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With MM, I do the end of chapter review and then the test if I feel he has mastered a topic. They are so short, it's easy to do. I have started seeing the merits of MM though, because I see now she reviews older topics while introducing new ones: for example today my DS flew through the constant speed portion in 7a, because he has done more complicated equations before. However, 2.4 divided by 10 tripped him up (eyeroll). So I'm glad the review is there though it seems maddening sometimes.

I've no thoughts on the general topic bc my DS is too young still, but the quoted bit reminded of something I read recently: Bard's president: “It’s one of the real black marks on the history of higher education that an entire industry that’s supposedly populated by the best minds in the country—theoretical physicists, writers, critics—is bamboozled by a third-rate news magazine.†and “They do almost a parody of real research,†he continued. “I joke that the next thing they’ll do is rank churches. You know, ‘Where does God appear most frequently? How big are the pews?’ â€

For sure. I am a bit of a cynic though, and generally when one does cost benefit analysis, which is what I was referring to in the post in blue, one assumes the worst case scenario of what's presented.

It's been a mixed bag, but that is not due to the recommendations, it is solely owing to the fact that I did not know myself and our style as a newbie at this

This has not been my experience.

I love your entire post. I do say frequently that the very nature of work is changing, that our kids and theirs will have multiple lives/"careers". I see this with some of my DH's MBA friends. Basically by the mid 30s they have done more than most people get to do in a lifetime... DS wants to be a chef, writer, roller coaster designer and film director. Maybe he will do all! (since this is a dream thread ;))

Well, friends don't let friends pay full freight for a 4th tier school (that has no regional cache either). I know people hate on law school and lawyers, but if we are talking purely economics, of you have a chance to be even mediocre at a top 10 or even 20 school, you know what the starting salaries in BigLaw are-- in my view that is not an irrational choice. I hated law school but I liked being a lawyer well enough (yes, even in BigLaw).

I guess I don't understand why my post is making you sad, because I never said I would not support such an endeavor, it's just that I would have hesitations to spend 100k for it when everyone and their cat is taking creative writing classes in NYC now...I'd still fund it, but are we not allowed some hesitation?

I guess I don't view my job as discouraging my kids because I think life will do that on its own. Unless we shield a little. DH is convinced DS is an English type major who will collect languages and stamps on his passport. I cannot see an inclination yet and I resist the pigeonholing. On the other hand, in my internal monologue, I wonder: We will have to pay for his degrees no matter what as we do not qualify for any aid: It will be hard for me to shell 100K to have my kid publish one story every 10 years in magazine no one has heard of. On the other hand, what a sad world for all to be bankers and lawyers and engineers...

Ha, I already emailed you yesterday :) Thank you!!

So the French program for this is for high school only. Thanks all the same for the link, it's good to know of these programs.

Thank you!!

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I guess my question was more on the programs versus a referendum on my family readiness, but FWIW, he has lived abroad before without his parents (relatives), has travelled internationally every year since the age of 2 months, and regularly flies unaccompanied (though not internationally yet).

Yes. We did one for one week last summer. Frankly it is only immersion for the time you are in class (3 hours a day). We could not find local kids to play with or whatever (we went from rural America to rural France, LOL).

We are clearly worse parents :) I am not ruling out myself going along, that is the default plan. My question is purely technical, actually. These programs exist (local middle schools have them) and I was simply asking if anyone had made a survey, that's all.

French, one semester.

Would love to hear from you if you have! Many thanks

Have you seen an Italian movie or TV show?

Ravic in Arch of Triumph

Do they go for a walk/ run by themselves? My DS doesn't need a ton of daily exercise, but he has an organized sport twice weekly for 1.5 hours and then goes for at least a 5k run on the weekend with dad. It really needs to be more but we are lazy parents. Getting a treadmill soon. He also runs a 5k race every other month or so.

I have Fred Prealgebra with Biology and DS consistently asks for that one. Ugh.

We moved over the summer, registered child with new school district, submitted letter of intent and IHIP, etc. in the new district. He simply never went back to his old school. In the fall, that school called DH and asked him where our son was (which I thought interesting since 1. we never registered him for 4th grade and 2. they did not pay any sort of attention to us when we actually attended. DH said we had moved, were homeschooling, and DS would not be back. They responded that they would mark him absent (!!!)

No, I do not. I just ordered the original two. Do you assign chapters/sections then? many thanks

Elegance of the Hedgehog The rain before it falls Jane Gardam's Filth triology I like the Elena Ferrante books as well, but some can be too emotionally tasking for your current purposes... ETA: The Shadow of the Wind The History of Love. Also, to echo a previous post, I have zero luck with National Book award winners. I universally disliked the ones I tried. I have amazing luck with Man Booker Prize winners.