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This is my first high schooler and I would love some feedback on assigning credits. Here is her workload so far, please let me know if I need to add anything. I am unsure about the credit hours.
English
MCT Caesar's English
MCT Magic Lens
MCT 4 practice
The lively art of writing
Math
TT Algebra
History + Lit
MP Ancient Greeks and Activity guide
MP Ancient World and Activity guide
Iliad and Odyssey and Activity guides
Science
Apologia Biology
Electives
Abeka French 1
CAP Art of Argument
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Happy for you!
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Thank you all very much. I cut some very close to the paper and they didn't come apart but I wanted to be sure they would not come apart later.
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I got a lot of square items laminated at Staples, there are 24 on a sheet. Can I cut these as close as I want, or will the laminate come apart?
Thank you for your help, I tried googling and wasn't successful.
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Awesome! Just registered, thank you!
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This is what we will be using this year.
http://homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/search/label/Workboxes
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http://allrecipes.com/recipe/alfredo-sauce/detail.aspx
This stuff is delicious, all my friends ask for the recipe. Very simple to make too.
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To my knowledge, there is not a single Christian denomination which actually observes the Jewish shabat; what they call their sabbath is very different from the orthodox Jewish concept of shabat.
There are so many intricacies to the laws of shabat that if one isn't very well-acquainted with those things one just breaks the rules or the extensions of rules they do not even know they exist. The Jewish concept of shabat is much more complex than "the day of rest". Shabat comes from the same root as the modern Hebrew word for strike (shvita) - it's not exactly a rest, it's more like an active refrainment from doing certain types of actions.
If you turn on/off any electrical device, you've broken shabat. If you open your fridge door and the light goes on, you've broken shabat. If you live in an area without eruv and just walk out of your house carrying something, you've probably broken shabat. If you write a note to somebody, you've broken shabat. If you make food, you've broken shabat. There are very intricate and complex elaborations on why taking medicines on shabat constitutes breaking shabat. If you drive in a car on shabat even if you don't drive it, you've broken shabat because your weight does an active work which affects the vehicle (trains and such are less problematic, but cars are), which is work, ergo you broke shabat. And so forth - I could go on and on and on enumerating simple everyday activities which, from the orthodox Jewish perspective, constitute as breaking shabat but which "sabbath-observing" Christians don't take into account because they're rabbinical extensions of certain commandments and alike, and Christians don't share oral and rabbinical tradition with Jews.
Laws of shabat are definitely not something light, something that's based on "general principles", those are very detailed and very intricate things which, if you don't know them, you just break them all the time.
I'm talking exclusively about orthodox Judaism here. Various conservative and liberal streams are quite removed from the traditional "matrix" of Judaism with many new interpretations, but frankly, those people are not really considered religious by the orthodox Jews. (This also has its repercussions in conversions, as the orthodox don't even accept non-orthodox conversions.)
I suppose that, with regards to practices, our family would be something that in North American terms could be called "conservadox", but we all define ourselves secular as we don't want to call it what it's not. When I don't go to shul, I don't go to orthodox shul, not a conservative one. When I say I don't keep shabat, I mean that I don't keep orthodox shabat, etc. My husband's family is all over the shades of orthodoxy (from modern to black-hat crew), and the answers to all of those questions would vary. There are those people who would openly welcome you with a "we have nothing to hide" attitude, sort of the way Bill is accepted; and then there are those who would certainly be kind and polite, but you'd probably leave with an unambiguous impression that their Judaism is insular and something that's not meant to include you. They'd still be your great colleagues, or even friends - but outside of the Jewish-specific sphere. That sphere would be shared only with Jews, and usually among religious people, only with religious Jews.
It also depends a lot geographically, the whole acceptance or not. Bill's experiences are typical of North America, but maybe not so much of some more close-knit European communities. Jewish culture has always been a rather "closed" one and "openness" with regards to Jewish-specific things to that extent is typically quite an American phenomenon. With America's more democratic past, the huge rates of intermarriage which have brought a lot of non-Jews directly into Jewish communities and schools, being less burdened about setting "lines" than Europe historically was, partially it's understandable where it comes from. But the question is, is such a behavior in accordance with the actual "matrix" of Judaism, in which there are very strict lines between many things? One of the reasons why I'm not religious are these things, I guess I'm too much of a universalist (and too "hellenized" by my classical education in a Catholic culture) to accept some dichotomies which do rule the Jewish thought, whether we like to admit it or not - and one of those dichotomies is precisely the "us and them" one, which actually managed to perserve Jews as a nation throughout centuries. The "tribal" aspect is still very strong, and so is adherence to certain things as "only ours", especially backed up religiously (tefillin, shabat, some aspects of learning, etc.) and not everyone will be comfortable to open up there.
It's a beautiful tradition, and a very valuable one. It's a tradition everyone can learn something from, in my opinion, and become richer as a person. I'm on the more open side, obviously - here I'm just stating the possibility that you encounter somebody who's not, and a hope that maybe, just maybe, even with all the universalism of your own culture, you can understand it, or at least respect that stance. The sole fact I'm writing this so openly - and these are the kind of conversations that are usually led behind closed doors, our of respect and not to insult others by admitting that quite often there is some amount of rejection, at least in some aspects - is also a sign of openness. :)
Faith, I hope you find a good modern orthodox (emphasis on both words) rabbi to answer your son's questions and satisfy his curiosity. You can learn a lot from Jews, they're a clever nation ;) and love to learn.
Thank you for your very thorough reply. I appreciate your openness.
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I cannot help with any specific book titles right now - I would have to check with my children to see whether we have anymore anything good and general in English - but I did want to comment on your other two questions.
This is a tough one to explain, but the answer comes down to a very firm no, the kind of no I'd have to bold.
From a religious Jewish perspective, there are 613 commandments for the Jews and 7 commandments for non-Jews. The latter are regarded as basic moral laws - no killing, no eating animals alive, establishing just courts, no idolatry, etc. A non-Jew who keeps those 7 laws is regarded as righteous.
A non-Jew may opt to do some of the 613 as well. He doesn't have to, but in some instances he may. There is no prohibition for non-Jews to eat kosher food, for example. Jews must eat kosher food, non-Jews aren't obliged, but they may opt to. There are quite a few such "extra" things which non-Jews can do.
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This is interesting! What do Jews think of churches that observe the sabbath, such as Seventh-day Adventist?
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There is no color e-ink device available yet, unfortunately. The Nook color is not as easy on the eyes (although it doesn't bother everyone).
Thank you! I think I would prefer the older version then.
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Does the new Nook color have the same screen as the original Nook? Does it still use e-ink, or does it have a glossy look like the ipad? I like all the new features of the color, but wonder if the screen is less friendly on the eyes.
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I'll participate
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Oh, and if you click on the picture it will show you another view. This shows you every piece that is included.
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What about the take along farm? http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Product-Show?pid=4142&cgid=Mitnehmen My son has tons of playmobil, we love it! Very durable.
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Welcome. Think of saying it another way and it makes sense, "We welcome your donations".
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I think he has found his calling! He is a natural!
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Thank you very much for your reply, Heather. I use Sonlight for History, but not the entire program. They have a new grammar set out, well I think it is new, perhaps it is just renamed. :P
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Here is the link if you have no idea what I am talking about :)
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My kids start with the card. We read it together, discuss, then I pass out the reading and writing assignments from there. They spend far more time on the actual reading than they do on the projects and writing. I read aloud to the younger crew, and the older kids read their own. For resources like the KHE everyone can do something at their own level. My lower grammar stage kids can draw one of the illustrations and give it a caption while I read it to them, while the older ones make a list of facts/simple outline, enter the dates in their timelines, and draw an illustration.
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This is very helpful. Did you use SOTW or MOH as spines?
Help with credits
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Thank you guys so much. I thought it was 5 1/2 but wanted to be sure. She is also going to take a Dave Ramsey class at the co-op; she has a drama class as well.
Thanks again!