I know she weighs 115-120, and she is 18yo, and they turned her away because she doesn't weigh enough. At the Red Cross website, it says women giving double red cells have to be at least 5'5" and weigh 150 lbs. But I'm sure she was just planning to be a "normal" donor.

I ask because my niece went to give blood today but was deferred because she doesn't weigh enough. This girl is NOT skinny--not overweight, but definitely not skinny! She's 5'3" and weighs 115-120 lbs. I know that people over 18 have to weigh at least 110 lbs, and the Red Cross says that there are additional weight requirements for 17yo & 18yo donors. I looked on the Red Cross website, but it doesn't specify. Does anyone here know?

Prayers going up! ER's gf has been to Haiti twice as part of a mission team. She LOVED it and plans to go back next summer. ER plans to go also, and some members of our church might also go as well.

My niece also just turned two and can do the same things your youngest does. She can also count backward from 10 to 1 and has learned a good bit of sign language (she is not hearing impaired). My SIL works with her some and she also watches educational television. Of course, we all think she's a genius! :D

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My friend was there and saw "Honey Boo Boo" and her family. According ot my friend, there wre several female college students there as well, and they all wanted to have their picture taken with Honey Boo Boo. The little girl acted like any other child her age until the girls started giving her attention. Then it was like flipping a switch; she began to act the way she does on television. :confused:

This is us too.

Good advice. My kids used the TI-84 Plus on the SAT and the ACT, so it's allowed, as is the TI-83. I don't know about any others.

Dumb question: HOW do you update the calculator? We have a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition (bought it new about 6 or 7 years ago, I think, for about $120), and it came with a cable, but I've never updated it because it seemed like too much trouble to use the CD to look up how to do it. :tongue_smilie: I do wish that the TI-84 Plus came with a manual in book form like the TI-83 does/did. I found one of the TI-83 manuals at a thrift store for 39 cents, and although there were some keystroke combinations that were different between the TI-83 & the TI-84 Plus (I can't remember now what they were), it helped a lot.

Nope, schoolwork is done either at their desks, at the dining room table, or in the living room (on the couch, on the floor, etc.) but not in the bedroom. I don't mind if EK wants to read in her room or study for a test, however.

Thanks for the great suggestions! Please keep them coming!

(bump) What are some things I might not have thought of that I need to include in the contract?

This has GOT to be the GROSSEST thing I've seen today. Ugh. <gag> :ack2:

I don't have Algebra 1 2.0 or Algebra 2 2.0, but I have the first edition of both. I'd say that most of the first 4 or 5 chapters (out of 16) in the Algebra 2 book is a review of Algebra 1. Of course, the Algebra 2 book covers the concepts much more quickly, and there are a few new concepts too, or at least familar concepts that are covered with a bit more depth.

Me too! :grouphug: I would too!

Thanks for your input. Yes, a right for termination clause is one thing I'm considering. It is legal in my state to teach other people's children. (Also, I'm a certified teacher.) I started homeschooling other people's kids along with my own in 1996. I did it for a couple of years, then taught only my own kids until I picked up another student in 2010 (no contract, but no problems). This year, I'm going to be picking up two more students, so I'm thinking a contract would be a good idea.

Do you have a contract (payment agreement, "rules & regulations" for student conduct, etc.) for the parents and or students to sign? For the upcoming school year, I will be teaching 3 girls in addition to EK, and one of the girls had some minor behavior issues at her previous school. I have known this child all her life, and I've known her mom for about 25 years, so I am not anticipating any serious problems, but I think a contract stipulating expectations and consequences would be a good plan. Any advice?

This (bolded) is very similar to our situation with our friend, except that dh is his mentor because he (dh) is the pastor of our church, and the young men all gravitate toward him. Like your friend, ours will ask if he can come over, and doesn't seem to take a hint when we try to tell him it's not a good time. The young man grew up in a cRaZy home situation: alcoholic parents who divorced and then each remarried--you guessed it--other alcoholics. The young man has little to no relationship with any of his parents or step-parents; they don't help him financially, and apparently none of them ever taught him any of the social graces. Given his circumstances, it's positively remarkable that the poor kid isn't an addict/alcoholic living on the street. He has a job he enjoys, takes classes at the CC, pays his own bills, volunteers in the community (gives one day a week at the local soup kitchen), and faithfully attends weekly Bible studies!

I wouldn't mind him staying if I knew ahead of time, really. We are often spur of the moment people when it comes to doing something as a family. So we can't make last-minute plans when we don't know how long he's staying. He will make a plan to leave at a certain time and later on decide to stay longer. One time, he even called in at work so he could stay at our house longer! I guess I should've also stated in my OP that ER actually gets tired of the guy too, but doesn't want to be rude and ask him to leave. He likes him, but gets enough of him after awhile.

Oh, yes! This kid definitely would move in if we let him!

When do you expect the guest to leave? I'm talking about teens/young adults who have their own transportation, not younger teens who don't drive yet. When I was growing up, my dad insisted that if a friend invited me to spend the night, it was just that--an invitation to spend the night, not the night AND the next day. He insisted that when I spent the night with a friend, I should arrive there in the evening (in time for supper), and leave my friend's house right after breakfast the next morning, and certainly before lunchtime; otherwise "you'll wear out your welcome", he said. As he put it, the friend's parents "didn't take you to raise". I felt (and still feel) that my dad's schedule was too restrictive. I think it would be reasonable to stay over until maybe 11:00, and possibly as late as 3:00 or 4:00 PM if the host's family invites. So here's my situation. ER (my 22yo ds, recent college graduate, working, living at home with our blessing in order to save money) has a friend (same age as ER, has a job, shares an apartment with a couple of other guys) who comes over fairly often to visit our family (we all know him from church) and sometimes stays overnight. He's a really nice young man and loves to hang out with ER to play video games, watch movies, play music, etc. Neither of the guys has much money, so hanging out here is cheap entertainment. :) I cook meals and we all eat together family-style, but the guys will often buy their own snacks. But our friend seems not to know when to go home! ER will invite him to come over if they happen to have the same day off, and the friend gets here in the late afternoon/early evening and has supper with us. Then he and ER hang out. And the guy stays and stays and stays. He will say, "Just tell me when I need to go home," which I think is terribly inconsiderate of him because that would put dh & me in the position of basically kicking a guest out of our home. IMO at 22yo, he should KNOW when it's time to go. I also feel uncomfortable asking him how long he's staying because it feels like I'm telling him he's not welcome. But I need to know because I have to plan meals. And he eats a lot! LOL I think he should stay maybe 24 hours and then go. But maybe my dad's rules have bled over into my own expectations, so it's possible I'm off-base here. What says the Hive? ETA: ER actually gets tired of the guy too, but doesn't want to be rude and ask him to leave. He likes him, but gets enough of him after awhile.

Haha! My local FB friends were commenting last night after the show aired: "I'm watching the absolutely horrific "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," mainly to see how these folks living down the road from us (yes, unfortunately, it's true) have pimped themselves out for television. It's worse than I figured it would be...and I figured it would be really bad... *sigh* On a side note, I'm amazed that the folks at TLC felt the need to subtitle the folks on the show. I understand every word...and that also sort of horrifies me..." "Disclaimer: Not all citizens of Middle Georgia walk around with missing teeth and uncontrolled bodily functions, honey boo boo child." "These people have reached a whole new level of white trash dysfunction. They're in a category of their own, really." "I have never in my life seen anything like this, except in Wilkinson county." "I saw the promo online & decided not to watch. It annoys me that people will see it and think that behavior is typical of Southerners." "It was like watching a train wreck! I can't believe that TLC would even show that. It was unbelievable!" "My daughter said, Mama, they are THAT close to us?!" "TLC makes a living off of exploiting and ridiculing people. It makes our state look terrible. ...Do they go out of their way to find the worst possible representatives of this state?" "I watched five minutes of that "Boo Boo" abomination this evening... I need to have my brain laundered." "The only reason I'm watching this "Honey Boo Boo" crap is because they live in the next county over from us and I wanted to see how many stereotypes of folks from Georgia they're reinforcing. Sadly, it's just about every one of them..." "I couldn't bring myself to watch. I'm embarrassed for them--and for all of us Southerners who have to live down the "redneck" stereotype. :(" "'Horrified' pretty much sums up my reaction to this train wreck. Do these shows actually have viewers that enjoy them, or are they all just watching so they can say to themselves, 'Wow, my life could be SO much worse!'" "My question is, were the Boo Boos proud of themselves after they watched that show???" "Watching a show focused around a child and her family who clearly have some...issues, well, that's just wrong. The last thing we needed is to have rural Georgia to be depicted in this way."

Yep, same thing happened here. ER moved back home after college graduation and brought back all kinds of stuff I'd bought and sent with him or mailed to him--really COOL stuff-- that he'd never even opened! :blink:

I agree that homeschoolers get short shrift. PS students are allowed a certain number of absences (excused or not), but homeschoolers still have to complete the designated number of days/hours. Yes, PS students are supposed to make up the work, but IME that's not a lot of work.