Thanks, feedback is always helpful. Once she starts, I'll tell her that some of the other students will have already taken an easier geometry class. I know my geometry class had been much easier. I'll mention the whisper option to her. I have zero idea what that is. Here in Texas it is easy to explain to people why we school round. "August is a good time to stay inside and get lots of schoolwork done, and October is a great time to be outside."

I know this is a super-old thread, but I thought I'd add this here for people doing a search. Most of the set is available on Audible Plus (so no credits used) 1-15 and 18 are available. I think most of the remaining I can get from my library's overdrive account. They're audiobooks, so the kid can get through them easier.

I thought I'd start a review of Geometry. I say ongoing because the class doesn't officially start for a couple of weeks, so I'll update as we go along. We school year-round with breaks throughout the year as needed or when my parents miss her too much. So, once something ends, we start on the next. DD just finished the Algrebra 1 book. I think it is called Intro to Algebra. So I had her start on the Geometry book, and the alumnus. I want her to be ahead on that aspect when the class start to give her to leeway when she goes to camp grandparents. This is first class with AOPS. The only other official online class she'd completed is FundaFunda programming. I thought it was neat that the alumnus had the due dates by each lesson.

I always want to know the end of stories. So, this was the result. DH is genuinely going to make sure Physics gets done. Having this as an option made the conversation go so much better. I suspect this is typical in marriages. Before we had this conversation multiple times: Me, "Honey, you really need to do Physics with daughter." DH, "(in put-upon voice) Yeah, yeah, I'll do better." This time: Me, "Don't get defensive. I have a solution. Since Physics isn't getting done, why don't we enroll daughter in the AOPS Physics class?" Then I proceeded to tell him about the class, and the timing problems. DH, "How much will that cost? ... OK, I'll get it done." I believe him this time, where I never believed him before. But it is an option.

"build their foundation in physics thinking" I do like that idea. Only snag is that the next Intro to Physics class is at the exact same time as her Geometry class. So, she'd have to wait until the one after that.

Thank you. Easy and Fun sounds like a good into. I was thinking the Mechanics course after that.

We have a 9th grader and I'm considering AOPS Physics online classes (both of them). DH should be teaching her Physics, but it isn't getting done. We adore the AOPS Math, and DD is finishing up their Intro to Algebra book, and will be taking the online Intro to Geometry online starting in Oct. I thought we'd wait until DD hits a groove with Geometry and then sign her up for the first (12-week) Physics class. In the past she did the Funda-Funda Python, and is doing the Self-Paced Computer Applications class now Anyone's kids take that class? Opinions?

Those external CD drives are pretty cheap. Buy one that comes with a power cord the ones that use the powered USB are flaky in my experience.

Yes, I think it is really bone structure and face shape that makes a difference. I have a large head, prominent cheek bones, square jaw and big bones to the point that finding bracelets that fit is hard. Any haircut shoulder length or less, and I look butch. I also need a decent amount of hair framing my face for balance, so a pony tail isn't flattering. I also think it is a mistake to pick a haircut based on a hair model photo. That isn't what the hair looks like when you wake up in the morning.

This is what I want to aim for. For me it was that horror moment when watching the towers, hearing thinking it was just a horrible accident, and then the second plane.

So, what do you guys use to teach your kids about 9/11? I was just listening to the latest Verdict podcast about the terrorist scum being given a plea deal. They talked about their experience of 9/11, and I ended up weeping. I realized that we haven't really taught DD anything about that, and it isn't in any of her curriculum. I was born in '70 and I was taught bupkis about Vietnam. I think 9/11 falls into the same hole for my daughter. Recent enough to be super-duper important, but too recent to be in any history curriculum. It might be that she's in year 1 of the high school cycle, and we just haven't gotten there yet. DD is pretty sensitive (wonder where she gets that from? I am still tearing up. It was the tough woman asking her husband what to do.) So, we've tried to balance giving her a complete education without traumatizing her. I'd hope that by now there would be something good that gives her the full facts and depth. ETA: DH and I were adults on 9/11.

I think it was during Carter with the gas shortages, and gas costs. I just looked at https://www.gasbuddy.com/usa and New Jersey was the 18th cheapest in states by gas prices. States with 'special' gas laws have corresponding higher gas prices, so they're at the bottom of the list.

I am NOT comparing any sorority to a prison. I remember reading Miss Manners pointing out that there are etiquette rules in prison, and that violating them could have dire health consequences. They are different etiquette rules depending on the situation. I suspect that the Ole Miss rules are closer to English royalty than prison, but still some differences. What we think of as 'etiquette' is just people aping what the upper-class is thought to do.

I assume that the law is just saying that people will be allowed to pump their own gas. Seems to me that people really want someone to pump their gas, then some stations will stay full-service (and charge more for the service). Then everyone's happy. I wouldn't pay the money, but then don't buy the higher octane either and obviously some people do.

Oh, I'd have neve said anything to the employee. I was there for a work and I was talking to the main person I was working with. We'd reached the casual somewhat-friend level.

Yes I know how. I can't imagine people flipping out about that (although I believe you). It drove me batty when I had to work in Oregon. I'd have a rental car that needed to be filled up before it was returned and because of the law of needing an attendant, there wasn't a 24/7 station at least near the airport. So, I couldn't do what I did everywhere else and just fill it up on the way to the airport. Fortunately my employer didn't fuss about the excessive price for gas by Hertz. I asked about that and was told that it was because it isn't safe to pump gas. I said, "So then you have someone do it all day?"

"Wow. Did you mean to say that out loud?' I think something needs to be said, but something that doesn't require a response. A response will make them get defensive and double-down on their comment.

The Texas exurb where I live now, had the schools taken over by the state shortly before we moved here. The teachers and administrators hate it because it is basically saying, "You really really really screwed up." Parents and students liked it. What happened in our school district was that everyone was auto-fired. Then they had job interviews and most teachers and staff went back to working where they were before. Dead wood and bad apples weren't rehired. Because of the public school problems it has made this area really awesome to homeschool. Many accidental homeschoolers that fled the bad schools decided they liked homeschooling, so this area has a much higher percentage of homeschoolers. The schools didn't have a discipline problem, just an academic one. I also taught in a high school that had been in the takeover status. Poor area and I think 86% of the kids were illegal aliens, and 97% on the school lunch/breakfast program. As a teacher, it was awesome. Because of the takeover, there was plenty of money for books, photocopying, etc. The kids were great and since it was high school everyone's English was great.

Well, no one has any suggestions, but I do think Plus will help me put together a Literature class. A little background on us. Both of us parents could maybe be described as having a reading problem. I am convinced that we have more books than the local small town library, and that is with us actively trying to NOT buy books. DD had dyslexia. Notice the past tense. The most common reason can actually be cured with therapy. If the problem is that the eyes don't put the images together and you get two versions of the text blurred together, they can fix that. Therapy isn't cheap. So, DD found reading tiring and overall horrible, which as you can imagine was a shock to us parents. Even after the therapy and she said reading was 'fine', she didn't dive in right away. (She has now) She loves audiobooks and it was an easy transition from mommy reading to her when she was small, to listening to a book together (Mommies voice gives out). She is signed up for that audio program for people with reading problems. Listening Library? She finished therapy maybe 8 months ago. Starting about 4 months ago she fell in love with my kindle when she discovered that she could download and read graphic novels from the library. So, she's been reading the graphic novels and I've noticed she's been reading regular books too. She does like to check-out books from the library, but the big one is a drive away and close one is often closed. The love-reading thing is new and I don't want to rock that boat. So, my plan is to use Audible Plus to make a literature class. I thought I'd start with their short story collections. I've been listening to them to try them out. Seems like a good way to get a good sampling of a ton of authors and styles, without resorting to abridged (ick).

I had a deep, extended thought about that a few months ago. I realized that my life would be empty and I'd have been miserable if I'd gotten everything I'd wanted. So, I started to add "They will be done" to my prayers.

It doesn't (shouldn't) cost you anything. They get a kick-back from the cruise. I've been enjoying Cruisecritic lately since we have our first cruise booked. I'd expand what someone said earlier. You want to pick a cabin where there is another cabin above/below/left/right/across from yours. For example, if you are across from something that isn't labeled, it might be a crew cleaning supply closet and you'd awake to the sounds of the door banging as the cleaning crew got supplies. You also don't want to be in a connecting cabin unless those are your peeps. You also don't want to pick a cruise immediately before a dry dock, because they've started early during the last cruise and you'd get to hear the noise. You also don't want to pick a cruise immediately after a dry dock because it might run long and your cruise would be cancelled. There are also some cruises/times you don't want to pick. For example, in January I read about people being very upset to discover that they unknowingly booked a Yeshiva cruise. The problem was that several venues were closed off to them because they were reserved for those that bought the Kosher package.

I do often prefer the Disney-ified version. I remember reading that they couldn't have whats-her-face that played Mary Poppins be horrible, like she is in the books. Hercules being being Hera's child instead of child of rape is better too.

What is your favorite homeschooling audible plus books? DD is just starting 9th grade and is 12. We are going on a cruise in some months and part of that will be an excursion to the Chacchoben Ruin. So I thought it would be an excellent time to include Mayans. Audible Plus seems to have an awesome book on the Mayans in Audible Plus. That got me thinking, what else might be good on Plus? Have you guys found any hits lately? There has to be others like that and I'm just not finding them. We have access to Kanopy, and they seem to have enough Great Courses to keep us content on that front. For me, I've been tickled pink with the Thomas Sowell books even when I don't like the narrator.

This is why DH prefers to use a dryer for his clothes. My skin is too sensitive for fabric sensitive.

I have the washing machine next to my closet and an opening between with a rod going from next to the washing machine, into the closet. So, for all our clothes, I hang them on hangers straight from the washer and space them out so they can dry. When our clothes are dry I just push them into the closet. There is a low rod. That is used for empty hangers. I also hang DD's clothes there. I've also heard of the idea of a Family Closet for large families. A bedroom is designated as the family closet. Everyone's clothes are in there as well as the washer and dryer and etc. for clothes. People don't change clothes in there, they just grab their clothes and take them back to their bedrooms.