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  1. Yep. I would have dearly loved to have enrolled DS in a virtual school this past year and not have had to deal with his cruddy attitude. I remember 15yo/10th grade being my worst year in high school and it was rough for DS20 too. I think a lot of it is the age and we just have to find a way to push through it.
  2. My youngest is our oxygen sucker, but I've noticed a drastic decline in oxygen sucking ever since DS20 and DIL moved out early this year. It made me wonder how much was just attention seeking behavior rather than it being part of his personality.
  3. The last time we went to the Texas Renaissance Festival we were waiting in line for tickets. A teacher from a school group offered us free tickets b/c they had extras. Completely made my day b/c it meant we had money to spend on fun stuff.
  4. I don't like the invisible likes. I feel sad without daily verification to feed my social media needs.
  5. I'd like to know that too. Stormy would be a fun companion IMO. Sarah Jane's son might also be fun to watch as a companion. I'd love to see Jenny return in any storyline. I like Clara, but I can't say that I'm going to miss her. I do miss Donna and River and Captain Jack. And I'm content knowing that Rose and Ten-2 are living happily in an alternate universe somewhere.
  6. I agree it's the LL's responsibility for both. I'm a renter, and while I don't mind trimming the branches that overhang and block my driveway, we've called the LL both times we've had a tree leaning over the roof.
  7. Of course you're more interesting now! Everyone from Texas is more interesting. :leaving:
  8. Can I just say that I'm glad I get to be part of this important social experiment for a change, instead of reading about everyone else's glory after the thread has been locked? I think we need to celebrate that fact. :party: :party: :party:
  9. It's complicated and I can't get into detail b/c of current stuff that's going on, but he knows his custody paperwork backwards and forwards. XW doesn't have any decision making power, period. My brother doesn't do well when he feels overwhelmed with options, so he's asked me to figure out what will work best. I've still got DN with us and hope to get a chance to do some assessment testing with him while he's here. I only suggested my brother use generic workbooks until we can determine DN's current level in school and order specific curriculum. I looked at EasyPeasy earlier in the month, and may look at it further to see if it's something we can use until final decisions are made. I just don't want to do lots of curriculum swapping. I'd rather use something generic for a few weeks if we have to.
  10. Just saw this when I came back to give an update. He's planning to homeschool mainly for academic reasons. He is the full custodial parent and doesn't need consent from the XW to withdraw his son. My nephew is excited about the idea of homeschooling. My brother just left here with his letters of withdrawal and links to join THSC and our local homeschool group since he's hoping to move to my side of town soon. He plans to start with 2nd grade workbooks to use for evaluation purposes. That gives he and I more time to figure out what exactly my nephew needs for curriculum.
  11. You're welcome, RWJ. The bolded is what helped. I realized I had to find a way to get DS to understand why it was important to me that he focus on XYZ. We sat down and talked about how he feels called to be a youth pastor and what skills would he would need to be successful. I made comparisons to what he sees his own youth pastor do to help him understand. Then we talked about how he could apply that to his classes right now, and what I could do to help him achieve his goals. Once we attended an information session for the Bible college he wants to attend and looked into the graduation requirements, it became tangible.
  12. rainy day = coffee & TV marathon

  13. My youngest is a rising junior this year. We've pretty much decided that senior will be entirely DE at the CC and then he'll start a local Bible college in fall 2016. Even though he'll be living at home during college, I can't help but feel this is my last year to "get it right."
  14. Our first day of school is often the same as public school, so we call it Not Back To School Day and celebrate with a late breakfast or brunch at IHOP. We get our school supplies in one big shopping trip when everything is on sale. For 11th grade we stocked up on 0.5mm black gel pens, a comp book for assignments, and lots of 70-page spirals for school work. I spent less than half what my friend spent for her PS freshman. :) Outings are field trips but rarely done during the school day. We don't do theme days since DS never cared about them.
  15. I understand what you're dealing with. I went through the same thing with DS at 15/16 and 10th grade. A lot of the failure was mine. I thought he was staying on task b/c he said he was, so I slacked off on my part and we both suffered for it. The only thing we could do was just keep plugging away while making the conscious effort to stay on track and make sure the necessities were done. We've only just last week finished 10th grade and that was only b/c I gave up the battle of trying to teach DS poetry. I'd rather he learn to enjoy it on his own than deal with arguing over subjective answers in a study guide. I did have to restructure how school will go this coming year though. I've shifted my own schedule around to be hands-on 4 nights a week for 1-on-1 work. Assignments will be assigned during that time and due before our next "class" date. Online class time is now in the late evening, with a midnight bedtime and a 9 am wake up. I think between the time shift to do school while he's more awake and alert and both parents are home will be effective. At least I hope it will. ETA: DS participates in a homeschool choir program that meets weekly and our local support group that meets 2-3 times a month. He's also active in our church's youth group and student leadership program. For now, senior year is tentatively planned to be DE at the local community college followed by Bible college. School has become a "get it done" factor with focus specifically on writing and analyzing since those are the skills he'll need most as a future youth pastor.
  16. For us, it depends on the specific curriculum. The science curric we do is online and grades the unit review questions, labs, and quarterly exams. For history, I only grade written assignments and quizzes. English is writing assignments only. Math last year was unit quizzes but this year will be project based grades.
  17. We're very casual about the first day of school. Usually it's breakfast at IHOP and then whatever else is scheduled for the day. This year it's brunch because DS has choir across town at 1pm.
  18. But you admitted you served corn on the cob as a side dish. That could disqualify you for the cool crowd club ya know.
  19. My first reaction to the article was "oh my gosh." My second is that I really, really hope it's exaggerated! If she really did react like that, I feel bad for her husband and kids and I hope someone in her life sees this instance as a sign of the emotional instability she appears to struggle with. I'm not anti-tattoo. My 3 brothers and the assorted wives/ex-wives/girlfriends have both tattoos and piercings. One of my brothers is even a tattoo artist. I don't personally like tattoos and don't want to get a tattoo, but if one of my grown kids came home with one it wouldn't be the end of the world. I might tell him I thought he made a foolish decision and I hoped that it was at least something tactful, respectful, and artistic and could be covered if needed, but I wouldn't shut him out and cry to my friends over it. Sheesh. My DH prefers women have long hair. He told me years ago that he didn't like it when I would cut my hair short b/c he took it as a sign of anger against him when I did that. I told him he needed to get over himself for taking it personally. It's my hair and if I cut it, it was because I didn't want to deal with having long, thick hair during a Texas summer.
  20. :001_wub: :wub: :wub: A woman after my own heart! :thumbup: ^10,000,000 likes for both of you for being Whovians And now I'm off to sleep before someone witnesses keyboard imprints in my head.
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