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My group was 172 members....but I know we have an active base of 60ish, so I'm hoping it weeds out the others lol!!!
We just sent out invites this weekend and more than half my active have made the move, I expect in another week more will come
Thanks, my group was over 1700 last I looked. (I notice the new format does tell you how many are in the group now). Things would have to be much worse than now for me to consider a move. I can't even export the list because it is over 1000 unless I guess I am willing to hand check all the member check boxes.
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So how big are the groups you all are talking about. I've considered switching, but my group is big, I suspect moving would destroy it.
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The bars actually go beyond just variables. They also help the student see relationships in the problem that are just tough to pick up on with equations so you might give some thought to teaching them.
However, some IP problems won't use bars, they use other techniques so don't try to force every word problem into a bar diagram.
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The alternative to just repeating the information is putting something else about your school and your student especially for the school philosophy question. You'll have to figure out how to make them different but plausible good answers for both sections.
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Our high school is just telling us to show up and they'll let ds in if they have room. They say that they should have room but I don't like to leave it to chance like this.
I'd call any local private schools to see if they have a bit more firm plan in place. AT least I would if he is junior and must take the PSAT for national merit.
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Oh no Julie! Don't tell me correcting Chemistry is hard! DD will be taking that in the fall too! :willy_nilly:
(Deep breath.) I think I can, I think I can. At least she will be doing the Chem labs with a co-op group. :glare:
Just don't try to correct it and then an advanced math at the same time. Take a break between the two otherwise vision impairment or sanity loss may occur. (Ask me how I know).
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I far prefer my guys get jobs doing what they like and are talented at rather than chasing anything for the money. Life is about far more than $$.
IME, not "just anyone" can do engineering (well) either. Hubby is great at it. I would be driven bonkers if I had to do it for a living. He feels the same way about my job.
I agree with this. I worked for a while in photography. Commercial photographers make a lot more, but they work in an isolated environment, just them, their equipment and a can of soup. I knew i'd never want to do that.
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Here's an NPR story on the report:
Here's the actual report:
http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/whatsitworth-complete.pdf
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While it might personalize your son to an admissions officer it could also turn them off. Suppose he resembles someone they dislike? Since that is totally unpredictable, I'd skip it unless required.
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I was under the impression that there was collusion among the top schools to standardize aid packages in order to get around this tactic. The Justice Department investigated them under anti-trust laws and got the schools to agree to stop discussing individual students, but that doesn't mean there isn't still collusion on a more general level (e.g. students from families making $X/year will get $Y in financial aid).
While this might be correct, I have also read plenty of instances where telling one school that you had this or that offer from another school got better aid. I have also read that just going in and explaining circumstances beyond forms will also get you better aid as well. Makes me wonder if everyone should ask for more money.
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I have a friend whose son got in to UNC-CH early admissions. In state UNC is not thought to be home school friendly. I asked her once if he did anything much. She told me no, he was just his "geeky" self (her words). So, yes, I think it can be done.
But I suspect the higher up the chain you go, it becomes next to impossible because there are so many applicants and unlike a state school (like UNC) which is more strict in terms of using numbers for admittance, private schools use more factors.
On the other hand, I suspect that the two strongest entry points are academics and essays neither of which are all the extras you detail above. A rigorous course of study, a high score on the SAT (and some APs or SATII) plus a wonderful essay will take you almost all the way if not all the way to admission. That can be really good for strong essay writers, but less so for less emotive types.
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Heehee, I love Church History in Plain Language. Guess I'm just a nerd.
I did have to read it aloud to my ds and "enthuse him" about the story of all the various issues of division that have come up over the years, that have been on people's hearts to the point that they would die for them, since ds just likes everyone to get along :)
It's the Dialectic book that we found totally boring. Church History in Plain Language is less so. I switched my youngest up to the R book for this reason plus TOG gives questions and answers for Plain Language but not for the Kuiper book.
I do think there is probably a protestant over RC bias in both books.
However, a positive view of Mennonite roots is NOT something any serious reformed scholarly type would have. Go over and read on the Puritan Board about Mennonite roots if you don't trust me on this. Which tells me it's probably pretty middle of the road protestant.
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Actually, the TOG resources are very Reformed and even contain outright errors. (I've corresponded with Mrs. Somerville about some of the issues).
We found Christian History Made Easy by Rose Publishing to be a delightful inexpensive resource as we went through Year 2.
TruthQuest also has amazing notes if you can get past the wordiness =)
Shalom,
Teresa in NC
Is it possible you could document this in terms of book and errors. Not a ton, but show us what you are finding? Typical errors would be doubly helpful vs. outliers.
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Sorry for the confusion. My focus was on a different part of the data. I was looking at the data more for the grad rate and the percentage of students taking loans. The community colleges grad rate is very low and that is upsetting to me because it means the system is not working somehow.
It can also be telling that some colleges have a low percentage of people taking loans.
It's not your fault I couldn't read!
Have you ever taken a community college class? Prior to having children I probably took a half dozen or so. I did so with a degree in hand and mostly for self-education, but even thought I took them in two very different states, one in the south and one in the midwest rust belt, I saw similar things.
Some teachers could be very good. I had the best foreign language teacher I ever had at a cc. But some teachers were not that good, and at least in one case, I felt I began to understand some facets of the material better than he did.
But the students also had issues of lack of persistence and working hard on material. This was particularly glaring in foreign language.
I'm not sure how you short circuit this. Sure, you can work to get better instructors, but some of those maybe discouraged by the students themselves so they two swing back and forth and never come to the right point.
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They have a bunch of teacher guides which are lengthy:
http://chicagoshakesdev.cirrus.lynch2.com/education/teach_shakespeare/classroom/handbooks
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I think part of study smarter is to know that there is good research that shows studying earlier in the day is much, much more effective.
Listen to the webinar linked in this thread to show you how to capitalize on that:
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/301106-time-management/?do=findComment&comment=3030154
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I think the asterisk at the bottoms of the table indicates that ave net cost is the average cost of one year. But it didn't specify if that is tuition and books or includes room and board.
Okay, that is helpful, I read that but did not take it to mean what you have read much more clearly than I did. I'm afraid since the chart was about loans, I assumed the number must also be about loans.
I still think there is vagueness in the if the average is for one year or the full length, but reading it your way for one year then makes me go:
reading it for one year means that this number looks pretty low because you have to multiply by four to get the ending cost to a student. So in the figures quoted by the Arcadia, Stanford is really around $80,000 and Berkley, $60,000.
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I just read this local news article published on 9/4/2013 and the data is still interesting even though it is for the bay area part of California. There are 146 colleges listed including community colleges.
Cost and loan data for Bay Area public, private and for-profit colleges
From the article
"Stanford University
Grad Rate - 96%
Default Rate - 1.0%
Students on Loans - 18%
Average Net Price - $21,421
University of California - Berkeley (UCB)
Grad Rate - 90%
Default Rate - 2.6%
Students on Loans - 32%
Average Net Price - $16,178"
As others have asked up thread, the real devil in this information is what is the "Average Net Price" exactly. Is that how much all graduates ever now have on a student loan, is it how much the average graduate graduates with? or is it something else? Unfortunately the link does not detail how this figure is arrived at.
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I forgot, I do often suggest this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Story-Christianity-Church-Present/dp/1565635221/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1378552916&sr=8-4&keywords=story+of+christianity+gonzalez
That's a two volume bind up, so it is longer than anything Tapestry uses. Gonzalez approaches church history from a sympathetic but secular viewpoint. I felt he follow more RC and Orthodox threads in modern times than other more protestant volumes do.
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We have The Church in History. I bought it when we were doing TOG a few years back. I'm honestly not sure about the perspective, and I feel ignorant typing that, which I am on this subject. I can't even remember exactly what reformed means. <blushes>
One of the reviews on Amazon specifically criticizes this book for it's reformed theology, so it may not be what you are looking for. I mostly remember that my ds hated reading this book.
It's pretty center protestant. IF it has any slant at all, it is dull. ;)
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I didn't put these words into your mouth; I didn't suggest you said Quill should quiz her brother for intimate details. You suggested that the brother's character has been lowered in Quill's eyes by what sil has told her, and that she needs to gently ask him about what her sil said. You said he deserves to defend his character to Quill. Confirming he's had an affair (other than being no one's business) isn't the same as defending one's character (which would, likely, include information that would seek to justify his behavior). If it's confirmation of an affair, I think that's inappropriate, but not nearly the same as expecting one to defend their character. Defending one's character would entail much more detail, explanations, rationalizations, and likely dredge up uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, realities.
Yes, you did, you have now used the word "quiz" and previously the word "interrogate." I have used neither of these terms. The use of both these words is an attempt to slant the discussion towards your point of view. While it is a classical rhetorical device, I can't admire it when you attempt to slant what I have said.
I will not respond to you further as you continue to engage in these kinds of rhetorical devices and I find myself further mired in moot issues. This in my view helps no one, least of all Quill.
Quill, I urge you to go back and read my first post to you and my four commitments.
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On the practical side: getting stuff done earlier means if there is some sort of screw up you have more time to catch it and deal with it.
Ds sick of his job and now wants to get more education--What to do?
in High School and Self-Education Board
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In light of the FAFSA situation, you need to evaluate if you are going to be able to help him at all. What advice you give him will depend on that and why he did not go directly to college (or left college). At 21, he may need to wait until he is older OR figure out funding on his own, OR with input from you, OR you may have funds set aside for him to use. A lot of that will depend on him and you.