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It was the worst thing they could have done to a state with such high unemployment.
But oh so easy for people to vote for a tax that they didn't have to (directly) pay. But pay they will, only they don't know it yet.
Schools are always put up on the altar as the sacrifice if the state doesn't receive more tax dollars. However they refuse to cut spending in other areas. I don't believe for one minute that this money will go to the schools. It was more of a threat - pay this tax or we'll cut school services even more than we have already.
On the surface this won't do a lot to most people. But couple it with a rise in gas prices and inflation (inevitable, in my opinion) and you watch this state crumble.
Oh just for the record my family will be affected by the tax because we have a business. And yes, the tax is retroactive, going back a full year. And yes, Idaho is looking mighty good.
Check out Nevada-no income tax. We welcome max-taxed businesses from CA all the time. Oregonians are welcome, too.
Holly
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Since we're talking about sick days for both mom and dad, I just thought I'd see how many of our dh's get paid if they take a sick day. So, do they? How many days do they get per year? If they don't get paid, do you use vacation days or go without pay, or...??
No sick or vacation days.
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We are also planning on APUSH through PA homeschoolers next year. I'm not sure which section, either. From reading the student reviews, it appears that the classes are run somewhat differently.
DD is currently taking AP EURO through PA AP. The class started in late August, although there was a significant reading assignment over the summer. I think the coursework ends at the end of March so they can study for the entire month of April. Then the test is the first week of May.
HTH,
Holly
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Is it just me?
No! I find it terribly obnoxious!
Is there even a polite way to tell them no one wants to hear it?Probably not. But I'm :bigear: too.
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I think that these instruments are in demand at typical schools: bassoon, oboe, viola, double bass. If you are going to USC, Indiana U, Oberlin (etc) all bets are off. If you are a really exceptional player, it doesn't matter what you play.
I think the following instruments are highly competitive: piano (!!!), violin, flute, clarinet and trumpet. If you go somewhere that has an exceptional teacher, they will attract exceptional students and then you can have a great deal of a certain instrument, thereby making it competitive.
Some instruments are competitive when you would think they wouldn't be. For example, there is only 1 harp (generally) in an orchestra. A harpist can cover more than one orchestra. Plus, unless you are in a major metro are, there aren't THAT many harp students. So, harp positions can be very hard to get. Therefore, harp is actually quite competitive. (Compare that with piano. Lots of students and lots of jobs. Every church needs a Sunday pianist. Most universities employ multiple piano instructors but only one harp instructor. The problem with piano is that soooo many kids take piano and there are so many amazing players.)
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Hi Holly, have you considered Thinkwell lectures combined with a textbook?
Hi Michelle,
My understanding is that Thinkwell is college level. I would like a high school level program.
Holly
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Kinetic-I went to the website and looked a few days ago. I didn't see any lectures, so I'm not sure if it would meet my needs for direct instruction. I did notice that Regina Coeli uses the Kinetic text. However, this year their class is on Thursdays, the same day as our co-op. Aargh.
BJU-I am very unsure about this one. I watched part of a lecture online-the guy was d.u.l.l.! I read part of the textbook and it looks ultra-challenging. After reading Susan's review, I'm not sure if there would be any reason to go with it. We did BJU's Physical Science and my dh and I did not like the way the book was organized. The only reason I'm even considering BJU is that most of the physics co-op class will probably use it. (we do labs together, but not necessarily the same text)
Apologia-I really would like to steer clear of this series unless there is a fantastic online course that utilizes Apologia and then I will have no choice, I suppose.
Thanks for the reviews so far!!!! I appreciate it!
Holly
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I'm looking for people who have BTDT (been there done that) with physics. I'm most interested in online class reviews-for physics. I'm also interested in hearing reviews of BJU's DVD physics program. I think my dd can do physics, but I'd like some direct instruction. I don't want her to have to self-teach physics.
Thanks for your help!!!!
Holly
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Writing Strands and/or Wordsmith Craftsman
Easy Grammar
Vocab from Classical Roots
Editor in Chief
Literature from Beautiful Feet Medieval
Journaling and creative writing using prompts
Can you tell me honestly what you think? First time putting together my own plan
Personally, I would not have time for Editor in Chief. I'd focus on teaching my child to edit the writing he/she did for WS or WC or creative writing. I also wouldn't bother much with journaling-unless your child loves it or you do something pretty special with it.
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I think your mom is right. I think that lots of people have never heard of Tourettes and really do not understand what it is. I have no idea why the teacher did not understand after you talked to her????? But, the fact is that she obviously did not. I'd give her the benefit of the doubt and go with what your mom said.
I only know about Tourettes because my dh did a report on it in medical school. We watched a video about it and both of us remarked on the fact that we had never met anyone (that we knew of) with Tourettes. Even now, after practicing medicine for over 10 years, he (dh) has never met anyone with Tourettes. (I just asked him.)
I think you might make the analogy to the teacher-you can't stop a tic just like a person with cancer can't willfully stop a tumor. Or a person with Parkinsons can't stop their tremor. Or a person with Alzheimer's can't stop their mental decline. Sometimes analogies can help.
Holly
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I'm probably not going to be a ton of help, but here's my perspective. I did Bigger, and I'm now doing Preparing. I haven't come across one dry book yet. I've liked all of them. So, maybe we don't have the same taste in books. :001_smile:
I, like you, am wondering about doing ancients in CTC. We've just completed a good bit of ancients in Preparing. I am not sure *I* want to do the ancient thing again. But, if you ask my son, he is totally fine with the idea. And, I do believe that he will catch a lot more the second time around. So, my plan is to try CTC because my ds has absolutely thrived with HOD.
Holly
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It may be o.k. for student teaching, but it will really emerge as a problem when she goes to get her first job. I hope she has always been completely honest about her record, because her app will raise some red flags and they may be extra careful checking her record.
The problem is that it is recent (2009) and she has repeated this behavior. I question whether she is hirable. I think she needs to talk to faculty at her college and get suggestions as to what she can do to somehow become a more desirable applicant. And, she needs to discuss different career options. I'm wondering if student teaching may be a waste of her time at this point. She should really research this before she continues on and starts racking up even larger college bills (for student teaching).
Holly
I have a question about what would turn up in a background check someone would do to qualify to do student teaching. My sister is getting her degree in elementary education and is starting her student teaching this year. The problem is that she hasn't always been the most upstanding of citizens. About three or four years ago (when she was 19 - in 2006) she was arrested for DUI, a year before that (2005 ish) she was pulled over for speeding and they found weed in her car, and then about a year ago (early 2009) she was speeding while driving a friends car and was arrested for weed again! :glare:I know that she hasn't been smoking weed probably in three years and has made some horrible decisions in the past. In the last two or three years she has completely changed her life except for the speeding bit which really upsets me. She would be able to pass a drug test without problem these days. Will she be able to student teach? Will she pass a background check? All of her legal problems have been for substance abuse. She's really concerned about the situation and I am too. She makes great grades and is really excited to be making a better life for herself.
Thanks. Please don't be too harsh. I've spent many days being upset and stressed about my little sisters choices and now that she's on a good path I'm worried that her past choices will have ruined her future.
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You shouldn't concern yourself overly much with the opinions of non-Americans.
America is the great mirror. We're whatever everyone else needs us to be...
We're the great imperialist aggressor if they need to justify their aggressive, religion based expansionist ideology.
We're a bunch of puritanical, bible toting, gun clinging, racist rednecks if they need to justify their post-religious cultural nihilism.
We're sexual deviants out to destroy the cultural's of natives if they need to justify the oppession of women and gays.
We're the promised land of financial and personal freedom if they need to justify their flight from authoritarian, oppressive homelands.
We're the hyper-competitive promoters of social injustice if they need a foil for their expansion of authoritarian social democracy.
We're the last great desperate hope for those subject to genocide.
We're the slack, lazy fallen empire to those that need to justify their desire to financially, religiously, culturally dominate.
Sooooo, we are everything..........And their opinions shift like beach sand under the feet.........as they need us to be something different.
Some of their needs, dreams, and criticisms are rational, a great many are not. As an American, its your job to figure out the difference, consider, and act accordingly. :001_smile:
Stacy,
This is probably one of the best posts I've ever read on this board. Thanks for making my night!
Holly
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I see no problem with that schedule. I don't know that I'd call it light, but it doesn't appear heavy either.
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I always have to laugh at people who don't like Spongebob. Most of the time they haven't watched it. (Kind of reminds me of HP.) Spongebob is very clever. The cartoon often employs SAT words. I do not like many cartoons, but Spongebob is the exception.
Holly
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I fail to see how having nine tyrants is better than having one.
I totally agree.
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What classes have you taught?
How many students could you handle?
What age ranges did you teach?
How much did you charge?
Pros/Cons?
Advice?
THANKS!!!
Some things to think about:
Do you have room for moms & kids who are NOT taking the class? What will you do with those folks if they decide to stay?
Do you have strict rules about your furniture/house that some students will not know to follow? (shoes/feet on the furniture etc.) How will you handle it?
Is your husband comfortable with lots of folks romping through the house?
Will bad weather be an issue? (snow caked shoes through the house)
Have you checked whether your home insurance would cover your classes?
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I had some meetings at my house. They were not for $. I opened them up to anyone in my homeschool group that wanted to come. At one of the first meetings, a 9 year old child just up and walked away (up the street) when the meeting was over. One of my quick thinking friends stopped him and brought him back. None of us knew that he had been given directions to walk to a friends' house a few blocks away. The child's mom did not communicate with me. So I asked him to call his mom to come pick him up. She did. At my doorstep she basically threatened me with a lawsuit. Obviously, she did not have a leg to stand on, legally. But, she stood at my doorway and caused a large ruckus. Anyways, long story short, I emailed her a polite "please don't come back" note. Then she spent the next few months trashing my name publicly.
Soooooooo. These things can be tricky. The good thing about a co-op is that all the moms are responsible for their own kids. And this might have prevented the above scenario. Who knows?
If I were to teach classes outside of a co-op, I'd probably do a virtual class.
Holly
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I'm stuggling a lot this year (Moderns) to choose the books for my 10th/12th boys to read. Quite a few I have read and rejected(for various reasons). I read Death Comes For the Archbishop and it was okay, but I didn't love it and I'm sure my boys won't love it either. Why do it? Why do Cather? Have I just lost focus on why we do Lit? Maybe we don't have to love it we just need to get something out of it? And if so what is it that we should or could get out of this one. Maybe I should read some online guides to this book. If you feel like chatting about this I'll eagerly read your replies. I think I'm having trouble thinking about starting school again next week.
Thanks,
Kendall
Why are you set on Cather? Blech!
My high school lit students have enjoyed the following books that would fit into "moderns."
Alas Babylon
Fahrenheit 451
To Kill a Mockingbird
Childhoods End
Animal Farm
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Maybe The Sparrow (which I loved, but there are some disturbing scenes in there)
My favorite book! Fantastic!!
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I just ate a piece of candy so that the milk I was drinking would taste better.:D
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Thanks- long term goals are something to consider.
Hmm...her l/t goal is to be a sahm who teaches violin in her home.
For now, she loves music and we started her piano lessons because she had already taught herself quite a bit of piano on her own.
We figured we better get her a teacher who could guide her since she was determined to learn.
She has friends who play the harp which is where that interest came from.
I have no doubt that if we had a harp in the home already, she would be self-teaching at that also.
Her ideal school day would consist of just music lessons; one instrument after another but, y'know...that's not gonna happen.
I hate to limit her love for music, but we can only pay for so many lessons, not to mention the driving involved.
O.K. that is a really interesting l/t goal. Hmmmm. I guess you might want to look into harp costs-especially if you decide to buy. If you are getting a big daddy harp (pedals) then make sure you look at what a set of strings cost, along with harp cover, dolly and lessons. If you are renting....check into lesson costs. We pay more for harp than any other instrument.
Serious harp playing includes a lot of technique. It is probably just as well she is not self-teaching. Why relearn everything because of bad habits?
The last thing I'd mention, based on your comments, is that you might want to rethink the idea of limiting your dd's love for music. Music takes passion and love, yes. But, it also (and more importantly in my opinion) takes (the older you get) dedication, sacrifice, persistence/perseverance. And there are only 24 hours in a day. And you HAVE to sleep, right? So, limiting the number of instruments your dd studies is really doing her a favor in the long run. I'd rather be really good at a few things than mediocre at several things. That's a personal philosophy that many might find controversial. It is really just my personal feeling. However, it is bound up in all my years of musical study.
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Dd (11) has been playing the violin since she was five.
This past summer she also began piano lessons.
Although she loves the violin and is quite accomplished, she would like to take a year off of violin and try the harp.
This is going to be a hard sell with her dad who loves her violin music, but I do see how tired she gets of it and think a break might be nice for her.
Anyone had a dc who's asked "just give me a year off?"
I would take a long look at goals. What is your goal for playing harp, piano and violin?
Personally-and this is just me-I would suggest taking the break from piano and adding harp. I would tell my dd-and this is just me-that she should keep up with the instrument she is already good at-and getting better. Harp and violin scholarships (if that is in the future) are probably more available than piano scholarships. (And switching to viola would make even more sense if this is your goal.)
And yes, I did take some time away from my instrument. It makes me too sad to even talk about.
Holly
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It seems like you all are talking about two different things. By literary analysis, some of you seem to mean "how most people (or most experts) interpret piece of writing" and the rest of you seem to mean "what a book means to you as an individual". "How most people..." is less subjective. "How you..." is more subjective. Or maybe I have this wrong?
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Well, that was my point earlier. We are discussing without defining.
What a book means to you as an individual is reader response theory:
"Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or "audience") and his or her experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work."
What a book means to everyone-hmmmm-couldn't find a "name" for this. I would guess that it started with Aristotle. But, some lit major could probably do better.....Anyone.....
Oregonians, what do you think about the tax measures that passed yesterday?
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True. But, we get a fair amount of snow/ice in Reno. Here's a fairly balanced article about businesses moving from CA to NV.
http://www.edawn.org/docs/top-business-headlines/2008-09-02.pdf