It's not the organic. Getting the sweets out for just a week or two can really help break the habit. When you are not able to satisfy those cravings with sweets, another way seems a lot more manageable, and then once the habit is re-set it's often easier to continue. Would your family be okay with keeping them out of the house for 2 weeks to re-set you, and eating them off-site instead?

Yep. And quite honestly, while it's true that everyone wants the magic fix, I *also* blame the "lose 20 lbs in 5 weeks" magazine covers you see all over the checkout convincing people that's reasonable results. I was just talking to a friend last week who needed to lose weight for health reasons. She said "well, I portion controlled for a month and I only lost 6 pounds so I quit since I wasn't getting anywhere". Um you were making good progress! You just can't diet for a month, lose 50 lbs, then go back to the way you were eating before and keep it off. It just doesn't work that way! I think that's one big reason for yo-yo dieting as well. sigh

Lightning literature does comedies and sonnets.

That's really more of a college algebra/precalculus class. I would follow intermediate algebra with this rather than try to beef it up.

Math subject test tests more subject matter -- through precalc. Math section is more about using the basics creatively.

Someone posted about paleo and cookbooks last week. I just found this on reddit and thought I'd share -- they're giving away review copies (digital) of a paleo spiralizer cookbook. Thought I'd share. http://books.callistopublishersclub.com/review-copy-of-the-big-10-spiralizer-cookbook-0

Myers is a great book btw. I used an older edition when I took psych 101 in college, and it was so fascinating I'd read the entire book in 2 days.

Does she want to keep going with math because she is enjoying math, or because she wants to get to calculus faster? Because if she's just really enjoying math, you might consider doing a semester-long independent elective over the summer instead -- that way, if she didn't finish, or if she didn't get everything she needed to out of it, it wouldn't matter because it would be a bunny trail instead of a core subject.

Especially without modern medical technology/physical therapy, it seems very reasonable that someone who had originally had an injury to something like a back might have been an invalid (especially with refusal to even attempt to participate in physical therapy) after the original injury had healed. I'd always assumed that Colin's main issue was that even after his injury had healed, his refusal to attempt any exercises + weakened muscles from a long confinement to bed had continued his illness.

to seek the holy grail! And yeah I've done quizzes like that as the last quiz of the semester. The students tend to love 'em since I assign points for writing anything at all and by then I don't need the threat of quizzes to get them to actually study the homework instead of just copying off the smart one.

JMO, but if it gets too overwhelming, there's no reason it can't be tabled, finished in 10th, and credited in 10th.

I think it'd be pretty redundant to do a high school class and then an AP class that's equivalent to a one-semester college class the next year. There are a couple of options depending on how she responds to the psychology. If she wants to do more, there are a LOT of psychology classes that are open after doing an intro to psych class. Social psychology is one that's pretty accessible (Myers also has a textbook for this one), but you could quite honestly go through a college catalogue and look for what they have that's open with only a prerequisite of introduction to psychology. Most of the chapters in an intro to psych book are actually lead-ins to future classes, so she could pick her favorite chapter or two and look for classes in that. Another option could be broadening through the behavioral sciences by looking at introductions to things like sociology, linguistics, anthropology -- basically, giving a broad base for the study of the human condition. Psychology is fascinating and something I always wished I'd done more of.

I'd be cautious w/that one and a young child. At least preread. Scene between her and daniel is pretty rapey, although it might fly over a kid's head.

And 100% appropriate. I love that series. I'd also recommend The People Could Fly, and if you can find the audiobook narrated by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton, even better. If she is very sensitive, you may wish to read this selectively.

Having thought more, the one thing I would caution is to make very sure he gets a good grade (at least B) in it if he is looking at a major with competitive admissions. Where I went to grad school, there was a minimum GPA requirement in a certain set of classes (including this one) for admission to most business majors.

If he changes his major, he won't be using this class as a prerequisite for anything anyway. Applied calculus cannot substitute for calculus although calculus can substitute for applied calculus. So it would just count as a general elective. He needs to learn it well enough to use it in any major classes that require it. The most common majors that require applied calculus are in the business school, but the amount of use they actually see from it is quite variable and generally small unless in the more theoretical areas. It is more about understanding the concepts of calculus than being able to do the computations, so that you are able to intelligently read papers written in your field and understand what they mean when they say "average rate of change" and "area under the curve" type of thing.

Uh is this a hybrid class? Because 3 credit hours should require about 45 hours of contact time. But if they have a half-online-half-classroom class it sounds reasonable.

Same way a bully gets followers. Charisma and people are just relieved it's not directed at them.

I really think you're better off doing it while she's still relatively comfortable than waiting a few more months until she's suffered and then doing it. I'm sorry. It's a rough decision. We recently had to do it for a couple of cows that I really liked but they were just aging and probably not going to make it through another winter :/

As a serious tip, at a buffet -- if you are one of those people who feels compelled to finish their plates (like me) -- take a tiny, tiny portion of everything that looks interesting, so that you can go back for more only of the stuff that is really, really good rather than loading your plate up with stuff that's only mediocre.

That one I can't answer as easily, but they're going to be interested to know what changed in your life that has made full-time school possible now when it wasn't before. If you're SELF-pay, you can often take graduate level classes one per semester as well. A lot of teachers who were doing a master's degree in math were taking one per semester with two in the summer, and the classes that they tended to take were offered as evening classes.

As long as your clothes aren't skin-tight this shouldn't happen in one week regardless of how much you eat. But if you're seriously concerned, take along a maxi dress or elastic-waist skirt/pants just in case.

Luuknam, I missed this, sorry. Yes, nobody's going to give a rip about your lin alg at the CC if your advanced coursework is done at a good 4-yr university. Your recommendations from your professors at the 4-yr will carry a lot of weight and you want to blow them away. If you work for a while before applying to graduate school, I would try to keep in contact with your professors whom you think would be most likely to speak highly of you so that they don't forget who you are. You are correct, though, that your spotty transcript will be problematic because they will be reluctant to admit you out of concern that things will go awry again. You need several good semesters in a row to mitigate this and it should also be addressed in your personal statement. Master's programs are a lot less competitive than phd programs -- your issue will probably not be getting admitted but rather be getting funding. They may require a trial semester first. That being said, I had a few dreadful semesters right at the beginning of my college career (which is probably what kept me out of the highly ranked programs I applied to) but with a long break, a good 4 years, and great recommendations, I was admitted and given funding at some other programs.

It depends on what she wants to do. If she wants to be a professional musician, she would really want to get to a 4-year school where she can be getting instruction from top-notch teachers and getting exposure as a performer/getting access to summer music programs as soon as possible. If she wants to do something like music education or music therapy, CC would probably be fine. But you also made it sound like she wasn't sure about music. Careers in music are also frequently demanding and unstable ... and in her next two years, it would be a really good idea for her to ALSO think about careers that she could tolerate, that would pay the bills. Music is quite a demanding major and a lot of people who really enjoy performing drop to a music minor (which still gives them access to all the classes, usually) and major in something else, and then continue to express their love of music through performing in community groups.