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Look at the overregulated public school system. Some really good & bad ideas and really bad execution and interpretation of regulations/laws. I think regulation initiates more regulation.
I live in an easy to homeschool state. We do have an annual evaluation (testing for most of us) requirement but we don't have to show anyone.
lisaj, mom to 5
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I was in exact same place as OP 6 years ago :(). I would recommend doing Physical Sci in 9th grade if your student is not a science buff & "in a hurry" to get past the basics. Both my daughters ended up with 4 sciences so colleges seemed to accept it - I don't know if they credited it as an elective or a science credit. Both went into nonscience majors.
I recommend doing Physical Sci in 9th; followed by biology, chemistry, anat/phys biology & physics if you want the "general" progression most students follow.
Btw, biology has a ton of memorization and chemistry has a lot more analytic non-tangible concepts. it is wise to make sure your student has adequate maturity to tackle these two subjects. (i.e. another year older helps, esp in chemistry)
YMMV - Lisaj, mom to 5
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Martha,
The more I thought about the ramifications, the more bothered I was. The senior member is a good guy who cares, but who sadly overstepped the mark in this case.
:D The wing commander is our next-door neighbor and has known my son since he was six. I invoked my privilege of speaking to him about CAP for the first time in the five years my son has been involved. He says that Facebook monitoring is not official, but is done in the background because of an harassment problem a few years ago and that the senior member should not have done what he did. It will be addressed. Thank goodness.
This is kind of what I meant. The leader was well-meaning but made an innocent mistake. The kind of situation where if there is a mistake, but their intentions are honorable - you just either let-it-go (i.e. lesson learned about FB IF not the "best" way); call it a "real life consequence".
Lisa J
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I don't have a huge problem with the lesson taught thru blocked-out FB posts. Hopefully, it was a good lesson for the youth?
FB, as a whole, is an area that youth/young adults are so naive about. Incredible object lesson on privacy settings and the effects of FB posts.
However, I do have problem with any adult in an official capacity (i.e. scout leader, teacher) interacting with minors they supervise/teach/pastor, etc. via FB. The organizations we belong to either prohibit it or discourage it as possibly appearing inappropriate, unwise, liability, etc. And I agree a hands-off is better here.
Personally, I would not be up in arms. In fact, I'd consider this an extremely valuable life lesson for my child. I tell my kids, if you put something on FB - and let everyone know "your business", don't be surprised when your "business" is misused. Don't be surprised EVER on FB at the twists and turns of innocent postings. (And the internet in general!)
I think this may possibly falls into the overall general dad-vs-mom ideas of teaching. Just very, very general here, my wonderful husband would not be thinking about "how this made someone feel" but rather, "would this teach a valuable lesson". Because he isn't around children 24/7 like I am, he isn't thinking about their insecurities, slowly maturing people skills, embarrassing possibilities, etc. My husband is not notoriously insensitive, he just doesn't start there with his thinking process.
Btw, we are not involved in CAP and don't know anything about the leadership/mentoring, etc.
Lisa j
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Just wanted to say again, thanks to the OP for posting this question. (I have not seen this question before as to college age - i.e. a young adult - weight gain and appreciated the posters.) I have really benefitted from this discussion.
I did not mean to hijack the thread in anyway, just felt my situation was similar to OPs and could use some advice as well.
Thanks, OP and posters.
Lisaj
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I was glad to see this thread. I am dealing with a similar problem with my new 17yo high school graduate. I thought she was "heavy" but I didn't realize how heavy til my husband took her to Urgent Care and he watched her step on the scale. I always make a point "not to look" so she would not feel bad/awkward. But then when dh told me the scale number, we were both concerned. It was 20ish pounds more than I would have guessed. It is about 15# over the top of the very general "healthy weight" range for her height.
My dh and I have both done WW very successfully and the the "nutrition/eating right" info is phenomenal at WW. I highly recommend it. My daughter is not interested. She is a camp counselor all summer and will be eating icky processed food for the next 10 weeks....
The problem is that she is ashamed of her appearance and also struggles with self confidence. So I want to help, but how?
I might also add that, as a family, we have started exercising about 3 months ago. At that time, I told my teen daughters, as a requirement, to let me know how they want to exercise 30 min 3 to 5 days a week. This older daughter did nothing and after a few weeks of reminders I told her she'd have to go with the family after dinner or on weekends (walking and biking) if she wasn't going herself. Now, she is independently walking or biking 3-5 days a week. She needs more exercise but I thought this was a good start.
I know she doesn't want to do WW, but I know her personality and it would work very well for her. (She's a math nerd and likes structure.) I am not requiring it, but I am wondering if I should. It sounds like I shouldn't because she is 17.5yo and nearly and adult. But I *know* if I did, she would probably do very well, and probably thank me later???
Is the best thing to do "nothing"?
Lisa j, mom to 5
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Sunday - 8mi bike ride; 25min walk
Mon - 60 min walk
Tues - 30 min jog
Weds - 90 min walk, 30 min jog
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Yet another thumbs up for Rainbow Sci. We did it with 2 daughters at the same time. One was a science-minded 5/6 and one was a non science minded 7/8. It was awesome. We may not have needed to, but we followed it up with Apologia Phy Sci and then we did Apologia Bio, BJU Chemistry & Apologia Anat/Phys. One went onto physics as well.
Kids loved it. I loved it because it was easy to implement, easy to use, easy to understand.
As further praise, I like to tell people that Rainbow Science has been my hands-down favorite homeschool curriculum in 15 years of homeschooling. (Shurley English is my next favorite!)
Highly recommend.
Lisaj
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Love to be on this thread! My goal is one hour(ish) a day of walking, biking, hiking and/or running.
Sunday: 60min family walk; 15min jog, 20min biking; 20min hiking
Monday: 60min fast walk
Tuesday: 1 mile run 14 min; 40min biking
Today: 73 min walk with neighbor; 1mile run in 12min
Lisaj, mom to 5
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Still would like emailed surveys. I don't have time til the weekend to show daughter (and learn myself) how to do the survey monkey site. So til, then I appreciate all the PMed or emailed surveys - thanks so much!
LINK in first email - ljdeerpark@aol.com is the email addy.
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Thanks, she needs about 80 more surveys right now. Thanks for all. It seems to work best if you download it as text nd then copy it into a Word file & I guess that fixes the formatting?
Thanks to all - please give it or email it to any teens you know (prefers homeschooled results, but NOT required).
Thanks - Lisaj - ljdeerpark@aol.com
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Thank you, Teachin'Mine!!! What a nice thing to do!
Lisa J
& Thanks for the College Confidential site linking idea
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I'd appreciate advice on how to do this better. The forum wouldn't let me download a word doc (I tried doc & docx) as it was too large. For that format, the forum said the doc could only be 3.5kb? It was 19.5kb even when I took out all the bolding and took it from double to single-spaced.
THe survey is for teens :) and I'd love a way to get it out to a lot of people. I don't know how to (where to) upload it so I could do a link? Any easier ideas for me? I am not that web saavy but I can do simple things usually.
I can make it a pdf and email it to all willing parties but I think that would be the least appealing for getting lots of feedback?
Thanks for any tips!
Lisa J
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I'd appreciate advice on how to do this better. The forum wouldn't let me download a word doc (I tried doc & docx) as it was too large For that format, the forum said the doc could only be 3.5kb? It was 19.5kb even when I took out all the bolding and took it from double to single-spaced.
THe survey is for teens :) and I'd love a way to get it out to a lot of people. I don't know how to (where to) upload it so I could do a link? Any easier ideas for me? I am not that web saavy but I can do simple things usually.
I can make it a pdf and email it to all willing parties but I think that would be the least appealing for getting lots of feedback?
Thanks for any tips!
Lisa J
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HI, my 14yo daughter's science fair project is a Teen Stress Survey. She needs about 100 responses - would you please download it, have your teen (ages 13-19) fill it out and return it via email (preferably) or mail if you prefer that?
Please - email it to ljdeerpark@aol.com - Pls put "SURVEY" in title so I can catch those that go to spam.
Thanks - so much - lisaj, longtime poster/member of WTM, mom to 5
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HI, my 14yo daughter's science fair project is a Teen Stress Survey. She needs about 100 responses - would you please download it, have your teen (ages 13-19) fill it out and return it via email (preferably) or mail if you prefer that?
Please - email it to ljdeerpark@aol.com - Pls put "SURVEY" in title so I can catch those that go to spam.
Thanks - so much - lisaj, longtime poster/member of WTM, mom to 5
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Love to know what you find out. Thanks!
Lisaj
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I am pretty sure there never was any algebra errata - just geometry. I'm thinking there were no known errors in Alg. answers. I've used Alg for 3 kids now.
Lisaj, hope that helps? if not, email VT, Tom has always been very helpful
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Make macaroni noodles as usual. (boil w/1 T oil 9min) Drain in collander. Add all back to pan with:
Add 1/4c butter approx, a few large handfuls shredded cheese, 1/4cup approx milk
Stir well to melt cheese. Add more cheese to taste, depending on how much noodles you prepared.
Start to finish takes about 20 min (incl the time for the water to heat to boiling.) Enjoy.
Lisaj, mom to 5
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We've bought two inexpensive ones and they have both torn away from the straps over a few years' use. However, we have left them out all year - snow, etc. - and so prob. that is part of it.
However, we hired a backhoe to do some excavating and had him dig a pit so the trampoline was pit-set and the edge was then ground level. This made it a lot safer & it made it much more popular with parents! So I highly recommend that installation?
Lisaj, mom to 5
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Stephanie, great!!! You had me.
I biked 45min, 30min of that was against a monster wind!!!
Then, later I hiked 40min with the kids :-).
Lisaj, mom to 5
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yikes, I don't think so?
Are you thinking "race relations" offense? I guess it could be?
Not much help here, sorry!
Lisaj
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I started exercising about 6 weeks ago, very gradually. I try to mix it up and basically, just get moving. Walking, biking, running a little, hiking, etc.
Today, my 12yb and I did a 11mile bike ride, my longest so far this spring. (in the rain and cold too)
Lisaj, who exercises with three kids who are just starting to like it
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Julie, (trying to keep on topic) - I did *not* realize that the second part of US Hist was just one semester. Thank you. I am still considering MFW...
Lisaj
Is it normal to feel like homeschooling is very hard work and mentally taxing?
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Exhausting and keeping everyone on task and not minding each others' business are my biggest stressors. My children learn easily so IQ and mastery are not problematic - but they tend to slack, are all ADHD and do the minimum on chores and schoolwork unless pushed/prodded/pulled.
I keep thinking there has got to be an easier, kinder, gentler way ??????
lisaj, mom to 5 (2 in college; 3 homeschooling)