This is really cool, but reading your title, all I can think about is some ancient Egyptian couple saying "We read and write hieroglyphics every day, but even we can't figure out how to assemble this accursed Scandinavian furniture".

Mistress? I haven't heard that used as a title since, um, Mistress Quickly?

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Also, CC's and other four year schools have a higher proportion of untenured lecturers than they used to, whose continued employment may depend on student evaluations, and everyone knows that the easiest way to get good student evaluations is to give high grades.

I don't believe that. At all.

Here's an out of the box idea: Many of the very expensive New England private college prep schools now offer what they call a "post graduate year". This is for students who have legitimately graduated from high school, but aren't quite ready for college, or maybe want to improve their chances to get into a college of their choice. This year focuses on academics, but it isn't DE, nor do the courses count as college credits, so after this year, students enter college as true freshmen. It is like an academic gap year. I wonder if it is possible to do a homeschool equivalent?

Both of the Henry the IV's feature Falstaff, who may be Shakespeare's most memorable character, though bawdy. However, I'd recommend Henry V, as it is probably the most quoted, and there's a fantastic Kenneth Branagh film adaptation that would be fun to compare and contrast to the play.

You should share this story: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29631332with your son. It is about a Dutch teenager, who learned about the problem of huge areas of the oceans polluted with the remains of plastic trash. He decided to do something about it, and designed a large scale system, currently being tested, that can efficiently remove plastic from the ocean. Yes, the next generation will face formidable environmental problems, but their inventiveness and cleverness may very well rise to the occasion.

In addition, if a summer intensive course covers in one day what a normal course covers in three or more meetings, consider what happens if the student misses just one day due to illness or other reasons, and there is little slack in the schedule to catch up.

Isn't there speculation that Henry VIII had some medical condition that made it very difficult for any of his wives to bear a healthy male child?

I don't know much about AHG, but isn't a main goal of any Scouting group, especially at the high school level, to develop leadership? Shouldn't the scouts themselves have a significant role in planning the outings, deciding if they are fit enough, and making sure they are meeting any deadlines?

Yes, recitation is a synonym for a discussion section. Not like a study hall at all. It usually led by a TA, often a graduate student, and time for questions and interaction that can't happen in a giant lecture.

The AP Latin exam is focused on understanding and translating two works of Latin literature. There is almost zero history on the exam.

It is important to consider that the term "off-campus" really means different things at different colleges/institutions. At my Big State University, some "off-campus" housing was as physically close to classes and other activities as some of the far-flung dorms, so "off-campus" doesn't necessarily mean far-far away. Some off-campus housing was in former private houses, but others were in private dorms, with a more dorm-like experience, for better or worse. Friends of mine, who went to school in huge urban cities, found that dorms were much, much cheaper than living in private housing in the city, but for me, private housing was much cheaper than the dorms, because of the required expensive food plans in the dorms. So, I think it is hard to lump all "off-campus" experiences as one thing.

It is a bit hit-or-miss, but I think asking specific, directed questions is the way to go here. Not "is it hard to get into classes", but "how many classes have you not gotten into since you started here". Not "what do students do for fun", but "what did you do last weekend". Not "is there a lot of homework", but "what's the most amount of time you've spent on one homework assignment". etc.

Requiring a college visitor to have a form notarized by the college seems way over the top. Wasting college visit time by wandering around looking for a notary seems rather punitive. If they really don't trust that she's actually going on a visit, she could always bring back a map (or for the more modern, an on-campus selfie).

Fly to Breast? What event is this? And, congratulations to all.

No matter what you call it, (private school, tutoring, etc.), you would still be running a small business out of your home, and you'd want to make sure that all your ducks are in a row when it comes to insurance, liability, taxes, and all the other non-schooling relating aspects of running a small business.

Turns out he didn't actually write a word of book, or participate in the production -- he just took a half million dollars to have his name on it.

I'm curious if those who think SA is innocent, and, are of a certain age, also think that OJ Simpson is innocent?

Thinking about another thread, when I was growing up, no one was expected to pick after their dog when walking it.

I totally agree that often they go together, but not in a book like Station Eleven, which is set in a world where humanity is almost completely destroyed by a pandemic. The few remaining humans struggle to survive and define what it is to be human again. In this world, there isn't enough of a society to control much of anyone, and thus I would not classify it as dystopian.

Huh. Never heard that expression, but we do use the phrase "She's the spitting image of her mother", even though I have no idea what the source of that is.

Not to put too fine a point on things, but I would classify Station Eleven (and several others mentioned on this thread) as post-apocalyptic, but not dystopian.

Wait, what? When did this happen? I still think of it as "carbon copy", even though there is no carbon involved. Just like I still "dial" a phone number even though there is no dial involved. "bcc" is still "blind carbon copy", right?