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I have never ordered the guides from Great Books, all of mine came from Angelicum, but they look exactly the same as what I have. The guides are not that overtly Catholic, by the way. I am not Catholic and I have no problem using them. They are about the books, the background, the author and not really about religion.
So, bottom line, as far as I can tell, Great Books just sells the Angelicum Academy guides, which were written by Dr. Taylor who is a big part of the Great Books movement. I think, the more I look at the GB website that they are just different store fronts and probably come from the same place.
By the way, both will be combined into one Amazon bookstore shortly.
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I know this is OT, but I also know that you guys will understand. My little brother opened up his mission call a few minutes ago. Honduras! I'm very excited for him and want to tell someone. :)
:party: :hurray:
Congratulations!
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I think yes. My best friend has several things going against her and hasn't been to church in a couple years. She fully admits that her reasons are just excuses and that she does need to get back to going to church. Hopefully soon. But, even though she hasn't been attending church, she has been consistently reading her scriptures, praying daily, and has a very deep, strong testimony of the gospel and Heavenly Father and Jesus. She knows she needs to attend church, too (she's in a location where the church is very much organized and all), but she's always felt active in the gospel regardless of her physical church attendance. I agree with her.
I am not at all questioning her testimony, so don't think that at all, but I did want to add that she (and people in my family in the same boat) is missing out on opportunities to learn from and serve others, but most importantly, she is missing out on ordinances like taking the sacrament. You can find ways to serve outside of callings but there is no way to make up for missing the sacrament. That is what worries me about active/not active discussions.
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I thought Elder Hallstrom's talk about the differences between the church and the gospel were interesting, and about its being possible to be active in the church, but inactive in the gospel. Do you think the opposite is true- that you can be inactive in the church and active in the gospel? I feel like that now since the church isn't organized here. It's made me think a lot about the differences between the church and the gospel and what each might mean.
I loved that talk "from the perspective that he meant it". It made me groan though because I have some family members who are going to use it as an excuse to not attend Church and be justified. I guess someone who thinks that way doesn't really have a testimony anyway but, to be honest, it was a little bit of an ouch for me.
I do know people who are totally "active" and busy at church but it is all to be seen, all about pride, and they so easily get offended and fall away and we have to tippy toe around them. We also have some friends whose young daughter tells about the partying the young men do on Saturday night and then pass the Sacrament on Sunday. Yikes!
I am ultimately glad it is up to a loving Savior to know what is in our complicated hearts.
On a very exciting note---my husband (who is not a member) sat and listened to the morning session with me and attended the priesthood session with my sons. And this morning he started a conversation about President Uchtdorf's talk from the priesthood session. Small, but exciting to me.Not small at all and very sweet.
Wow! There is so much good commentary on here. Looks like everyone's head is swimming with thoughts and ideas. This makes me want to get up and listen to a talk every morning and come here and talk and read about it.
I loved the talk about being single in the Church. I am not, but many of my very best friends are recently divorced and it is so hard to see how this affects their ability to participate. They are wonderful, hard working, valiant women with strong testimonies but because of stupid stupid things their husbands did, their lives here have changed dramatically. Our Ward is very supportive and (fortunately or unfortunately) there is a core that are all friends, but it is still hard to see them struggle. I know the family and the standard have to come first, it is just hard to see them a little bit out of the mainstream. I am going to miss Sister Beck's presidency and the varied experiences they brought from outside the country and from a single sister.
Looking back on this, it sounds so negative. I just assume the positives I guess and only chatter on about the things that poke at me. I do know the Savior is in charge and that the callings and talks were inspired, in case anyone was wondering :)
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I love President Monson's sense of humor. It gives me hope that the people closest to the Savior are so cheerful and optimistic.
A couple of things ended up in my notes:
We are here (at conference) to strengthen one another, encourage, comfort, build faith, and learn. - very positive and encouraging
You will find answers (as you listen) to struggles, disappointments, and losses. - and I did.
Heavenly Father is mindful of each of us and our needs.
Of course I found that to be exactly true, as usual ;). I had some very specific problems and now I have some very specific answers. :) It isn't every talk and every conference but sometimes I feel like the speaker is sitting in my living room, speaking just to me. Ya' know - the talk starts and you jerk your head around because they said ex-act-ly what you were thinking about? And I have to furiously start taking notes. Thank goodness for a dvr and rewind buttons.
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We have been doing this for a loooooong time and I kept what I loved as we went along. So, yep, we are covered. My grandchildren (who are not even born yet) are covered :D
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If you had to do it all over again (Moms) and you could start 9th grade with a clean slate ---- What curriculum would you use? Would you use a "boxed" curriculum or individual things? I have read pros and cons of using Christian curriculum, secular curriculum, certain maths, etc. till my head spins.
We never used a boxed curriculum, but that is just us. I don't think it matters, really. I think it matters more that you focus on your child's interests, talents, and strengths. How your child likes to learn and how diligent you and they are at implementing it matters much more. After 20 years I am reasonably convinced there is no right curriculum (but, hey, I am open to suggestions).
I have no idea where my son will go to college so I can't gear his curriculum towards that right now. I have one child, so this is my only test run with high school. I don't know what curriculum to choose for high school. He's very good doing independent work, so I think I could probably use most anything?
I think that answer is different for all my kids, never mind giving advice to someone else :) I am a fan of a basic, well rounded education that involves lots of writing, thinking, discussing, and covers the basics of science, history, math, and literature reading and analysis. (and more writing...) Make sure all the foundational stuff like grammar and spelling are up to par.
Any advice? Anything you wouldn't do again?
I wouldn't get caught up in making sure they KNOW everything :willy_nilly::willy_nilly: We got distracted by pursuing facts and trivia a couple of times. I need to keep my focus on the big picture, connections, communications, skills. There are basic foundation bits of information that other things build on but it is more important to learn how to learn, how to study, and how to communicate that knowledge.
High school is pretty fun and young adults are pretty amazing (mostly ;)). Enjoy!!
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My kids are too old to be of any use in giving ideas for how to watch but I am excited about discussing the talks.
I agree that the social group is just too limited and the Yahoo group seems to have fizzled (unless my email is just sending the updates to my spam). I would love to see it on the general board so we can respond and quote and have more of a conversation.
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The way my kids have understood it is to explain that the - sign means "the opposite" and that the + and - are not instructions to DO something, but symbols that tell you about the number itself. Which means all the addition and subtraction problems are just a list. 5-2 is just (an implied) +5 and a -2.
In the case of subtracting a negative, 5 - (-2) it is just +5 and the opposite of -2. The opposite of (the opposite of or -) 2 is just a 2. If you use the number line and make a list and start at 0 you would move +5 and be at 5 and then from there 2 more. -(-2) is the same as +2. Start inside the parentheses and work out. What is the opposite of 2, it is a negative 2. Then you have one more opposite of, the opposite of negative 2 is +2.
There are a couple of math rules about additive inverse stuff but if you just want them to understand the concept then just stop there. Otherwise you can read, I don't know, this one is as good as any:
http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/06-properties/07-properties-additive-inverse-01.htm
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I'll be the very best kind I can...which is easy to do from this distance I guess. :)
Any tips on what makes a great mother in law other than silence and gifts of cash? lol
Love him as if he were your own, add a son instead of lose a daughter, and stay out of their lives unless asked for advice. Oh, and learn to share. Dividing my daughters time between us and her in-laws is really hard.
Congratulations!
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We had our house set up for A/C when it was built but we didn't install it until the next year and it was HOT in here the year without it (up to 85-90 upstairs during the middle of the day).
Some things we did:
Keep the windows covered when the sun is shining in. I hate my house dark but this really kept it cooler.
Keep track of the outdoor/indoor temperatures and as soon as it is cooler outside than in the house get all the windows open and fans going. We kept fans going in some windows all night blowing in and all day turned around and sucking out.
Silly but we did reading time and such sitting around on the edge of a bathtub full of cold water with our feet dangling. It didn't solve the problem but sometimes it was enough of a break to make it bearable.
Drink lots of cold water.
Take a drive in the A/C car.
My husband has a neckerchief that you keep in the freezer. He wears it for hiking and when he is out in the field working but it works pretty well around the house also.
Keep the appliances and lights off during the day. Computers, TVs, dishwashers and such give off a lot of heat.
Don't know how humid it is where you are by dry heat really is more bearable. If it is humid where you are, maybe a dehumidifier? Not a problem where I live.
It is 50 degrees and 50 mph winds and snow in the mountains right now where I am. I envy your warmth :)
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A clothespin, or something like it, stuck to the inside of the cabinet door so they can hang down and dry out and don't get buried under stuff in the cabinet - always right where you need them.
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I received an email from the Food Network - it has fun ideas for foods that look like one thing but are something else.
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The story I heard on the news was that Spike Lee apologized and offered to pay for the trouble (not that that makes it OK) and Roseann (or someone) actually posted his parents address. They are in a hotel now for safety.
That and the bounty make me ill and sad.
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Are the ads onscreen the whole time, or do they sort of come and go?
They are so unobtrusive I had to turn on my Kindle and look to answer this question.
They are a full page as a screen saver and a 1/2 inch or so bar along the bottom when you are on the menu. When you open a book they go away.
I have never seen anything even remotely offensive or in poor taste. Mine has an add for $30 off on gourmet food at Amazon at the moment.
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A resounding NO! :eek: Something similar happened with a pomegranate once and haven't eaten one since. I think that was about 5 years ago. Sorry it happened to you
I found one in a pomegranate once, also. Right up on the top where the blossom is. I have never seen another since, and we eat lots of pomegranates, but I look carefully every single time now.
Never in anything else though.
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I saw that and was going to post it but I didn't want to be johnny raincloud :lol:
but...but...somebody has to win...right? :lol:
I hope it is somebody here!! Imagine the curriculum. :w00t:
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If you go to the main page and click on general board, or k-8 board or whatever, you can sort by the number of responses. Maybe a political thread or that one about filing - it went on for-ev-er (with lots of good info by the way, not bashing or anything).
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Medieval Mom posted a long list here a while ago. I will see if I can find where I saved it.
Here it is:
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153829&highlight=book+list
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Maybe you have already read "Why Kids Hate School" by Dan Willingham? If not, I would suggest that instead of a different program. The title is kind of deceiving because it isn't really about hating school but about how your brain works and how you learn. It helped me take the stress out of learning for one girl I was tutoring and she was able to pick things up much more quickly.
The bottom line was that if kids are stressed over the subject (or anything really) they just can't learn; their brains just won't store the information.
Maybe not useful but thought I would mention it just in case, since she is obviously quite capable of learning other things that she loves and make her happy.
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It would be no big deal to me.
I'd just keep living the way I'm living now. No changes *at all*.
I'm very happy with the way things are.
It's all just.so.perfect.
I wouldn't even notice.
It'd just be (yawn) another day.
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Nope. You know you would go get a cash card and buy ALL the talks and books. ;)
Better yet, you would probably just go buy CiRCE.
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There was nothing of mine but I started putting in random names of people I know and family members, just to see if it was for real and what kind of things would come up and I actually found some money that belongs to a friend of mine that the bank said they "lost" and didn't have any record of, and the state now has it. I couldn't wait to call her and let her know. Thanks for posting that!
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The Educated Imagination - Northrop Frye
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Literally or figuratively? I have most of the materials and have been homeschooling, generally, this way all along, but I decided to rearrange them (physically) to make sure I focus on literature. My family room is now covered with books and lit guides. My poor dog gets yelled at every time she goes in the room.
Need help starting with Khan to supplement math
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If you are only going to have one account, there is no reason you can't just use your Facebook or email. It is just how you sign in. I don't know what browser you have, but in Google Chrome I just let it save the log in information and whenever we go to the page it is all logged in and ready to go so he wouldn't even have to sign in or anything. We then just work our way through the Practice and when we come to something hard, do the lesson associated.
The teacher account is a pain (for me anyway) because you do have to have your own accounts and then the child's account how to request you as a mentor, or something like that.
We just use it on the side, not as full curriculum, so you may need more advice than this.