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When my dc were in ps we definately exceeded $1500 between the two of them. That includes: school clothes/shoes, lunches, classroom fees, field trips, shop fees, and costs for miscelaneous requirments (classroom projects, assingments, and such). That does not include money from lost wages for sick days, suspensions, teacher meetings, mandatory classroom volunteering and field trips.
Clothes and shoes are cheaper as there isn't a lot of wear and tear-ds goes through 1 pair of shoes + cheap flip flops in a year at home as opposed to 3 pairs of Nikes/Vans-the same with pants, shirts, and shorts. Same thing with DD.
Food is cheaper because we just eat what we have in the house-I don't have to buy special things that are easy make for breakfast and to transport in a lunch box or $3.00 per day for school lunches for ds and $5.00 per day for dd.
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Hey Stephanie,
Some living book ideas to help make Chem a little more interesting:
I agree that I wouldn't switch curriculums mid-semester, but maybe you could tweak it a little bit to make it more interesting and/or applicable.
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That's awesome, you go girl.
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Thanks for the relplies...I'm just thinking ahead you know so we'll finish 7/6 and see how it goes.
We would do math everyday, there is no question about that, and I could use LOF (Pre Algebra 1 and maybe 2) as his curriculum with some of the other things I mentioned. Ultimately my goal is just to have him be comfortable with math, which right now he thinks he's not "good at". I will move at his speed, but my belief has always been not move beyond the child so when I say I don't want him to do Algebra in 8th grade, I only meant if he wasn't ready for it, but from experience I don't think doors will be closing if he doesn't. He could surprise me- I hope he does. :D
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I hope everyone had a good month. It has been very hard at our house for family-related reasons. My dh has a new career...he's in the Army now and his time away has been harder on us than I can describe.:crying:
Well it looks like you had a fabulous month...It's a new year-out with the old and in with the new, right? And I love your blog, it's very Ambleside-ly. Makes me feel all comforted. :001_smile: And :grouphug: for having your husband gone. Mine only works 11 hour days and those are the longest 11 hours ever, so I can't even imagine what you are going through.
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I'm sorry, I knew I was forgetting something. I just posted for December's. Not terribly exciting, but I'm just happy we got as much done as we did. I'd still like to do the monthyl reports and will set my outlook reminder for January's.
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Ds will be in 7th grade next year and technically he'll be doing pre-algebra. Now this is a smart kid, when he can focus long enough to let everything sink in, but I'm not sure heading in to Algebra in 8th grade is going to work for him. I was thinking what if for either 7th or 8th grade, we just didn't do a curriculum? What if we kind of unschooled/living math'ed it for a year. I'd still have him do Life of Fred, 'cause he really enjoys that, but I don't consider it a curriculum per se, like Saxon (only because he enjoys it so much, not because I think it is lacking in anything). I'd be looking at something like:
LOF
Hands On Equations
And some other things along that line.
I'm really not concerned that he have completed Algebra in 8th grade as is the status quo around here, I'd rather just have him be confident in math.
I'm just not sure if I should have him do Saxon 8/7 first next year, or do my "free math" idea and Saxon 8/7 in 8th grade...
Any thoughts or forseeable problems I am missing?
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I don't think you did anything wrong per se, but the situation itself was not handled correctly. If you asked for volunteers, and they responded, the coach needs to suck it up and let the girls play regardless of what he thinks they are capable of. If I was that mom, I'd probably be speaking to the league president and calling for a board meeting.
Dh and I coached a softball team one season where the whole team was tiny and young and playing against girls twice their size with far more experience than our girls. I was so worried at first that our little munchkins were gonna take a line drive in the face, but they surprised us. We never won a game, but the girls' skill level came way up and they had a great time. Half of those girls play with dd on the Varsity team now.
I know you feel bad, but under the circumstances it doesn't really sound like your fault.
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Did you read the book first? The book is fantastic, but after reading it I knew I would NEVER see the movie.
:iagree: Same here. I thought the book was great, but knew I the movie wouldn't be as good-there are just some things you can't translate into movie format.
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Here's one. My former stepmom had Stage 3 Ovarian/Cervial cancer and has been "Cancer Free Since 2003". They throw a little party every year to celebrate.
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And now I have to go to work. :auto:
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Around here we have a couple of groups who do that- they rent out a historic bulilding, like a VFW hall, and run classes. It's an old 1800 style house with 4 rooms for classes. One group offers Waldorf style classes all day and on an another day, a different group rents it out and offers more general types of classes. They usually charge about $160 per class which generally run about an hour.
I always thought it'd be nice to rent it out one day and just offer classical types of classes; logic, latin, writing, art history... but I'm not organized enough to pull that off.
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Mine was spent listening to dh break it down to ds about P*4n and the internet, and p3d*ph7lz, STD's and all kinds of wonderful things... I hate the internet, and I hate the way that no matter how we try to preserve our children and their childhood for as long as is necessary, the ick still permeates.
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Oh it gets even better. Not only do you have to meet their class requirements, but you have to use materials that have been approved for "a-g" classificiation. So not only is it good enough for you to have taken the 4 years of math, english and whatever, if your course isn't a-g approved they won't accept it. Your student could get around this however by taking the SAT subject test, but it's really kind of ridiculous.
FWIW-dd is going the cc then transfer route. Not only because of these requirments, but also because she just isn't ready to go straight into a 4 year.
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I am and will always be a Sagitarius and that's all there is to it.
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We are using Maps, Charts and Graphs from Modern Curriculum Press. It looks like they have levels up through Grade 8.
These here, too.
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I think so. I think there is so much of it because kids/teens have just become so desensitized to the exploitation of their bodies, they don't really see it as harmful. Of course that's not true, but if it became a "crime" then I think they may realize it's really not ok.
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Just scored a free year of Amazon Prime 'cuz I'm enrolled in college. Whoo Hoo!
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Last week I read True Grit instead of Don Quixote. Ok, not instead of, in addition too. I didn't finsih Quixote, but I'm still going to work on it. This week I'm going to read Forgotten Garden.
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Most of the time I'll choose and he's stuck with it. Sometimes, if I can't decide between equally worthy choices, then I'll show him and let him chose which one he likes better. Also, I'll ask for input on "What would you like to study next?", but then I'll chose the materials. FWIW, I do the same thing with my high schooler.
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my dd is using this anatomy book
along with this student workbook which includes tests
http://www.amazon.com/Students-Workbook-Essentials-Anatomy-Physiology/dp/0803610084/ref=pd_sim_b_1
and this coloring book
as well as these lectures (which you might be able to get through your library)
http://www.teach12.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=160
She has also done several dissections, but I would do one whole dissection like a fetal pig over several organs if I had to choose just one.
Also, the coloring bk would be the first thing I would eliminate if $$ was a factor. The workbook really compliments the text.
Thanks for this. I was going to have dd use the Apologia next year, but this look good too. It covers some things I was going to to have to add into the Apologia and I can spread it out over a year.
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... a point at which many of us say to ourselves...is this it? Is this what life's all about? Is this what I thought I would be doing? Am I happy? Is this really what I want to do with my life?
And for many people, its obvious that to be true to themselves, they need to change things. I think its real and natural...it doesnt always look pretty, or mature, and I am sure not everyone goes through it.
:iagree: Kind of what I'm feeling right now...and it's not pretty and it doesn't feel good, but it is what it is and it's hard to deal with. For some people, I think, who have been truer to themselves for the majority of their life, then it might be easier to solve with a tattoo or a book job, but I think for some people who've maybe made choices that were the right things to do, but not neccessarily the things that make them happy, they hit this "crisis" mode and it's a little harder to solve and a little more dramatic.
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Ooohhh ya....I gave up coffee once. It wasn't pretty.
Have you tried Teeceeno (sp?)? I used to get it at the natural food store. It's like a coffee replacement made of chicory root and some other stuff. Now I know what your thinking, but it's actually kind of good. Really. You should try it if you are serious about giving up the coffee.
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I tend to wonder if this type of thing doesn't have a physical catalyst...ie. reduced estrogen, progersterone, tetosterone levels, etc.
Faith
Recently, I've entertained the thought of having a midlife crisis, although my trigger has been an emotional one, in this case a death. I really don't have the time, resources or courage to have one right now, but I'm planning it for in a couple of years after my oldest graduates.
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Definitely.