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  1. Word Roots and the original Wordly Wise series-----Word Roots hits Latin and Greek roots and the Wordly Wise has 20 word lists with 3 concise exercises that follow. We have been using Wordly Wise 2000 since we started homeschooling, but due to a 3rd edition that came out this year, I wasn't able to get it in time to schedule and start school with my son, so I ordered the original one to look over..MUCH better!
  2. Julie--your son sounds just like mine---scary :p Lol--my son balks immensely about the whole sig fig thing and its always a battle to get him to do it correctly. Another high school chemistry curriculum is Ace Paces Chemistry. We are using it alongside Apologia, and the Apologia is an easy walk in the park so far compared to Ace! Lots of complicated math problems so far with gas laws etc. so far. http://www.christianbook.com/grade-11-chemistry-paces-1121-1132/pd/652487?event=CF
  3. I can totally relate to your experience---and I know just how badly it hurts!!! Homeschooling does NOT shield our kids from bullying, and I pretty much agree it can be worse than the regular public school variety because with homeschooling, it's all more personal. Especially when the power hungry, meangirl mothers get involved. The most hurtful and awful years of our homeschooling were from 2007 until 2010--when the main Homeschooling Mean Girl graduated and (thankfully) left for school. She and her mother and younger sister made my daughter's life a living hell, using their arsenal of mean girl tactics. What made it horrific though, was the mother's involvement---a woman who up until that time was a very close friend to me and my kids. When her oldest got a taste of the intoxication of social power---that woman turned on us like a rabid dog. Her social prowess ruined the reputation and happiness of our family, most especially our daughter, for the remainder of her high school years. The fact that we live in a VERY small town played a major role there too. Did I mention this was also the church youth group and this woman has been the leader of the teen group for 10 years, and actually prayed for more homeschoolers in our church---which she did get! She has recieved her just reward with ALL 4 of her previously perfect, innocent homeschool angels getting involved in underage drinking, drugs and s*x--the yougest at 13.........My daughter graduated our homeschool in 2011, and it took her a full year to overcome the psychological pain inflicted during those years. Ugh---sorry for going on. But suffice it to say that mean girls are everywhere, homeschool, private or public school. Our son is a breeze in high school so far---as apparently boys don't play the game like girls do!
  4. Yes, I believe it absolutely is regional!
  5. YES, we moved to a small town we did not grow up in and NO we have no real friends here. It's a very small town, with less than 7500 in the entire county and we are 150 miles away from any other town in every direction. We dont' fit in with the locals, who yes all did grow up here and have know each other since they were babies, and we are not Govt workers and don't support Govt schools because we homeschool. We have lived here for almost 19 years, and have no meaningful or close social circle. :001_huh:
  6. We have been using is loosely for a couple of years now---and LOVE it!!! ;) It's not really our style as far as an English/Comp credit, but the movies are great and we are having so much fun analyzing them! I hope this helps, as I do find this an enriching program.
  7. I asked my son about the cursive yesterday, and he said the same thing----he is appalled that most of the kids could not write in cursive either!! He writes in cursive every day of school.
  8. It was my sons weakest link on his practice tests also, but when I went back and read the passages, questions and answers, I realized how ridiculous it all was! The answers were subjective, IMO, to the test makers' discretion and I saw my son's logic in his answers. So I decided that for future test taking, we will just continue on our same course of SL curriculum with plenty of test practice before the ridiculous tests....and I won't be adding any silly books or study guides for him to learn to answer the test makers' questions 'correctly'. :glare:
  9. Ds and his friend thought it was 'easy'. :001_huh: We' see though----he was scoring about 180+ with the practice stuff, so probably won't make NMS status....maybe some scholarship offers.....:tongue_smilie:
  10. How about this: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Spanish-Grammar-Self-Teaching-Guide/dp/0471134465/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348318532&sr=1-4&keywords=spanish+grammar+workbook We are using it as a supplement too and it's great so far. ;)
  11. Ds is signed up also. Sigh.....we enter the testing madness required at this age level :glare:
  12. As an update, the issue I was having was resolved very much to my satisfaction!
  13. Miraculously, within minutes of posting my question here---I did hear back by email! Maybe they are on WTM? ;)
  14. I agree! I would really like to read at the link you provided because I've already read Mike Rowe's letter. I guess my whole take is that not everyone needs to or should go to college, but that is the expected norm for pretty much ANY job these days. For example, my husband has no college degree, but decided to become a Real Estate Appraiser when our dd was a baby. He attended all of the required schooling and then did all of the required 1500 hours of supervised training. He has been a successful and well respected Appraiser for 20 years now. But now the rules have changed. All of his schooling and decades of success DON'T MATTER! He MUST get a college degree, and AA now, to upgrade his license. In 2 years, the entire industry will require a FULL 4 year degree!!! This is ridiculous, as his fees have gone DOWN to less than what he made 20 years ago per appraisal! Who in their right mind will spend tens of thousands of dollars and 4 or more years on a degree for a 'professional' with decreasing pay and does NOT need a college degree??? Neither of our kids---that's for sure :glare:
  15. Has anyone else had one heck of a time hearing back from repeated emails and phone calls???? I have a question about a lab intensive we signed up for and have sent 4 emails and called and STILL have not heard back in 3 days!!! The intensive is next week---is this normal business practice for them?
  16. :iagree: This is my policy too. DS is a HORRIBLE dawdler---so he frequently takes all day.....and time at night too :glare:
  17. Have you had him tested for food intolerances, specifically gluten intolerance? I highly recommend using Enterolab for a definitive diagnosis. The traditional blood test route at a regular MD office has very high negative rates, so debilitating health problems can still continue. BOTH of my children have Celiac with accompanying SEVERE leaky gut that we have been treating. DD was SO sick from during her middle school and high school years that she graduated a year later than she should have. It affected her mentally and academically, as well as physically. I wish I had gone with 'easier' curriculum during those years, but then again she just got accepted to our local university and she is doing SO much better physically doing her special diet all on her own. I don't think the general public or most MDs truly grasp just HOW impacting diet can be on health. We had no idea we were still getting trace glutens in our 'gluten free' foods, and dd suffered the most with constant, chronic illness and inability to focus on schoolwork. Honestly, it's a miracle she finished at all :001_huh: DS is not as severe, but now that he is in high school he seems to have more school-disrupting illness problems---nausea, headaches, etc as we get our diet and supplement regimen fine-tuned. It's a constant learning process but it is happening. My solution to the chronic illness-school disruption problem? Honestly---I did not stop looking for a solution! I knew there was a key to our problems and THANKFULLY my constant internet searches came up with answers---GAPS/SCD diet. And.....there were a LOT of couch/bed school days :glare: For writing, how about something like IEW DVD lessons and a lap desk? For math, what about MUS with DVD or the newer versions of TT with auto grading? Good luck----I know exactly what you are going through and it's really rough :grouphug:
  18. Yes, depending though. We let dd go to dances etc. starting in 9th and age 14, but only with kids we knew she would be safe with and boys we met or felt comfortable with her going with. The kids would usually go in a sort of group thing, but obviously paired off. DS has had NO interest whatsoever in dances so he hasn't gone to one yet.
  19. If MUS is working, then I don't recommend a switch. Also, if your sons goals are a top rated university that requires 4 credits not including Prealgebra, then pushing him to finish up through precalc would be necessary. Otherwise, especially if he is considering Cc, let him work at his level! My dd finished exactly through Alg 1 and Geometry with her final year being MUS Stewardship. Her ACT wasn't impressive, but she just got accepted at our big state university! Alg 2 was never even a consideration with her.....and thankfully her life is not ruined for it. As a homeschool student, she did have to take COMPASS testing, so she crammed for that test 2 weeks before taking it even though she had not studied Algebra for 2 years, and still ended up with a decent score for admittence. I had called Admissions to inquire about how important test scores were, and i was reassured that of course they count, but they also look at the whole picture of the student -- and this is a HUGE state university. Needless to say, this was reassuring. The main point is to look at the goals of your student and then look at college choices to determine how hard you need to push. ;)
  20. My son is just about done with MUS Alg 2 and we haven't found it too boring or slow at all ;). The nice thing about MUS is it is mastery, so if your student is understanding the new oncept quickly, you can move more quickly by doing only a few of the worksheets and then taking the test to move ahead. MUS also doesn't throw too much at a student at one time, so might help with 'muddled' head days---although there is plenty of review of past concepts.
  21. Own it, used it for probably 4-6 weeks when dd did SL Core 400. We ditched it for a different text that clearly and concisely covered Am govt. The Carson book would be good for a political science major or perhaps law----not good for a general overview of how Am Govt works at the high school level. My son will be using Abeka Govt---not this book either. :glare:
  22. DD did the full British Literature program and loved it! I didn't particularly care for the writing, but she seemed to like it too. I am having ds use just the British Lit text this year as he is not so much of a creative or natural writer.
  23. I highly recommend you get him checked for food intolerances, specifically Gluten intolerance and also Vitamin D deficiency (which also goes hand in hand with gluten intolerance) A regular MD office can be dicey for getting a proper diagnosis because many are still so uneducated on the full spectrum of problems caused by gluten. I highly recommend Enterolab for the best, most accurate testing. A quick Google search will show just how closely Gluten intolerance and depression/anxiety are related. And my own personal story of my family and our struggle with depression and anxiety until we took the gluten out with our Celiac disease diagnoses. Our daughter had disabling anxiety from the time she was about in 2nd grade until she went gluten free in high school. I totally understand the process and can assure you that until the mental issues are resolved, change will be next to impossible :001_huh:
  24. Because some people have nothing better to do than try and judge others?? Seriously---my question is why do some Christians think a nose piercing means a girl is loose or immoral?? Dd got her ears pierced at probably 10 and we noticed no loosening of morals or lessening of her faith. Again, when she was about 17, we let Her get her nose pierced and again noticed no sudden loosening of morals and such. If someone wants to deduce from Bbible readings that piercings are bad, that's their prerogative not mine or that of my family!
  25. :grouphug: Well, we understand here! So sorry, but I totally understand 100%. I guess I am 'lucky' in that my dd is graduated and my son will be in 11th, but I also have to figure out work for our finances. Times are tough with this awful economy. Good luck ----and don't give up hope because things could definitely improve soon and you could always be a homeschool mom again, or even figure out a way to homeschool and work! Just keep the faith and know you are NOT alone ;)
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