I am trying to figure out what I am missing. As far as I can tell, DO, Clover Creek and Wilson Hill are all algebra based physics. Why would one do 2 of those classes? I am not trying to discount that option or be flippant, just curious.

Just my personal thoughts. I would be afraid that giving a credit for the lab and a credit for the lectures would look like I am padding the transcript since most colleges assume that the basic science classes have a lab component, be it virtual or hand-on.

Thank you!!! We are a couple of hours behind the West Coast so even 12:30 EST is early for us.

Connie, how important is it that the student attends the live lecture component at the scheduled time? For us the lectures would be at 5 or 6:30 in the morning.

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It was a full English credit. Between the readings, studying the mechanics of Greek/Roman poetry and literature and writing the papers there was quite a bit of material covered and time invested.

My son was 14/15 when he took the class. Dr. Fisher is a great teacher and gives timely and constructive feedback. It is a literature though not a writing class and my son is a strong writer; I cannot remember her commenting overly on grammar and mechanics. She will give feedback in relation to the topic ( For example my son had to write a Greek comedy/tragedy based on a modern soap opera. Her feedback dealt with style elements and set up of a Greek comedy and not how to write an essay). Creativity definitely helps in this class which was probably the hardest part for my very straight laced and literal kid. Greek literature can be crude and it very much went against his grain to use crude and flowery language. We both very much enjoyed the class and still discuss some of the readings occasionally four years later. It is a typical Lukeion class as far as rigor is concerned. The quizzes do call for closer reading of the assignments. He thought it was helpful that he was familiar with most of them before he took the class.

Other things I have done or am doing: Integrated science/math - my son has done algebra based physics, wants more but is only taking geometry right now. We have cracked open my old calc based physics books, look at the physics, then study the necessary math. Works for my whole to parts kids because once he is interested, he will follow a rabbit trail to the very end. Taking a math class because he needs to take a math class is difficult. He will still only end up with pre-calc on his transcript but he will have some knowledge of calc that might help him in college. Still working on putting together an Ancient Egyptian language course for my daughter. She has been studying Egyptian culture and mythology since 2nd grade, needs more but is not ready for DE or AP (plus there is nothing out there). I will file this under electives. Maybe other kids would be interested in other non-standard languages. Great Books light. I have done a Literature of War course with my son in 9th grade. He did not write a single paper but it turned into a deeply profound class for him because he had time to really think. We connected the books with documentaries, talking to war veterans, visiting historic or other meaningful places, family documents and resources. It changed his outlook on many issues, ranging from politics to health care to history. The usual Great Books classes do not work for us because the lectures are too long, from a Christian world view and by and large require too many books to thoroughly ponder them and allow us to branch out from a particular book into its context. We will do US History in a world history context. They had US history in public elementary and middle school and are tired of it yet colleges require it on the transcript. In general, we prefer history taught in a "how did we get here" manner so from end to the beginning. That said, we are not looking at highly selective schools for a Bachelors. USNA is about as prestigious as it gets. I can probably think of more later.

I will forever be grateful to you and Jetta for offering these classes. 1 March is circled on my calendar in neon pink :-)

Classes at decent times for West Coast, Hawaii, Asia homeschoolers, classes that are a hybrid between asynchronous/synchronous but not AP, classes that if they are asynchronous do not have busywork posting on forums where answers can be seen (my kids are always flummoxed by a question to which the same answer has already been given ten times), rigorous classes that do not have so much work that my kids spend 15 hours a week on that one class, classes that do not come with 90 minute or more lecture times (my kids tend to tune out after 60 at the most). More is not always better, we had classes that crammed so much material into them that my kiddos studied for the test and then promptly forgot because there was no time for material to settle. High level topics at high school pace (i.e. organic chemistry over the course of a year rather than a semester DE) Geography - there is a dearth of human geography classes, I personally was not happy with PAH Human Geography Classes that have worked well/are working well for us: #1 of all times is Clover Creek physics Wilson Hill but I do wish the lectures were shorter, love their calendars which makes it easy to keep track of tasks Lukeion Project at either a tad slower pace or less work (I find 80 to 100 lines per week even for a 3rd year student a little much particularly when there is still grammar and vocabulary to be learned) Blue Tent with fewer moving parts or a better layout of tasks, my two younger kids are able to keep all the tasks straight, for my older son and me it is more of a struggle Edited: We are secular homeschoolers so classes that are not necessarily taught from a Christian viewpoint, use secular materials would be nice but not a must. I look at it as my kids will encounter all sorts of viewpoints and must find their own place among those.

My son took all their programming classes four years ago so they may have changed. He had previous programming experience and found them challenging. At the time he was in 8th grade and said that knowledge of Algebra 2 would have been helpful in writing the programs (if I remember correctly he had to write programs using logarithms and "e" among other things).

I have never seen our cat on the counter, the furniture other than out bed or the window sill even though I have seen her scale an 8 foot fence. On the other hand, I had a stray walk right into my kitchen the other day and hop on the counter staring at me in a most accusing manner.

The question on the survey concerning times simply asked what times people prefer and only labeled them EST in the heading. When I filled out the questionnaire I first marked times from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. When checking my answers in the end, I realized that no way do I want an 8:00 a.m. class because we live in Hawaii. It did not hit home initially that if I put down 8:00 a.m. that means 2:00 a.m. for my kids. I changed my answers to 2:00 p.m or later but I would not be surprised if people marked that question wrong. I wish they had given options for CT or PT because it would have been clearer.

How is her hearing?

Yes, we love Bob Brier :-) I highly recommend him to anyone who is interested in Ancient Egypt.

Sir Gardiner's book is free as a PDF and there are a few homework and practice sheets online (in case your daughter wants to dabble :-))

My sons and I are working through the topics of relativity and some quantum physics (really just an intro or survey with some math). I have done a Literature of War year for my youngest son and am currently working on an Ancient Egyptian/Hieroglyphs class for my daughter. Edited for formatting and spelling

At least I don't think I ever had it because I cannot remember ever having had the symptoms that are described. I have never had the vaccine, don't sterilize anything an don't avoid people. None of our kids ever had the flu and have only been vaccinated once in their lives (they attended classes at the local high school and it was mandatory).

11th grade: English Honors2 (Blue Tent) Algebra2 Japanese2/3 Biology US History ??? 10th grade: English Honors 1(Blue Tent) Geometry (using Jurgensen book with tutor) Honors Chemistry (Clover Valley Creek) Japanese 1 Medieval History Egyptian 1 (no idea yet what that might look like) Introduction to Interior Design Music Theory/Guitar I'm out of ideas for my 11th grader, he has no preferences.

Yes, but not all of them will work for foreign cards. The ATMs in a 7-Eleven though will usually accept foreign cards albeit for a hefty fee (1000 yen). 7-Elevens are two to every street corner or so it seems. We also found a few in shopping malls and were not above to go into hotels. Edited for spelling.

There is so much to do and see, it is hard to recommend anything in particular. We are Studio Ghibli lovers but also had younger kids (and this might be a day trip), my hubby loved driving Mario karts (you need an international driver's license for that), the view from either of the Tokyo or Skytree Tower is absolutely breathtaking, food is wonderful anywhere (we love the little holes in the wall), and shopping is phenomenal (and I usually do not like to shop). Some people speak English, particularly the younger generation but are often shy about it. It happened more than once to us that people simply made us follow them or do something for us rather than tell us when our Japanese ran out and their English would not go far enough. They will do their very best to help you in whatever way they can. My own personal favorite activity was to ride the trains and just watch people (make sure they don't notice you looking, it's considered rude) and take in the sights and sounds. No cell phones on the trains, no blowing your nose in public, no eating or drinking while walking. Most bigger stores accept cards, smaller places run on cash, we always carried quite a bit. People line up to board the trains; there will be markings on the ground and depending what kind of train it is, the door will line up exactly with those markings. Walk on the left, walk on the left... When crossing the road, look to the right first. We just moved back to the US from Japan and miss it very much. Tokyo is a wonderful city, you and your daughter will have a great time.

Thank you everyone for your input. He took an algebra based class in 9th grade but would like to do more physics. I figured his options were either following rabbit trails for fun or step up his math and do calc-based physics in 12th. Then I read about AP 1 and 2 and was confused as to where those courses fit in.

My son hopes to go into an engineering or science major and is thinking about taking AP Physics next year. He will most likely only get to pre-calc in high school, therefore I think AP Physics C would not be a good choice. As an engineering or science major, he would probably have to take calc-based physics in college and AP Physics 1 and 2 would only possibly gain credit for general physics since it is algebra based. Is there any reason he should take 1 and 2 that I am not seeing other than having another physics class on the transcript besides his introductory class?

Regentrude, if the Giancoli for Scientists and Engineers is still available, I would love to take it off your hands. My college boy just asked for it.

I just checked on my in stock DVDs ordered on the 15th. They still have not shipped but my credit card was charged. I also do not get a notification that items have shipped anymore.