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I've heard this, but I've also heard that BFSU is kind of hard to use/implement. How do you use it?
We've done it since K (now 7th), and it did take a while for me to get into a groove. Now I make PowerPoints for each chapter so I can weave in video and graphics. Since the chapters are written with a classroom setting in mind, you do have to pre-read and sort of shape the presentation into what you need for working with one or two kids. The vast majority of supplies are supermarket-level stuff like iodine and vinegar. We bought graduated cylinders and eyedroppers a few years ago, plus a decent beam scale and microscope. This fall I had to get dialysis tubing, and a small pen laser is on my list for spring, but that's about it.
I have yet to see any program that is as thorough -- you definitely get out of it what you put in, and it's scale-able. We never do every activity at the end of each chapter, and there are topics with which DD is already very familiar, so those we go over those in less detail, usually with DD pulling up some site where she learned some details four months ago. I think Dr. Nebel still runs a Yahoo group where users can ask him questions, which is pretty nifty, and something you won't find with most publishers.
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It sounds like you and DD are on the right track. I hope she becomes a word class RN.
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Bernard Nebel's Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding does this very well K-8.
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DD went to a Girl Scout event for which the keynote speaker was the head of NASA's astrobiology program - but she started as a music major, and got her science PhD some 20 years later as part of a complete career change. Kids need more exposure to those kinds of stories.
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Meanwhile, a Walmart employee in Montana died from exposure earlier this month because he had to live in his car. An extreme, and unusual example, but if we're talking minimum wages, well....there ya go. So to tie into the "wimps" question, perhaps another way to define it is that we are a nation that embraces the self over the society, which explains our healthcare, transit and, well, a lot. I think I argued this samr point back in that transit thread, but anyway, if the comparison to Europe is one of degrees of self-absorption writ large, then it fits.
Now, we are also ranked 5th on the World Giving Index, so there's a paradox to chew on.
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It could fall under "hobbies" though. Are you making the box too and just attaching the wheels or making the whole thing?
From scratch. I have plain plywood in the garage, black plastic to laminate onto the wood, hinges, latches, wheels, all the metal edging (yet to be cut down from 6' lengths) and a whole bunch o' rivets.
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We wash hands quite a bit, and aren't nearly as sick as some relatives. Nothing scientific about it, but it seems to work.
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Now, should her headmaster still be in the teaching business when she reaches that stage herself, he does like hiring former students... but that's a long shot.
DW has a few colleagues who were once her students. No better way to feel...um....old.
A college degree opens up opportunities. There is less that you can do if the person with the degree doesn't want to move or change focus to take advantage of those opportunities.
Not to mention the million dollars plus more a degreed adult can expect to make over a career. (Yes, there are exceptions -- life is still a bell curve).
Edit -- My BA in English does not guarantee my ability to spell.
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Not sure if it's a craft, per se, but I'm making a road case to haul riser parts for DW's choir. Has to be done by the super bowl gig (brag, yeah, I know). It'll look like this one, but skinnier:
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1. Eat hors d'oeuvres for dinner -- anything that involves minimal cooking.
2. I'll watch the various channels while in bed, not recognizing any of the singers (as I am decidedly past the target demographic). As the ball is dropping, I will nudge DW with a "Psst, the ball's dropping!" Then it's "happy new year" *kiss* back to sleep.
It's an exciting, if reckless, life, I'll admit.
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DD has done SWO throughout and is on the very last book this year. She's very verbal, so maybe that's why it's worked???
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Haha...I was quoting John Bender for the Breakfast Club.
Gee thanks. Now I've got scenes reaying in my head. Would that be an eyeworm instead of an earworm?
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Wow. Now that the CB has come up with its own curricula for math and English, I guess we should be able to figure out what will be tested on the "new and improved" SAT. :glare:
Having taught SAT prep for years, I wouldn't trust CB to write waffle iron instructions. I'm also NOT looking forward to taking a brand new test in two years and revamping my whole approach. Maybe there's still time to become a shepherd.
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I got a refurb Waring bar blender with a glass jar off eBay. It's a tank. One switch, two speeds, no fuss.
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Special ed in general is supposed to grow at a bout the same rate as every other job, so it's possible DD will find a job, IF she's willing to start out in, say, North Dakota (no offense to our frozen comrades). That's one thing that was striking about DW's school. She knew she wanted to be a music teacher from about middle school on, and she has now been on for 26 years, but she started out in one state and eventually ended up in another. Meanwhile, her college town is full of other former music ed majors who just didn't want to leave the idyllic setting in leafy eastern PA, producing a glut, so they end up working in insurance, etc.
Yes, at 12, I would expect your DD to change her mind, but I also believe in callings, because I married someone who followed hers. Your best advice would be to BE MOBILE! Sure, you can pursue this or that field, but be willing to spend your twenties in some far off town you'd never choose outright, because that experience is what will eventually get you to the place you'd rather be.
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Officially, high BP has no symptoms, but I swear I had headaches from elevated BP, and they went away with low dose Zestril. Mosr home monitors are suspect, and I tend to read higher on automatic cuffs than on manual cuffs. I have a second hand monitor that isn't bad, but I look at its readings as a rough estimate.
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Maybe wimps isn't the best descriptor, although I agree with the sentiment. Maybe isolated.
We're a massive country, with enough space that sharing space is not embedded in our culture, we've never been invaded/occupied, never had to rebuild on a large scale, and, not for nothing, we're very young in European terms. Oh, and we've been the dominant superpower for quite a while, now. All superpowers think this way until they get knocked down -- remember the sun never sets on the British empire?
Just give it time.
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I had all the kids make wooden catapults that shot pompoms. Another year was a Harry Potter theme and they made wands at Olivander's, did little garden terrariums for herbology, and a bunch of other activities they rotated thru like classes. We've also done many diffefeng versions of pin-the-tail. Now that #13 is coming up this month, most of that won't be repeated, but it was awesome.
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Time for a call to whomever installed your system. They should retest the water and give you options to fix or upgrade, etc.
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Now, we are dealing with several social issues with our 4th grader and our 3rd grader. My 4th grader now knows every bad word in the book and some of his classmates are struggling with pornography. To my knowledge, my son has not viewed it but I cannot be sure. Yes, this is a Christian school but we all know that does't mean perfect. We have many kids that come from non-Christian homes but their parents or grandparents just want a better education. Our ps around here are rough.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around 4th graders struggling with porn. :huh:
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My acupuncturist said green tea in winter but white tea in summer, which had something to do with heating/cooling of the liver. I ignored her and do green year round.
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DD13 is my only, and our day always starts with math, at first because it took the longest, but now because it's her favorite, and it's just habit. We have a spreadsheet to check off, and I keep a general log, but the exact order can vary a bit from day to day. Friday tends to be lighter, and we'll sometimes do Friday's stuff on another day if there's an appointment or some other anticipated interruption.
The biggest change this year is a significant leap in the amount of work she does independently.
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When people call me that I tell them I'm not a preschool teacher. That's a common preschool teacher title around here.
Miss Firstname is also a dance school thing here. DD just became a Miss_____ in her first student teaching gig.
DW grew up with several "Aunt and Uncle so-n-so's" who were family friends and not actual relatives. I always called my aunts and uncles by their first names, so it definitely seems to be a family thing and/or regional thing. It was not my first choice for my nephews to call me "Uncle Tom," mainly because I don't own a cabin, but my SIL feels strongly about it being a term of respect, so whatever.
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Jubilee used to come in a spray can, but now only seems to be in a liquid form. We used it on the ancient appliances we got with our house 15 years ago and I remember it worked quite well. It's been around forever.
What do you do when dh & you do not agree on further education for your children?
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LOL. Um, no. I'd like DD to earn enough so she and her partner can decide which one would be best at home, based on factors of their choosing.