Fantastic!

My son did not get an AS, but did graduate high school with over 60 college credits from dual enrollment. He will finish his engineering degree in four years, but was able to take only 12-14 credits per semester instead of 15-18 and he will also complete a minor as well. Taking fewer credits has been wonderful for him (he has Asperger's) so he can really focus on the classes he takes. He has a 3.9 GPA going into his senior year.

If it were my injury, I'd just wait. I injured my knee in December (I'm a runner) and it took two months to heal on its own. I knew if I went to the doctor, I'd have a bunch of expensive tests done and then be told to just take NSAIDs, rest, etc. But I feel guilty doing that with a child. She just told me it's 95% better, which I didn't know when I posted this. We might cancel for now and ask her gymnastics instructor for advice on getting back to activity. He's great and has been a coach for over 20 years.

My dd injured her wrist during tumbling class about a month ago. We did a search on Google of her symptoms and it was pretty clear that she had a tear that would be slow to heal. She didn't have any improvement at all after three weeks so, two weeks ago, I made an appt. for her with an orthopedist. The appt. is on Wednesday and she's felt an enormous amount of improvement in her wrist in the past week. She said it feels almost normal now, but she can still feel that it's off in the morning (she thinks she may be sleeping on it funny) and when she first takes off her splint. I don't know if I should cancel the appointment and need to decide by tomorrow morning. I don't mind taking her to the doctor if she needs it, but I hate to spend the time and money if she's healing and there's nothing that the doctor can do. We have a very high deductible, so the appt. will be all out of pocket. And the appt. is at an extremely inconvenient time, but it was the first appt. I could get at the time when she wasn't feeling any improvement. On the other hand, my daughter loves tumbling and is on her wrists a lot so it would be nice to have a specialist give us a plan to get her back to her normal activity again when she's fully healed. But this will be our first time seeing this doctor and I don't even know if he's good or not (I haven't had very good experiences with doctors). Any advice?

My daughter ended up using her pets for the assignment. I told her she could write about anything/anyone she wanted as long as she provided support for why she used them. She chose parents and pets, and I thought she did a nice job.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. Thinking of you.

I'm sorry. That is so disappointing. Hope he's better soon and the rest of you stay healthy.

This will be our first year using it and we were going to do one book per year (that's how Hewitt Homeschooling has it), but now that I see Momto5's reply, maybe we should do more? I'll probably stick with just one since we are also using Fix It! Grammar.

Exactly what I was thinking!

Update: We gave her the Olympics shirt today (three weeks before her birthday) and she was SO excited! She squealed, jumped up and down, and said she loves the shirt and wants to wear it every day. We are thrilled, but surprised by her reaction since we expected her to reject it. Now I'm even more confused as to what to do about her birthday since she reacted so positively to this unexpected gift.

Thank you for sharing! This is great information.

I'm always hungry and thinking about food. When I'm done eating, I'm already thinking about the next thing I'm going to eat and how long it will be until I eat again. This explains why I've struggled with my weight for my entire life.

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All of the graduations I have been to in the past 7 years have been on the dressy side.

Thank you kbutton for adding all of that important info. I did not know about that particular Facebook page. I am going to check it out now.

The problem with letters from guidance counselors who work in public high schools is that they don't know who most of the students are. They are assigned way too many students (in our district, anywhere from 350-550 students per guidance counselor). I can't imagine that an admissions officer can give much weight in a letter from a counselor in a situation like that.

Legal requirements: Send in notification letter to the superintendent of your district that you are homeschooling along with assurance that you will cover all subjects and a brief outline of what resources you will use. After the first year, you need to have an assessment done or your child has to take a standardized test and you need to send in the results along with your notification. You will issue the diploma. Dual enrollment is possible, but not free. You have to apply early in the year and the state awards a certain number of credits for homeschool students (completely free for public school students). My daughter is a rising freshman and was awarded 12 credits for the year. Older students were awarded more - I think I've seen some up to 28 credits. No high school graduation requirements. You graduate your own student. If your child is going to college, you would want to follow what the colleges want for incoming students. If you're on facebook, there's a great page - Ohio Homeschooling Parents - for a lot of information, help, and support. Good luck!

Differential Equations can also be called Calc 4. My son took it without taking Calc 3 first and did fine, but did say there was Calc 3 in the course. I don't really know what Linear Algebra is, but two of my sons took it and my math-y son loved it. I'm not a math person at all!

Multivariable Calculus (Calc 3) or Linear Algebra He could also take AP Statistics

One of my sons is also likely an Aspie/HFA and he, like your ds, doesn't want Christmas or birthday gifts. His twin brother loves gifts so it feels awkward to me - like we're celebrating one birthday, but not the other. He's been fine with money in the past so I expect he will be this year, too, but he's actually been saying he doesn't want to celebrate his birthday at all, so we'll see. With my daughter, she doesn't even want the money but we're just going to invest it for her knowing she'll appreciate having it in a few years. She is excited about her birthday, she just doesn't want gifts.

Thanks (to everyone who responded!)! She doesn't eat candy and I can't think of any other food gift I can give her. We'll give her the shirt, but it won't be a birthday gift or given to her on her birthday. Other than that, we'll give her money that she can use in the future and make her a creative card and just make sure she knows how special she is to us on her birthday and every day.

We have taped bills together and rolled them and then stuffed them into a tissue box for gifts. It is so much fun watching people pull the long string of bills out of the box. :) We did that with my daughter last Christmas. Usually, my husband will make a humorous certificate with the kids' interests on it with the amount we're giving them posted on the certificate. They always get a kick out of it and it's more personal than just giving cash. We will definitely have to look for an exhibition! Great idea!

She loves to give gifts and is an extremely thoughtful, creative gift giver. She puts so much time, effort, and thought into the gifts she gives. She will graciously accept gifts given by other people, so she has the skills to do so.

Thank you! This is very interesting to me. I mentioned earlier that one of my sons doesn't like gifts. He has Asperger's and I don't know if it's a control issue or not, but he can definitely be ornery about gifts from us. My daughter is not that way at all. My concern is just going against her wishes and her feeling disrespected on her birthday. I think we may get the shirt and just give it to her early to wear (as suggested earlier in the thread) and express what you've written here - that we got it for her because we care and thought she might like it and not attach it to her birthday. She does seem excited about her birthday and wants to do something as a family and asked me make her favorite dinner.

I don't think she is depressed or apprehensive about turning 14. She does seem anxious at times. She felt the same way at Christmas - she didn't want gifts, but she was delighted with a few of the things we gave her. This time she's a little more firm about gifts for her birthday, though, so I came here for opinions.