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My 2nd grader is doing WWE1 and my fifth grader is in WWE3. I'm not worried about it - one thing I have learned over 12 years of homeschooling is that slow and steady wins the race.
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CLE Math 3
CLE LA 3
WWE 2
VP self-paced NT, Gr & R
BJU Bible 3
BJU Handwriting 4
BJU Science 4
BJU Reading 4 (all BJU done online)
He loves online/video classes, but I like to keep a closer eye on the skill areas (math, LA, writing).
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My daughter and I both recently got our wisdom teeth out with twilight sedation. I highly recommend it - never knew or felt a thing. My dh got his out with local and it was not pleasant. It is so easy for a bad dental experience to set a child up for a lifelong dental phobia. Ask me how I know. :tongue_smilie:
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This is my plan for my 4th child who will be in 6th grade next year. Keep in mind she's probably the least academically inclined of all my kids, but also the one who most wants to be "grown-up" - a very difficult combo sometimes. :glare: :confused::D
WWE 4 or WWS
CLE 6 (she would like to do TT 7) and LOF Fractions & Decimals
CLE LA 6
BJU Life Science
Lively Latin BB 2 (half of it - I am spreading out the two books over 4 years for her)
VP self-paced online history R&R and Explorers to 1815..she loves these
I am still trying to decide about lit....either BJU Lit 7, or maybe LLftLotRings.
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Somebody That I Used To Know...
This. I can't get it out of my head.
My teenagers introduce me to all sorts of great music, and some of them are definitely earworms.
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My sophomore received hers 3 weeks ago, but my junior still hasn't received hers. Aaarrrgh! They took it at the same time and same place.
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The animosity of these threads is sort of baffling to me. I have friends who wear no makeup or anything and I have friends with fake booKs. I am somewhere in the middle. I just am not getting what the big deal is.
We all judge people for different things. I have said it before: if you tell me Thomas Kinkade is your favorite artist, then I will judge you. I will judge you if you tell me Jennifer Weiner is your favorite author. I will judge you if you tell me that Journey is your favorite band of all time. I will judge you if you tell me that Coors Lite is your favorite beer. But, *saying* things *out loud* like "I don't like Thomas Kinkade because I am cultured," or "I think Journey only appeals to the listener without a soul," or "people with refined taste would obviously prefer Fat Tire or a Hefeweizen," those things get you in trouble because they are not necessarily true. I am making my preference a statement of fact. If you say, "Coors Lite is not my beer of choice, I prefer something with a bit more meat like Hefeweizen," then nobody can really debate that, it is just your stated preference. You have made your preference known without offending everybody who likes domestic watery girly beer. ;)
Okay, I agree with everything in this post. Truly spooky. :D
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"Yes, and he's good at it." :D Shuts 'em up every time.
I use this one too. :lol:
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What story did you understand? I don't think you understood Tolkien's story.
I felt like Tom Bombadil was important for two reasons:
1. In the books the very first thing that happens to the hobbits when they set foot outside the shire is they get eaten by a tree. You think, "oh my gosh, they are in SO much trouble! They can't even handle the TREES! How are they going to handle all the crazy stuff bound to come their way?!"
Tom rescues them. He eventually sets them back on their path with a warning to stay away from the barrow downs. They immediately fall into the barrow downs. Again, this is harping on how *not ready* they are for this adventure. These things keep happening. Why? So that by the time they volunteer to go into Mordor and destroy the ring you are thinking, "what? are they INSANE? You guys got eaten by a TREE not that long ago!"
2. When he rescues them from the barrow downs he gives them special weapons, this is integral to the killing of the witch king in the third book. It's the only reason Eowyn is able to kill the Nazgul.
And major, major plot points are changed. A big example is the nature of the ring. Tom Bombadil, Faramir and others are not tempted by the ring. That's a big difference.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! These errors, leaving out the Scouring of The Shire, and the missed duty/honor themes are a reason I grit my teeth every time my kids watch these. They beg me not to run through the litany of my complaints. They know them by heart. :tongue_smilie::D
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Um, yes it is completely my business. I'm also not harshly judging, I wrote exactly what I saw. And simply, if you want respect, it would be helpful if you dressed for it.
I live in this world too and I think it's pathetic the way bra staps hanging out and cutesy bra's under white shirts, rolls of bare skin hanging out over pants or shorts and shorts too so tight they're walking funny is the norm. Really, the guy is going to go for the one that's easy. And if that's how you dress, well then....
It's a great example for my child on how not to dress. However, it's not my business to go up to a total stranger and say something about it, but it's my business to use them as an example in my teaching my dd on how not to dress in a way that portrays suggestiveness. How others will portray her if she's the only modest dressed person in a group of lets say, street-walkerish girls. Heck yes I will judge. It's a great start on teaching kids how other's portray you by your actions and your attire and who you hang with. And really it covers many facets, not just immodest dress. If you swear like a sailor, I'll judge you. First impressions count. Sad as it may.
How modest people dress is my business when I have to see it all the time and it becomes what people think is okay in public. Frankly it's not okay. It's not okay to explain why that Mom's 3" of butt crack is hanging out with a red lace g-string for all to see. This was displayed among many children in our karate class. I judge. The way girls dress or even with the boys underwear jeans ... it's not okay. The fall of society.
But there's no blanket statement that says after meeting a person I will "hate" them because...I don't and it's a dumb statement. I judge choices. Not someone's nose or eyes or height, etc. Clothing as stated in this thread is a choice. Kids choose to dress immodestly, and parents choose to buy it, because it's too much work to look for something else.
People make judgements about people all the time. You must in a fallen society so you can try to stay on the right track. It's their perrogative to dress as they want. In the right place or the right instance or time or even the kid who seemed to be looking for "someone", I wouldn't hesitate to try to disciple and minister. When you see wrong, you judge. You must. The thought process is what do you do with it is what counts. And what I choose to do with what I see is to not do it.
I think the other real question is what is deemed modest. Everyone has a different idea of it.
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Ester Maria,
I know that Christianity is different than Judaism in many ways, but the best example I can see is this: what if you lived in a community where there was a "Jewish Homeschooling Group" and you went to join only to find out that they are only taking Hasidic Jews? There are no other Jewish or inclusive groups around. You wouldn't wish that the group would be more open? At all?
It is very hard for me to imagine liberal Jews and Hasidic Jews being able to have an educational co-op together. But what do I know? :)
I think some of the exclusivity/non-exclusivity questions arise due to the different reasons people have for homeschooling. I am not primarily interested in homeschooling per se, but rather in a specific type of religious and philosophical education for my children. Therefore, when I dedicated much of my time to co-op leadership, it was only natural that our group was somewhat exclusive. We weren't interested in sacrificng our time for vanilla flavored science and history. My kids could get that elsewhere without nearly so much effort on my part.
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My mother-in-law is a treasure.:001_smile:
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My 13 yr old son is such a wonderful young man. :001_wub: He has been doing all the yard work, and will just do whatever odd job I need done very willingly. Plus, he has gotten very responsible about getting his school done. Sometimes, I have to stop myself from expecting "the other shoe to drop" if you know what I mean. :)
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My 10th and 9th grade daughters both took the Latin III. The younger daughter got a gold, and the older got the magna (she was a bit chagrined at her younger sister beating her). My 7th grade son took the Intro and got the blue ribbon. My other five students got 2 gold, 2 silvers, and an Intro blue ribbon. This is our second year of taking the NLE as a group - we were definitely better prepared this year than last.
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I have done this with my oldest, a girl with a summer birthday. She is sixteen and a sophomore, even though she has been taking high school level courses since the seventh grade.We figure she would want to go away for college, and another year at home would be a good idea for maturity's sake, plus enable her to get in calculus and a few electives she wants, before graduation. My dh was a summer baby and started college at 17/18 and says an extra year would have helped him tremendously. He was a great student in high school - it wasn't really about the academics.
I am planning on doing this with her younger sister who is also a summer baby, though it might be harder. She is more socially mature than her older sister was at that age, plus her same age cousins (who happen also to be homeschooled and are our neighbors) will graduate at 17. I might have a little more trouble holding the line in her case. :001_unsure:
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I am just in the beginning stages of planning. This is where I am starting:
Lit: Oxford Tutorials C.S. Lewis class
Grammar/Writing: CLE 8 plus Write with the Best Vol.1
History: leaning towards the new Notgrass America the Beautiful curriculum,
supplementing with some Texas history
Math: LOF Alg I , plus either Thinkwell or Aleks
Science: Apologia Physical science
Latin: He's had quite a bit of grammar-based Latin and I think I am going to try
the Lone Pine tutorial using Oerberg's text this year, to give him a change
Greek: Elementary Greek 3
Logic: Introductory Logic by Canon Press
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My oldest two girls have been taking GB1 this year with Dr. Lund. It has been a great class! Next year they will take GB2 and Shakespeare and my soon to be 8th grade sone will take the C.S. Lewis class and perhaps the Writer's Workshop class. I have nothing but good to say about. Dr. Lund!
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My three oldest students are all using a LOF/Aleks combo this year (pre-alg, geom., and alg. 2), and amazingly, they all want to stick with it next year. LOF is fun and makes them think, while Aleks reviews and cements. I love Foerster's Algebra, and recently asked my 7th grader if he wanted to switch when he was done with pre-algebra, but he really enjoys LOF and Aleks. I am glad to have one subject I don't have to agonize over next year. We do geometry before Alg.II, though, against LOF recommendations.
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Georgette Heyer's Regency novels like "Frederica".
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The problem is that the system to which oversight of this would be relinquished (i.e. the public schools) cannot even guarantee this result themselves. Not all of those who exit public school are prepared to be contributing, self-supporting, participatory citizens and/or go to college.
Yes! Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.
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I think it becomes harder to stand up for right and wrong the longer you wait to do it. It actually becomes more awkward.
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Another college football lover here. I can take or leave the NFL.
Hook 'Em Horns!
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I think people have always had crappy lives. It's just that it was normal.
Now it's considered a right & an obligation to be happy, happy, happy! every day.
And we've got the wealth of leisure time to navel gaze & kvetch.
This. :iagree:
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But there is a huge difference between a bite from a golden retriever and a pit bull.
Yes, this. :iagree: I was actually more cautious working around spitzes, cockers, and other small breeds. They are snappers. All dogs are capable of biting - period. Pits, Rottweilers, etc. were usually very docile on the examination table, but they are bred to do GREAT DAMAGE with their jaws. I've never heard of a cocker spaniel killing a horse or a grown man (happened in my county). Apples and oranges.
Children with no "pace"
in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
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One of my five children has what a previous poster termed "Pokey McPokerpants" syndrome. That made me chuckle. :D
For all the problems and consternation this causes, particularly with her siblings, who tend to get exasperated with her, it also brings some benefits. She is the most thorough and methodical child that I have. I never worry about her slacking in her school work. It might take her 5 x longer than her sister, but by golly, it will be well done. She is extremely linear, orderly, and logical in her thinking. Her basketball coach once told her, "You always make good decisions - you just need to work on making them a little faster.":lol:
I remind myself of these things when I am tempted to roll my eyes when she is the last one to load up in the car - again. I have learned to give her several warnings throughout the day if she needs to be ready to go at a certain time. She has recognized that it takes her longer to get ready than other people and is doing much better at being ready on time.