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wendyroo last won the day on May 23 2013

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  1. I do ours (uncomplicated) with TurboTax. It used to be a bigger headache when I used to let DH help. Even back then we used TurboTax, but DH would fret about every little thing. It would ask if either of us were in the military, the answer is a resounding "no", but DH would question: well, he does some contract work for the military through his employer...do I think we have to count that??? NO!! This is not a hard question; click the button and move on!! It used to take hours and hours and hours. Now Turbo Tax autofills almost everything, I click through that nothing has changed, and I'm done with both federal and state in 30-45 minutes.
  2. You could try a small cup, or sippy cup with the valve removed so he doesn't have to suck on it.
  3. Our local high school is separated into a 9th grade building and a 10-12th grade building. At the 9th grade building, the rule is a pretty strict "If we see it or hear it in class, we take it". Every teacher has a supply of zip lock bags. If they "take" a phone, they have the student label the bag with their name and drop their phone into the bag. Bags are delivered to the office where students can pick phones up at the end of the day. This whole process seems time-consuming and disruptive to me. If nothing else, if I was a teacher there, I would have repeat offenders pre-label a stock of bags ahead of time. The rules get much, much less strict when kids move to the upperclassman building. There the rule is much more, "If your phone is causing a disruption, we will ask you to put it away. If you refuse, or cause frequent disruptions, then you will be disciplined in the same ways as for other misbehaviors."
  4. If she has even a little bit of editing experience, and if her goal (or someone's goal) was to manipulate the photo to show a narrative that is not true, then by golly I would not have chosen that background or pose. Literally every element in that photo would make undetected editing harder. The reflective panes of glass, the geometric tiles, the foliage in the background, and all the overlapping hair and limbs and clothing. If their goal was nefarious manipulation, wouldn't they have found a solider, more neutral background and a pose that didn't have everyone draped all over each other?
  5. Not here, or at least not within my social circle. Every homeschooler I chat with chooses (often agonizes over) and teaches from various curricula at home. They often outsource a few things - an Outschool writing class, online Beast Academy, dual enrollment science, etc. - but all carefully chosen individual classes that supplement what they do at home.
  6. To make life harder, our state only allows electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. And prescriptions for controlled substances cannot be transferred between pharmacies, even between branches of CVS if our closest one can't fill one of our scripts but can see that the one down the road has stock. In all of those cases we have to have the doctor rewrite the prescription. So now (annoyingly, but understandably) our psychiatrist's office will not send any scripts unless we call the pharmacy that day and confirm they have stock.
  7. We haven't done any ASU classes yet. I also worry about the quality, but that worry is mitigated by the fact that 1) these would be get 'er done classes that Peter doesn't cares about or actually need much instruction in, and 2) the most we could be out was the $25 registration fee.
  8. I can say that for my kiddo, a DE class in 9th was a very good choice. My DS is very strong academically, and took Astronomy which was a high-interest class. He earned an A+. The other CC students were not academically strong, so it would not have been a good choice for DS for a class that would build toward his probable major (math), but for an elective science it was fine. And it was a good way for DS to learn the ins and outs of college classes without also being a huge academic load. The other students were mostly standard college age...but DS was actually much, much more comfortable in the CC classroom than he currently is in the public high school. DS's 9th grade DE class was a full semester, but the plan is for him to finish out his high school years with a mix of semester-long and 8 week DE classes. The semester long classes will be his high-interest math and science classes taken at local 4 year universities. But all low-interest classes will be taken through ASU to allow him to crank through them as quickly as he wants, and to eliminate the risk of failing due to disinterest or procrastination. He has the added incentive that most of the ASU classes will transfer to the university he is strongly considering (as would the math and science classes he wants to take), so if he grits his teeth and makes it through the dreaded Comp classes in 8 weeks each, then he won't have to take any writing courses ever again.
  9. The drug shortages have been a disaster for my family. I have four kids, with a total of 11 Focalin prescriptions in different dosages...plus 14 other psychotropic med prescriptions. Even in the best of times, when we are able to get 3 month prescriptions for all the meds and multiple refills of all the ones that aren't controlled substances, it is a full time juggling act to make sure we don't run out of any of them. But now never knowing which pharmacy might have stock and having to settle for partial fills that throw off our schedule and negate the rest of the prescription which requires more new scripts to be written...it is a losing battle.
  10. It's not "unhealthy" in the way that skipping doses of blood pressure medication or something like that would be. Meds like Focalin (and Ritalin, Adderall, and other stimulant meds), even the extended release versions, have very short half lives in the body. So the body is always accustomed to significant fluctuations in the drug level in the blood: rising to a high 30-60 minutes after taking each pill, hopefully holding steady-ish for a number of hours, and then starting to drop precipitously. The goal is normally for the last dose of the day to wear off before bedtime, and then the body has more or less no drug level in the blood through the whole night. That means that many people opt to only medicate on school days, skipping weekends and summers...which is absolutely fine if that is a choice you make that works for your child and family, but should not be forced on you by medication shortages. Of course, missing ADHD meds can be "unhealthy" in a holistic sense if that leads to failing grades, car crashes, relationship strains, etc.
  11. My oldest is, sort of, coming back home from ps again for 10th. He was homeschooled K-7, did a virtual hybrid for 8th, was home for the first half of 9th and did a dual enrollment astronomy class, and in public school since the semester break. I think what we have learned through all that is that he likes the classroom environment, but not wasting his time if the class is busywork or filled with rowdy interruptions. He also greatly dislikes densely crowded halls and lunch rooms. So for 10th he is transitioning to full-time dual enrollment. He will take all his core classes at local universities and his electives through the hybrid school (where he will be enrolled part-time, because public school enrollment is the only way to get dual enrollment tuition assistance in this state). Since Peter is not old enough to drive yet, his dual enrollment schedule will significantly effect and change the flow of our days and weeks. 10th Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the college campuses. Due to the other kids' schedules, he will probably end up hanging out and working there for a hunk of time those days. Fall: History of Mathematic, Presentation Techniques, and Statistics Spring: Multivariable Calculus and Spanish 202 Thursdays on the hybrid school campus. Robotics Fun electives with his friends. Tuesdays and Weekends with me, touching base and helping with scheduling and trouble shooting. He also hopes to continue in his Dungeons and Dragons club, and I would like him to start volunteering at the library a few hours a week. 6th Spencer is accelerated in all areas, but spends soooooo much time on music, that everything else gets downplayed a bit. Music, weekly: 2 piano lessons, 1 violin lesson, 1 composition lesson, 1 youth symphony practice, plus two hours of daily practice at home Wondrium's Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery plus Edmentum Geometry required by the hybrid Alcumus just to make sure his algebra is deep and rock solid Bookshark American History and Science with his younger sister to simplify our schedule. Realistically, most of their history and science learning comes through life: free choice books, camps, documentaries, museums, discussions, etc. All About Spelling 6 if we get around to it, but he is a very natural speller. Lantern English - he is now a master of the 5-6 paragraph essay, so I want him to take their Growing the Essay classes next year. Spanish 2 in an immersion classes Extras: Ninja classes plus on-campus electives at the virtual school, he is hoping for ceramics, cardio drumming, escape room and orienteering 3rd Bookshark American History and Science Spelling U See because she is really, really not a natural speller Lantern English - learning to write different types of compositions Math Mammoth 5 or Singapore 5, plus Hands on Equations Spanish Immersion Class which includes art, culture and music and movement Extras: Gymnastics, dance, skating, rock climbing, soccer, scouts, plus on-campus electives at the virtual school, she is hoping for cardio drumming, orienteering, zoo school, and something else cool Lots of volunteering at the Humane Society
  12. Peter will be in tenth next year. After a brief foray to the public school, he has decided to rejoin the hybrid school in the fall and do all of his core classes through dual enrollment. Fall: History of Mathematics DE, full semester, in person Presentation Techniques DE, 8 weeks, online Statistics DE, 8 weeks, online Literature at home, light Robotics through the hybrid, light Fun Electives through the hybrid, with friends in person Dungeons and Dragons Club Spring: Multivariable Calculus DE, full semester, in person Spanish 202 DE, full semester, in person Literature at home, light Robotics through the hybrid, light Fun Electives through the hybrid, with friends in person Dungeons and Dragons Club
  13. I can commiserate with a lot of this. It has never been particularly fun for me. It has always been very stressful. But for me, despite that, it has been the right answer for most of my kids. At this point I have sent two kids to public school. In one case, it was absolutely the right decision, and he is still there 3 years later. It isn't perfect, but it is somewhat better for him and WAY better for the rest of us. In the other case, it was probably the right decision in the short term while we regrouped and came up with a new plan, but he will only be staying for one semester before moving to full time dual enrollment. I don't regret sending him to school even though it is not the right place for him long term.
  14. It is a form of exercise class that is all the rage around here. For adults it normally involves energetically drumming on a yoga ball. For the kids they just have them stomping and drumming on the floor in time to music. It is exactly the type of activity I’m glad they are doing there and not here!!
  15. Audrey's 3rd grade year will be a hybrid of virtual public school (so they pay for extra curriculars) and homeschooling (so she actually learns something). It will also be a hybrid of 3rd and 4th (and 5th) grades because she is very asynchronous. ELA and History: Bookshark American History (with her big brother), plus Lantern English and Spelling U See Science: Bookshark Science, plus constant camps and volunteering at the Humane Society Math: Math Mammoth 5, plus Hands on Equations Spanish: Immersion Class which includes art, culture and unit studies Memorization: Anki Extras: Gymnastics, dance, skating, rock climbing, scouts, plus on-campus electives at the virtual school, she is hoping for cardio drumming, orienteering, zoo school, and something else cool
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