:iagree: I believe that homosexuality is a choice some individuals make, even though some do not make that choice consciously, but as a reaction to some type of emotional trauma. In my almost 51 years of life--during which I have known many homosexuals--all of the homosexuals I have ever known either had a poor relationship with their same-sex parent (or step-parent, significant family member, or authority figure), or were sexually and/or emotionally abused or molested at some point in their past, or suffered some other type of emotional or sexual trauma early in life, even though they may not consciously remember the incident(s).

What do you think of these products? Do your kids like these? Have they helped your child with reasoning skills?

Wonderful! We have a free subscription to Discovery Streaming. :001_smile:

She reads on about a 5th grade level, and really doesn't enjoy reading, although I'm working on that. :) We read a lot together, and I require a lot of independent reading, but when we discuss the stories, I consistently find that the inferences she should be getting when she reads (or listens) are going right over her head. She also has a lot of difficulty with predicting and drawing conclusions, such as when she reads a story and then is asked, "What do you think will happen next?" or "What the character mean when he said ___?" I've also noticed that she HATES doing logic puzzles (the ones my kids LOVE, the kind with the grids) because she just can't do them. She can't "read between the lines" to get information that isn't directly stated. If I explain it to her, she goes, "Oh, I get it!" but she is always unable figure it out on her own the next time we do a logic puzzle. Most other critical thinking skills don't seem to give her nearly as much trouble; she's okay with cause & effect, sequencing, compare & contrast. Help! Do you know of some easy-to-implement (and fun) activities--workbooks, paper & pencil activities, simple manipulatives, and even games--something like Clue, but not as time-consuming--that use that will help her master this skill? .

I can't remember, but I think ER said they only had one break.

ER missed the NMF cutoff by only 3 points when he took the PSAT as a high school junior in 2006. But he scored 30 on the ACT that same school year, and that qualified him for the top merit scholarship at each of his top choice schools. One of them also offered him a full-tuition scholarship. That was his second-choice school, and he turned down that offer to attend his first-choice school, where, as it turned out, he got a full ride. (This included a lot of merit aid, including the aforementioned merit scholarship based on ACT score, and also aid that was awarded due to the fact that we are a low income family.) In addition to the merit scholarships based on his ACT score, he also got a large scholarship based on leadership and service in our community and in our state. Your best bet is to prepare your student to score well on the ACT or SAT and to be sure that she builds an impressive leadership and service portfolio. To help her score well on the tests, be sure she is taking rigorous courses, especially in math and literature & composition. Begin now doing a little test prep each day: SAT Question of the Day is a good idea, as well as plenty of writing practice. Help her find opportunities to volunteer in your community--churches, libraries, food banks, hospitals, etc. ETA: ER attended his first-choice school for two years before transferring to his second-choice school (yes, the one that had originally offered him the full-tuition scholarship, which he turned down, and no, they did not re-offer that scholarship when he decided to attend school there after all. :() He had no choice to but leave his first school because after two years, the school (where he was a music major) decided to close their music department. ER has maintained good grades in college and has been awarded additional scholarships as a result. He's also gotten some pretty good perqs; for example, at his current school, because of his grades, this past spring, he was allowed to be among the first people to choose which residence hall he wanted to live in, and he got a much-coveted spot in the on-campus apartment-style dorm (4 guys share an apartment that has 2 bedrooms, a private bathroom, a full kitchen, and a living room).

I think if I were you, I would move on from Biology. You probably learned more than you realize over the past two years, and a lot of basic biology is probably not going to do much for you in nursing school or in your future career as a labor & delivery nurse anyway. By that I mean that plants, animals, and ecology is good stuff, but as long as you have a good foundation in cells and a basic understanding of genetics and DNA, you should be okay going into a medical profession. From here on out, I would concentrate on human anatomy & physiology and chemistry/advanced chemistry. Physics is good, but since you're not going into engineering, you can probably do fine without it, unless your nursing school requires it. That said, you should definitely look into the requirements of your nursing school and plan your curriculum around that.

Teaching Textbooks Geometry worked very well for EK. Yes, they do a LOT of proofs. The first couple of weeks of lessons are concerned with logic and reasoning, and then they go into proofs. There are proofs in every lesson and also proofs on the tests. Constructions are also covered, although I would've liked there to have been a bit more of that. ER used BJU Geometry, but not with a DVD. It was a nightmare--very, very frustrating for a mom to teach after not having done any geometry since 9th grade back in 1974-1975! I have a feeling that if we'd done BJU HomeSat (or whatever it's called), we would have liked Geometry a LOT more.

At that age, ER loved the Nate the Great books and the Henry and Mudge books. Soon after, he was hooked on the Berenstain Bears chapter books, the Magic Treehouse books, and all things Encyclopedia Brown.

Does anyone know if these are available on Netflix?

:iagree: Jimmy Stewart = my favorite actor EVER.

When I'm driving, I try to make sure my passengers (friends, family, whoever) are comfortable. I ask if they're too warm or too cold, if they music is too loud, etc. and I usually tell them to adjust it to make themselves comfortable. I would expect them to do the same for me. When I'm riding with someone else, I don't hesitate to ask them to make changes. I don't, however, adjust any settings myself unless they suggest that I do so. The exception to this is dh & me. We each change the settings ourselves without asking when the other is doing the driving.

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The short answer is yes, a person can be a homosexual and still be a Christian. The full answer is much more complicated than that. I believe the same way these ladies do:

I liked his brother, Heath Barkley! :D

I say "nuh-tella", but on the commercial I've seen, the woman says "new-tella".

EXACTLY! :iagree: But FWIW, my dd was more difficult when she was young (pre-puberty), but now that she is older, she is actually easier than my ds. She is a great buddy!

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Four days per week here. We use Fridays for occasional field trips and as a catch-up day if we got behind on anything during the week.

Go to this page and click on the set for the grade level you want to see. There's a ToC at the bottom of the page. Here's the ToC for English 6, copied & pasted from the page I mentioned: Table of Contents (Bold indicates Written Composition and Oral English lessons.) Chapter 1 - Understanding Sentences - Learning About Stories and Directions 1. Sentences and Fragments 2. The Predicate of a Sentence 3. The Subject of a Sentence 4. Writing a Story About a Problem 5. More About Subjects and Predicates 6. Sentences and Clauses 7. The Four Sentence Types 8. Writing a Set of Directions 9. Chapter 1 Review Chapter 2 - Working With Sentences - Understanding Paragraphs 10. Diagramming Sentence Skeletons 11. Compound Subjects and Predicates 12. Simple and Compound Sentences 13. The Structure of a Paragraph 14. Avoiding Run-on Errors 15. Word Order in Sentences 16. Unity and Coherence in a Paragraph 17. More About Coherence 18. Chapter 2 Review Chapter 3 - Working With Nouns - Developing Paragraphs 19. Recognizing Nouns 20. Proper Nouns 21. Developing Paragraphs by Using Details 22. Nouns With Regular Plural Forms 23. Nouns With Irregular Plural Forms 24. Developing Paragraphs by Using Examples and Illustrations 25. More Plural Nouns 26. Possessive Nouns 27. Developing Paragraphs by Comparison or Contrast 28. Chapter 3 Review Chapter 4 - Working With Verbs - Writing Outlines 29. Verbs 30. Principal Parts of Regular Verbs 31. Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs 32. Simple Verb Tenses 33. The Pattern of an Outline 34. Present Perfect Tense 35. Past Perfect Tense 36. Future Perfect Tense 37. Sentence and Topical Outlines 38. Transitive Verbs and Direct Objects 39. Action Verbs That Are Not Transitive 40. Transitive Verbs and Indirect Objects 41. Forming an Outline From a Composition 42. The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives 43. Linking Verbs and Predicate Adjectives 44. Linking Verbs or Action Verbs? 45. Giving an Oral Book Report 46. Chapter 4 Review Chapter 5 - Using Verbs Correctly - Writing Reports 47. Using Lay and Lie 48. Using Raise and Rise 49. Using Set and Sit 50. Taking Notes for a Report 51. Using Let and Leave 52. Other Troublesome Verbs 53. Organizing Your Notes 54. Agreement of Subjects and Verbs 55. Active and Passive Voice 56. Writing a Report: First Draft 57. Writing a Report: Second Draft 58. More About Active and Passive Voice 59. Chapter 5 Review Chapter 6 - Working With Pronouns - Writing Letters 60. Personal Pronouns 61. Pronouns in the Nominative Case 62. Pronouns in the Objective Case 63. Writing a Friendly Letter 64. Using Pronouns Correctly 65. Possessive Pronouns and Demonstrative Pronouns 66. Indefinite Pronouns 67. Writing a Business Letter 68. Interrogative Pronouns 69. Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses 70. Using Relative Pronouns Correctly 71. Courtesy and Clarity on the Telephone 72. Chapter 6 Review Chapter 7 - Using Correct Capitalization and Punctuation - Writing Stories 73. Using Capital Letters 74. Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives 75. The Three Parts of a Story 76. End Punctuation 77. Direct Quotations 78. Direct and Indirect Quotations 79. Dialogue in a Story 80. Divided Quotations 81. Commas in a Series 82. Writing a Story: First Draft 83. Commas That Set Off Words 84. More Practice With Commas 85. Writing a Story: Second Draft 86. Apostrophes 87. Hyphens, Colons, and Semicolons 88. Chapter 7 Review Chapter 8 - Working With Adjectives - Writing Descriptions 89. Adjectives 90. Predicate Adjectives 91. Diagraming Adjectives and Using Appositive Adjectives 92. Using Fresh Adjectives 93. Writing Descriptions: Observing With Your Five Senses 94. Forms of Comparison for Adjectives 95. Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives 96. Writing Descriptions: Using Comparisons 97. Adjective Clauses 98. Diagraming Adjective Clauses 99. Chapter 8 Review Chapter 9 - Working With Adverbs - Studying Poetry 100. Poetry 101. Adverbs 102. Adverbs of Degree 103. Diagraming Adverbs of Degree 104. Rhythm in Poetry 105. Forms of Comparison for Adverbs 106. Using Good, Well, and Negative Words 107. Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs 108. Rhyme in Poetry 109. Distinguishing Adverbs and Adjectives 110. Adverb Clauses 111. Diagraming Adverb Clauses 112. The Special Language of Poetry 113. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences 114. Chapter 9 Review Chapter 10 - Using Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections - Communicating Orally 115. Prepositions 116. Using Prepositions Correctly 117. Making an Introduction 118. Coordinating Conjunctions 119. Subordinating Conjunctions 120. Avoiding Misplaced Phrases and Clauses 121. Courtesy in Conversation 122. Interjections 123. Review of the Parts of Speech 124. Chapter 10 Review Chapter 11 - Studying Words - Using Sentence Variety 125. Using the Dictionary 126. Spellings and Meanings in the Dictionary 127. Using a Bible Concordance and a Bible Dictionary 128. Sentence Variety in Paragraphs 129. Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms 130. Word Families 131. Chapter 11 Review 132. Final Review Worksheets Chapter 1 1. Sentences and Fragments (Lesson 1) 2. The Predicate of a Sentence (Lesson 2) 3. The Subject of a Sentence (Lesson 3) 4. More About Subjects and Predicates (Lesson 5) 5. Sentences and Clauses (Lesson 6) 6. The Four Sentence Types (Lesson 7) Chapter 2 7. Diagraming Sentence Skeletons (Lesson 10) 8. Compound Subjects and Predicates (Lesson 11) 9. Compound Sentences (Lesson 12) 10. Avoiding Run-on Errors (Lesson 14) 11. Word Order in Sentences (Lesson 15) 12. Unity and Coherence in a Paragraph (Lesson 17) Chapter 3 13. Recognizing Nouns (Lesson 19) 14. Proper Nouns (Lesson 20) 15. Details in Paragraphs (Lesson 21) 16. Examples and Illustrations in Paragraphs (Lesson 24) 17. Plural Nouns (Lesson 25) 18. Possessive Nouns (Lesson 26) Chapter 4 19. Verbs (Lesson 29) 20. Principal Parts of Verbs (Lesson 31) 21. More Principal Parts (Lesson 31) 22. Verb Tenses (Lesson 36) 23. Diagraming Direct and Indirect Objects (Lesson 40) 24. Outlining (Lesson 41) 25. Diagraming Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives (Lesson 43) 26. Diagraming Review (Lesson 44) Chapter 5 27. Lay--Lie, Raise--Rise, and Set--Sit (Lesson 49) 28. Let--Leave (Lesson 51) 29. Troublesome Verbs (Lesson 52) 30. Subject and Verb Agreement (Lesson 54) 31. Active and Passive Voice (Lesson 58) Chapter 6 32. Friendly Letters (Lesson 63) 33. Using Pronouns Correctly (Lesson 64) 34. More Practice With Pronoun Usage (Lesson 64) 35. Practice With Pronouns (Lesson 65) 36. Possessive, Demonstrative, and Indefinite Pronouns (Lesson 66) 37. Business Letters (Lesson 67) 38. Possessive, Demonstrative, Indefinite, and Interrogative Pronouns (Lesson 68) 39. Relative Pronouns (Lesson 69) 40. Using Relative Pronouns (Lesson 70) Chapter 7 41. Using Capital Letters (Lesson 73) 42. More Capital Letters (Lesson 74) 43. Capital Letters in Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives (Lesson 74) 44. End Punctuation (Lesson 76) 45. Direct and Indirect Quotations (Lesson 78) 46. Using Dialogue in Stories (Lesson 79) 47. More Practice With Direct Quotations (Lesson 80) 48. Using Commas in Sentences (Lesson 83) 49. More Practice With Commas (Lesson 84) 50. Apostrophes (Lesson 86) 51. Hyphens, Colons, and Semicolons (Lesson 87) Chapter 8 52. Adjectives (Lesson 89) 53. Predicate Adjectives (Lesson 90) 54. Diagraming Adjectives and Using Appositive Adjectives (Lesson 91) 55. Original, Fresh Adjectives (Lesson 92) 56. Forms of Comparison for Adjectives (Lesson 94) 57. Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives (Lesson 95) 58. Exact Words in Descriptions (Lesson 96) 59. Adjective Clauses (Lesson 97) 60. Diagraming Adjective Clauses (Lesson 98) Chapter 9 61. Adverbs (Lesson 101) 62. Adverbs of Degree (Lesson 102) 63. Diagraming Adverbs of Degree (Lesson 103) 64. Rhythm in Poetry (Lesson 104) 65. Forms of Comparison for Adverbs (Lesson 105) 66. Good, Well, and Negative Words (Lesson 106) 67. Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs (Lesson 107) 68. Rhyme in Poetry (Lesson 108) 69. Distinguishing Adverbs and Adjectives (Lesson 109) 70. Adverb Clauses (Lesson 111) 71. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences (Lesson 113) Chapter 10 72. Prepositions (Lesson 115) 73. Using Prepositions Correctly (Lesson 116) 74. Coordinating Conjunctions (Lesson 118) 75. Subordinating Conjunctions (Lesson 119) 76. Avoiding Misplaced Phrases and Clauses (Lesson 120) 77. Interjections (Lesson 122) 78. Review of the Parts of Speech (Lesson 123) Chapter 11 79. Dictionary Practice (Lesson 125) 80. More Dictionary Practice (Lesson 126) 81. Sentence Variety in Paragraphs (Lesson 128) 82. Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms (Lesson 129)

I like *MY* meatloaf, but not anyone else's. (My apologies to anyone who is offended by that.) I don't eat anybody's meatloaf cold though, including my own, and I'm not eating it in a sandwich, whether hot or cold. I'll share my recipe if anyone is interested. I don't want to type it all out if no one's going to look at it. :tongue_smilie:

I think books 1-3 are fine for ages 5-11, and 4-7 are appropriate for ages 12 & up. We did not allow them at all until our dc were teens, and then we read them aloud together as a family and discussed them.

Same here!

These look wonderful, but I'm actually looking for a book my student can take home to read. (I'm teaching a friend's child in addition to my own.)