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Kelli,
Are you a member of the Apologia_Science yahoo group? If not, join it! I just read a post from Greg Sabouri about Teaching Textbooks that you might find reassuring. I would cut and paste it here, but I'm not sure if that's proper yahoo group/message board etiquette.
My oldest dd is in 8th grade, so I am not yet where you are in this journey. But I have been doing this long enough to know that you have to do what fits for each kid. I loved math and algebra when I was in school and I am a big fan of Singapore's NEM and Foerster Algebra, and mean mom that I am, my oldest is using both. But my middle dd learns differently, and she was falling further and further behind with standard math texts. I kept thinking that I need something like Calvert Spelling on CD for math; Calvert Spelling opened the worlds of spelling and writing for my dd, and I needed to find something in a similar format for math! Teaching Textbooks is as close as I've come. Even with TT, she gets frustrated when she gets a question wrong or doesn't understand it. But she is doing so much better and she's making forward progress.
About Apologia Science, I have lots of friends who used Apologia throughout high school, and their kids have done fine in college. Yes, even in their science classes. ;)
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Fresh fruits and veggies:
lettuce
carrots
2 kinds of apples
nectarines
bananas got finished up this morning
potatoes
threw out old broccoli this morning :mad:
Canned:
peaches
fruit cocktail
pineapple
green beans
corn
black beans and refried beans, if those count
Frozen:
peas
okra
corn on the cob
overripe bananas (for banana bread)
spinach
broccoli
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Specifically, the appeals court said, the trial court had found that "keeping the children at home deprived them of situations where (1) they could interact with people outside the family, (2) there are people who could provide help if something is amiss in the children's lives, and (3) they could develop emotionally in a broader world than the parents' 'cloistered' setting."
If the above quote is accurate, that is scary, because it can be applied to all homeschoolers!
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We're going to the NCSU vs. MD women's basketball game tomorrow. It's interesting going to the games down here as MD fans. :D
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How about the Spelling program from IEW? I can't remember the name of it, but it's primarily auditory, using audio CD's. I've seen used sets for sale at the homeschool store, and I'm pretty sure all the words are also written in large print on flashcards.
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You can download several versions of Harvey's Grammar as .pdf files at Google Books. There's even an answer key for Practical Grammar.
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Because they have to pay a fee that does not apply to non-business, non-credit card paypal accounts.
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What is CC in this context?
I think when people are saying that they are or were a CC, they mean Conservative Christian. HTH
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I would be very interested in reading more about this; can you give me any sources to look for? Thanks--
Try googling Interview with University of Maryland Mathematics Professor Jerome Dancis. It's a 13 page .pdf document that is worth reading. I found it by googling Singapore math, of all things. I found it especially interesting because I lived in MD most of my life and most of my family still lives there. You could also try googling math wars.
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Mastery is the traditional method of teaching math. I wouldn't spend one minute worrying about that!
And the public school scope and sequence is an ever-changing target that I don't waste my time trying to hit. Have you heard what mathematicians are saying about most American ps math texts? They're a mile wide and an inch deep. My niece teaches honors algebra and geometry in ps, and she does not disagree with that statement. UMD professors are charging that because algebra keeps getting pushed down to lower grades, the texts have been so watered down that what is being taught as algebra in MD public schools is NOT ALGEBRA!!
My kids use a mastery approach to math, and we live in a state where we are required to test every year. My oldest tests fantastic on math, and my middle child tests great on concepts, not so great on computation because she has a very slow processing speed, but that has nothing to do with the texts we use. My youngest hasn't had to test yet.
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Caffeine keeps me awake, but my mom and sisters can drink coffee and go straight to bed and to sleep. My kids are definitely sensitive to caffeine - they are up all hours of the night if they have caffeine after lunch time.
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I found the Grammar Girl episode on this issue. You can read it here:
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Grammar Girl (podcast) had an episode some months ago about why it is just as grammatically correct to say good as well. I don't remember the reasons, but anyone who's interested could probably find it by subscribing to GG through itunes then looking through the old episodes.
Personally, I'm not consistent. I sometimes say I'm good; I am well, and you?; Just fine, thanks; or whatever else comes to mind.
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and I never seem to get to use my classes in Nuclear targeting theory as a pastor. Hmmm....
Maybe Colleen could get you hooked up on a mission trip. :D
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We are in the process of switching to BCBS, which may not be the best choice (I've heard some good stories, and also some horror stories).
FWIW, I've had BCBS in both MD and NC, and other insurance companies in both MD and NC. My dh's policy (individual, not group) is with BCBS. It's by far the best insurance we've had in both states. Almost all doctors and facilities accept BCBS. And one thing they've done in recent years (in NC, anyway) that I really like is combine the copay for the dr. visit and lab work. So we no longer have to worry that the dr. will send lab work to a non-BCBS provider and we'll be stuck paying the entire bill. For the kids, BCBS has covered 3 years of speech therapy for one and an APD evaluation for another with no hassle whatsoever.
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Was this the tournament in Wake Forest? We live 8 miles from where the tournament was held and thought about going over for a couple of the games, but we didn't make it. We had too much other stuff going on.
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Do you have a Sunny's Surplus store nearby?
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The health insurance where I work went up by more than 30% this year, so they changed the plan to reduce benefits some. My dh has his own policy because it's cheaper than putting him on my policy at work, but his insurance was going up by about 50% this year, so we reduced his coverage, too. After having been a military dependent, I am adamantly opposed to national healthcare, but good grief, something has got to change. Even the middle class can't afford health insurance anymore.
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High School, 1981
BS in Accounting, 1991
CPA, 1992
I was applying to law school when I met dh and ditched it in favor of getting married. Later, I was accepted to seminary where my dh is a student, but never had time and money at the same time. I looked into online or correspondence MS - Accounting programs, but then I had a 3rd child instead. When she was a year old, I began homeschooling my older 2 while still working outside the home, so going back to school in any form is just not doable. I will be 55 yo when my youngest is 18, and I think by then I'll be too old and tired to care about going back to school. :(
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When someone dies all the neighbors and nearby relatives bring food. Usually people who have just lost a close relative don't feel like eating, much less cooking. Also, there are often relatives coming from out of town and it's nice to have something good to feed them so that you can relax at home with them rather than having to go to a restaurant.
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I used to work with someone whose college roommate threatened to kill her. The college would not do anything about it. No new room, no new roommate, no counseling for the roommate, nothing. So I doubt the college will do anything about this situation. I think your dd and the roommate are going to have to work this out themselves. I'm sorry you're having to deal with the fallout.
Edited to add: I guess I should have read the other responses first. I'm glad it's been resolved.
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We have a septic tank, but we haven't had a bit of problem using Charmin. I know it's been discussed before, but I don't see why it would be a problem for septics. It's thicker, but you don't have to use so much because it's thicker. Other brands, you have to use a million sheets to make sure it doesn't tear through, ewwww. And there's one brand, Scott, I think, that is like using sandpaper.
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She just wasn't ready to sit and concentrate at 5 years old. She liked math, but that was about it. So we did math. After she turned 6, I started building more of a routine. She has to do some phonics, reading, and math every day. When she says she doesn't want to, I tell her she's in first grade and this is what first graders do. If we get 20-30 minutes of formal schoolwork done, I am okay with that. We do other less formal, less schoolish things, but not a lot of seatwork. Now that we've built the routine, she is enjoying her schoolwork and I will gradually increase the time requirement.
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When I had it years ago, I was in bed for 10 days and exhausted for a full week after that.
Christians and the environment
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Interesting that you should mention this. The NC legislature is trying to pass a bill that would tax water used by people who have wells. It probably won't pass this time, but eventually it will. Unless they're going to pay to maintain my well, I don't know why they think it's okay to tax it.