need to dig it out. She’s already read most of the rest except no LeGuin here yet. And thanks for the French suggestion, always looking for easy French stuff esp with accompanying audio!
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12 hours ago, Faith-manor said:
Agree. Another one of those space industry related reads "Failure is not an Option" was another hard slog. Okay, Gene. I love that you were a test pilot and all the things. But I do not need the minutiae of engineering in every single thing NASA and friends flew. I say this as someone who is pursuing a degree in Aerospace engineering. It was DRY and plodding.
But Scott Kelly's book was great! I would have read it to my tweens, but I know not all folks would. Language and what not.
Thanks both for the heads-up. Definitely don’t need a slog at bedtime. We are in the middle of Immune for non-fiction and it’s the opposite of a slog!
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7 hours ago, Vasha said:
Wonder
Stargirl
The Book Thief
I Will Always Write Back
Will you report back please?
Good luck!
We hated The Book Thief. Will look into the rest, thank you.
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The catch is that I need to enjoy it too. I work like 80 hours a week but read aloud time is special and can’t be one more chore as we both have enough of those…
prefer fiction but we do have non fiction lined up as well (we read 2-3 books at a time): Hidden Figures and Brave the Wild River for non fiction and Count of Monte Cristo for fiction. Tween girl. Others? 🙏
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On 2/11/2024 at 11:27 AM, KSera said:
As long as you’re not on one of the medications that grapefruit is contraindicated with.
Thanks. Good reminder to have on the thread. I’m not personally on any meds
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I’m bumping this thread—can orange juice be replaces by grapefruit juice? Freshly squeezed in each case but I much prefer the taste of grapefruit…
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2 hours ago, Lori D. said:
DK Smithsonian Handbook: Rocks and Minerals
The Firefly Guide to Minerals, Rocks, and Gems
Gemstones of the World (Schmann)For a rock collection:
I'd look for a rock & mineral store, or gem & mineral show, nearby and slowly let her make her own collection of items of interest to her.
Other ideas:
Also see if there is a gem & mineral club in the area and make some connections and learn about how to go rock hounding, or possibly lapidary if her interests go in one of those directions.
Also, any gem & mineral exhibits at museums within your area?I mean, AMNH, but we are due to go again. Thank you!
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3 hours ago, Pintosrock said:
Do you have a rock quarry/park near you? Rockport State Park (Alpena, MI) is fabulous, Sylvania Rock Park (Sylvania, OH) is pretty good, but the Montour Fossil Pit (Danville, PA) was not worth the trip.
I haven't bought mine a rock set, but I have taken her to lots of geology themed classes at a couple of local nature centers, where she has amassed a good rock collection.
We have Herkimer ia few hours away where I took my son—will need to make a trip with her for sure.
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Dd has asked for a proper rock collection and a rock encyclopedia.
i think I used to have both for DS who touched them not once 😉 but they’ve been lost in the moves.
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8 minutes ago, Amira said:
I would still recommend the NMAAHC. Like all the Smithsonians, there's far more to see than you can do in one day, so you could easily spend time on the upper levels where culture is highlighted if you're concerned that the lower levels about history wouldn't work for your dd. The upper levels also have the advantage of being much less crowded if you're there on a busy day.
Interesting—this is what my sister said as well, exactly (they were there last week). Thank you!
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When I took DS and his friend in middle school we did ALL the things, capitol tour, science museum, spy museum, zoo, library of congress, bureau of engraving and printing, etc etc. I even did a baseball game (nationals?) as DS’s friend was/is a baseball guy.
now I’m taking DD and her friend and I’m old and can’t do all the things lol.
we have the Spy museum, a tour of Capitol through our Senator’s office and the zoo (maybe. We have the Bronx zoo here so not sure the DC one impresses. All I remember from last time is a vile smell and shy pandas). We will walk through Georgetown and have lunch or dinner there. And walk around the monuments.i want to add one more museum. I’m dying to do the African American one but I’m told it’s a bit dark and my girl is somewhat sheltered and has a massive reaction to things. Two questions:
—If I wanted to do ONE more museum, what would you choose? My DD is sciency but friend is more crafty/musical. We’ve done a number of art museums in NYC with these two girls so maybe the National Gallery?
—is Bureau of Printing still doing the money tour? I recall we had to line up for tickets at a random street and it was a bit of a pain to obtain them but the boys did love it.
—anything else must-do? I looked for any concert/event type tickets for an evening but I can’t seem to find much.
Thanks for any thoughts
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That’s very close to the text as we will be reading along? I have the Folgers on audible and have heard it while driving, it’s decent. I think this is the best Shakespeare entry for a tween girl so that’s what I’m rolling with lolz I plan to take her to see the new &Juliet play when we are done.
i recall a very good one we either listened to on BbC or on some sort of cassette tape (as a kid that’s what we would have had lol) and it was so easy to listen I would do so while doing my housework. So maybe it’s just amazing in my memories but wondering what your favorite has been, as we read these at bedtime and can’t fall asleep.
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5 hours ago, Beth S said:
1) If you're on Amazon Prime, you could sign up for a free 7-day trial of PBS Masterpiece, and binge watch the rest of the series.
2) You can join your local PBS station. Ours in KY has a $5 per month fee to join Passport.
3) You can sneak & get a British VPN and stream it as if you are a British citizen (which I don't exactly know how to do, seriously).I've LOVED All Creatures---they have done such an amazing job with this new adaption.
(And Miss Scarlet & the Duke is wonderful too, especially the newest episode "Origins" with fantastic banter between the YOUNG Eliza & William.)
Hi, I already have masterpiece, but I don’t think this allows to watch the rest of the series. However, passport worked (and, small miracle, we got it to play on the actual TV) so thanks so much!
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PA Homeschooler vs Blue tent vs Aim academy AP English
in High School and Self-Education Board
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DS has taken AP English and Lit at PA homeschoolers and was a TA for AP Lang (or Lit? Can’t recall now). Depends on teacher but the one he had was exceptional.