I bought a blood type kit online years ago and did it myself. Well, a friend had to prick me because I'm a weeny. Use google.

Back in 8th and 9th grade, we used History at our House. He has a 3 year rotation - Ancient, European, American. You can see the syllabi here.

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This brings back bad memories for me... Thoughts on How to be a SuperStar Student...

Don't forget the kids screaming after mom shuts the door after them all. :lol:

I think it was originally intended as a supplement for a geometry class. We used it as an intro to geometry alongside Algebra 1 in 8th grade. I think it would work well as an elective in a co-op. I believe it is intended for 6th-10th grade. Yes, students can use this before they take geometry - it is a fun intro. If the student has had geometry, it might be a fun review or it might be a total bore. This book was a huge hit at our house. In 9th grade, after a failed attempt at Jacob's Geometry, we successfully used Discovering Geometry by Michael Serra (the same author).

I think this is the best thread about PPG. If you click on the tag at the top of the page, you'll find more threads. Please tell me about Patty Paper Geometry

Ds is a junior in college this year and the NCAA requirements have evolved since I went through the process. However, I would be happy to email you my core course worksheets. Send me a PM with your email address, and I'll email them to you. I had 6 ccws - 2 where I was the teacher and 4 where I was not. I created ccws that accurately reflected each course. I was not seriously worried about it because ds also had many CC credits. It was obvious that his high school years were college preparatory. Welcome to the boards. :seeya:

I'm asking this for a friend. I have never filled out the CSS (thank goodness!). I understand it is more intrusive than the FAFSA. Friend's FAFSA EFC is $19,000. CSS EFC is $10,000. Friend is surprised at the large difference and we both would have expected CSS > FAFSA. Friend thinks they filled something out incorrectly on FAFSA but has no clue what that might be. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Did you mean to point to a particular thread or the entire college board? :confused1:

I'm asking this for a friend. I have never filled out the CSS (thank goodness!). I understand it is more intrusive than the FAFSA. Friend's FAFSA EFC is $19,000. CSS EFC is $10,000. Friend is surprised at the large difference and we both would have expected CSS > FAFSA. Friend thinks they filled something out incorrectly on FAFSA but has no clue what that might be. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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OMG! RootAnn! That's it! You must be a genius. :thumbup1:

I just searched the archives for a thread I started probably in 2009. Alas, it's gone. I asked for feedback on the H2T teacher's feedback to ds's writing assignment. The responses were a hoot. One of the best was: looks like an easy paycheck. It still rankles me that I wasted my money there. My experience is out-of-date, but I would suggest you not waste your money until you get reviews from more current customers. I copied the post below from a 2010 archived post of mine.

Yes. Coaches ran the basketball camp and ds was an employee. There is no recruiter. As far as I can tell, the company has 2 employees. Yes. His major is mechanical engineering.

Ds has an interview for an internship next week. They've asked him to bring 2 professional references. The use of the word "professional" has him confused. Without it, he would no doubt provide his basketball coaches as references. They know him best, working with him for 3 years now. Is this appropriate? He could also ask professors. I don't think he's had any professor for more than one semester. I don't know if he has made himself memorable to any of them. During summers, he's worked basketball camps and (2 summers ago) at a local factory. Dh says his profession is student-athlete and therefore coaches are appropriate. Thoughts?

We used Patty Paper Geometry alongside Algebra 1. It was a fun, hands-on program. Here's a link to some discussion. Please tell me about Patty Paper Geometry If you click on the tag at the top of the above thread, you will find other PPG threads.

One example of the difference. Ds had learned multiple digit addition with MUS. MUS teaches traditionally: add 1s, carry if necessary, add 10s, carry if necessary, etc. Singapore teaches it in the opposite direction. This perhaps make it easier to add in your head, but it's not the way I was taught, and ds had zero interest in learning a different way. One thing I learned with Singapore was breaking numbers up in my head. Adding 5+7 becomes 5+5+2 in my head and that makes adding them easier. I spent an inordinate amount of time with the teacher's manual and struggled to teach ds. It was not a good match for us. OTOH, I loved the Challenging Word Problems. They helped to solidify math concepts and provided a level of challenge that MUS did not offer. I particularly remember the area and perimeter problems. MUS would have a number of area problems and a number of perimeter problems. Easy peasy. Singapore would give the perimeter and some side information and have the student determine the area or vice versa. He really had to learn the difference between the 2 measures to complete the problems. In the later years, I had to work out all the problems myself in order to help or check ds. I had to get help on occasion. Ds called them evil. :lol:

We used MUS from K through Algebra. You may read my review here. We supplemented with Singapore's Challenging Word Problems. It was the right combination for us for elementary school. Our situations are different in that I have a degree in math. I actually tried to use full blown Singapore with ds when he was in maybe 1st or 2nd grade. But, it was so different from what I had learned that I was very uncomfortable with it. I had no desire to spend hours and hours teaching myself a new math approach. I needed the time for my weaker areas. Your dilemma reminds me of a choice I had to make around junior high for a writing curriculum. Writing is one of my weaker areas. I can't remember the name of what I thought to be the "best" writing program out there - something about progymnasta. I was deciding between it and Write Shop. I thought if I used Write Shop, I would produce a competent writer. But, if I could use this progymnasta curriculum, I would produce an excellent writer. However, I was not confident in my ability to teach this other program. Write Shop provided the hand holding both ds and I needed. I chose Write Shop and was glad I did. I felt bad about that decision until Nan in Mass said something about the "best" being the enemy of the "good". What gets done is the "best". HTH!

We used HaoH in 8th and 9th grade for European and American History. We stopped because in 10th grade, he doubles the prices, eliminates the 1x/wk live classes, and would not grade exams or provide answer keys for the exams for the non-live students. It's a shame because the content of the class was outstanding. This thread has lots of info in it and there are 2 tags at the top which will lead to more threads. You may want to get in touch with radiobrain. She planned to continue when we left, so she must have 5+ years of experience by now. History at our House?? Opinions? Note: 8th/9th grade was 5+ years ago. My complaint about audio only has been addressed. HTH!

:grouphug: I have a niece who applied to med school twice. TBH, she was not nearly as accomplished as your ds. According to her, if you don't already have doctors in the family, you are not going to get into med school. :closedeyes: Are there doctors in your family? After working a few years, she returned to school for a 3 year nurse practitioner program. I think she'll be terrific.

Is there any possibility of taking a class or two or an extra-curricular or two at the school? Ds was adamant before 9th grade that he wanted to continue to homeschool. He wouldn't even consider public (charter) or private. But, sometime in 9th grade that changed and he wanted to go to local PS for 10th grade. Absolutely not full-time, due to poor academics. But, he was able to go and take Spanish and Law Studies (later replaced by PE). He was on the basketball team 7th-12th grade. He also started at CC in 10th grade. He took Spanish at PS for 2 years, but voluntarily continued at CC in 12th grade. He surprised me in 12th grade when he took 1 semester of PE at PS, but nothing the 2nd semester. He was full-time at CC (4 classes/semester) in 11th and 12th grade. It was an eye opener for sure. I asked him what the difference between the PS students and the CC students was. He said at least at CC, they try. It was not perfect. It was a compromise. He is a junior in college now, and I'll have to ask him about the 20/20 hindsight of it. He was definitely less social than any of us would have liked. He is introverted and honestly has about 1 so-so friend that he will visit when he is back from college. And the basketball coach/team. Academically, there is no question that it was the right decision for him not to attend PS full-time. I am confident that he does not look back and wish we had allowed him to attend PS full-time. He is very happy and proud of what he has achieved in college and his success would have been impossible with a PS education. Disappoint your dd. Tell her you'll help in any way to give her a better social life, but not at the cost of the PS's poor academics. My 2c.

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:lol: It's amazing, isn't it? How they mature.