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The Oxford School Shakespeare is a great resource. They have the play and then in side notes explain some of the meaning of the words. They have one for Acbeth which is very good. I also like to get an audio recording of the play and listen to it as we read along in the book. Don't forget to act out a few of your own scenes!

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He still has 5 weeks to go. His college didn't start until late September. But it is going very well. He was on the honor rolls all year. He loves college. He says even english is easy, which is his hardest subject. He told me all the Latin, logic, even diagramming sentences helped prepare him for his major in computer engineering.:001_smile: Now he just needs to find a job for the summer.

Which colleges are you considering? Look at their websites, talk to them at college fairs and see which test they prefer .

Can her kids make her promise to get their opinion before she gives any money away? Is it possible to have a joint checking account with them so they know how much money is being spent. And they need to volunteer to help her with decision making on major purchases such as the roof. If one of the kids is present when she is talking to the roofer she is a lot less likely to get scammed.

What an amazing analogy of classical education! Thanks.You are always so inspiring,

The Well Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer has a huge book list. It seems like there are enough choices in there that you could choose the books that would interest you. You could also focus on other aspects of classical ed. such as learning Latin or Greek.

David Mccaully (sp.?) has some great books that have how castles and pyramids are built. K'nex has a great kit on bridges. There's a series from Discovery( Ithink ) on netflix on Building Big talking all sorts of projects that are under construction. My son leaned my toward architectural engineer when he was younger. But, now he is in college and is porbably going for a computer engineer degree. What do I think helped prepare him best? The Well Trained MindThe grammar, logic, Latin, great books, have all taught him how to think and solve problems. He knows how to look at things analytical. Looking back on his education, I am so thankful that even for my math and science kid, who would rather be swinging from trees than bookwork, I was able to give him a classical education.

I get a tea call Throat Coat (slippery elm and licorice) Drink it before your performance. It gets rid of the scratchies. If you can't find it licorice tea works well too.

I thought the opposite. I thought it was a clever use of the word to make us think about it. True, the actual definition is to be used as intimadating and criticizing someone else. The article starts out making you think the author is doing that to someone else. And then we realize that she is doing it to herself. So, if we shouldn't treat someone else that harshly, why should we talk to ourselves that way? I thought it was a good way to make a point. Not to bully you about it though, because you are right bully is the overused word of the month.:001_smile:

In college, they have more choices. They can select their own class. Which means they can look at the material and resources and find the one they think is most beneficial/interesting. So far my son has had a variety of text books and "real" books. Currently he is reading "International Studies and Zombies" as his textbook for political science:001_smile: Math and Physcis were the normal textbook types.

My husband is an engineer too, and I thought just getting him to wear matching clothes was a step up from many co-workers! We don't dry clean. He wears nice shirts and dockers style pants. But we also live in the NW, land of casual wear, so I never thought of doing dry clean. I just try and not have him wear his sneakers with his dress pants.:001_smile:

My son is going to the local University. I tried to interest him in other colleges. But he pointed at our local Univeristy is one of the top in his field. He is very happy attending. His best friends attend there. I think he made a good choice. Going away isnt for everyone, and it can be cheaper to be closer to home.

Might I also add that it is important for her to study logic. Learning logic will train her how to break a problem down and be able to solve it, whether it is computer programming, science or a math problem.

I agree with many of the other likes/dislikes. Likes: Andrew Pudewa is an awesome speaker. He motivated my son. Great specifics for my non writer son for how to think up ideas for what to write on. Great ideas on notetaking The dress ups can be helpful. My son's writing was very boring. They helped him vary his writing. Dislikes: The dress ups can be a dislke. Use them as tools. After you get the hang of them don't require them. Or if you do require give your student the choice of coming to you and deciding whether a sentence would be better with the dress up or without.

What about staining? You'll still need to sand. We built our steps, then sanded and stained them last year. They still look nice. You could do paint too, it's just more sanding in between layers.

I worried about this when my son was younger. Did things others have suggested. Now he is 19. He will pick up on occasion a novel to read. But he still like series best. And he like to re-read them. He is kind of my change is bad kid anyway. So, try the other things. But be happy they read. They probably consider the series books kind of like friends (I do anyway) I read both. But series means I get to keep reading about my friends adventures.:001_smile:

Not flaming, but as a long time AIG follower here are some of my problems with what he is saying !1The recent blog about SWB is on a book review whe did. It just seems to be added fire to a fuel. What is his purpose behind bringiing up a book review. He wants to tie Dr. Bauer in with the author, implying that everything he says she believes. 2) I am a young earth creationist. I think it is good to debate the issue. Where it crosses the line is when the person debating pulls out the " if you don't agree with me you're not a Christian" line Disagreeing is fine, judging one's Christianity is not. If he were to write his own book review, showing where he differs on the author's views that would be great! But attacking the author (or anyone who thinks he may have valid points) is where he is crossing into a judgemental attittude.

I think it looks good and is also a helpful subject. I think in WTM by highschool they had finished logic and moved on to rhetoric. But you could start logic later or just more advanced logic too.

Ok sounds like you need at one person to dissent from the no vote. I let my son (while there was an adult also) drive with a friend in the car. I guess my question would be How long has he had the driver's permit? How responsible is he? Is the adult in the car aware enough to tell anyone to stop distracting if they are? My son had been through driver's training and driving for about 4 months before we had his friend in the car.

Yes, they did cover literary terms. We also used The Well Educated Mind for questions. We didn't do all of the books. Sometimes we did the reading schedules, other times we slowed down to have a little more discussion. My son is now in college and took his first english class. He got a 4.0. He is a math-science-computer kid, so I think Omnibus must have given him the foundation he needed.

How is the rest of the class doing on the tests? Are other people struggling too? My son was frustrated too because he was slow, but his grades were still above average. It seems like especially science tests just cover a lot of material. Obviously the more you know the material the quicker you can be. But it also just takes adjusting to the large amount of questions on the tests. In studying my son is learning that not only does he need to know how to do the problem, but the quickest way to solve the problem. There may be more than one way to get to the solution, and it's important that your way be one of the quickest, without extra step. And he has made himself practice writing faster.

This quote described my son. He is very bright and everything came easy. When something was hard he was just shocked. He figured he must not be able to do it. How did I help him get over it? Or maybe it was something he wold have grown out of with or without my guidance? i'm not sure. I told him it was normal to struggle. That at some pointeveryone struggles. That I woulld help him figure it out. That I knew he could do it. In high school he grew up and loved the challenge of hard things. I wish I could pinpoint what happened to make that change. If I had to pick one thing I guess I would say it was coming alongside him during things that were difficult. We read the classical books and discussed together, we worked on the prgymnasta writing together. At the end , he came out feeling like he could work hard and not give up. I am also wondering if it it because we give boys more of a break, give them time to mature. My son was so wiggly, couldn't sit still for the life of him. In his younger years, we were very casual. And he got positive feedback for learning to sit still, for focusing. I concentrated (because he needed it) more on the task of just giving him the skill of being able to focus than on great amount of info. It wasn't unitl he was 9 or 10 that we focused more an academics.

This could have been me discussing my son 12 years ago. i didn't think it was a learning disability, he just needed coaching on how to express himself. My tips On the favorite thing- he was very literal and honest-I did better if I said name some things you enjoyed, rather than pick out his favorite Describing why he doesn't want to do things(or other problem) I tried and make it as stress free as possible. He shut down if he felt he had to answer many questions. Instead maybe just talkingabout the experience (the camp or whatever) as a whole. Than after talking about it she might know what is bothering her. My Classical learning plug. I believe that classical learning is one of the best methods to teach someone how to communicate. Classical education is rich in language. It teaches how to think and communicate. Following THE Well Trained Mind (even loosely) was I believe what gave my son the ability to express his thoughts and ideas,