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  1. This is my current favorite! http://suzannemcminn.com/
  2. You might double check with the school and ask how many semesters the Japanese text has been used for and whether it will change before your daughter completes all four semesters. I was unlucky because I paid the $200 plus for used texts for the Spanish class I took and then had to purchase a whole new set one semester later. I was a bit miffed because we didn't use all the "extra" stuff (DVD's and CD's) at all and only pulled a handful of worksheets from the workbook portion of the package. I second the idea of waiting until class starts to find out if you can use an older version of the text, especially if you aren't going to get three or four semesters out of the book. The Spanish department at the university where I took this class chose one book for all instructors (and all four semesters), so it might also be worth asking if all of the extra stuff will indeed be needed. I can't tell you how many CD's and books I purchased that were not even used in the course because of this.
  3. When my daughter had her braces adjusted, the pain from was so bad she would not eat for a day or two. This was not good as she is already such a lighweight that her pediatrician often questions me about her eating habits! One of the technicians in the ortho office recommended giving her both Tylenol AND Motrin (or in our case, generic acetaminophen and ibuprofen) just before the adjustment. This did the trick for her. You can double up on these medications because one is secreted through the liver and the other through the kidneys, but if you have any doubts, call your dentist!
  4. Also look at how the school is accredited. Nationally accredited institutions usually take credits from regionally accredited schools, but regionally accredited schools often do not transfer credits from nationally accredited school. The procedures are more stringent for REGIONAL accreditation. This is important if you end up needing/wanting to transfer or if you wish to continue on to graduate school or work in a field that requires some sort of state licensing (i.e. nursing). Sometimes employers look at this, too. http://www.elearners.com/guide-to-online-education/regional-and-national-accreditation.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_accreditation#Regional_versus_national_accreditation
  5. My son (age 17) works year round at Target and is only working one day a week and has been since about a week BEFORE Christmas. He says everyone is complaining about hours being cut and I guess as the youngest worker there his hours have been cut the most.
  6. Thank you for posting this! We are actually using this book for our lab book in chemistry this year. I found Apologia all right for a ninth/tenth grade high school intro, but was concerned that it wouldn't be what I wanted for our second round of chemistry, especially with regards to labs and the amount of math covered. I emailed the author about some beefier labs, but he just referred back to the microchem set they advertise--not quite what I want! Anyway, we went with Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown, Bursten, and Lemay for our text and I was trying to pull together various labs from here and there (internet and college lab books) when I came across this little gem. I have to say, so far I'm impressed! It's very homeschool friendly in that it's written for a non-classroom situation. However, it is not cheap! We had a fair assortment of glassware bits from previous science courses, but I've spent a couple of hundred dollars on chemicals and equipment (like a calorimeter). I'm a bit of a closet chemistry buff AND I have all three of my teens doing the labs, so I'm all right with this.
  7. I went out to Amazon and seven reviewers gave it five stars. This might just be what I'm looking for! Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0596514921/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?%5Fencoding=UTF8&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#RR7S8VXERFEMZ
  8. I just returned this weekend from the homeschool expo in Atlanta where Susan Wise Bauer was one of the keynote speakers. One of the things that struck me the most in her grade 9-12 workshop was how this time was when our young adults need to specialize. It may not be what they ultimately end up doing the rest of their life, but they should be allowed to find and develop a passion for something. It sounds like your daughter is doing this with her music. Maybe you can add an elective that would bolster that passion and be useful in the real world anyway like some sort of accounting/personal finance/run-your-own-business kind of course. Musicians aren't always noted for thier astute money management skills!
  9. I wasn't overly impressed with anything out there, so I am kind of cobbling together a chemistry program of our own using Thinkwell Chemistry, Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown/LeMay/Bursten, and Chemistry by Steven Zumdahl. I originally bought both textbooks to look them over and have the kids try them out and then use one. I really like both of them, however, and so I think we are going to incorporate both until either A) one is clearly superior at meeting our needs or B) we are overwhelmed and play Rock, Paper, Scissors to make the decision. I'm still in search of a good lab manual--have a couple on the way--I do hope I don't "love" them all!
  10. We also tried several programs (Videotext, Abeka, Chalkdust--hadn't heard of Teaching Textbooks three years ago or I probably would have tried that!) and finally returned to Saxon because I liked it best. In desperation (and to give myself a break) after stumbling through most of Algebra 2, I had him do Aleks for four or five months. He was frustrated with it at first because his "careless" mistakes meant he didn't master things very quickly--and he had to work until he had X number of things completed each day! Finally, he learned he couldn't cheat the system and he buckled down and began applying all of the rules (signs, order of operaton, etc.) he was either to lazy or too in a rush to apply and he made serious headway. When we went back to Saxon a while later, instead of missing half of the problems because of making careless errors he was getting 90% or better on the lessons! Whew!
  11. I looked at this for Advanced Math and came across this review. After viewing the sample and seeing for myself the points the author makes, I've decided to stick with Dive. http://homeschoolwithsaxon.com/newsletterpage.php The thought of having the solution manual "explained" to the children was nice, but the teacher in the demo does very little explaining and her voice was grating after only one lesson!
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