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I think people who are blaming the media or the CDC or Obama or whomever are actually "Monday Morning Quarterbacking."
The other thing about this flu that is surprising everyone is that people in their 20's, 30's and 40's are dying. That is not the normal path for the regular seasonal flu. So it concerned the powers that be.
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Actually, the flu attacking the relatively healthy population is what was scariest about the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. Those people who were healthiest were the ones dying because of their own bodies healthy immune systems going into overdrive. I read a book on the Spanish flu of 1918 and it was very interesting.
On another note, both my son and I have had the swine flu. We both took Tamiflu with no problems and recovered from the majority of the symptoms within a week (my son has allergy induced asthma and he took a little longer than I to recover). Other than how fast it hit (felt great in the morning, home with a 103 fever by afternoon) and, at least for me, the aches/pains (muscles and joints), it was very much like the regular flu. My children's ped. takes a more holisitic view and recommends not treating a fever unless it reaches 104. He said by giving meds to decrease the fever you are in effect kneecapping your body's ability to respond to the viral invasion.
Our doctor told us that as the flu is spread it is losing some of its virulence. That was a bit of good news!
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and it has a full complement of support materials on the website. Tests, geography activities, paper suggestions, audio of speeches given, etc. etc.
I've been very happy thus far with Bennett's program and there is enough activities, online quizzes and things to keep my son's interest piqued, too.
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According to the CDC website, swine flu is resistant to Tamiflu, so if we know the flu we have is H1N1, there is no point in taking it. If we tested positive for Type A flu but didn't know which specific type, I'd go ahead and take Tamiflu in case it's not H1N1.
Are doctor's offices testing for H1N1 now? Late last spring, my sister tested positive for Type A, but it took 3 weeks to find out it wasn't swine flu. Samples had to be sent to the CDC. But it sounds like people are now finding out quickly whether their flu is swine flu or not.
It was the CDC personnl who recommended my son (and all the other sick campers) take Tamiflu. They were very involved in my son's summer camp experience due to the high number of kids who contracted the swine flu.
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My son came home from camp this summer with the swine flu (the camp had 128 confirmed cases). The day he came home I got a prescription for him for Tamiflu. While the symptoms were bad for a few days, he recovered nicely. I'd say it was probably a week of symptoms and a week of recovery (lethargy, etc.). Now, had he not been at camp and exhausted, he may have recovered more quickly. My son has allergy induced asthma and while he had a cough that took longer to recover from, it never got too bad.
Of course, the flu made its way through my family and with the help of Tamiflu we've all recovered relatively quickly. My husband ended up on antibiotics for an ear infection that wouldn't go away. I highly recommend Tamiflu. It lessens the duration of the flu so while I felt horrible for a couple of days and kept a fever of 103, it could have been worse.
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1) People (most especially young people) seem to use it as a popularity contest of sorts. One of my son's friends has over 1700 friends (and others have large numbers as well). Really? Someone can have that many friends? Acquaintances, sure, but real freinds - hardly. One would have to post messages continuously to keep in touch with that many friends.
2) I've noticed that people tend to post things like what they're doing that moment, or what they're going to be doing (e.g. "going to get my nails done") or have done. I think this is a result of a growing trend of narcissisitic behavior in our society. People automatically assume others actually care about what they think and what they're doing all the time. I don't think people actually care about what I'm doing during the day, not even my close friends. If they do, they ask. I mean, really, who cares that I got my hair done yesterday other than my family and perhaps a couple of others? (Twitter gets on my nerves for the same reason.)
I do see that FB has a good purpose, though. I use it to post pictures of my family that my out of town relatives can see and download if they wish. It's easier than any other method I've found to upload pictures and it saves me from mailing pictures. Other than that, though, I'm not a big fan.
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I'm sorry, but was a little disheartened by your comment. I am a "Scottie" (proper term, not Aggie--their from Texas).
My apologies for the improper term. My dd did just return from Texas A&M so I had Aggie's on the brain.
I am disheartened, but not offended by you. However I do believe that your statement doesn't hold much validity. Many people question and are outright alarmed by confident, intelligent women. Why would they want to go to a college with only women around? Where will they find a husband? I believe this fear is the reason rumors abound..
Not that I wanted to mention this part, but at UGA I taught in the psychology department. We counseled many a young woman who transferred from AS on this very issue. They said the peer pressure to experiment with lesbianism was intense. I don't know when you attended, but perhaps it's one of those things that changes over time.
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I will tell you about a certain reputation Aggie's have. The term used to describe the student population is LUGs. It stands for Lesbian Until Graduation. Again, I have no first hand experience with Agnes Scot, but it has been discussed here on local radio stations before. Also, when I taught at UGA, we were quite aware of their reputation. Just thought you should know. Don't shoot the messenger.
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After having checked into several umbrella schools, I went with (drum roll please) my own. I gained accreditation 2 years ago and have never looked back. My dd was just accepted this spring into the local community college for dual enrollment next year (which hasn't been an option for us before because it wasn't allowed for home schoolers). I did NOT have to submit a portfolio of her work. I did NOT have to subject dd to the GED. I did NOT have to meet the other ridiculous standards that home schooled children are subjected to after they graduate high school. I simply submitted her transcript and her tests scores (ACT, AP, SAT-subject) and that was it.
Bottom line: The accredited school that will offer you the most flexbility is your own.
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it depends on your dc's goals and interests.
HSLDA has a brochure that very succinctly explains the differences between the types of high school education. They divide the groups into General High School (20-22 credits); General College Prep (24-28 credits); and, Rigorous College Prep (26-30 credits).
What it boils down to is what your dc wants to do or where they want to go to college. For the ivy league colleges or competitive colleges, you'd probably want to go the rigorous college prep route (remember, your dc would be competing nationally with other dc for those spots). For cosmotology school, you could probably get away with the General High School prep. The key is making your dc as competitive (academically speaking) as possible for them for achieve their goals.
As always, just my $.02.
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using Campbell's book. If you use Apologia you will have to make sure to supplement with something that covers evolutionary theory in detail as that topic is covered quite thoroughly on the AP test.
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I don't think it's wise to make broad generalizations about an entire program. There are benefits and restrictions to almost every program. For example, we used Sonlight for history in the middle grades. However, I don't think (for us) it was challenging enough and offered a broad enough perspective for high school. So, while I would recommend it for middle school, I would not do so for highschool. That's simply my opinion; I'm sure others have been quite happy and it suited them just fine.
To say one entire curriculum is not "rigorous" enough is simply wrong. It's making broad generalizations and not taking into account the student's learning style and/or aptitude in that particular subject or the individual programs (e.g. geometry versus algebra 1, versus, algebra 2, etc.).
For our part, we used TT's Geometry program for my dd (when she was in 9th grade) and ds (in 8th grade). My dd did TT Geometry concurrently with Algebra 2 (not TT). She made a 27 (90th percentile) on the ACT that year. This year she took Chalkdust's Precalculus and did great, no problems whatsoever on the transition.
I have heard various criticisms about TT's Algebra programs and have steered clear of those. However, I thought the Geometry program was just fine (it had at least two proof problems on every test for those who use proofs - or lack thereof - as a measuring stick). Does that make it fine for everybody, probably not. Do I recommend that everyone have their dc take Geometry concurrently with Alg. 2, no. My ds did not do that this year, though we tried at the beginning. He simply wasn't ready for Alg. 2.
Choosing individual curriculums for your dc is a difficult decision, I know. And, not every program is right for every child in a family. My dc have rarely used the same math curriculum (with the exception of TT Geometry). Please, just keep that in mind before slamming an entire program.
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Teaching Companies, SuperStar Students series. I thought it was very well done.
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The Joy of Chemistry, which is a separate book, as our lab book/guide. This wasn't our spine, but it supplied excellent at home labs with easy to acquire ingredients. Everything you need is listed in the front of the book and my dd found it quite fun.
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World History: People and Nations this year (you can find it on Amazon or here). The supplements made it completely worthwhile. We used the Geography Activities supplement, the Building History Study Skills supplement, the Daily Quizzes supplement (which I used as worksheets to be completed using the book) and test forms. All of the supplements have answer keys which makes it that much easier to use.
Each chapter (33 chapters) is divided into sections and the Daily Quizzes correspond to those sections. I let my ds use the daily quizzes as an open book worksheet (daily), and then use those as study guides for the test. There are chapter tests, unit tests, mid-year tests, and an end of book test.
My son enjoyed it very much this year.
HTH.
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We'll be using Road Map to the Last Best Hope by William Bennett.
I had been really stuck wondering what to do after reading 48 Liberal Lies About American History and Lies My Teacher Told Me. Textbooks are apparently written with the political slant of the person writing it. The 48 Liberal Lies author, Larry Schweikart, points out several ways to determine the political slant of the author. I've been checking out textbooks throughout the year from our Interlibrary loan (including Tindall's), trying to find one acceptable for us, and I've been truly amazed. So far, American's Last Best Hope (Vols. I and II) seems to be the least politically slanted books IMO. All I want is a textbook that reports History as it happened, not interpreted through the eyes of the author.
As always, just my $.02.
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What I ended up doing was dividing each section into two parts. I simply called them "A" and "B". I had her work on each part every day. For example, Monday might be 11.2 A and Tuesday 11.2 B, Wednesday 11.3 A....... Part A involved reading the chapter and watching the video along with doing the practice problems and some of the actual problems (depending on how many were in that section). Part B involved finishing that section, checking her answers and repeating the problems she missed. I left one day for review before test day.
Dd just finished the course about two weeks ago using this schedule. At the beginning, she was able to move a little faster through the material she was already familiar with so a little adjustment of the above schedule might be needed for your dc, too.
Good luck!
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a local technical college. They offered a 6-week class (all day on Saturday for six weeks) or a 1-week full-time class during the summer (8-5, M-F for a whole week). The class was good overall, and the cost will be more than made up for by the discount we'll get with our insurance company. Make sure you get a certificate with the course to submit to your insurance.
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Dd took AP Bio in 9th and is taking AP Econ this year.
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with Saxon and then TT Geometry (although she did Alg II and Geo concurrently rather than sequentially). She's doing Larson's Precalculus this year and has done fine. A couple of times she's had questions, but thankfully I have a friend who was able to explain over the phone the concepts. She's doing well now and I can't complain. I hope this helps to ease some of your trepidation.
HTH.
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We switched to Teaching Textbooks, which dd used last year and ds is using this year. If scores are any indication, dd did quite well on the ACT.
(We use Dana Mosely for Precalculus this year).
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Prayers for your whole family and especially your son!
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See you in 10 days.:001_smile:
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For the beautiful birthday wishes. I love the pics!
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Actually, these will fit in nicely with my son's bio program. My dd is already using their Chemistry, but if she finishes early, perhaps for her as well.
Which colleges required extra from you due to homeschooling?
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Georgia Tech actually has a limit as to how many students from our state that they will take. We visited them last fall and received lots of good information. My dh also graduated from GT. They do NOT have remedial classes offered at Tech. Calculus is a freshman class taken first semester (Now, does that apply to athletes? Who knows). A student I know who began GT last fall tells me that calculators are NOT allowed in Calculus. Now, they do have math labs and such to assist students (and labs/tutoring not just for math), which is a far cry from when my dh attended. The first year was the sink or swim year for students when my dh attended and the professors seemed to take a perverse pleasure in flunking students and weeding them out. (All 4 of my dh's friends flunked out the first year). GT now boasts a higher retention rate due to the labs and tutoring offered.
Given the grade inflation due to HOPE, GT as well as UGA and other schools are now having to use SAT II's, AP, SAT and/or ACT scores as a more reflective measure of a student's knowledge. What I don't find fair is having HS'ed students requirements more strict, and that is not limited to GT in the state of GA. For example, the CC my dd is currently dual enrolled at requires only a 920 on the SAT for admittance from the traditionally schooled student whereas a HS'ed student must score in the top 10% nationally. Where's the logic there? The CC's requirements are much tougher tha GT's. :001_huh: There are also several other hoops HS'ed students must jump through. That, and the fact that dual enrolled HS'ed students don't have access to ACCEL funds (basically HOPE for dual enrolled students), made me go through the (relatively simple I might add) process of getting accredited for my dc. Currently, my dd attends a CC and has it paid for through ACCEL and I only submitted a one page transcript for admission purposes. When she does attend a college/university later on there will be no waiting period for the HOPE funds (currently, HS'ed students have to show proficiency - i.e. maintain a 3.0 for the first year - before they are eligible for HOPE funds and reimbursement).
Given that one of the counties in GA lost their accreditation, the Board of Regents is having to struggle with college entrance requirements for those students too (at least four high schools lost accreditation), which is a good thing for HS'ed students since most are also not accredited. They've already changed the ruling to allow HS'ed students to participate in dual enrollment (which wasn't allowed until this year, yet another reason I sought accreditation), although they specifically state that HS'ed students are not eligible for ACCEL funds. Access to dual enrollment was a direct result of that particular county losing accreditation. Hopefully, we'll see more changes for the better soon.