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  1. Last year my twins took: Intro to Sociology and a Computer class. This year they will take: US History 1 and 2 Calculus 1 and 2
  2. We have used Biology, Chemistry, Physics and this year we will use Advanced Physics. The twins have loved them all. In fact when I asked them what they would like to do for Science this year they asked to do Apologia Advanced Physics.
  3. We are also in Texas and the twins qualify for 2 free classes per semester. They will be taking them. In my area they are only allowed to get 27 cr hrs for free through the CC system. My understanding is that once they are above 30 hours they would be considered Sophomores and not available for Freshman sclorarships. But then I guess it depends on how important that is to you. I was looking at our CC and they have transfer agreements with some of the Texas State universities [namely Texas A&M which my kids are interested in attending]. Check it out.
  4. I am not a 'deep thinker' either so I appreciated the availability of the sparks notes.
  5. My son did: Saxon Alg 1 in 8th grade Saxon Alg 2 in 9th Saxon Adv. Math 10th and one semester of 11th He will be taking Calculus 1, 2 and 3 at the CC.
  6. We completed VFCR and I am now looking for vocab for next year; VFA is looking very good.
  7. Another hater of that book. I am not sure how it made it as a Classic. I started reading it with my twins and we only made it to about chapter 3. Eeek.
  8. Indeed, in ps it is allowed for students to leave school and go to a job. By the time the students are seniors they already have enough credits to graduate, at that time they are working on interest subjects. I know for my kids they will have plenty of credits by the time they are seniors.
  9. My twins have started taking classes at our local CC; both are taking classes online. They are considered dual credit. They are allowed to take a total of 27 credit hours for free. We pay for the books. JUST AN FYI.....There was a discussion some time back about students going over 30 hours while in high school and what impact that would have on their enrollment status at a 4 yr college. Would the student go in as a Freshman or a Transfer student? The scholarship money is HUGE between the two. I don't remember the specifics, maybe someone else does. :confused:
  10. My twins have also used Saxon all the way. For my kids it has been very good. My son who was already strong in Math, really jumped in and did well. My dd learned that she is much better at math than she thought she was. Excellent series!
  11. Yes, he is American. I had planned on the twins reading him this year, but I don't think we will have time. I want to add something in the Sci-Fi genre and this seems to fit the bill. The kids have already said they don't want to read the Lord of the Rings. Are there some other good Brit Sci-fi reads?
  12. Thanks for the suggestion. I had not considered that the reads were kind of dark. I would like them to have some fun reads.
  13. We will also be doing Brit Lit for next year. I too am looking for suggestions for good reads as well. For short stories and poetry we will be using Perrine's Structure, Sound and Sense. So far our reading list includes: Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Pride and Predjudice and Slaughterhouse 5. I am torn between Macbeth and Hamlet. Consider both maybe? I am also torn between A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. I had not considered Doyle, Sherlock Holmes. I will add him in. Any other suggestions?
  14. My spouse dropped a cabinet on ours and it cost about $200 to replace.
  15. Absolutley get the kit it is money well spent. Other than that all you need is the book, tests and solutions manual.
  16. I would just tell mom to take her daughter and go talk to the guidance counselor. Tell her to let the counselor know that she is interested in becoming a doctor. No need for you to share the bad news. But I do see that around here as well. Some of the schools are calling regular classes advanced and honors. It makes me very afraid when I think about the students who are in the 'regular' classes.
  17. LL does have literary analysis, however we spent last year doing Abeka's World Lit so they had a good base. If she has had very little or no lit analysis LL may be ok, as it is gentle. Here is a link. Click on the sample lesson that may help to see if this is what your daughter needs: http://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/book/blight.asp Another idea is BJU, their grade 9 book is laid out by literary units: Conflict, Character, Theme, Structure [this is a poetry unit], Point of View and then finally Moral Tone. Just fyi on Abeka. The chapters for Grade 10 World lit are laid out by: Character, plot, theme, setting and Imagery. So each chapter is a literary unit. Hence both of these books allow for plenty of practice to learn the concept. I am not sure about Abeka's grade 9. I glanced at it, but it seemed to cover emotional terms like loyalty and I was not after that. It may have literary analysis in it, I am not sure. But I do know for sure on what I listed above.
  18. I have read at multiple sites that taking Apologia Chem 1/2 is prep for the AP Chem test. I too took a couple chem classes in HS and another year in college. To judge Apologia on what I learned in college would be unfair, as my kids are not college students. For their first year of chem I looked for a solid understanding of concepts, a well laid out plan and organization of thought. I also wanted them to enjoy chemistry not be bogged down by the class. IE I want them to LOVE learning, not be beat down by hard concepts and RIGOR. Apologia delivers on all of this.
  19. It can be done fairly cheap if she is willing to do some extra leg work. Is it for one child, two or more? I ask because I have twins and I find that I feel I get a better value out of my books because I will use the book for both kids. This year: 2 CC classes for each kid. The class is free; we buy the books. No gas :p they both did the classes online. 250.00 For books for all 4 classes 33.00 Art: How great Thou Art [2 students books one teacher book] 55.00 Apologia Physics [they share the book] 50-100 For Physics labs 55.00 Saxon Advanced Math [ds used it for 1 1/2 yrs, dd will use it for 2 yrs] [they share this book as well] 16.00 World Geography [found 2 copies of the Texas Geo book at half price books] 30.00 Latin [i only needed the 2nd yr study guide this year. The rest we have.] 100.00 English Lit-- LL American Early and Late [i only bought the guides. I either got copies of the reads from the library or I got them at our libraries used book store for anywhere from 25 cents to a dollar a piece. 15.00 Books to go with Lit [i will split the difference and call it 15 dollars.] 10.00 Book E VFCR 10.00 Teacher guide to go with it. 150.00-200.00 for copies. Maybe more. Copying is were I spend a lot of money. Tests, lit guides, terms essentially extra material that I find online. This year I used a lot of material from Nat Geo to supplement the World Geo class and I can always find stuff to copy off for literature classes. Also this year we did Book E of VFCR that only lasts a half of a year, so I copied off another half of a year of vocab from layingthefoundation.org [AP vocab]. Oops forgot one. My dd asked for a Personal Finance course, so I am tossing the class together for the twins. I just bought Money Matters for Teens on ebay for 9.00. I will be making copies of various materials that I have found from websites to supplement it though. It looks like that will cost me another 10.00. So yes you can do it fairly cheap, if you consider the above cheap, however like I said there is a great deal of leg work involved or should I say web surfing...LOL HTH
  20. If your dd is leaning toward Abeka and you all keep going back to it, why not use it. Abeka is a very solid program. We used Abeka 10 World Literature, and it was excellent. The twins really enjoyed the text. Using Abeka's guide we moved along at a pretty good pace. There is absolutely nothing wrong with anthologies; especially if that is the way the child learns best...because after all isn't that the goal. BJUP is also a very good choice. The books are well done and really give step by step instructions. I looked at Abeka and BJU. I chose Abeka over BJU simply because I liked their sampling of stories better. This year we are using LL American Early and Late. This is fine as well, however, it does not give step by step instructions to her or you as to how to do literary analysis and what it does give feels superficial. We want the literary analysis, so I have needed to supplement with analysis activities daily. It has been a great deal of work to get out of it what I think my kids need.
  21. We used the Annotated Mona Lisa and supplemented with writings and museum visits.
  22. Yes, hard water has been a killer on my hair, but an occasion vinegar rinse fixes it right up again.:D
  23. My spouse is a Patriots fan...so right now it is eerily quiet in here. Poor guy!
  24. It is going to be a tough election. I, like many of you, am not crazy about the choices. Frankly, most of them scare me.
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