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    Self-educating teen
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    VA
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    planning (budget, career, week, etc), belly dancing, writing
  1. And I have now experience my first long post being eaten by the Internet... :glare: Saylor online courses are my current favorite OCW for several reasons: 1) Majority is composed of free online resources, meaning I don't have to price and buy things like with MIT OCW; 2) Majority of the courses have time advisories per unit, making it easier for me to figure out whether to give half or full credit to a course; 3) If you pass the final exam at the end of each course you get a certificate of completion. The site is still a work in progress, but there are forums to discuss each course and an Eportfolio system which keeps track of courses you're working through and have completed (I believe you can also later print off a transcript, but I'm not certain on that). I do wish occasionally that I had known about sites like NROC and Saylor when I first started high school as it would have avoided so many rough bumps in the road with me agonizing over how to piece together inexpensive resources or debating which typical, although rather expensive, curriculum to buy that would work for me (I have ranged from a video/audo course to actual textbooks that didn't work and had to deal with my mom's wavering faith in homeschooling with each monetary loss impacting our tight budget). These sites provide a structured yet flexible path for me. (If I wasn't so worried about having to be on another's schedule--something that isn't possible at the moment--I would love to dip into either the fantasy/scifi or greek/roman mythology course at Coursera. :001_smile:) And now I'm crossing my fingers that this post goes through.
  2. Saylor is my favorite :001_smile: --the majority of my classes for next year will be coming from their listings. The majority of the courses have a time advisory for each unit so I can tally up the hours and decide whether it is equivalent to a complete Carnegie credit (courses range from 60-150 hours) and mainly uses free resources online so I don't have to go out and buy a variety of texts like MIT OCW. They also give a certificate of completion once you pass the final exam.
  3. I made up a similar penname to this one as a child and later used it for my first Internet account (writing site). I soon felt it was a bit childish for early teen me and created another penname to use on other sites (a pretty generic one if Google is to be believed). When I decided to create an account here, I decided I didn't want to use my typical one and altered the first penname to fit me more: I am a true daydreamer and could easily spend hours a day just inside my head.
  4. Hi, I'm Briana, more commonly known on the Internet as Brii. I have been self-educating myself for the past couple of years after doing K-8 in public school. I truly do love the freedom. I live mainly with my mom and sister (who is very active in public school). I wished to be homeschooled in middle school and managed to convince my mom to let me try it out in ninth grade. I have lurked on this board for the past year and a half mainly because of the active high school board and only came out of lurking to ask a few questions. My hobbies mostly consist of writing, surfing the Internet, and trying to get back into regular reading.
  5. Hi, new question. My current plans for next year has changed as the local community college counselor informed me that classes are no longer free for dual enrollment. I had intended on taking College Composition I/II and General Chemistry I/II, but my family simply don't have room in the budget, so I am thinking of only taking the College Composition classes. I have done a really quick search on inexpensive chemistry programs that provide labs and came up with Spectrum Chemistry. The site has the complete set listed for about $316 (the most inexpensive I've come across so far), and I was hoping if anyone could reassured me that "complete" means complete (the site mentions that I should only need to buy distilled water). I would hate to buy the set and find out there are little things here and there I need to get (I live in a rural area so some common lab materials are actually rare to come by). I was also wondering if this curriculum lends to independent study in as I can complete the labs with minimal supervision. Thanks for any advice offered! :bigear:
  6. Thanks for the replies. I am going to see what prices the TIs are running on eBay at the beginning of the month and if I can't get one below $50, I'll go with the Casio.
  7. I am currently working through Saxon Algebra 2 with the plan of starting Saxon Advanced Mathematics sometime around September and I saw mentioned on one of the past threads that a graphing calculator was required. I have looked at a couple of calculators on Amazon and read through the threads that came up for search, and I have narrowed down my list to either TI-84 Plus, TI-83 Plus, or Casio (FX-9750GII-WE). TI-84 Plus or TI-83 Plus Both of them are a bit expensive, but they seem more widespread in regards to getting teacher assistance (I plan on taking statistics and algebra-based physics in fall of 2013). They also have corresponding For Dummies books. My major concern is whether either would be too complicated to work even with the book guide without a constant math teacher nearby (my brief encounter with a TI calculator in public school was like this). Casio (FX-9750GII-WE) I'll admit the main reasons I am considering getting this one is 1) it's nearly half the price of the two above and 2) it's regularly mentioned as being easier or more intuitive...BUT it doesn't appear to have an equivalent guide like For Dummies and I worry that that would make it as difficult as the TIs are without a guide. Just hoping that someone could help me pick from one of these. :)
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