Colonel Potter was my favorite, but I also liked Radar.

The poll isn't multiple choice. Dh & I both like meatloaf. I only like MY meatloaf (recipe shared by a dear friend over 20 years ago), but dh likes pretty much any meatloaf.

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I agree. OP, does your ds like hands-on activities? He might prefer Evan-Moor History Pockets.

I think it depends on your state. In my state, schools can give credit to middle schoolers who do high school level coursework (as would be the case with students in an accelerated learning program), so my interpretation is that homeschoolers are allowed to do the same. According to Georgia High School Graduation Requirements: Section 8.2 Middle School Credit: QCC [Quality Core Curriculum] and GPS [Georgia Performance Standards] CoursesUnit credit may be awarded for courses offered in the middle grades that meet 9-12 GPS requirements. Credit courses must follow GPS requirements as well as any associated End Of Course Test requirements. Unit credit shall be awarded only for courses that include concepts and skills based on the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for grades 9-12 or those approved by the State Board of Education. and from a brochure put out by the Georgia Career Information Center: Can middle school classes (6th, 7th , 8th grade) count towards high school graduation? Yes. Credit may be awarded for classes such as foreign language, mathematics, and science.

I teach 4 girls, ranging from 8th-12th grades, and we have school for 5.5 hours, 4 days per week. I usually feel like we're rushing through some things, and an additional 30-45 minutes (or maybe an hour) would be better. I do assign homework, which brings the total work time to between 6 & 6.5 hours per day for the 4 days.

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Our beloved Kitty was 17yo when he died after an extended illness the week before Christmas 2009. He was 2 years older than EK and 2 years younger than ER, so he was like my middle child! We waited 2 1/2 years before getting another cat. We just got Weasley (an orange/red tabby, named for the red-haired Weasley kids in the Harry Potter books) at the end of May; he was just a kitten, and it has been so much fun watching him play. But I find myself comparing him to Kitty, and wishing Kitty was still with us. We love Weasley, and we don't regret getting another cat (well, sometimes I do), but it's still not the same. I thought waiting would help, but I don't think it really did.

I'll have to give that one another try, then. You hit the nail on the head for me: all I could think of was, "This is about rabbits!" I did the same thing when people were raving over Redwall, I kept thinking, "It's about mice!" :tongue_smilie: :lol: I have trouble getting into stories with personified animals.

It arrived yesterday, 1 month & 4 days after it was originally shipped. I did contact the post office, and they tracked it. Turns out that although the seller had addressed the package correctly, the USPS clerk who accepted the package at the post office entered the wrong ZIP code into the computer. Instead of "3" as the initial digit, the clerk entered a "6", so my package floated around in Illinois for awhile before making its way back to Georgia.

Yes, the bolded express my thoughts when I started this thread. I agree with you, Catherine, that Harry Potter does meet the "enduring themes" criteria, but that the language and writing style are not great. Like you, I've read very few of the works that have been suggested in the replies. I've read: all seven Harry Potter books some Hemingway short stories -- dark & depressing, but maybe I read the wrong stuff part of Watership Down -- couldn't get into it & quit reading after a few chapters some short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- interesting but "out there" There are several that have been mentioned that I have on my "to read someday" list.

Addison-Wesley Informal Geometry

I think people's appetites are just different. Unfortunately for my always-hungry dh, I am very rarely hungry, and I think it's been that way throughout our marriage, except maybe the first year or so. After that, I was busy and stressed because of work (I was a PS teacher for a few years), and later when kids came along, that added to my busy-ness. I still feel like I never have any time for ME. Yes, I tend to get resentful towards dh because I feel like he's just one more thing that needs my attention, when I just want to have some time for ME, and then I feel guilty for feeling that way, and all of that does NOTHING to heighten the mood. :tongue_smilie: At times, I actually find myself feeling manipulated by the "transitional time" that some have suggested. More planning isn't the answer for me because when intimate time is planned in advance, it makes me feel like it's just one more thing added to my already too long to-do list, not the pleasurable intimate experience it should be. Not to mention that when it's planned and the time comes, whether I'm in the mood or not, I have to because I said I would. That stresses me to no end. Same here. And he's okay with that some of the time, but he understandably wants some "real", lingering intimate time.

I get it. And add to that the fact that, even though I don't want to feel that way, I sometimes feel resentful about it. And I hate, hate, HATE admitting that!

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So CUTE!!! :001_smile:

Is it worth a high school credit? Is the main difference the lack of proofs? I have a student who needs a simpler approach--she probably wouldn't be able to pass TT Geometry--and I'm looking at Informal Geometry for her instead. What do you think? What if I have her do Informal Geometry, but also do some fairly simple proofs as well? And where would I get some materials for that?

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You make some very, very good points here. :iagree:

Same situation here! Homeschooling allowed my kids to absorb our family's values while they were young and impressionable, rather than being negatively influenced by values with which we disagree. ER participated in church and community projects as a youngster and held a part-time job in our local prosecutor's office where he was able to observe up close the problems that can result from compromising one's values. Then, as a college student, he was able to maintain his integrity throughout his entire college career. Far from being a social outcast, he was "popular" enough to be elected as the junior class representative. He developed a reputation for being steadfast in his faith, and the one to whom others would come if they had problems and needed to talk. He also made good grades and graduated with honors this past May. A high school senior, EK also participates in church and community projects. A few of her many activities in our community include volunteering for our local pregnancy center by doing computer work and working as a server at the annual fundraising banquet, serving as director's assistant for weekly drama classes at our local children's theater, and singing at churches either as part of a choir or by herself. She also paticipates in annual mission trips through our church and our denomination. She loves to write, and she shares her faith by praying for and ministering to others on an online prayer request wiki that she started a few years ago. Homeschooling definitely enabled her to grow in her faith so that she could do all of these things.

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My dh gets a headache almost every time a low pressure system passes through.

I've been researching 19th century literary works today,and it occurred to me that at some point, Burns, Emerson, Stevenson, Whitman, Verne, and Dickens, et al were considered "contemporary authors". So which late 20th/early 21st century writers will be anthologized in literature textbooks for our great-great-great-grandchildren to read in their 21st century etexts? :D

Good idea :)