My dd is dyslexic, but she has a supersonic processing speed. So it's a mixed bag for her. I'm sorry your dd had a bad experience.

CC means that a potential criminal doesn't know who has a gun and who doesn't, but he knows there could be people around who do. That's the deterent effect. I haven't researched the stats myself, but I've heard and read that studies confirm that CC is an effective means of lowering the crime rate. There are probably studies that can be used to support both sides of the argument, though.

This is one of my complaints about the charter school my dd attends. The middle school isn't as bad as the high school, but the high school issue ipads to all the students and they use online textbooks or no textbooks.

I agree with you about overuse of the computer, but one user gave K12 a scathing review because 75% of the work is done offline. For me, that's a positive. According the NC website, there will be textbooks and workbooks used with K12. That raises the problem of paper management… my dd and dh both have ADHD. :tongue_smilie:

The reviews are very mixed. :closedeyes: But that's to be expected, I'm sure. A lot of the negatives are related to lack of teacher responsiveness. This will be K12's first year as part of the NCVA, so there's no track record. However, my oldest daughter once took a class through the NCVA because she couldn't fit two maths into her school schedule that year. Her teacher was fine and did respond to emails and questions. I hope the K12 teachers will be responsive also.

NC is offering a virtual public charter via K12 this year for the first time. My dd13 was homeschooled through 6th and is in a B&M public charter school for 7th. She is doing great, but she really wants to be homeschooled again. I work FT and my dh is the mostly stay-at-home parent, but he's had a potential business opportunity drop in his lap and wants to go for it. Even if he continued to be a stay-at-home parent, he really doesn't want to homeschool high school for several reasons that I understand and don't disagree with. I see the virtual school as a possible perfect compromise, but so far, he isn't enthused. I think for grades 8-12, dd will not need any more help with homework than she already does, and having her do school at home will improve the flexibility in his schedule, so I don't understand his reticence. Anyway, if you've used a virtual charter, your experience will help us weigh whether this is an opportunity that we want to take advantage of. Thanks!

For my confirmation (LCMS also), my godparents got me a basic KJV Bible with a leather cover and my name engraved on the front. That is still my favorite Bible to this day. It's only about 5x7, so it's comfortably small and lightweight, but the words are big enough to read comfortably for my middle-aged eyes. It's going to need re-bound before too much longer because the cover is starting to come off.

Our church doesn't have any visible security, but we have some police officers and CC permit holders who carry. The staff has talked and planned for contingencies, but it's low-key and not something that's been discussed with the congregation at large. The children's ministry requires background checks for all employees and volunteers, and if a known sex offender attends, someone is assigned to surveillance duty while the person is on church grounds, and of course, the person is prohibited from going into the children's ministry building.

I've sold mine for about 75% of cost. When I order a new level, I order 2 extra sets of tiles with it. That way, I have one to keep, one for my buyer, and one for their buyer. it makes my used modules very easy to sell. That said, some people make the tiles. Sometimes a seller will make tiles and sell the originals, or sometimes a person who buys used will make the tiles.

Like Stars on Earth. It's fabulous. One of my most favorite movies ever.

I think I have both. But it seems the physical symptoms exceed the emotional symptoms lately. I've been working 55-60 hours a week, and I don't feel particularly stressed, but I have knots in my back, I catch myself being tensed up, and that sort of thing. Even when I was working 35-40 hours a week before tax season, I had to get a night guard because I was grinding my teeth at night, even waking myself up from it, and I was having drowning dreams which I only have when I'm stressed.

DD is home! She said the weekend is a blur. She was more interested in talking about some of their incidents in Montreal than dancing. To make it even more amazing that they recalled, their teacher was sitting in the audience watching the other teams in round 1 and realized that he had left a figure out of the dance they were supposed to do. He sent another dancer running backstage to tell them to do the other dance first. This was when there were only 2 teams ahead of them, but they kept their composure. He had warned them to be prepared for last minute changes, thank goodness. As soon as they finished dancing, they ran to one of the practice rooms to learn the figure that needed to be added into the other dance, and they did that one in round 2. Overall, she had a great time and said it was worth all the work, money, stress, etc that went into it.

This. My girls inherited their father's body type and all have or had low BMI. They are not anorexic; in fact, they eat a lot, but they metabolize it so fast that they don't gain weight.

Thank you! One of the moms who is there talked to a dad from one of the winning teams. He said they've had a ceili program (group dances, for those not familiar with Irish dance) for 25 years. She told him we've had ours for 2.5 years and this was our first team to go to Worlds. He was flabbergasted that they recalled. Our teacher is just amazing.

That's what our studio owner always says! Costuming, hair, no make-up, everything is easier for the boys. ETA: Actually, costuming may not be easier, but it's definitely cheaper. They wear blinged up vests and jackets which are expensive, but much cheaper than the dresses for the girls.

As requested, I am reporting back on my daughter's experience at the Irish Dancing worlds competition. She flew to Montreal yesterday and they competed today in the 8-hand age 16-19 ceili category. Ceili is group dances. This was our school's first time to send a team to worlds, and they placed 17th out of 35 teams. Everyone is just ecstatic that they recalled and got to dance both of their dances! All the teams that recalled got medals, so she's coming home with bling. We were able to buy a livestream account, so I watched the first round at home with my husband and middle daughter, who's home from college this weekend. We were able to put it on the TV, so it was big and clear. I watched round 2 in my office with my coworkers gathered around. My husband and daughter were watching at home and we were facebook messaging while it was going on. The livestream also included cameras backstage, so K. and another teammate waved at the camera while they were waiting. Silly me, I waved back even though they couldn't see me. She'll be home tomorrow. I am anxious to hear her thoughts about the experience firsthand.

I am far from an expert, but I have a sister who died from asthma, another sister has life-threatening asthma and allergies, my husband has asthma, and all three of my kids either are diagnosed with asthma or wheeze at certain triggers. The most important thing I would say is that it's the inflammation that causes lung damage, and the inflammation lasts longer than the wheezing. So with each asthma attack, you need to keep using an inhaler for a couple days after the wheezing stops to be sure the inflammation is gone too. If seasonal allergies are a trigger, use a maintenance inhaler for the entire season and don't wait for the wheezing to start. My sister was undertreated and already had damage to her lungs by the time she graduated from high school. She was 49 when she died. There are better meds available now than when my sister and husband were kids, so it's usually easier to keep the asthma under control once you know what your triggers are and take steps to minimize them.

I'm no help because ours were casual too. The rehearsal dinner was after the rehearsal and it was catered at the church, so no separate address, etc. But I have a friend whose son put rehearsal dinner invitations in ALL the wedding invitations. He lives out of town, so he and his fiance did the invitations without help from either set of parents, and they didn't realize that you don't invite everyone to the rehearsal dinner. To make it extra stressful, the dinner was at my friend's house and there were 250 people invited! They were trying to decide whether to rent a heated tent, and the food had to be finger foods since they couldn't seat everyone. The moral of the story is… make sure whoever is doing the invitations knows who is supposed to be on the rehearsal dinner list, LOL!

I have a senior in state college and a freshman in private college. I've never had to verify anything for the senior, but got picked this year for the freshman. I was able to use the DRT and then email the forms to the finaid office. Fortunately, the whole thing only took me a half hour. I'm sorry it's not working out smoothly for you. :-(

Oh, gotcha. I got it mixed up with both events happening in January and the reference to letting it go on for 15 months. The implied consent might still apply to the reduced rent.

This is why I always move Paypal money to my bank immediately. There have been many stories on these boards about dishonest buyers ending up with the product AND a refund. If I move the money out of paypal, they can't issue the refund even if they rule for the buyer. I hope this works out in your favor!

I agree with looking into implied consent. It's bizarre to me that a landlord would wait 15 months to notify a tenant of a missed payment, and that he would accept 14 or 15 reduced rent payments without saying, "Hey, wait a minute, I didn't agree to your request for reduced rent. Pay up."

Wow, our doctor's office just gives 12 yo minors the form to sign to give their parents access. They can refuse to sign it, but the general assumption is that they will sign it. It sounds like your provider goes beyond what the law requires by not allowing waivers. We live in NC, but the federal HIPPA law is what gives 12-17 yos the right to health care privacy.

I was thinking that I would like to see Harriet Tubman on money, but I didn't know she was on the list of possibilities. I will have to go vote now!

Baltimore! Some of our favorites are Walters Art Gallery, the Basilica, Enoch Pratt Free Library, and dinner in Little Italy (just east of the harbor).