. ~Science: Chemistry - creating my own using Chemistry A Self-teaching Guide, YouTube videos, other labs, hands-on games, etc ~Math: Algebra 2 - Foerster Algebra and Trigonometry ~History: World History using Oak Meadow's Guide and A Little History of the World ~English: Probably just going to use the AP Book, The Language of Composition, which I used with my son this year so she can dual-enroll in 11th grade. Also reading of literature books and literary essays. ~French: Continue Duolingo and Step By Step French ~Architecture: Think Like An Architect in Fall and Excelsior's Architectural Drawing and Design in Spring ~Maybe add Practical Critical Thinking ~Extracurriculars: dance, theater, voice, church youth group, speech

Old Navy isn't long enough for my DD. She is a size 0, 5'11" and all legs. Maurices has Tall and some of the longest inseams we've seen. They are also reasonably priced.

Terrible. At our last house, we had 3 certified letters sent over a few months period and we were only made aware of one of them. They never even attempted to deliver the other two. The one they did "attempt" to deliver, was not actually attempted. They just left a not in our mailbox to go pick it up at the post office. Said they missed us, but we were home all morning doing school in the front room right next to the front door. At our new house we have lived in less than a year, in a new state, it has been worse. Packages regularly left in the wrong mailbox, at least 3 times so far. They lost a certified letter and never found it. My husband says his work gets stuff for others about twice a week.

Yes, that would be great. @saraha Thanks to everyone who has filled it out. This really helped us get a larger variety of ages.

My son needs some more people to answer his poll for his statistics class. It is only 2 questions. https://forms.gle/fYjGLgQog7E1jCKW9

This is what I think he feels, but when I told him a similar story about how I realized I didn't need to major in something just because I was good at it, he just seemed to think I made a good decision. He tells me he still likes running and wants to keep doing it. After less then 2 weeks off after Cross Country this year, he said he missed running and just wanted to go outside and run. I have let him know in the past that it is okay to just do things for fun and because you love it. It doesn't seem like he likes to compete anymore, yet he is always making a big deal about his times and goals. He actually runs faster at practices. He does struggle with similar problems in other areas. His AMC 10 scores have been about the same from 8-10th grade. He even took some AOPS AMC prep classes and did very well during that time. Same with Chess. He started and improved very quickly, but then plateaued and stayed there. He wins all the local comps, but does mediocre when we travel to bigger cities. I wonder if as soon as he starts doing well, expectations come and he just can't handle them. Thanks for the thoughts in other ways to be supportive. I like the ideas about encouragement before and focusing on having fun.

I have been really struggling with how to support my DS in distance running. He started running at 8 yo. He loves running and says he still loves it and wants to be good. But now as a 10th grader he ran his 1600 race slower than his first race ever as an 8 year old. He was having a rough week ... But still. We have had lots of ups and downs when it comes to how to support him as parents. He was so fast for an 8 yo that maybe we seemed overly excited and too proud. He started training some at 9. He qualified for Nationals 10-12 yo and we went 2 of those years. Then Covid stopped most training and races for over a year. He told me at 10 that he doesn't like when people are cheering and yelling your name because it sounds like they are mad at you. So I stopped cheering. Maybe a "yay" when he ran by, but that was all. He started to struggle around that time with race anxiety too. We brought books and worked on that as well. We really tried to back off, not that we ever pushed him. He trained mostly on his own and ran half marathons at ages 10 and 11. Literally, he would get up, run, and be back before I ever woke up. His race times were inconsistent over these years, but there was some overall improvement. Everyone figured he would really take off when he started HS cross Country. So maybe too much pressure from expectations. I tried to never voice them because he was so sensitive. During HS, he said early on that his Dad makes him nervous and he prefers when I don't watch closely. So my husband stopped coming to meets after the first few in 9th and I only went to a few and mostly chatted with other moms, and said "good job" at the end He improved slightly from when he was 12 yo. We tried to be encouraging at home. During 9th track he got injured so only ran 4 meets. My DH missed all and I went to 1 and hid in the corner till after he was done. Still not sure he knows I saw that race. He also improved a few seconds in track We moved for 10th. He told me he didn't like how his Dad was telling everyone how fast he is. I think it must have put pressure on him. The coaches were also expecting him to be in the 17s after seeing him the first week weeks of practice. He only ever ran in high 18s, but many were much worse. Again, we mostly stayed back and tried to only say yay sometimes. He ran some really bad times, but also ran a couple of PRs (personal records). Now in track his running is not great... He just ran the mile 20 secs slower than when he was 8 yo and untrained. I am struggling with what to do and say. I can't bring myself to say "Good job" when it was clearly very bad. How can I support him? Also, we would really love to go to more meets, and he says he wants us to come to some, but it seems like he doesn't like to see us after when he does poorly. Our attendance seems to have no affect on how well or poorly he does.

We have only used Khan as a supplement, but I would say it is not enough. We are doing AP Stats this year and Khan did not go through every topic that the textbook did and the Khan questions were easier. Maybe if you were just trying to pass the test it may work, but not to get a high score. We are just using AP approved textbooks and it has worked well so far.

We used the old versions of Jacob's Algebra Buy used https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Algebra-Harold-R-Jacobs/dp/0716710471/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=IG8CC3A8LM8F&keywords=jacobs+algebra&qid=1679614189&sprefix=jacobs+al%2Caps%2C282&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Manual-Elementary-Algebra-Harold/dp/0615315011/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?crid=1MD3JR0IX78OE&keywords=elementary+algebra+solutions&qid=1679614376&sprefix=elementary+algebra+solutions+%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-6

I have only recently started reading the book. I am on Ch 4. I looked at some syllabi online and it seems many teachers mix in the topic chapters with the first four learning essay chapters. I am not sure what we will do yet. Maybe just go straight through the book.

My mom would say it is normal to ask your young adult kids to text. I would say it is hovering and it is why we have poor relationship. I think wanting them to text is more about the parents anxiety than the young adults safety.

We are planning on doing AP English Language at home next year. I am planning on using "The Language of Composition" by Shea, Scanlon, and Afses. It is a public school text for AP. I really haven't liked any homeschool rhetoric curriculum we have tried so I thought I would try this. I just started reading through it, and so far I really like it.

My baby will be in 9th next year! With this child, I tend to wing it a little. We do parts of curriculum I liked with the older kids. When she finishes those parts then we move on to other parts from other curriculum I liked. Science: RSO Biology 2, Amoeba Sisters, and other stuff left over from older sibs History: Oak Meadow World Geography Math: She will probably still be finishing up Jacobs Geometry then move on to Foersters Alegbra and Trig English: first part of Beyond the Book Report 3, first part of Writeshop Apprentice, literature of choice, finish I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head (grammar), ... French: Breaking the Barrier French - she has done Duolingo for a couple of years now, but she needs to add some of the grammar and what not Art: maybe something from Outschool or a local teacher. She really needs something more here. PE: regular walking Extracurricular: Dance, Musical Theater, Speech

We are planning on starting some DE next year. Probably 2 classes each semester. Math: AP Calculus - probably Thinkwell - still not sure about AB or BC Science: probably DE Physics History: probably DE American history English: maybe an Edx writing course, SAT grammar and reading prep, Vocabulary Detective, reading literature of choice Latin: finish Wheelock's and reading Harry Potter in Latin Computer Science: at least 1, but probably 2 DE classes Extracurricular: Cross Country and Track, Math club, Chess club, bookkeeping for my mom's piano studio

This is almost exactly how it is at my house. Except I am the one who looked at my presents with my brothers as a kid. And yes, it run ned Christmas that year. As far as I know none of my kids have ever looked.