We used LIal's and did geometry in between, so I've never looked at it with the thought of "could we have done it without". However, I would chime in and agree that you don't need to worry about them forgetting Algebra. Geometry typically uses some algebra, so it won't all disappear, and Lial's does a great job of reviewing each topic as they go. Unlike many programs that do a review at the beginning then jump in, Lial's starts each chapter from the beginning of the concept (an Algebra 1 level lesson) then moves on to apply it in more complex ways. This means a student coming in with holes in their math learning will be able to fill them in and the same goes for holes created by things forgotten during Geometry :)

Lori, If they have access to the original poem, I would completely agree that it should be cited on its own. However, if they only have it as a secondary source, the above is the correct citation method. Having tutored college level writing for a couple of years and currently working on my MA in English lit leaves me pretty comfortable with this too :)

Yes, it absolutely is possible to use AP credits and graduate in four years without overloading. Ds who has multiple disabilities really struggles with 15 credits 12-13 had become his norm. He picks up a class each summer in summer school and brought in some AP, CLEP and DE credits and will graduate next year (in 4 years) with a double major an a minor. 15 hours is a standard load, but as someone else mentioned, it can be a problem if he needs to drop a class or if he has classes that are not the standard 3 hour course. For example, if you have a 1 or 2 credit health/PE type requirement (many colleges do) then he would have to take 16 or 17 hours if all his other classes are 3 hours in order to not fall below 15. The same is true for 4 and 5 hour courses, causing the load to either drop to 13 or 14 hours or go up to 16 or 17. Whether or not it is an issue depends completely on your ds and his ability to handle the load. I have one that would not be able to keep the scholarship under those conditions (thankfully his very large scholarship only requires 12 hours), but Dd's boyfriend has this stipulation and is in the BSN program which varies each semester from 14-17 hours. On the semesters when only 14 hours are required, he has to add a class outside the program. It makes life harder, but he is senior and did what it took to keep the scholarship.

I would refer you to this explanation of how to cite a secondary source: http://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/mla/secondary Basically it comes down to using "qtd. in" at the beginning of your in-text citation. (qtd in author page#) There is no special treatment needed on the works cited page.

I think of geography as the least sciencey of those. I think of human biology as the most useful. I think the choice needs to be based on which one sounds most interesting (or least abhorrent) to him and the descriptions will be more important than the names.

Ds is ASD but swears he is not and will never admit it or use any accommodations. Everyone who meets him knows the truth. It really is that obvious, but like you, there is nothing we can do about this. I feel your pain.

This happened to dd and we were able to sell the book with the code for a much better price than the book alone would have brought - not to the bookstore, but to another student.

Mine too, although he has moved from the dorm to an apartment. My youngest also lives in an on campus apartment after living in the dorm her freshman year. Her school isn't in a great neighborhood and she preferred being on campus with campus security and also within an easy walk to classes.

Thanks for this. Mine actually activated just hours after I complained lol. Ds and Dd's schools had both had theirs up for a week.

Classes start tomorrow for me and Blackboard still says I'm not enrolled in any classes :toetap05: ETA My kids have taken classes at 4 colleges and done online registration at all of them. The only issues have been caused by our lack of understanding of the system, but things have always gone pretty smoothly with no issues like the OP had.

How many aerial studios are there? I am in a mid-size city in the midwest with 4 local universities and there is not one here (I know because my gymnast/acrobat would have loved to have tried it). If they are fairly uncommon, I would start with that list and then look at the college options in those places. Since she doesn't know what she wants to do, I would hesitate to choose a small school, because her options would be limited. However, there are mid-size schools with 5,000-15,000 students that have a good range of majors, but fewer huge classes, and that aren't overwhelming like a college of 20,000+ is for most introverts. I'm going to guess that colleges that hold any interest for her correlated to aerial studios won't be a very long list.

I'm another person who would choose to be an adjunct and am in fact working on my master's right now to that end. I don't want a full-time job or a faculty position. I don't want to have to publish. I like working from home. My dh's job more than meets our families financial needs and provides full benefits. I love teaching and being an adjunct seems like a great fit to me. I get that I'm perpetuating a system that is hard on a lot of people, but it is still what I want to do.

I agree with Sierra, you would have to either significantly cut the class or plan on at least 1.5 hours per day. It was an easy one credit class spread across a year, but would be heavier than I would want for 1/2 credit in one semester. There are a lot of assignments that would be fairly easy to drop - it would just make it less open-and-go for you.

My kids did driversed.com. It doesn't directly prepare for the permit test, but they do have sample permit test questions for each state (or maybe for a list of states).

When our money was really tight, we didn't use a budget, but simply didn't spend. We bought only the absolute necessities. If I had budgeted, I would have spent what I said was available in each category and if a category had an emergency need for more, I wouldn't have had it. I will add that we tracked our spending and looked back on what we spent now and then, so we weren't completely unaware.

Ds took Maya's AP English a few years ago. It was an excellent class. Her messages to the kids were full of real teaching and were interesting and compelling. He was a good writer who got better with Maya and is now an junior double majoring in English and Writing. The workload was heavy, particularly first semester. Maya gave great feedback and really grew her students. I would also point out that Maya's class (at that time at least) didn't have a book list, but the students chose their own reading (outside of the short works they wrote about). They formed book clubs and alternated between fiction and non-fiction reading. The book clubs ds was part of all used Skype to have live meetings and discuss what they were reading. It was an excellent addition and provided the opportunity and flexibility for students who had broad reading backgrounds to still find books they were interested in and hadn't read before.

I just finished an 8-week course in which the teacher posted grades for the first 4 weeks during week 5 and then posted all the rest of the grades the day before grades were due. She gave no feedback beyond "good job" on anything I did. She also messed up the final grades. There was a participation grade and mine was less than 100%, although I had met all the participation requirements. I messaged her and she told me that she knew my participation was perfect, but somehow she came up with less points (total) for everyone than she had marked as possible, but I hadn't missed anything. She blamed herself saying she wasn't good at math, but never changed the grade in blackboard. I had an A, so it didn't matter, but it made a 3% difference in my final grade, and I'm sure for some people that did matter! So far, she is the only worthless teacher I've had lol.

This one was in late January or early February I believe. It was for those who had been offered a particular scholarship as well. While ds had already made a decision, we sat at a table with a girl who was didn't think she would come, but was trying to get more information to make her decision.

We enjoyed accepted student's day at ds's school. They divided the kids up into groups by major (categories, not individual majors: science, business, education, humanities...) and took them away for several hours in which they toured, heard from/talked to professors, etc. Parents went to a couple of presentations the most memorable of which was a Q & A panel which included the freshman coordinator, registrar, someone who could speak to financial questions, a couple of parents, and I don't remember who else. His school had an absolutely amazing freshman experience coordinator, their program was winning national recognition, and she was a highlight, and also answered questions for me a couple of times his freshman year. Getting to know a few of those faces was really very helpful. We were local and it was very worth it. There were people from much further away there, and I don't know if they would have said it was worth it or not.

I have a 2E kid whose IQ and test scores look amazing, but reality for him is that there are parts of college and parts of life that are a struggle. His stats might have appeared otherwise, but he could never have survived in a top tier college and would never have wanted to. I also have a more average kid who really dislikes academics and never wanted to go to competitive college (although nursing programs are all very competitive). Neither of my kids is driven to be the best, to learn the most, to get the research project, to get into the best grad school... the list of wonderful things I hear about other people's kids that mine are interested in is long. I'm happy for those who want those things are are going after them. I'm happy that mine are finding their own way. I wasn't so unlike my kids. I was bright, but unmotivated with no real goals. I just wanted a peaceful, happy life full of family, pets, the outdoors, and books. I got all of that and have been happy and content with it. It think my kids have watched that and want similar lives. Not everyone can be the best. Not everyone that could, wants to. Contentment is underrated.

I would guess that she is supposed to be avoiding those things, but doesn't have the will power to skip the junk food. Your healthy versions are probably outside of the restrictions she is supposed to follow and are far easier for a junk food addict to say no to. I get it. The vast majority of people on diets seem to do this. They say they can't eat X, Y, and Z because they are on whatever diet, but then eat XX & YY because they feel constantly deprived and that amazing whatever is just too good to resist. It is part of the normal diet failure cycle for most people.

You've already gotten a great tutorial, I would just add that it is completely normal for spouses to have different love languages. The key is to learn what the other person's is and be willing to express love in that language, even if it isn't how you want love expressed to you. For example, dh is touch and I am acts of service and quality time. As we spend time, I make sure to touch - lean my head on him, hold his hand, hug him when he comes home from work - any touch makes hime feel connected. My father's love language was gifts. I hate gifts. I mean, I really hate them. I hate to buy them, give them, receive them... the whole thing. As I became an adult, I learned to recognize his gifts (and total lack of any other interaction) were supposed to show me he loved me, and did my best to appreciate them. I also made sure to give him gifts, more than any other adult. I hated every minute of it, but it made him feel loved and that was my goal. Different love languages can be challenging, but if both people will recognize them and work at speaking the other person's love language, it can be overcome.

I'm just amazed that people look at dates on cans :lol: :leaving:

There are very few Christmas candies that have gluten. For GF holidays, stick to candy instead of cookies. Chocolate fudge PB fudge White chocolate fudge Anything GF dipped in chocolate or almond bark (nuts, oranges, candy canes...) Peanut brittle Toffee Divinity Potato candy Carmel Corn (also known as Christmas crack around here!) I think I could do this all day. Cookies are actually very easy to make GF as well. Buy a package of GF flour and make a few small batches of non-roll-out cookies. Snickerdoodles, Chocolate chip, Sugar Cookies that are rolled into balls rather than rolled out and cut. GF dough doesn't hang together great for rolling and forming, but it can work.

This is a great analogy. Steam offers online versions of many games (both single and multiplayer games). They have rock-bottom prices and great sales. I've gotten $20 games for $3, just as an example. Some people just buy stuff there (me), some people play and find game groups, some interact on forums and such. I found it years ago when a new version of an old indie game I play was offered on sale there. I'm not a huge gamer, so I visit occasionally, but ds probably buys a new game there about once a month - and yes, a Steam gift card was on my Christmas list for him. ETA There are lots of Mac games there, but there are also many that are PC only. Shop carefully if you are Mac.