I guess the problem I see with the Swann's is that they essentially did exactly the same education/degrees for all children. One of the issues with doing a general degree first is that if you change your mind and want to study something where a major is actually required (math, science, engineering, probably many others), you'd have to do a second degree, which makes financial aid a lot more of a problem as much of it's designed for first-time students. Please don't misunderstand me -- I *do* think children should be challenged and working at their own levels in subjects, but I don't think that means that you need to basically tick off each level when you complete the requirements. There are enough electives to do at least twice as many courses as one does in a typical high school without repetition or overlap, and one could spend one's entire life at university continuing to take courses. (at least, I could).

Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War was a good one (I think that was Landmark) FYI/brag, my younger brother (homeschooled) did almost all of his middle-school-age history from Landmark books and just got an A in his first college history class. The teacher told him she wanted him to do different assignments because he knew so much more than the rest of the class :)

In addition to what Janet pasted, try googling the quote you pasted in quotes. That's usually my first stop when I'm trying to find a poem and only know 1-2 lines.

Try the free download of timez attack for multiplication?

Partial listing of books I loved as a child. I can still picture exactly where these were on the shelf as I read them so many times. You may want to pre-read or ask for advice on specific titles, these are just my personal favourites :) Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy-Tacy series) Noel Streatfeild (Shoes series) Carol Ryrie Brink (Best known for Caddie Woodlawn/Magical Melons) Astrid Lindgren (pippi series -- warning if you don't want disobedient children) Mary Norton(Borrowers) Eleanor Estes (Moffats) Marguerite Henry (many horse titles) E.B. White (charlotte's web, stuart little, trumpet of the swan, often available as a boxed set, at least mine is ;)) Frances Hodgson Burnett(the secret garden is best-known, but she has many other titles) Marguerite de Angeli (the door in the wall) Frank B. Gilbreth jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (cheaper by the dozen, belles on their toes) Meinert de Jong (the wheel on the school, the house of sixty fathers) Alexandre Dumas (the count of monte cristo, the three musketeers -- you may want children's adaptations of these at first otherwise it's easy to get lost as to what's happening with whom) Esther Forbes (johnny tremain) Harold Keith (rifles for watie) any good children's adaptation of the stories of king arthur, I forgot who wrote mine Rosemary Sutcliff (many) Scott O'Dell (island of the blue dolphins, sad) If you're ok with magic: E. Nesbit (many titles) Edward Eager (many titles) L.Frank Baum (Oz) Betty Macdonald (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle) I'll stop here because this is getting really long. ETA: Some of these may be too old for right now -- I know we did them young, but I'm not sure about what other people may do :P

I had complications (i.e. too boneheaded to go to the hospital before it ruptured) and still only spent 2 days in the hospital, about 2 weeks recovering though because of complications. My mother had hers out and was back to being a "normal mom" ;) within a week (a few years ago).

Also good by the same author: Pat of Silver Bush/Mistress Pat Magic for Marigold Emily of New Moon/Emily Climbs/Emily's Quest Jane of Lantern Hill The Story Girl/The Golden Road A Tangled Web and The Blue Castle are also good but a bit more mature. There are many collections of delightful short stories as well. Some of the short stories show up in an Anne book, a bit more fleshed out.

:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: I have my goals, and yet every time a well-meaning older person who knew me when I was a child says 'I thought you'd be curing cancer or something', it's like a knife to the heart.

Not sure if he's a soph or junior -- but I strongly, strongly recommend at least doing algebra/geometry review math throughout high school, or a very mathy science, unless college level coursework is already completed. When students enter university who have had two years off of math, they very often have forgotten a LOT and place 2-3 courses below where they completed in high school. Having to take and pay for semesters of remedial math that they already had in high school makes for miserable college students! You could take a specific SAT or ACT review course maybe? I know Chalkdust has one that says they review every topic on the SAT, PSAT and ACT. Statistics would be another useful(in life) option and the AP exam may (some universities don't allow this) satisfy what he needs for university.

Summer school? I took German I and II in summer school at a university, it WAS 3 hrs/day 4 days/week for either 8 or 10 weeks (I forgot :/) but if you are wanting a get-it-over-with method, that might work. Many colleges only ask for two years of a foreign language, so she could be done with one summer unless the specific college wants more.

SO had two cortisone injections into his arthritic middle finger (it was swollen to about 3x normal size). For him it was a positive experience, although it hurt, the swelling went down and he regained some mobility.

I took the SAT early to qualify for summer camps/accelerated math through the university. Overall, I would say that the camps were an extremely beneficial experience educationally and socially. The mathematics was even more so.

Yep, they switched it.

Some people just live those weird, weird livestyles ...sigh ... Just kidding :):):):)

It'd get weird if you're doing 1 or 2-credit classes -- for example if a student took 1 credit of piano in fall and spring semesters I'd count that as 1 full credit -- ditto if they took 1 credit of PE.

Yeah, I fixed that in my next post but I'll go back and edit that post as well.

What if I just add them all to my wish-list for shopping used or when I win the lottery? :(

Make sure you have a nonstick mat :P I have a different friend who tried that once and slipped and broke her kneecap somehow. I didn't ask any more details ... I did laugh, but I took her a casserole too, so I hope that makes up for the laugh.

I lost the website now, I found it through google. They had a listing of cutoff scores. The triangles are similar because they have the same angles, the lower left corner is the same angle and they both have a right angle. I apologise for mistyping, it should have been set up as x/3 = (x+5)/10. Sorry for confusing you!

He showers afterwards. Like ... *immediately* afterwards. Can't blame him. If yours is icked, you could try a diaphragm or condom (I hope I haven't passed PG-13 with that) ... I've had a friend tell me hers really wanted to use one.

This is a very interesting website. Thank you for the link.

21 - use similar triangles, x/3 = 5/10 and solve Edited: I meant (x+5)/10 22 - split it up, -3 < x+5 < 3, solve 28 - add 4x to both sides, subtract 5 from both sides, get 4x > -3, solve. Don't stress too much over the test -- you want to be placed in a passable course or even one that's slightly easy. Additionally, I found the cutoffs, it looks like 14/30 is precalc 1, 17/30 is precalc 2, 21/30 is calc 1.

It may "fit", but *I* consider it needless. I stand by my view that it is unnecessary, and you will continue to stand by yours that it is necessary. I see no reason for this to continue with "is not! is so!" FYI, I was not asking "Doesn't everyone think this is rude?"

What's wrong with 'polygamy' or 'polyamory'? Both of those would serve even better at warning people who don't want to read such discussions.

I would suggest that they start a spinoff thread.