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    First child in college...first college test

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    congrats!

     

    I'd love to hear more if you have time :)

     

     

    how long did it take for him to 'deschool'

     

    how did the admissions process go?

    what about the standardized testing?

    Is he staying on campus?

    Is the school supportive?

     

    Lara

     

    We "deschooled" for almost a year. But what he didn't realize is what he was doing WAS school. Example: He played a lot of the games Pharoah, Zeus, (I'm forgetting the others)...so when we started ancient history he knew so much about egypt, greece, and rome already.

     

    The admissions was actually pretty easy. We went on registration day, handed over our transcript and their form...they then sent us to a different room to sign up for classes...he was only signing up for one so it went very fast...that was it. Our transcript was just a simple one page form with no course descriptions and they have not ask for any as of yet.

     

    He had taken the ACT back in 2006 and made a 26 on it.

     

    He chose not to tell the school of his AS, his choice. No he does not live on campus, he is not ready for that yet.

    Christian Content about Wicca & Teenager

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    We are friends with some families and individuals who are not Christians. In the mix are Buddhists, Jews, Moslems, atheists, and now, Wiccans. I respect their beliefs and I love to find out more about them. I accept these folks as they are, and I don't try to change them. They are some of the nicest, kindest people I have ever met, as are some Christians. We are fortunate to know these people -- they add strong, vibrant, loving threads to the fabrics of our lives.

     

    I would much prefer that my children decide to be lifelong Christians, and if I were in control and they were robots, they would be. They do have free will and if they decide not to be Christians, so be it. My place as their parent is to pray for them and to help them find the answers to their questions as much as I can and as much as they will let me.

     

    RC

     

    Thank you for this!! If only more people in the world felt this way!!

    First child in college...first college test

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Our journey started with us pulling him out of 5th grade. He has Asperger Syndrome. It took a while of deschooling for him to love learning again. We have always piecemealed our curriculum. When we found TWTM, it fit my son perfectly. He loved logic! We took time to figure out what he wanted to learn and how he could learn that subject best. He found out he NEEDED a lesson plan. Once he had that, he could deviate from it if need be, but he had to have that "plan of action" first. I also found out I am the same way!! I feel I have learned just as much from our journey as my kids have. So anyway, we have loosely followed and tweaked TWTM since 2003.

     

    Things we learned along the way: Always talk to your kids about what they want to learn, not every math problem has to be done, be flexible, be flexible, be flexible.

    Okay - has everyone set their curriculum now?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    We are coming to the end of our year. So I am actually only now planning for next year. We usually start some time in January.

     

    My youngest is severely dyslexic so we are in the process of figuring that out. I knew it, in the back of my head...I mean he is almost 12 and reading at a K level, but now we have the "official" diagnosis. Time to get my head out of the sand!

     

    So for new year...

     

    My 16 yr old.....????

     

    My 11 yr old...Science Explorer Series (Animals, Astronomy, and the two chemistry ones).....????

    First child in college...first college test

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    Well one of my babies...ahem...I mean my 18 yr old started college this fall. Got his first test back and he made a 99.

     

    We never thought we would even be here (he has Asperger's) but here we are!! It turned out his class ends at the same time as his friend and she drives him to work after they have lunch. So he has the comfort of that.

     

    I am so proud! (can't show it too much or it will be "aww mom!" LOL)

    :lol:

    Spectrum Chemistry for secular use

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    We did Spectrum Chemistry and really loved that everything was right there (except the gallon of water). We only found that same one reference.

     

    It gets hard but my science minded son enjoyed it....my daughter not so much but she had not had algebra yet and all the math part was hard for her so she did only half of the book but did all the labs with her brother and a friend.

     

    Our favorite was when we made a liquid glow (short but sweet).

    Cathi

    Poll: Have you planned school for next session (fall, as the case may be)?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    So many of you are done and planning! OMG!!

     

    This has been a hard year for us so far...my niece was in a severe car accident and spent a month in ICU, my husband's mother passed away, my good friend's mom passed, and my other friend just got out of the hospital.

     

    I have bought nothing, no forms, no plans, nothing. We school year round and usually have everything planned out (roughly) before her birthday...uh that was mid May!

     

    Luckily she is still finishing up this year so ....breathe!

    How much control do you allow a 7th grader over curriculum?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    I am really surprised at all of your answers.

     

    First my oldest son did Key to Algebra for algebra 1 and then went on to do Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2 and is now about to be in Pre-Calc.

     

    I have given my kids input in choosing their courses all along. They both plan on going to college, so they know what they need to cover to do that. I tell them they need to take a math, science, and english every year but what kind is up to them.

     

    My oldest is graduated. My daughter is just turning 16...she is doing algebra 1 right now. She started TT but is not getting algebra so we are going to purchase Keys To and see if that helps. I am also going to look into the Life Of Fred too. For science she has picked Biology but is on the look out for a high school level zoology. For history she has did History Odyssey level 2 but is now doing Social Civics. She does not like History but most colleges she has looked at require atleast one year of social studies and we talked about it and I told her she needs to know about how our government works and so she is doing the 1/2 credit government, 1/2 credit economics. For english she is doing poetry (right now she is devouring every poetry book she can get!), Shakespeare (was working through his complete works on her own with watching a movie of the play or theatrical version of each and sometimes reading a book adaptation of it...we are now looking at the Lightning Lit Shakespeare too), and writing. She has recently finished world lit, british medieval lit, and easy grammar plus. She is realizing she needs more vocabulary help, so we are looking for a program for that. She is also almost done with her "Intro to Business" course.

     

    I am not saying your ways are wrong. Just trying to put out there a different point of view.

     

    Cathi

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