Princess Peach
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Wonderful! I hope you have your most amazing year yet! :grouphug:
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I have been asked by family and others who have no idea about homeschooling and were genuinely curious. The question from them, in my case, was not implying that I was not qualified, it was a legal question. The folks who have asked have known I have a degree (not in teaching).
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My guess is that they are trying to tie in the movie to airplanes, correct? I dunno, I loved the movie as a teen and watched it a billion times. Though, PG definitely means something different now, as another poster said, because this likely came out before the PG-13 rating was in effect. I probably would let my kids watch it in their late teens.
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Certified or certifiable? I don't need a certificate to teach my dd but I think by the time I'm done I'll be certifiable.
In other words, just laugh it off as the ridiculousness it is.
Perfect! I love it! :D
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I think that reflexively labeling things "communist" or "fascist" or the like is counterproductive at best.
I'm sorry. There really was no offense meant. I didn't say it to be inflammatory. I did clarify I meant socialist instead of communist, although I am no expert and maybe that is uncalled for, as well.
I simply was just trying to express my dismay over the situation. I value my family's right to homeschool with very little restrictions and I wish everyone had that privilege.
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*sigh*
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Socialist might be closer to what you're thinking of.
Yes, I should have said socialist. Sorry about that.
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I was not meaning literally communist, I was simply using the term to refer to a place that would have all its citizens in govt run daycare and schools and would use the courts to do it.
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Did you consider Teaching Textbooks?
This is exactly what I was going to say. TT has saved my sanity this year. And it's a steal compared to the price of the other options you mentioned. :blink:
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"That's outrageous," he said. "(Youth Protective Services) deeply resented the fact that the parents were doing home school here. They even sent the second child to school before he was the compulsory age."
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Cote says the judge also found the mother's use of "phonics" to teach her children to read out-dated.
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I would seriously consider moving in this situation. I would refuse to live in a communist province.
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I get what a lot of you are saying, I really do, but I think some are giving more power to the ps teachers than they deserve. They are not ultimately responsible for the kids' education. The kid and the kids' parents are. The teacher is the method, but the buck does not stop with the teacher.
My DH teaches at our local high school. He's an excellent teacher (of course!!) and puts in over and above what is required. He cares so much for these kids, but many have not been taught how to work, how to accomplish something- at home. This school is in a nice area and is known to be a good school in this area. But he has kids that are working full time jobs while going to school full time. He has kids whose parents just plain don't care. These kids are actually doing well in his class. But he often wonders, what happens after they graduate?
I went to public high school and was a solid B student. I went straight to a 4 year university and took ENG 101 my first semester. Because of my A in that class, I was offered tutoring training and tutored writing the rest of my college career. Here's what happened during high school for me: My mom, even though she worked, checked my homework, she afterschooled me when needed, she was there to talk to me, encourage me, and guide me. She did not leave my education to my teachers, she continued the process in the home.
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It sounds like your DD likes the whiteboard and is used to copying the problems to it.
In our experience, though, my DS likes to write in the books. We tried having him write on separate paper, but he was copying things wrong and it was frustrating for him. So now he works in the books and transfers his answers to the computer.
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My first grader is writing phobic also. Starting AAS actually helped strengthen his arm and improve his writing stamina. Partway through, when the writing got to be more, I switched him to just writing on the white board - no paper/pencil. That has helped immensely! This week, I've been dictating 4 sentences each day (we're doing the review step of level 3, and I wanted to make sure we didn't have any concepts that needed to be revisited). He isn't struggling at all with this! Back in January when I pulled him out of school, he would have struggled.
So I highly recommend using a white board where possible. I got him a small white board he can hold in his lap to write on, but we also write on the big board. I save pencil/paper writing for WWE and other such things.
:iagree: I second the white board idea.
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If the cost is holding you back, I understand. However, the strides my 8 yo has made since we've started using AAS convinces me that it is worth every penny. I would have paid 10 times the amount to hear him finally say, "I'm a reader!," which he did last week!
Like you said, you can use it for other children or it can be easily resold. They go like hotcakes on the for sale board here.
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Well, I'm still lost about the hairdresser and the dead bodies. :confused:
Anywho, I'm sorry you met a wacko and your response about being smarter than the public schools cracked me up. :001_smile:
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Honestly, they could have a lawsuit on their hands, with that student whose name was used and consequently fled the building. (Even typing that out, I am having a hard time processing that a group of school and law enforcement officials got together and thought that was a good idea!)
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That. Is. Nuts.
My DH is a high school teacher and they have lockdown drills. They just have to go into an inner office and stay quiet (basically hide).
I'll have to tell him about this later. He probably won't believe it.
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I have enjoyed several of Elizabeth George's studies. For example, this is a study on James. They take 15-20 minutes a day.
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I swore I would never do traditional school-at-home. Next year we are using a lot of BJU.
Sonlight is correct about me when they say "the way you wish you'd been taught"...but my kids, not so much. ;)
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I am only waiting on TT Pre-Alg because I'm waiting until the new one comes out.
Oh, and I'll be buying the next level of AAS soon, but we are continuing that thru the summer.
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I would highly recommend that you meet her mw if at all possible. Meeting my mw put my mom at ease when I had my homebirth.
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How terrifying. :crying:
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I would not act nearly as well as her if I had Maks reminding me that my butt was the biggest on the show a million times a day. :glare:
She said she was eating 1400 calories a day and had only eaten 150 that day. She is burning a ton of calories in practice, so she is probably not eating enough.
If you usually are the one to cook dinner for the family. . .
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I picked "other" simply because I could have chosen any of the above choices. I would probably fix something quick. However, I could make a casserole and expect him to cook it when he got home. Or he may just order a pizza!