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Not to derail the thread but I first read the title as "salty suggestions" as in this definition of salty: (of language or humor) down-to-earth; coarse. LOL. Carry on with your suggestions for greater salt intake!

Thanks for sharing!

Outschool does have a Procreate course: https://outschool.com/classes/mastering-procreate-basics-advanced-combination-course-EM3bb2uF#usYFRL9dir (He also seems to have live classes that are separate--basic procreate and advanced). Let me know where you wind up! We have some interest in this.

Did you look at the CLRC course? (ETA: this must be the one that is cancelled! Bummer!!!) Probably you could see if there is something on Outschool. You could search for classes teaching Procreate or using the tablet you bought. I was looking for something similar for my son, and pulled together a list. CLRC's class was on it (boo!). Here are some things I found (no info on if they are good or not). We never decided on anything. At the moment he is still finishing a Udemy course on Blender (which he doesn't like, but that's another thread). HSLDA Graphic and Web Design https://academy.hslda.org/graphic-web-design 1 semester Outschool Graphic Design 101 https://outschool.com/classes/graphic-design-101-VGQxaFD3#usYFRL9dir 8 weeks Outschool Graphic Design Visual Communications https://outschool.com/classes/graphic-design-visual-communications-GygWOAqU#usYFRL9dir Semester

Is it this one??

One of mine had Holben two years ago for English 1 Lit and Comp - Journeys and Quests. I don't remember any particular problems with her as far as feedback or anything. I think she was pretty gentle. It's a super long story but TPS changed their English sequence the year after we started, so when we started English 2 was a high school level course. I had intended my son to take English 2 in 9th grade so he took WF6 in 7th. Then they reworked it so that English 2 was junior high level. So I think that might have trickled down to make English 1 easier? I can't be sure. Anyway, English 1 felt too easy to me for him as an 8th grader. So, all that to say--I would try for English 2 if you have an 8th grader. It sounds like you might have experience with Mrs. Frederick. We have not yet had her for a teacher. One thing to keep in mind is that if you switch from a comp and lit class to a comp only class there is a placement test. The same happens if you do the reverse. We were kind of caught off guard with that--I thought if we went to comp only we would not need to do a placement.

We completed the program a few years ago and found a bunch of errors also. I did email the company, and that is really your best bet. In our case, I wasn't always 100% sure the key was wrong. There are some old threads here with errata as well, I think, but I had hoped that they would have updated the website. Maybe it's just not all up on the site yet.

We did the parent grading for Physics. It's good to hear that it is easy to follow for grading the math. I hate to say it but the primary reason we did parent grading was that I had a very limited budget. I guess it did help not having any slow downs due to grading time. I did end up learning physics alongside my youngest but that's a long story.

I'm not necessarily recommending this progression, but we did Latin for Children A and B, and then Latin Alive and took the Latin 1 NLE. My oldest took the Latin 2 NLE after finishing Latin Alive 2 and got a perfect paper. Again, not necessarily recommending this progression or this curriculum, but they were definitely prepared.

Thanks everyone! Now here's hoping selling on FB doesn't make me want to pull my hair out.

I have one of those Oregon Scientific smart globes. I probably got it 10 years ago. It still works fine. I struggle sometimes with the idea of maybe I would want something for my grandkids, but a globe might not even be accurate then. What says the Hive?

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/lyons-magnus-expands-voluntary-recall-include-additional-nutritional-and-beverage-products-due?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-reaction-to-the-cdc-guidance

This might not be adding to the conversation but people here have gotten to the point where they don't even check to see what the numbers are. And there is an underlying assumption that since they have had COVID, they won't get it again. There is no apparent concern for long COVID. TexasProud's observation at her cancer center is not how things are here. Masks are still required in all medical settings, including doctor's offices. One thing I am not sure about is if we know for certain that our future variants of COVID will be like Omicron--less risk for severe disease. What happens if we get a variant as contagious as this latest Omicron (e.g. like the measles) but also produces severe disease? Is that possible? What I fear in that scenario is that people won't flex because the CDC has dropped back the requirements--they won't accept new guidelines unless they see massive death like New York in early 2020. There is already so much frustration over uneven messaging. I see this with my husband--CDC cannot change their guidelines based on current conditions--there is no flexibility or understanding that this is novel virus and we are still learning, and it is still mutating, etc.

This doesn't sound like anything that could be based on sound science. It's like they have realized most people have given up and so they just dropped all the precautions. No masks, no distancing, no testing from exposure, plus the beginning of a new school year and parents sending their kids to school sick? What could go wrong? Seriously. I agree with KSera. And I feel terrible for my aunt. It's like she will never be able to go out. 😞

Yeah, pretty much everyone on our trip got sick but some of us got next-level intestinal sick. Traveling with that would be the worst possible experience, especially with a long flight. =(

@Kassia my food poisoning overseas was due to improper storage of raw food (meat, specifically). I guess the Bolivians were just used to it. The ones we ate with didn't get sick at all (it was at a restaurant). We couldn't drink their water (anywhere) either because it made us sick. We took Cipro when we got food poisoning. That was a VERY long time ago. YMMV. But it definitely wasn't a sick for a few hours kind of food poisoning. I still had (ahem) after effects for weeks after.

Ugh. I am so sorry. I can sort of imagine. =(

I got food poisoning in Bolivia. Food poisoning in another country is another level of not fun. So sorry. Just saw your comment about the facilities. I had the same experience when I got it in the mid 90s in Bolivia. The public restrooms required you to pay for tp, and they gave you maybe three squares. So I would be telling the attendant in Spanish with great urgency that I needed much more paper than that. Fun times.

And have a baby? 😃 I'm sorry about your no fun summer. It's hard enough being pregnant when it's hot.

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I have actual high schoolers. 😃 Conceptually I should know this. LOL. That's my plan. Between 120-160 hours is what I am shooting for to give a credit. If I know the kid is pokey (my youngest for example), I would lean toward the larger number of hours. My oldest can crank through stuff so I would probably give him a full credit for 120 hours. My youngest is working through a Udemy course and one thing I have discovered is the number of hours of video does not equal the number of hours for the course because of projects interspersed here and there that have no time estimates attached to them. I think the Unity course had a sort of estimate maybe? Anyway, we're sort of feeling our way along. @WTM did your son prefer the W3 over CodeAcademy or vice versa or ? One of the reasons I am tempted to do the Compuscholar course is for the support you can get, but maybe I am too worried about that.