Michelle in MO
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I say it's no ones business except the Duggars and God.
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I usually don't make it my business to pass judgment on the number of children other families have, whether it be one or a dozen. I don't know very much about the Duggar's, but I'd rather not speculate about the cause of this premature birth. I have a very good friend who had her daughters spaced three years apart, and despite all precautions, both of them were preemies. Both are doing fine now. :)
I think it's best to just pray for the family and the newborn.
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I wouldn't buy into this theory, either. I always taught my girls with a variety of methods, but I was well aware that they had definite learning styles: all three of them were strong visual learners. Yes, we used different approaches that would appeal to different types of learning, all of which would reinforce their learning. I am definitely a visual learner myself. Since we homeschooled for seven years, I'm also very aware of the way they learn in general.
I would be hard-pressed to believe this study.
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:grouphug: Ellen. I'm so sorry for your loss. I know what it's like to lose a parent; that kind of loss is never easy. I will be praying for you.
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My Viking sewing machine didn't have a foot pedal, either. It was odd at first, but I quickly got used to it.
My machine had a bar that slipped into the machine, and it was operated with my right knee by pressing against the bar. I don't know how a push button would work, though.
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That is wonderful! What a relief---and what a wonderful birthday gift!
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Has anyone used the Composition in the Classical Tradition by Frank J. D'Angelo? My 12th grader would like to tackle a progymnasmata type writing course. I read a bit about it and it looks like you're guided through various writing assignments.
If you've used this, I'd love to have a review...
If not, I'd love to have your ideas for a student led book to write/do. My dad is willing to help with this, and it an author by trade. (and college/seminary prof)
Suggestions??
Thanks!!
Carrie :D
I own D'Angelo's book, but only used it a little bit, for the progymnasmata courses (scroll down to the lower right-hand corner of the page) which my two older girls took with Cindy Marsch of Writing Assessment Services. The courses were great; Cindy Marsch comes highly recommended by SWB, I believe, as well as a number of other classical educators. She is everything that I wish other writing instructors were: she corrects poor grammar (without being harsh), she tries to help the kids think logically through their papers, and she keeps them focused on the goals of the assignments
My girls took one course at the Beginning level of the progymnasmata courses, and two courses at the Intermediate level. When we took the courses (which was over two years ago) each course lasted about a month. The website has changed slightly, but it used to say that at the Intermediate and Advanced levels of the progym., some students might need more than one session in which to complete the course, which is why my girls took two sessions to complete the Intermediate level.
I highly recommend these, and I bought D'Angelo's book to help me guide them through one or two of their compositions, although I wouldn't say that the book was essential in order to successfully complete the assignments.
HTH!
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If your child has done well on other standardized tests, he may do better on the PSAT, too. However, remember that other standardized tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, and the CAT-9, are tests that score all students, not just college-bound students. So, the standard for the PSAT may be higher. I know with the Stanford and the ITBS my girls did well, but they were being scored against all other public and private-schooled kids who took the same test. However, my oldest did very well on the PSAT--not National Merit Semifinalist, but a Commended Scholar instead.
The wait can be agonizing, can't it? :)
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This one may vary from archdiocese to archdiocese. Our family isn't Catholic, but we enrolled our three girls in a Catholic school at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. The school did not require an entrance exam, and the guidance counselor was extremely helpful.
What I did do was provide the school with a transcript which I worked on at home, plus copies of all the standardized achievement tests which they had taken (either the Stanford Achievement Test or the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, depending on which test was available that particular year). Also, my oldest had taken both the PSAT and ACT as a sophomore, and I provided the school with those scores as well. In addition, although the school didn't require it, I typed up a document of coursework and books we had covered in the seven years that we homeschooled. This ended up to be about a 15-page document for each girl! The school didn't require it, but I felt like it might be a good idea to have that information on hand.
My recommendation would be to contact the local Catholic school or the archdiocese in which the school is located and ask them for more information about the exam, because the requirement for such an entrance exam may vary from one archdiocese to another. I know that we didn't have to take the exam, but I did make sure that I supplied the school with ample documentation of what we had done at home.
Hope this helps!
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Couldn't have said it better myself, Jane! Thanks to all of you wonderful ladies! Like Jane and Blue Hen and others, I'm facing the college application process right now with my oldest, and I'm finding it a minefield of surprises at times. I hope to get started on the financial aid/merit scholarship forms today for two of the schools she's applying towards (gulp!) and the infamous CSS.
I'm thankful we all have this place to vent, cry on each other's shoulders, and get encouragement. You all are wonderful (or, in my native Minnesota, "You guys are great")!
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Remember, you get what you pay for. These lower priced, bottom end machines are typically made with plastic parts and don't last a hugely long time.
Kenmore is a Sears label, not a brand. Meaning, when you get a Kenmore, you could be getting a cheap Singer, or some other brand.
My suggestion is to skip the cheap sales that always show up this time of year and go to either a Bernina, Pfaff, Viking or Brother/Babylock, or Janome dealer and try out one of their used machines. You can get a nice, mid-line machine at a good price and I think your dd will be happier with it than with one of the super-low priced ones. :001_smile:
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I owned an older-model Viking, which I loved, but gave it away eventually and bought a Bernina. A Bernina (or a Viking, or Pfaff, etc.) will work like a Swiss clock. I don't know if there are any sales, but it's worth a try, for a better machine.
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A lot of stores have good deals online that day; I'm not sure about Amazon, though.
Honestly, I really dislike shopping in stores, and I try to avoid Black Friday at any store as much as possible! I think it was just last year that some poor Wal-Mart worker was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart store on Black Friday because masses of people were pressing against the door, trying to get in.
There are just way too many people at the stores on that day for me to venture forth. If I do any shopping, it'll be online. I would just check around at your favorite stores, because many of them should be advertising online specials this week.
Good luck! :)
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Grateful hugs here, Jane!
We sat down together with the book and figured this out. I don't remember anything about sine, cosine, or tangent, but she said that simplifying the problems was supposed to be similar to simplifying an algebraic expression. So, I re-worked the problem using cos^2x = a and cot^2x = b, we got, simply:
ab + a = a(b+1)
Once she saw the term factored out, she was able to solve the rest of the problem.
I've been out of the homeschooling loop too long!
Thank you for your help, Jane! It worked out!
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My oldest is taking trig/precalculus this year, and is having difficulty with this problem.
The book is Larson & Hostetler Algebra & Trigonometry, 7th Edition.
The problem is from the Chapter 7 Review Exercises, p. 582, Problem #17; it's a problem dealing with simplifying trigonometric equations:
cos^2x + cos^2xcot^2x
The answer key at the back of the book says the answer is cot^2x. She keeps getting 1.
It's been so long since I've had trig., and the last math I've done with her was Algebra 2, which was 2 years ago. Can someone help?
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From your description, I immediately thought about Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing by Edgar V. Roberts. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Literature-Introduction-Reading-Writing-8th/dp/0131732781/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0
Beth, I have another book by Roberts, Writing Themes About Literature, the 6th edition. If your resource has info. on literary devices, it will be a tremendous help! Thanks---I'll look into this!
Glossary of Literary Termshttp://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
Virtual Salt: Glossary of Literary Terms
Lori, my thanks to you as well! I've used the link from the University of Kentucky several times for my Latin studies, but was not aware of the other two. I tried a Google search on literary devices, but needed more than what was provided through the University of Kentucky (i.e., in terms of more American or English usage of literary terms and devices); these other links that you have provided will be a tremendous help!
Thank you both---I knew I could get some help here!
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I need to purchase a really good, thorough resource which would describe and give examples for all kinds of literary devices, grammatical structures, and rhetorical techniques, both for prose and poetry. It could be a "dictionary" of sorts, one which would give examples for literary devices like repetition, parallelism, synechdoche, etc.
Can any one give me their best recommendations? I will be needing this more in months to come!
Thanks in advance! :)
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Thank you, veterans, for all the sacrifices you have made on behalf of our country!
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"Dove" is American usage, a fairly recent linguistic development, and not (in my opinion) appropriate for formal writing. "Dived" would be correct, from this writer/editor's perspective, in anything other than speech or informal writing (such as blogging or forums). "Lit" is perfectly fine and interchangeable with "lighted," while "speeded" and "sped" are considered by some to both be appropriate, but in different situations.
According to Webster's, dove is a perfectly acceptable principal part of the verb dive, and although it may be more American in usage, from this article in Webster's it is also used fairly commonly in speech, both in Canada and various parts of England. The article states that dived is more appropriate in writing. Essentially, the usage is variable in speech and is not necessarily restricted to spoken American English.
This is from Webster's:
Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense, especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the U.S. dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing.
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I have noticed in some books the use of "ed" for past tense on verbs I would normally not use that way. Examples:
"She lighted the candles."
"He speeded down the hall."
"The fish dived down in the ocean."
I thought is was lit, sped, and dove. Can someone example it to me?
I've used "lighted" before in that context, but "speeded" and "dived" don't sound correct to me; in both of those sentences I would definitely use "sped" and "dove".
What is the source for these sentences?
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Ds20 is threatening suicide. He is still distraught over the girl who doesn't want to see him at all. He wrote her a letter (I saw it, and it was under the guidance of his therapist) and did not receive a reply.
We are trying to reach him on the phone, but he's probably gone to dinner. Pls pray for his safety and for his healing.
Chris, I will definitely pray, but I urge you to try to locate your son. Try to reach his friends, go to his apartment or dorm room, or do whatever you need to do, but try to find him and help him to get started on that path to healing by finding a good counselor or psychiatrist. I don't want to frighten you, but please----try to locate your son right away.
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Also, I wouldn't pigeonhole her as a "writer" at this point in her life. At 14, my DD was going to be a writer and an artist. At age 20, she's graduating with a BA in mathematics. LOL!! So, balance her writing with a broad classical education that gives her *content* to write. Have her read and write critically. Since writing is her gift, let her write a lot, but also have her write about math, about science, about history and about hobbies.
and to what others are saying: Have her do lots and lots of grammar, lots of reading, especially the Great Books, and give her a broad classical education so that she has something about which to write. Some of the best writers may or may not have a degree in English. For example, I've read most or all of Jon Krakauer's books, and his undergraduate degree was in Environmental Studies. Lauren Hillebrand, the author of Seabiscuit, majored in English and history, I believe. I think your daughter will benefit most from a classical education, with emphasis on English and writing, and finding a niche to pursue. Just living life and pursuing her interests will help shape that content. Krakauer wrote for Outside magazine and Hillebrand wrote for Equus before they wrote their best-selling books.
Susan Wise Bauer started a thread a while ago about English majors and whether or not that was helpful in pursuing a career as a writer. I thought it had some excellent information and ideas; here it is!
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My son has to write a paper for his community college history class answering both in the affirmative and the negative about the Boston Massacre. He's having trouble locating sources. Any clues about where to find articles about this? The highly-touted Research Gateway (I like to call it the Mystery Portal!) is givin' us nuthin'.
It's due Monday. :confused:
If you have any clues about how / where to search, please let me know!
Thanks.
Nicole, if I remember correctly (from McCollough's John Adams), I believe that Adams defended the British soldiers who fired upon the crowd, and the soldiers were found not guilty. I do recommend reading that section of the book--and the whole book, when you have time! :D It should be toward the beginning, I believe.
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Thanks, that's helpful. But honestly, do those scores seem low? In KS the qualifying score is about 212. That divided by 5 sections is about 43 points per section. For a score range of 20 to 80 per section, that seems to imply that about half move on to Semifinalist status? Somebody straighten me out here, that just doesn't seem correct...
Thanks for the link, anyway, ds took it as a sophomore so it is just for practice, but we are curious nonetheless!
Actually, very few move on to semi-finalist status, fewer move on to become National Merit finalists. I'm guessing the kids who score around 230 or so (out of 240) are the ones who actually become National Merit finalists. But, that's just my guess.
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What kind of score is considered to be in the NM semifinalist range? Anyone know? I couldn't find it on the College Board web site.
This is not from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website, so it may or may not be official. This is for semi-finalists; from that selection, finalists are chosen.
I would try browsing around the official website for the National Merit Scholarship Corporation; however, I tried and was not able to locate any official cutoff scores from that.
Has anyone here tried The Teaching Company's Algebra 1 Course?
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Instead of the Teaching Company for an Algebra I review, have you checked Chalkdust? They would be more pricey than the Teaching Company, but it would be a very thorough review, and the teacher is excellent. You don't have to buy the whole set, which includes the textbook, the DVD's, plus the support for the text. I can't find the right page, but there is a way to order just the DVD's.
Just a thought. I like the Teaching Company for many things, but I have the older version of Algebra I (haven't seen the new one, so perhaps that's an improvement), but we did not glean much from the set.