Considering it was MIT and they have what, 100 apps for every opening? That is tough competition. I think that is a stretch for everyone no matter what the test scores are. Is she upset?

Too funny!!!

I remember you from the SL boards. Yep, there is a wealth of information here for classical and non-classical homeschoolers.

But I use Mailwasher (the free version) and have for years. http://www.mailwasher.net/ Check it out. You start it and it checks the mail on the server and deletes it off the server without being downloaded onto your computer (where most spam folders are). You can even bounce emails so it make it look like yours is not a valid address. I get tons of spam because I have an email address that is on a website (my choice) and that is where the little bots the troll the internet get it from. Hope this helps.

Russell's on Thacher and North Ave. in Elwood Park, IL. My fave since I was a year old and that was 52 years ago.

Once you start hanging around a particular board, people start to know the screennames. To me, I know certain people who almost always have wisdom or a pov that I respect and it won't make any difference what their rep is. I did this in my own mind on the old boards. For example, I hang out mostly on the high school board. There are quite a few of us who have been around for quite a while (for me, 8 years) so we kind of "know" each other, what our kids have gone through, where they are, etc. Some don't even post often but have worthwhile comments or suggestions. Am I going to give them rep every time I read one of their posts? No. And I don't expect any when I post. What may be something to rep from one person isn't necessarily what someone else would rep. JMHO.

On certain dates every year you can pay an extra $12 or $14 to get her answers, the correct answers and a test booklet in the mail. It will be sometime in August but you can use them to find any weak areas that could use some review. That along with the Real ACT book, are what we did. JMHO.

No because I usually only post when I have something else to add. Occasionally, I will add a ditto or a me too but only for those things I feel strongly about. When people ask for prayers, I don't post that I am praying, I just do it. I don't really like carrying on conversations on a forum either. Think if it as a party. Some people talk a lot, some a little and some not at all.

In Chinatown in LA. A group of us went with a friend who is native of China and he insisted we try everything. They were having lobster wars that night and we ended up only paying about $100 for 8 of us to eat and that included 5 lobsters. I probably ate more weird stuff the next morning when he took us to DimSum (sp?). The menu was in Chinese and he ordered everything.

You say she is in ps now but done part of TT and Lial's. If she is in school now, what math is she in? And when are you going to do Foerster's? :confused: Our local high school requires an A in regular or an A or B in honors Alg. II to take precalc. (If you are really math minded, you can test out and go directly into AP Calc). I don't know what the content of the NC exam is to help there. Hope this helps.

Are you teaching the honors precalc or is this going to be taken somewhere else? Which text will be used? If elsewhere, can you talk with the teacher to find out if trig is needed? Or what was covered in the honors Alg. II? I can tell you that my ds took the regular (no honors offered) precalc at the local high school and he definitely needed to have trig before that class. Trig was taught in both the regular and honors Alg. II. I talked with the teacher prior to signing him up to decide which chapters I needed to cover in Foerster's and did all but 11&12. This teacher was big into proofs and also taught AP Calc and is a reader for the AP Exam. I guess it depends on a lot of other things as to how much you need to do.

Did you have Insight? Ours just switched from Insight to Comcast and the cable rates went up. We use verizon DSL for internet.

We built in a subdivision that was a forest near an old creek bed. 200-400 year old white oaks are all around. Pros - Cooler in summer - the people up the street turn their air on a good month before we do and keep it running longer in fall. Blocks some wind in winter - which can make the house feel less drafty. Pretty in 3 seasons - spring, summer, fall Attracts wildlife as mentioned before. Leaves in fall are fun to play in for kids. Cons - Leaves Branches falling - sometimes not even in a storm, just wind. Leaves Trees that die and have to be cut down can be expensive if very large or near the house. Our neighbor had a 200+ yo oak die and it was $6000 to cut it down. They had to piece it down because the branches went way over their house, and one people on the other side's house. Leaves. Can't grow grass well or a garden because of less sunlight. Did I say leaves?

Another one who does this.

We have the hard stuff in a cabinet in the bar. Beer is in the frig right next to it. My wine is upstairs in the frig. We have never locked it. My oldest is very against drinking (where he got that from I'll never know :D) and the friends he has had over are all the non-drinking ones. The younger one, now, I'll keep an eye on him. He is much different and his friends might be the kind to try it. My neighbors did have locks put on their liquor cabinet since they knew their kids would drink it. I guess you just have to know your kids and their friends as to the path you take. We don't have a frig in our garage but even if we did, we never leave the door open. My parents never locked anything up. My brother would drink vodka and then put water into the bottle to make it seem like nothing was gone. Until my dad went to use it and figured it out. LOL!!! Us baby boomers know just about every trick in the book since our parents were clueless. I keep telling my kids that and they do believe me because I can tell them stories.........................

As ds got older, I found myself much like you. I didn't feel like I could start a huge project but those little ones seem to be worse when interrupted. I floundered quite a bit the last two years he was home. I did more cleaning. One room a day type thing. Vacuum and dust throughly, behind furniture, baseboards, etc. Bathrooms were scrubbed down. I went through closets. I did manage to paint a couple rooms. I made phone calls. I spent time online in several different forum communities I am in. I planned my schoolwork that would need me around in a chunk so I could go meet friends for lunch or do errands. Even so, I felt like I had to be home just in case. When ds went to college two years ago, I was kind of lost and didn't do much of anything. This year, I have been much more productive with my time (even though I spend way to much time reading the boards). Your dd went off this year and thngs were different. When your ds goes off to college next year, it will be different again. You are slowly changing seasons in your life and it takes a while. Kind of like what they say when a child is pulled out of school, deschool them. We kind of go through that as they get older and more independent. Not a lot of help here but I know what you are talking about.

Ds#1 took it a couple years ago when he had the flu. He thinks it helped.

Illinois. No reporting. No testing. No filing. No record keeping. No anything. We are private schools according to the state code.

I use Mailwasher Free and have for years. http://www.mailwasher.net/

The oldest was pulled out of ps at the end of 6th grade and hsed through high school. The younger one stayed in ps. They are very different children and they knew (and know) it. What was good for one was not good for the other. The younger one was not jealous of the time I spent with the older one. The older one still saw friends from ps and he didn't feel like he was missing anything from what he was told. The younger one has no desired to stay home and still is in ps, however, he knows that if he ever wants to come home, he can. I would love to hs him. The older one is very glad he was hsed. You don't need to celebrate or minimize the difference, just acknowledge they are different children with different needs. If they are fine with it, then don't stress over it. Hope this helps a little.

I didn't have any trouble. Clear your cookes and history?

But I can tell you that option does not meet the color requirement. Unless, the newer edition of Jacob's geometry has color. The 2nd edition which we used does not. Did you try getting them through interlibrary loan? I looked at Foerster's that way.

You hit the nail on the head with the fact that he is visual and not auditory. That was my oldest's problem. Took me till 6th grade to figure out why he didn't get stuff that wasn't in a textbook. He is very much a print/visual learner. Finally, once I pulled him out and got him going with books/texts, he was so happy. He even was afraid I was going to lecture him. That said, we did spend time from 7th grade on having him take notes when watching a video or when he went to places that had speakers. It was a skill that he had to learn for college. So, you can wait if he still likes seeing his friends and the other parts of school. If you wait, don't stress about him not "doing well". Explain to him that he will be hsed next year and you have to spend this time learning about it. If you pull him, ask him what he wants to learn about. Ask him for help when looking at curriculum. He might know more than you think. Good luck.

I said I suffer through it. How else would I know what triggers them.:D:D:D I have a glass (or two) of wine then go outside when they start to cool off.

They are not hot flashes, they are power surges. Alcohol makes them worse - one sip and they are triggered for me. So does caffene. And sugar. Sorry I can't be more help. I just suffer through them.