Same author, different books. Some of my very favourites are on there, like Where the Red Fern Grows, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Books-Activities-Ready-Use/dp/0876283091/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4

Y'know, if my SO posted that there'd be one up the next day offering a sale on the oldest computer appliance with a picture of him. And both of us would consider it hysterically funny and link our friends to it.

They're in my head now :D

You could start with pats and melt them ...

I prefer Johnny Depp with butter. :)

:iagree: -- with everything.

Clearly, the zombie invasion is beginning. I hope you are prepared. If not ... http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

I did this when I learned to write cursive (in college). I learned the alphabet, then copied lines a few times each. Interesting hint: If there's something you're working on memorizing or reviewing, kill two birds with one stone and use it for copywork. :)

Very nice statement. I'd also add that it's very natural to go back and look for something, anything, that you could have done other than be born with different genes.

That emoticon doesn't really have a standard meaning, just reply '?' :)

In his opinion, Geometry requires a more advanced mathematical mind than Algebra 2. This agrees with my own personal experience where I flew through Algebra 1 and 2 and still struggled with Geometry. But this is strictly an opinion and there are good arguments either way.

Really, most graduate programs that still have foreign language competency requirements (in the sciences) are phasing them out. The mathematics department where I am has in the last year removed the requirement (used to be French, German, Russian, or other with explanation of how it related to research). The physics department removed their requirement not that long ago, it was similarly French, German, Russian, or if astrophysics Spanish could be used. That being said, I had to translate a few papers from French recently because they hadn't been published in English. Despite the fact that I have never had French (but I had Spanish and Latin), I was able to translate them fairly easily.

From their forum, about a girl in a similar situation to yours, asking about the online class: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=409637 (scroll down to the admin post)

I had completed K and first grade in a private school. I have an early fall birthday and was accelerated a year so I entered K when I was almost 4. When we moved, it was the fall and I was almost six. The cutoff was different in the new state. Despite the fact that they had records showing I had already completed both K and first grade, they were very insistent that I should enroll in K. After an arduous battle, including presenting achievement test scoring at the middle-school level and an IQ test, they reluctantly allowed me to ... repeat first instead of repeating K. The school probably isn't going to place him properly no matter what you do, unless you have achievement test scores in hand, which you can get later. Not that I'm still ticked off by that or anything. :P

If you call him first grade next year, he either has to stay at least a grade ahead, or possibly repeat a grade later if he starts to struggle. If you call him an accelerated K next year, and you decide later (like, high school level) that he should have been called first then, you can always skip 8th grade or something like that. But it's much easier to skip up later than hold back later, as long as you've been teaching him at his level all along.

I don't know, it would be more embarrassing if your second heart-felt answer were the opposite of what you said 2 years ago :D

Very oddly, a friend of mine who's a physics graduate student was just telling me about his summer job using this series to teach science to elementary teachers -- and how wonderful the curriculum was. Among other things, he said it had the best layman's explanation of light he'd ever seen.

Man, I went shopping and I was still thinking about this and irritated. Forget being exposed to someone who has a pregnant sister, your son shouldn't be around her because he might be exposed to someone with a raging case of asshattery. Asshattery is more contagious than pregnancy. Keep your son safe! :)

My mother (and grandmother) said this for years. heh.

What a jackass.

I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate summer :D I love spring and fall, and I'm okay with winter, but bleh! bleh!

There ARE college geometry books, but rarely -- usually the course is at a community college and reserved for students who didn't take geometry at all in high school. Mathematics is rather odd that way, though -- the non-majors courses tend to be courses such as finite mathematics, business/applied calculus, mathematics for liberal arts/quantitative literacy, and occasionally applied college algebra. Statistics is sometimes included here, and sometimes in its own department. Discrete mathematics can be either. Usually these courses are outside the scope of a high-school curriculum. I would hypothesize that this is because by the time most students get through algebra 2, the ones who might choose non-majors courses only have one year left and often take statistics, precalculus, or skip math. A lot of people also feel driven to get through calculus, because it looks better on a transcript than one of the above listed courses. Because there's little demand for such courses, homeschool courses haven't been developed that teach them, so any parent looking to use one of these courses would need to do the development. Jacobs Mathematics: A Human Endeavor is a college non-majors book that some enjoy.

A set of knives, duct tape, and garbage bags. Yeah. It was fall. We were going to carve pumpkins. The garbage bags were for raking leaves. I forgot what the duct tape was for. It still got a very strange look. Could be worse. At least I wasn't getting a box of condoms as well.

Declaring your variables is an incredibly important step that is often overlooked. A lot of times, my students will be able to set up the word problem, correctly solve for 'x', and then have no clue what it means that they've found it. When asked to convert their answer back to words, they will display little to no understanding of what the answer means.

Have him call or e-mail the university. Usually AP exams are accepted in lieu of A levels. However, the statement about SAT subject tests look as though they'd take those as well. A student will apply for a specific course(degree program). He should look at the course he wants to apply for and see which courses they'd require or recommend. For example, if he wants to study Physics, they'd look for him to have passed A-level equivalents in Physics and Mathematics.