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I'm so very sorry. :grouphug: Wishing you strength for the days ahead...
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Oh wow, I'm so sorry. Thank you for the update, and best wishes for a quick recovery for everyone!!
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Okay, it makes me feel better that most of us missed Tony Blair. I really didn't think that looked like him!
Other than that, I got them all. I'm pretty good with faces but better with names. DH is great with faces but terrible with names. Between the two of us, we can usually figure out who's in the movie, LOL!!
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Holy moly. I'm glad you got your police chief friend involved. Unbelievable.
We also live next door to some people who are very... ahem... particular about their yard. But truly, if anything were actually growing and thriving in our yard, they would give thanks instead of pulling it out by the roots!! :lol:
I'm with you, trying to get things improved and attempting to educate myself on plants. But it's a gradual process.
Sorry you're dealing with this, and I hope it doesn't escalate further. Definitely keep an eye on him!!
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The dog wouldn't have to be professionally trained. He would just need to live in your house and have a fierce bark.
And even the friendliest, sweetest dog will usually do anything within his power to protect his family from danger. You don't need a trained guard dog; you just need a dog who loves the family. Herding dogs are excellent choices for many families, because they're smart and fun, but also protect their "flock" (your family) because they think it's their job.
:iagree: It doesn't matter how the dog actually acts with you. It's the perception.
Our dog doesn't look very threatening, but he is big with a very deep bark, and it's unnerving to people who don't know him. He's a sweetie, but he would protect us without hesitation if necessary.
(Although, I do wish he'd quit being so unfriendly to the UPS guy. Seriously, it's like his mortal enemy or something... and I do adore the UPS guy because he brings me Amazon packages and other goodies. :D )
OP, I am so sorry you're dealing with this. I would be freaked out as well, and it would make my Mama Bear come out pretty fiercely. It sounds like yours is out too, and that you're doing all you reasonably can to keep your boys safe. Best wishes to your family.
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What an awesome response... Kudos to that guy.
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Just wondering what everyone has planned for teacher/parent reading over the summer related to education??
I have "How to Teach Your Child Shakespeare" and thought I might give that a whirl. I'd also like to choose and pre-read some economics books to brush up on the topic, as I think we're going to cover it.
What's on your reading list?
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Hi ladies!
I kind of bypassed this thread for a while... I've skimmed the posts but reading has taken a backseat for a while. I just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy... thought the first book was great, the second and third were fairly good. We finished up school on Friday, so I'm stocked up on brain candy for a while, and I'll be reading some cozy mysteries next. :)
As of right now I'm at 24 books for the year.
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Rosie, I love the picture of your little guy. He looks and sounds like he was delightfully full of spunkiness!!
The apple tree sounds like a lovely tribute. Continuing to wish comfort for you and your little girl.
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Susan, have you seen John Tiners books? Here's a link to a list, there is an astronomy title as well as "Exploring Planrt Earth." I'm not overly familiar of these but have flipped through a couple and I own a PDF or two. :)
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Oh, Katie. :grouphug:
I'm so sorry for what you're all going through. Those women are despicable. I'm glad your SIL and your niece and nephew have you to lean on, but no one should ever have to live that hell.
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Oh yes. Our standard poodle sleeps with us most nights. He's a big lug, like a giant floppy teddy bear, and is so lovely to cuddle with in the winter!
We used to have a lab and a beagle that slept with us, but they were banished to their own beds before DS was born. Then we realized it was nice to not have all that hair on the bed. :) The giant puffball mentioned above luckily does not shed!
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Okay, all of that info does help. Thank you!! :)
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Oh man. Must. Not. Google. (We'll see if I listen to myself.)
None of us got the tank top. Somehow we dropped the ball on that one! But then, I never got my witch starter kit from Audrey years ago during the Ken Ham kerfuffle and I was looking forward to my goat.
That's just how it goes sometimes! :D
Good grief, I'm missing a lot of Hive goodies!!! :willy_nilly:
Faith, between your description of that school, and the people you know who leave their kids letters for their wedding night ( :cursing: ).... my head is about to explode. Then I'll be right there with SadieMarie, trying to teach with no head and whatnot... :crying:
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Derek, thanks for the thoughts. It's good to hear how challenging you find TC. DS is definitely ready for that kind of reasoning... in fact, he could do most of the sample problems without any trouble, so I was hoping it went much further beyond that!
Okay, just went and dug up the S&S... thanks to you posting it in another thread, LOL. It does look very complete! I think you're right that he just might not enjoy the text for AoPS, but I could definitely see using the videos along with a program like TC. For TC, did your son watch every video? Is that video lesson the only place instruction is given? I may need to play with the demo a bit more, because I feel like I'm missing part of how it works!!
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Has it been credibly established she is telling the whole truth?
No. But that doesn't mean her story is disproven, either. It just means there are conflicting stories.
This is one of those situations where we'll probably never know the whole truth of what happened. Maybe she did have an agenda and riled the whole thing up... maybe she was completely innocent and these adults all had it in for her. If I were a betting woman, I'd say somewhere in the middle.
That said... it's still an example of the idea that if a woman shows any skin at all, she's inciting a riot in the brains of everyone out there. And that idea, while pervasive in certain cultures, just isn't so. I don't see anyone here saying that we should encourage teen girls to "let it all hang out" (whether they're from a trailer park or not, mind you)... just that we want them to not be ashamed simply because they have body parts that some people deem evil.
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Okay, so though I'm still not 100% sure we'll be at home again next year, I've started trying to narrow down prealgebra options.
I waded through the prealgebra "fence straddlers" thread. :svengo:
I've been looking at mainly the following: Saxon, Tablet Class, AoPS. Yes, I know they're all quite different from one another!
Saxon appeals because it's tried and true, and my son LOVES Hake Grammar so he would enjoy the "get 'er done" style but I know it would be thorough. We'd supplement with LOF and Khan/Aops videos, I'm sure.
AoPS is obviously appealing for many reasons... we loved the videos by RR, and it would certainly challenge him.... however, I really don't know that he will want to wrestle through the whole curriculum and the "discovery" process. (See "get 'er done" comment above, LOL.)
Tablet Class looks intriguing, and it's been getting rave reviews around here. It looks thorough, and the price is right. However... DS was not crazy about it, and I have concerns/questions.
The TC videos seem to move at a pretty slow pace. They're thorough, but DS is impatient with them. He says the guy "drones" on about the topic. (Of course, I made the mistake of showing him the AoPS videos with RR right after, LOL. Those he loved!)
And, from the samples in the demo, it doesn't appear to go very deep. However, from comments here on the boards, I know some people whose opinions I highly respect seem to think otherwise. :)
So, are the TC prealgebra samples representative? Are those the early lessons? Does it go a lot deeper? Am I missing something? And, DS wants to know if the videos get more entertaining... :coolgleamA:
Thoughts appreciated!!
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It does help. It's sometimes hard to tell from the samples. I've followed enough of your plans that I trust your judgment here, LOL! ;)
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If you do it, definitely skip the first two books. So, should you do Narrative 2? Hard to say It's been exactly, perfectly right for us right now, finishing up the year: it's provided some specific, disciplined assignments that have been non-challenging in content, but totally enjoyable and fun in execution. Really, my kid is loving doing these assignments! This is the first "writing program' I've used where she has really enjoyed the assignments, and has produced more than I've asked for, has sat chortling and giggling while she's writing, and has proudly shared her writing with the family. It's been really fun and great for her, I have zero regrets with using Narrative 2.
Can I chime in here? I've been looking at these, and Rose, I was curious about the part I quoted.
Was your advice to skip the first two books specific to Pen?? Would you say the same for most logic age students who have some writing experience? I do think the first book or two look pretty simple for DS, but I didn't know if you could just jump in anywhere...
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Notgrass history??
www.notgrass.com
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Chris, that is truly wonderful!! :grouphug:
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Behave? My arse. You are completely exempt from any type of behavior you don't want to exhibit. For a while, at least. :p
I don't know if you fully understand how well thought of you are here. I'm reasonably sure it's a general consensus. You are gracious and kind and funny, and I think for most of us here that we wish we could be a bit more like you. I was just the other day saying to some people on the boards "Damn...you know you're being a pig if you even pissed Rosie off!"
So yes, even though you were obviously under no obligation to do so, we appreciate your allowing us to share this with you. It's a terrible, awful, shitty thing that you're having to deal with, and none of us can bear any of that burden for you, but all of us feel like we're bearing a bit of it on your behalf today. I hope that in some small way that offers a modicum of comfort, or that it might someday.
Yes. What she said. You're entitled to cry, scream, throw something, or worse. You are a lovely woman whom I've enjoyed getting to know. And my heart breaks for you. :grouphug:
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Dear Lord, have mercy. I hadn't been on the chat board all day and just saw Rosie's thread.
Rosie, I am so terribly sorry. I can only imagine how little that means but please know we'd all love to be there and hold your hand if we could. :grouphug:
Tell your precious little girl that we live in the middle of the U.S., in a red brick house with white trim.
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I haven't, but I'll bump the post because I was wondering about these classes too... I thought the Latin Kickstart they're offering this summer looked interesting!
6th grade math in PS
in Logic Stage & Middle Grade Challenges
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Here it varies a bit between districts. It seems that most schools offer a "standard" of 6th, 7th, 8th is prealgebra, and 9th is algebra. The accelerated sequence skips 7th grade math for prealgebra in 7th, algebra in 8th.
They are still working on implementing Common Core changes in most of the districts with which I'm familiar, so it remains to be seen whether this holds beyond the next couple years. Meanwhile, my rising 6th grader is ready for prealgebra this fall, and that's factoring heavily into my decision as to whether we continue homeschooling.