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    Why are you here at TWTM boards?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I read TWTM prior to coming to the forums the first time in 2009.  I was looking for suggestions on curricula when I came here since I couldn't find a "fit" for us and related to TWTM.  I refer back to TWTM book often for inspiration, suggestions, ideas, and encouragement.  It is still my "go to book."  I don't follow it for particular curricula choices anymore; however, it is the most influential book I have on my shelf about homeschooling, and I have quite a few.  Had I not found TWTM and this place when I first started out, I would have floundered much longer, maybe even thrown in the towel.  

    Math vs Foreign Language

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Years ago when I was researching ways to homeschool my children, I came upon a study that expressed the merits of Mathematics compared to Foreign Languages before 2nd or 3rd grade... Basically, not to teach foreign language to a child under 8 or 9 if you want to develop the neural pathways towards mathematics or science... wait for foreign languages until at least 2nd grade, but before 5th grade.

     

    Does anyone remember a study or article about this? The cobwebs in my brain have taken over and I can't remember where I saw it. Thanks! :)

    If you have an average 1st/2nd grader..

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Average is so very relative. With that, my youngest (1st grade) is young, could have been red-shirted this year. She is a fairy who has not landed on this planet. Her sister, however, was always a wise, old, soul who could read at 3 to 4 years old. Every kid is different. I'm enjoying teaching my 6 year old to read, it's fun and different from her sister who just read on her own. Although my youngest is an amazing singer, artist and pianist; so each has talents to themselves. :)

    I have a question about Planned Parenthood

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    And I'm really, seriously curious. I know that PP can be a very politically heated subject, so I hope I don't get in trouble, but I've been wondering about this for a long time, so here goes....

     

    Why is PP necessary? Couldn't people go and get the same treatment at the hospital?

    Here's why I ask: Around here, the hospitals all offer financial screenings and financial aid applications. They're based on what you make and stuff. So I don't see how PP would be any more affordable in this case.

    Now, is this not the practice everywhere? If it's not, then I do get why PP is considered so vital to women's health (along with other low cost clinics and stuff, though I really don't know what those entail - it is my understanding that the health department offers free mammograms or gives vouchers or something? Idk, I'm not really clear on it....)

    Anyway, I'm not trying to be ignorant or start a debate about anything. I'm honestly asking if it is not the norm for hospitals to offer what I'm accustomed to.

    Thanks! :)

     

    Truthfully, I've never been. I have, however, had amazing insurance and really never needed their services. They do give cheap birth control pills after a doctor's exam (at the time I think it was $3). Considering Viagra was covered by my insurance, but birth control wasn't, I think it's a great organization for women who have no access to women's health (mammograms, yearly exams/pap smears/physicals, birth control, etc.)

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