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I'd say "Dean of Curriculum and Instruction at a small, exclusive private school."
I'm fine with "homeschooling father" because it's weird enough to either start or prevent a conversation, depending on the listener. "I homeschool by day and teach SAT prep by night" is useful if I think I can get a referral out of someone.
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Not to be a complete killjoy, but there was a great article (somewhere) that listed the things no one ever talks about with time travel.
Three I remember are:
1. No one will understand you, even in an English speaking country -- I can attest to this, having had to learn to pronounce Middle English and read Canterbury Tales aloud (sadistic professor, that one).
2. You can't eat or drink -- modern guts can't handle the parasites and other assorted nasties of old.
3. You age faster -- if you spend, say 6 months in ancient Rome, you don't get those 6 months back when you return, so you're six months older than everyone around you who didn't make the trip. Not bad, but if you go hopping around like Doc & Marty McFly, you'll suddenly pop into the present again possibly decades older (but I guess you couldn't really tell with the Doc).
Of course, Time Lords prob figured work-arounds for all of this.
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What's a good way to keep white tile floors clean without a mop and bucket? My entire house is tile, so I need something that isn't too labor intensive. My children and I will all thank you if you can save us from these floors.
And what about some ideas for hard water deposits on glass shower doors? I don't necessarily have access to the same cleaning supplies as I would in the US, although sometimes I can find the same brands. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
On of my go-to sites for such info is Gardenweb.com, which, despite its name, actually has huge home improvement and maintenance forums. It looks like steam is the preferred non-chemical way to do the tile floors, while vinegar might work on the shower door (although someone also mentioned drier sheets).
The best thing for hard water is still a water softener, although it won't solve all problems. We had insanely hard water (40+), and while it's now softened, it's still acidic enough to leave green stains, and it slowly eats through copper pipe.
Fun times.
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YouTube is a great source for learning little skills, like using a chef's knife. I was tickled the first time I julienned a carrot, but I'm easily amused.
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I started up after about a 20 year break. Best thing I did was to buy comfy Softec skates that were insulated and had good arch support. Rental skates always made my feet hurt after one lap of the rink. Unfortunately, I had to stop after surgery in ' 11. You never know how much you use abdominals for balance until someone slices through them!
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This isn't all online, but Saxon makes decent dvds to go with the textbooks. Just be sure to get an older book actually written by Saxon.
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DD did several years of Spanish on Discovery Streaming. It was a program done by Arizona Stage U. (I think). Well worth the subscription.
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We just stayed for 2 weeks in a Hyatt House near Cherry Hill, NJ and I took the PATCO high speed train into Philly. We had a kitchen, living room, two bedrooms plus free breakfast and dinner. There was also a Wole Foods down the street.
Much cheaper than staying in the city.
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Back to middle school, but with all what I have learned since.
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Whoa! Sorry to hear!
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Tom,
Thanks for this, too. May I ask if these two resources are the only ones you use in your tutoring? I'm particularly interested in math prep materials.
Regards,
Kareni
Yes, I use the McGraw Hill book for lesson content and section practice. If a student needs additional practice, that's where the Blue Book comes in.
The way McGraw Hill breaks down math makes a lot of sense, as do the alternative techniques the book illustrates. A dirty little secret of SAT math is that it's not all math. Although the College Board states plainly that the SAT is not a logic test, some of the math questions certainly are more logic than computation. That's why a student who just finished half of algebra II can do as well as the Calc A-B whiz. Actually, I've had advanced calc kids who had to learn to slow down and not take the most complicated path to an answer. The SAT tends to be a bit of a leveler like that,
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I was on a combo of Wellbutrin and Celexa for several years, and I wouldn't think it to be unusual at all to have to tinker, and maybe even switch meds, as it is definitely NOT a one-size-fits-all. I don't remember side effects while on it, but I did have disconcerting dizzy spells when I went off it because I did it on my own (dangerously stupid). Then I found a psychiatrist I liked and he tapered me off correctly.
Having worked with a few different professionals, I would say that is the key -- find someone you trust who will work with you and adjust things. This does not include GPs who might have had a whopping whole semester of psych back in med school. It can be an APN or a PsyD, but get a specialist for treating your noggin.
As for Parkinson's -- my grandfather had that as well. It increases your risk of melanoma, so I'd add semi-annual skin scans by a dermatologist to your list.
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ACT is different enough to warrant separate prep. Get the "Real ACT Guide" for that one. I use McGraw Hill and the Blue Book for SAT clients. In a nutshell, the SAT uses funky logic in their questions to stress students, while the ACT uses time (more questions in the allotted time). From my business standpoint, the SAT is more prep-able; I used to prep ACT, but it was just as effective for the kids to get the book and do it solo, since ACT content is much more similar to school content.
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Aside from the group that exiled me because we let our kids read Harry Potter and didn't outlaw the yoga exercises on the WII
.Well, as the blood rushed to my head during the the few times I've tried downward facing dog, I have contemplated what Hell would be like, so there is a line of reasoning there.
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Only for you, that homeschooling dad, would I out myself.
Aw, shucks..... :blush5:
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Tom, it is totally a weird vortexy thing by you. You know I talk to you and am happy to be shunned by the nutters when we talk. I should add in the past year I have had 3 moms contact me about homeschooling their kids here. Granted-2 out of the 3 have enrolled their older kids in school because of the lack of support but that is another thread all together.
OMG, Kathy! It's you!
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Borderline personality disorder--- basically bat**it crazy, but can hold it together long enough that everyone thinks she is fantastic and you are nuts for complaining.
Hey, I have a MIL like that. We're thinking my own mother has something else, like a complete lack of empathy, but not in a nasty-old-lady kinda way - rather in an inappropriate-but-doesn't-know-it way.
It sucks. It nothing but sucks. I kinda have to circle the mental wagons and remember that my little trio is OK. We're OK.
You're OK too.
But is still sucks.
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Our cassette version of Deathly Hallows finally bit the dust. ;)
You have a cassette player??? I'm in awe. :w00t:
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Never had a denim jumper, although I suppose I could whip one up with vertical stripes to kinda hide the gut. Oooo! Train overalls! Don't they have stripes? Gotta check Amazon.
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One of mine insists they read all of the HP books 10x each. Even my dh has read Hunger Games multiple times.
I think DD's Narnia audio boxed set might eventually explode from overuse -- not that I know how CD's degrade. Does Patrick Stewart's voice start to go up pitch like on old cassettes, or is it something more dramatic like the laser burns a groove in the disk? Prob neither.
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You know what makes me feel old....when I see a weatherman on TV who is way younger than me. That's just wrong. Weathermen are supposed to be older than me.
DW has a former middle school student who just started his oncology residency, another who keeps inviting us to his restaurant on Cape Cod, and another who has been DD's dance teacher for 10 years. The wackiest however, has to be the HS mom we've known for a few years -- daughter similar in age to ours, etc. It turns out she was a student at DW's first high school job 26 years ago (shout out to Rising Sun ,MD). Now that's wierd. Granted at 21, we were just 4 years older than the seniors we taught, but that doesn't make it any less freaky.
I know plenty of non religious homeschoolers, but not so many academically minded ones.
That's my quibble -- I don't care about your faith, and suspect it won't come up that often in conversation, but can we please find some local friends who actually DO school? :confused:
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I can't say DD gets sad, since she usually just starts from the beginning again!
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I'm in NJ and I've had 4 different acquaintances tell me they were going to homeschool in the past few months. I'm not sure what's driving it but it definitely seems to be picking up.
I've already run into the thin, young and somewhat trendy homeschoolers. NJ seems to have a lot of homeschoolers for academic or learning issues reasons, rather than religious reasons, so maybe that makes a difference. I'm none of the above. :thumbup1:
It's the pending testing and teacher eval changes. Even DW's vice principal is yanking his kids out, and another teacher desperately wants me to HS her kids.
Where are you that you see academic less-religious HSers??? I'm surrounded by the academic evangelical and the radical unschoolers. Maybe it's a weird vortexy thing where I am.
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I, for one, would be thrilled to see a lone dad at an activity, and to sit and chat. I'm one of those women that finds it easier to converse with men vs. women. I'm sorry you're dealing with being ignored.
I also feel it's easier to converse with HSmoms, at least in part because we're doing the same job, seeing the same things, encountering the same challenges, and have the same basic goals for doing what we do.
Among fulltime dads, there is a weird schism between those who do it by choice for the long haul, and those for whom it's a brief job change. There are plenty of guys home it in this area, but they all disappear when they're kids enter school, so the group is perpetually pre-K.
I doubt that I'm part of some secret forthcoming revolution on any sort of scale.
Looking for non-cutesy immune system book suggestions
in PreK and K
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There is the funky BBC series on body systems called "Once Upon a Time in the Body" (I think). One particular user isgota, seems to have uploaded a bunch of them to YouTube.
Discovery Streaming is also an excellent source.