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Until this summer, my entire family was wearing KF94's everywhere we went because I am homeschooling my niece who was undergoing treatment for cancer (she just finished treatment in May, after 2 1/2 years of treatment!!). We did everything we normally do, except with a mask. We went to church weekly (and ds went to youth group on Wednesdays). We went to our speech a debate club (2 1/2 hours 1x/week) and ds took a biology class 1x/week at a local co-op. Ds also did weekly piano lessons. My husband and I were exposed multiple times but never became ill. No one masking in any of the places we went, but we were very faithful in masking. We have our original vaccine series, but none of us our boosted. DH did get Covid this summer, but it was mild. I really do think masking, especially with a KF94 or higher, is beneficial. I use Bluna masks (I watch the guy on YouTube that tested the masks, and this one did a really good job!)
I don't know if you have an underlying condition or not, but vaccines are working well at keeping people from getting bad symptoms with Covid. I think if you have the vaccine and mask you are well protected!
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No. My family have only had our first two doses. DH just had Covid recently. It was mild and ds and I did not get sick. I think it is a good idea for those at a greater risk, but we will pass for now.
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My dad owned his own business and he repaired airplanes for a living, was a pilot, and also owned two airplanes. My sister an I often went flying with him on the weekends. He always told us that flying was much safer than driving a car, which is definitely true when you think about how many planes take off and land every day and how few airplane accidents occur.
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This is a huge red flag. It really does day more about the parents and the type of friends they have. I would talk to your dd and let her know there will be no sleepovers with that family, including the friend coming to your house. I would be afraid they would accuse you of something.
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I still mask when I am in large places or the grocery store. I will not eat inside at a restaurant. I do not mask when going to church. My husband and son are not masking, and dh was just diagnosed with Covid Friday. I immediately sent him to the basement (it is lovely down there, with bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, family room , and his office). So far ds and I do not have any symptoms. We had all been VERY careful since the pandemic started as my niece was being treated for cancer and I homeschool her. Her treatment finished in May, and dh and ds were finished with masking. We had all been wearing KF94 masks and had been able to avoid Covid until now. It never bothered me that we were the only masking at church, or really anywhere. I think the KF94's work great because they are adjustable and really hug your face, but most people wearing masks do not wear them correctly or where ones with huge gaps at the sides, so I think they do little good.
I really am fine with people doing what they please, but I do think everyone should be respectful if entering any establishment that requires a mask. I will have to say that wearing a mask does not bother me, but I do feel SO MUCH disconnected from people when I wear one and I was seeing the negative aspects with my son. So part of it is mental for me. I just read a study that found risk of long Covid from Omicron is 1/2 of that from Delta. I do think at some point I am going to get it, but I am willing to wear a mask in certain situations to lower my risk. If I get it from my husband fine, but I would rather not get it from the random person at the grocery store 🙂
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Seconding the advice of many others. Our oldest majored in CS and he took two years of Calculus in high school. This was EXTREMELY helpful, as was having a strong physics background. At his university, CS was in the engineering department and everyone had to take an introduction to engineering class. The students that had previously had calculus and physics did very well. Even though calc and physics were not pre-reqs for the class, those students that did not have those classes struggled A LOT. So taking calculus senior year would be very helpful.
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41 minutes ago, Farrar said:
Shingles is not uncommon post-Covid. I'd be concerned it was an early sign of shingles since that can start with an itch. But it could also be an infection.
It could be from Covid. I work in healthcare, so just to clarify about shingles. Shingles always follows a nerve innervation pattern. So it would not be all over your body. It would be on one side of the body, and would be on the head, face, or trunk of the body along a particular nerve path. It starts out as itchy/pin prickly feeling and then becomes very painful. If anyone thinks it could be shingles it is very important to get to the doctor right away (within 3 days of the rash appearing), as a doctor can prescribe an antiviral and keep it from getting too bad. Shingles are VERY painful and if not treated can cause pain for years to come (but not all the time).
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Per the CDC website, if you test positive you can end isolation after 5 days if you are fever free for the precious 24 hours and your symptoms are improving. One should wear a mask until 10 days after symptoms started when going out. If anyone is VERY sick, isolation should last 10 days. (This is all per the CDC website). I have KN94 masks, so I would feel comfortable going out once fever free and symptoms are cleared up as long as I was wearing a mask and not removing it. As far as your parents go, I think I would re-test everyone and once everyone was testing negative I would feel comfortable going to see them (but I would wait the 10 days no matter what). The one thing to remember is that some will continue to test positive for a longer period of time as the test is picking up a fragment of the virus that is not infectious. I would want to wait until everyone is testing negative if possible to be safe, though.
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23 hours ago, ktgrok said:
Kf94, but yes, there was eating. He admits he was not as good about masking as normal - they had food in the halls in the evening, so he'd take it off to eat, then get caught up in conversation with someone and forget to put it back on. That happened more than once. Plus they at an indoor restaurant one evening, when they were all hungry and didn't know where else to go.
Thank you for the reply! I am so sorry he got it. I was really curious about the masking habits and would have been really concerned if he had worn a mask the entire time and still developed covid. Praying for a quick recovery!!!
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On 6/13/2022 at 11:10 PM, ktgrok said:
Now I'm wondering how soon he can catch it again? He is supposed to go to DefCon, aka "Hacker Summer Camp", in August. In Las Vegas. I am...not thrilled. He's not speaking at that one, and I'm not sure honestly why he thought it was smart to go to it, although when he signed up for it masks were still mandated on planes.
Just curious what type of mask you all wear? Has he been wearing a KN94 or greater? Did he keep it on the entire flight and did he only take it off to speak, or was there eating at the conference as well? I am just wondering as we have masked the entire time until a few weeks ago (with KN94s) as I homeschool my niece who has cancer. She just finished treatment after 2 1/2 years, and we are on summer break, so I have not been wearing my mask as consistently. We have not had Covid yet, but I am thinking we will get it at some point, but I was thinking the masks really did help. But we were very consistent with wearing them and never took them off in public.
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My oldest two just got married (one in March and one last weekend). One was in AL and the other in TN. $250 was what the minister was paid for each wedding 🙂
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I just waned to second APUSH with Mrs. Richman at PA Homeschoolers. My dd loved the class. It is very well organized.
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I absolutely love Latin for Children. I am going through it for the third time with my niece whom I am homeschooling. When I started teaching Latin I had no experience. I think the pace is good. The activity book is not necessary, but my kids have enjoyed going through it. I do like the reader, but occasionally there are words that the student does not know and they are not in the glossary (but the answer key is on CAP website, so it is not an issue). I have also purchased the additional tests that we use at the end of each unit.
My older kids have transitioned to Lukeion Latin well after going through this series (which uses Wheelocks Latin). My youngest son is in Latin I at Lukeion this year and has 100% in the class (and just took the National Latin exam and received a Gold Medal). I made sure that he memorized all the principal parts of all the verbs, as well as the genders of all of the nouns, and all the paradigms presented in LFC which has been a big help in Lukeion. My oldest did MP Latin years ago, but I did not like it as well as LFC.
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I am saying this gently, but this may be something your dd needs to get used to at least for SOME of her classes. This should not be the case in all classes. My dd is dealing with a core class right now (she is a junior and just now taking this class), and she has experienced the same thing. However, they are doing a group project and most of the time the three other members of her group were not coming to class, and she could not get in touch with them outside of class. Dd went to the professor, and she could see what was happening and switched dd to another group. One thing that really concerns me is that I am seeing a lack of resiliency in students. I went to a selective college, yet I remember sitting in class at times being bored to tears because students would ask what I thought were the "dumbest" questions and felt that they probably did not read the textbook before class. What I hope is that in situations like these, the students will continue to do their best. You can only control so much in life, and this is wonderful preparation for the workforce. Ultimately the students are hurting themselves the most by not being prepared for class. I hope as she gets into upper level classes that she will see less and less of this.
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4 hours ago, EKT said:
I was enthusiastically welcomed by one public high school!
Would you mind to share the school? (you could message me if you wish). My youngest will be taking a fair amount of AP tests, and while I am hoping he can take most at our local school, I may need to look elsewhere for a couple 🙂
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This is so interesting that you bring this up. My grandmother was born in 1905 and passed away when she was 96 in 2002 (I was in my 30's then). She often talked about her or her mom going and caring for people who were sick. About 2 months ago I found a tape recording of my grandmother talking about various things she experienced throughout her life. One thing she said was that when someone needed care, the entire community would pitch in. If an older man was ill, the men of the community would take one night a week and stay with the ailing man. She really talked about how the entire community would help. Of course there were not the number of doctor's appointments, etc.
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9 hours ago, EKT said:
Finally: I'd love to know how you went about signing up for any PSATs/SATs/ACTs. My local district has to provide us access to those, right? Did you just call your local high school to sign up for those tests? (My daughter won't need to take them until 2024, but now that I've got testing issues on the brain, I figure I should find out how those work.) Thank you so much for any details you are able to provide! I appreciate the help so much.
For the PSAT, I always contacted our local school in the summer. They usually register the kids in August when they have their schedule pick-up days. There is a fee (it was around $18 in the past, but it might have gone up). I always had our kids start taking the test in 9th grade for practice, even though it does not count for national merit until their junior year (and my oldest was NMF). Taking the PSAT was never a problem.
As far as ACT/SATs go, you just sign up for those through College Board (SATs) or ACT. You can pick your testing site, which can be anywhere that is convenient for you. It doe not have to be your local high school.
As for Ohio law, allowing for AP testing is up to the discretion of the school as far as I know (I am pretty positive this is the case at least for tests the school does not offer). I am so sad our school has a new vice principal in charge of testing at our school. The other two were SO ACCOMMODATING to homeschoolers. They told me it was their job to help educate ALL children in the district, even if they were homeschooled!
Good luck finding a school. Like Farrar said, it will still look good on a transcript to take the course even if your daughter can not take the exam (and you can explain why she could not take the exam when applying to colleges). But I really hope you can find a school that will allow it.
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We live in a suburb of Columbus, too! Our two oldest took multiple AP exams with our local district. The high school used to proctor the exams for us, even if they did not offer the exam. However, now we have a new vice principal and they have stopped proctoring exams if they do not offer the class.
I have several friends in the area that have been searching for schools where there kids can take AP exams. I know AP Art History is one that is not offered at many schools. Maybe try Columbus School for Girls or Columbus Academy (I could not tell with CSG, but it look like it is offered at Academy). You can also check the private Christian schools, but it seems many do not offer as many AP exams (except for the all boys school, St. Charles). Also, be willing to pay more for a proctoring fee.
You register and pay through the school. I made sure I was very proactive before the test time to make sure our children did not miss any important info before the test date (and that they arrived at the correct time and place). One year the school did forget to order the exam for my son, but he took it on the make-up date.
Praying you have some luck!
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I have used WTTW with the Jill Pike syllabus with all of my children. I think it is excellent. I would say it is an introductory course, but it does go deeper in looking at themes and symbolism, rather than just looking for a specific literary technique. For example, the Jill Pike syllabus adds the novel Jane Eyre. My ds wrote a paper about the importance of home in Jane Eyre looking at the different places Jane lived and which she considered home. He went deeper to look at how the people in each place she lived added to (or subtracted from) her sense of home. I have used this curriculum when each of my children was in 7th grade to introduce literary analysis and it really is one of my favorites!
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We are very cautious as I am homeschooling my niece who has cancer. She is vaccinated, as is her family and all of our family. My youngest (13) is the only one left at home, so I am doing my best to try to allow him social interaction within reason. We do wear KF94 masks everywhere and we do not eat out at all. We have been doing our speech and debate club in person (one or two other families mask, but it is in a pretty open area), and we have been going to church (few wear masks, but there have not been any outbreaks). Ds was going to youth group, but I have made him stay home since after New Years. I may wait a week or two more, but will allow him to return (again, he wears a mask and is vaccinated). I have worked in healthcare until the pandemic started (I just could not risk exposure due to homeschooling my niece). Honestly, I think the vaccines are doing their job (preventing severe disease). I know a ton of people with Covid right now. Most are vaccinated and have very mild symptoms. I also know people who have severely compromised immune systems who are vaccinated, got Covid, and it was very mild. I talked to a nurse the other day that works in a local ER. She said they are not admitting most of the people who are coming to the ER for Covid. Many just need a test (and the ER is not the place to go), and some are just scared of Covid, but are vaccinated and they are doing fine (and this backs up the numbers in our state which shows hospitalizations falling fast). I do know two people who have passed away from Covid recently who were unvaccinated. Even though we have been very careful, I think we will eventually get it. Our middle dd had Covid in 2020, was fully vaccinated as of October, and is 99% sure she had it again (but her symptoms were very mild). I think most people are going to eventually get it. Of course I DO NOT want to contribute to the spread, so I do want to be careful right now. But, we are planning to let ds go to camp this summer (we even let him go last summer as precautions were in place....he did come home sick, but it was not Covid). We don't do sleep overs (even pre-Covid), but once this wave settles down, we will let ds have his friends over again (they are either vaccinated or have had Covid).
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Just remember that the rapid tests are not very reliable if the person is not showing symptoms (less than 50% accuracy). Isolation is the best policy: stay in room with a dedicated bathroom for them (if possible), and wearing a mask anytime outside of room.
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I have been wearing KF 94's (a brand that Aaron tested with 99%+ filtration). It has a great fir and great breathability as well. I did not feel like Happy Masks had a good enough seal for me (but they are comfortable!)
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I would let your kids decide. It can be tough. My kids chose not to see their grandfather before he passed. When my mom passed, our two oldest were out of state. My youngest (12 at the time) was here because I was taking care of her and we had no where else for him to go. I know it was difficult for him. But I would let the kids decide.
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I work in healthcare. I would personally not reuse. We have been doubling masking, wearing a cloth mask over a surgical mask. This has been shown to be very effective.
colleges to apply to - CS - are there ones ds should add?
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Like others have said, you do need more targets and safeties. I would add Case Western (around a 25-20% admit rate), but run the net price calculator to make sure you can afford it. Rose Hulman would also be a great fit (again, run the NPC)
I would also add University of Alabama as a safety. My oldest went to school there on their NMF scholarship and was a CS major (and also earned an MBA under a special program . They also have a Randall Research Scholars program that is highly competitive (they accept around 40 students/year), but this might be a really good fit. They give great merit for high tests scores. Our ds now works for a major international company as a software developer.