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I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I enjoyed Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way. It's definitely for the layperson rather than scholarly, and obviously focused on English. Here's a description from Amazon:
"With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries."
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I think we used the "running behing holding the seat" technique for the oldest two. With the youngest 3, we moved them back to a smaller bike (12-20 inch) without the training wheels. Something about it worked, maybe the lower center of gravity? Whatever it was, they were all riding in less than 30 minutes.
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Dd took the ACT this morning, and she said she thinks the proctor mistimed the math section. A girl she knew was taking the test in the same room, and mentioned the same thing when they talked afterward. Here's what happened.
The proctor wrote the end time of the first test (9:09) on the board. Before he let the kids start on the math section he checked everyone's calculator and read the directions for the math section. Dd estimate that took 4-5 minutes. Math is a 60 minute test. However, when the proctor wrote the end time on the board, he just erased the hour portion of the previous end time and added 1 hour, so the end time was 10:09, instead of 10:13 or so.
Is there anything that can be done about this? I saw the ACT Power Outage thread, but couldn't see how to report an issue.
Thanks for you help. This is our oldest student and her first test, so I am a complete newbie to this. I've never heard of this happening before.
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How about The Lord of the Rings? (Probably already on a lot of lists). It's one of my all-time favorites.
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For my DH's benefit as well as my children because he is just as picky!
Mine too! :lol:
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My girlfriend dices cooked beets, then freezes them. She adds a few cubes to berry smoothies. They add a nice deep color, and just a few don't change the flavor.
You could also check out Deceptively Delicious for other ideas.
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Thanks! I'm suddenly feeling very over-whelmed by all the college planning/prep. When I took the ACT there was ONE date, I don't even know if retaking it was an option (no one I knew did), and almost no colleges in the mid-west took the SAT, so there wasn't really a choice. I just did a few practice tests and was fine. The stakes just seem so much higher now.
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My dd took both tests once to see how she would do on them.
I'm curious as to how far apart she took the tests. My dd had planned to take the SAT, mostly because she felt more comfortable on the PSAT than the PLAN. Now she would like to take both, so we're going to try the ACT in June and the SAT in May. I'm not sure she's going to be able to effectively prepare for both between now and then. Thoughts?
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The Lord of the Rings. If I feel I can't cope any longer, those books get me back on my feet.
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I do a shredded beef in the crock-pot.
2-3 lb beef chuck roast
1 envelope Good Seasons Italian dressing mix
1 bottle of beer, or 12 oz beef broth
Dump it all in the crock-pot and cook on low for 8-10 hours. Shred it, add some of the juice, and serve on sandwich rolls. Take along some veggies or fruit and you're good to go.
It might be too late to start this now, but if I can I put it in the crock-pot and let it cook overnight, then shred it in the morning.
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I actually want to do anything but school.....cook, crochet, mainly curl up on the couch and watch movies. It started after Christmas and hasn't gone away.
:iagree:Except it's been since mid-November.
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You might want to check out some of the freezer cookbooks from your library. They usually have a good list of tips for what freezes well, planning, etc, in addition to some new recipe ideas. Here are two I like.
Don’t Panic – Dinner’s in the Freezer
Frozen Assets
I second the recommendation to label everything. You think you'll remember, but you won't. I currently have several containers in my freezer that look like something yellow and liquidy. Chicken broth? Gravy? Something else?
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My son has fiddled around with Alice.
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Congratulations to your son!
And thanks for the link.
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I bought Hello World, Programming for Kids and Other Beginners which gave him a great start on Python -- which appears to be his main focus. Khan Academy has been helpful as well.
He has fiddled with dd's NXT software for the Lego robot.
I'm so glad to see this thread, as it answers many questions my 14 yo ds has been asking lately!
Mine has been asking to learn Python, after working with his NXT for about a year now, so I got him the Hello World book, but it hasn't been going well. Did your son have trouble getting all the files recommended in the book to install? Ds is frustrated, and I'm no help. I'm trying to get him connected to a real-life friend who is more tech saavy, but so far haven't been able to get it to work out.
I'm going to go through the thread again looking for specifics. I didn't think about Khan Academy (don't know why), but I'll have him check that out too. I know one thing ds said about the NXT and Alice was that he didn't feel like he was learning the logic basics (outlined in an earlier post). Maybe he was learning more than he realized though.
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:lurk5: I'm looking at the IEW AP Lit prep as well. Would love to hear other thoughts.
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Have you thought about making your own? Steam (or otherwise cook) your veggies, throw them in the blender with just a little water, freeze them in ice cube trays so you can pop out what you need. Really, just about anything can go in the blender. Other than that, mashed bananas, regular natural or organic applesauce, and you're pretty much good to go.
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Thanks - I'll have to suggest this to dd. She is always so hungry by lunch time. This sounds like it would hold her over better than regular oatmeal.
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Three, smaller Catholic colleges in Minnesota are St. Benedict University, St. Catherine University, and St. Thomas University. Also, have you checked out Concordia College in Moorehead, Minnesota, or Luther College in Decorah, Iowa?
We did check out St. Thomas (nothing in the way of art or theater majors) and St. Catherine (mostly science/nursing/pre-med majors). Thanks for mentioning the others.
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We did the Iliad and Odyssey last year with audiobooks. A good friend suggested that since the epic poems were originally performed orally, rather than read, she wanted her children to hear them first. Dd did read some chunks of the Odyssey, which she much preferred to the Iliad.
We also supplemented with the Vandiver lectures. We used them for the Aeneid too. Can't say enough good things about the lectures.
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Thanks very much for all the suggestions. Benedictine is on our list to check out. It's a fair drive from here, but only about 3 hours from grandparents, which would be nice in case of emergency.
I'll forward all these to dd. It will be good food for thought.
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It's pricey, but have she looked into University of Dallas, Our Lady of the Lake, or University of the Incarnate Word? I attended Incarnate Word myself - they do have a Spanish program and strong liberal arts as well. Plus San Antonio is bilingual - ideal for someone wanting to do Spanish.
They all would require a plane ride, but she could take train / bus depending on where you are at.
That does sound intriguing. I've never heard of Incarnate Word, but I've traveled to San Antonio several times and it was a beautiful city. We'll check it out.
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Yeah, we are very impressed with Hillsdale. We attended a local admissions event last winter with some friends whose daughter was a senior. We're planning to visit over the summer. I'm just concerned because dd's grades are very good, but preliminary test scores aren't great. I know scores aren't the only things considered, but I still want her to to have other options. Besides, she might not even love it as much as she thinks she will once we get there.
What grade to place my son in?
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I can't comment on what is legal or even typical in Oregon, but here in Minnesota it's rather common among public schoolers for boys with summer and even late spring birthdays to stay home an extra year and start in kindergarten when they are 6.
I have 2 kids with summer birthdays. The oldest started school when she was 5, and I was never entirely comfortable with it. So about the end of what would have been 8th grade, we added a "bonus" year. One thing that bothered me was sending her off to college just a week or so after she turned 18. Also, even though she's very bright, she's dyslexic and has to work just that much harder to keep up. In college I know she will have to advocate for herself, and think that having that extra year of maturing will help her. She's finishing up her junior year at a classical school this year and doing very well.
One of our boys also has a summer b-day, and I just waited to start kindergarten until he was 6. He was so full of wiggles and immature in many ways and I was still so tired, what with twin toddlers that I didn't have the energy to work with him if he wasn't interested. It's been a very good choice for both of them.
I would say that if you are concerned, you probably can keep an eye on the situation and forego a firm decision for a while. I guess if I were thinking about doing it, I'd do it sooner rather than later. Right now he probably doesn't think much about what grade he's in, but later it might bother him to be "held back". Worst case, if you keep him in 3rd grade another year now and he really excels later, you can bump him a grade then.
Sorry, this was longer than I intended it to be. Hope it helps in some way.