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Having read the thread about the difference between math thinkers and problem solvers, I'm wondering if we're approaching math wrong for my older ds. He's always found math intuitively easy, and he's always disliked math. He's currently in 10th grade and doing calculus at home with dh, with the aim of taking the BC calc AP exam in May. Something in that previous thread caught my eye because he has been complaining about the drudgery of math, and what he considers the futility. DH has a PhD in an engineering field and has taken many graduate level math classes. I'm thinking that maybe he and his dad just think about math differently.
Anyway, we've been talking recently about what math ds will take next year. We had thought about a year of statistics, and he literally groaned and said it sounded like torture. I suggested a year of mathematical logic, which ds thought sounded way more interesting, but dh isn't sure about it. Right now ds says he wants to be a history major in college, but even he admits that it is possible that he'll change his mind.
Dual enrollment opportunities are limited here, and he's already trying to arrange dual enrollment for history. So it's fairly likely that he'll be doing math at home next year. And even though he will have finished BC calculus this year, I think he should continue with some sort of math for the remaining two years of high school.
Any suggestions for courses that might interest a kid who might be a math thinker (not a problem solver)?
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Sending you a pm, although I wasn't an organizer or anything. My kids participated.
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I think 2048 would work. It's intuitive, and there is no language. You could also consider dragonbox. I'm not totally sure, but I don't think there's any language in that.
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I'm not concerned about the tax break, I'm concerned about being able to avoid penalties for not having the plan the government says I should have - when that isn't what I want or need.
I don't think that the HSA has anything to do with avoiding penalties. An HSA is an account that you put money into, in addition to your health insurance, which enables you to get tax breaks. So it makes sense that the government has control over tax breaks.
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My family's experience with the ACA has been very positive. Our monthly premiums are significantly lower, and we've got better coverage. DH and I are both self-employed so no coverage through employers. I will say that the coverage is not nearly as good as the coverage we used to have through our employer many years ago.
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My ds has been using beastnode for over a year. He's been pretty happy with his server, as far as I know. If you have specific questions, I could ask him.
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I am one of those who used Dolciani to supplement, but I never had a solutions manual. The answers (only answers, not worked solutions) to the odd numbered problems are in the back of the book, if that helps. If you want something to supplement that does have a solutions manual, you could consider Lial or Life of Fred.
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Thanks!!!
If anyone else has experience, I'd love to hear more. It sounds like we really should try to get the money together. It actually seems fairly reasonably priced, for what it is, but we're really going to have to squeeze to make it worth it.
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My ds is interested in the Hillsdale College programs, especially the Winston Churchill/WW II one. However, it is really going to be a stretch for us to pay for it. We can possibly ask grandparents to help, but we're wondering if the program is really worth it. DS loves history, especially world war II.
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Our tentative plan is for ds (10th grade now) to take the SAT next fall, which I believe is the current SAT. He can take the new SAT after that, if he feels the need. I'm strongly encouraging him to spend time preparing for the PSAT next fall, which will overlap a lot with preparing for the SAT.
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National History Day has two divisions - junior (middle school) and senior (high school). They have categories for individual entries and group entries. I think the group entries are 2-5 people, but I'm not positive. Their website is http://www.nhd.org/. I think a lot of the details like when and where depend on your state. Both of my kids have participated, and it's been a great experience for both of them. Between them they've done individual documentaries, group documentaries, and individual performance. There are also categories for papers, websites, and exhibits.
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I just wanted to point out that you can take the ACT without writing. It's still a long test, and it won't qualify you for SET.
Sorry your cover school wasn't receptive.
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As far as I know, the new SAT isn't starting until spring 2016. So your dd could wait at least another year and still take the old SAT.
Both my dc took the SAT when they were 12. Where we live there isn't a separate room or anything for young people taking the SAT. My younger ds is quite small for his age, and he was a bit stressed about taking the test with high school students, but he came out of the test saying it went fine. I had both dc take practice tests at home before going, but they've never gone to a test prep center.
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My mother-in-law moved in with us three years ago. We looked for houses that would be dividable, to allow both of us some privacy. The house we bought had a space that we designated for her, one very large room with its own entrance. We put a small kitchen into her room, which made a huge difference. We occasionally eat together, but she is used to cooking/eating on her own, and really prefers it.
So far the set-up has worked really well for all of us. It may get a little more difficult in the next year or two because I think MIL is going to have to give up her driver's license. She really likes to be independent.
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I just joined! I'm on vacation, and I haven't been wearing my fitbit much. I'll have to find it and put it back on.
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I just wish the purge were a couple of months AFTER the last test. If they purged in August rather than June, then everyone would have received their scores already. In the current system, June testers need to be really on the ball for no good reason that I know of.
I really wish they could purge in August. Or at least July. It really does penalize June testers.
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The last time I signed up an under 9th grader, a red box popped up warning me that scores would be purged and I had to click "okay" before I could continue with the registration. Did they get rid of that when they updated the software?
My ds was under 13, so he couldn't register online. He had to mail in a paper registration. So no, there was no pop-up box, LOL.
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I just dealt with this in June for my younger ds. He took the SAT in June, but we waited until we got the scores (by phone) before we sent in the letter to save the scores. His scores weren't stunning or anything, but we want to keep them on record because they'll qualify him for community college here. This is the link to the info at the college board:
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/register/special/8th-grade
Editing to add, maybe your ds is different because he is older. My ds is under 13 and couldn't register online, so we couldn't see his scores online at all. I'd call them Monday to verify.
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Thanks, these look useful.
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My ds's high school has a complicating rotating schedule. The net effect is that every class meets 4 times a week. Well, I'm not sure about half credit classes, since ds doesn't have any. The class periods vary a bit, but are mostly 54 minutes long, and they have 175 days of school. It doesn't seem like much time to me.
It is extra challenging for AP classes, since school here doesn't start until after labor day and won't finish until next week. Since they have to complete the AP material by early May, they then have this "dead period" from the end of the AP exam until the end of the school year. His AP European history class has been learning about the stock market and playing games for almost a month now.
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Have you considered Spectrum chemistry? I'm not familiar with "World of Chemistry" or "Conceptual Chemistry," so I can't really compare them.
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I posted a very similar story one year ago. A year ago my ds was 14, and his handwriting was very, very slow. He had signed up for AP European history at the public school, and I was in a panic about how he would take notes, much less hand write an essay for the AP exam. We worked a little bit on letter formation last summer, but somehow the summer went by too fast.
Now, I can't believe how much he has improved. He took the AP exam in May, and while we don't know the results yet, he's pretty sure he got at least a 4, and he's really hoping for a 5. I wish I could tell you exactly what made the difference, but I really can't say. I think part of it was motivation. He loves history, and he really wanted to do well in the class. Maybe part of the motivation was being in the school environment, with pressure from both his teacher and his peers. I think the other part was just age and maturity.
I realize that I don't have any really helpful advice, but I wanted to tell you my success story just to say it is possible.
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Wow, I missed that thread. Thanks so much!
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Does anyone have recommendations for resources for doing AP physics C at home? Ds really hates video courses, and dislikes online courses. DH is more than qualified to teach him physics, but he would really like a course already planned out for him. I'm willing to do the planning part, if necessary, but I'd need book recommendations, etc. Something with answer solutions, not just the answer key would be ideal.
We're tentatively planning to have ds spread out mechanics over the first year, so I don't think it will be too tough. DS will be doing calculus simultaneously.
Also, is it possible to buy a lab kit anywhere?
S/O difference between math thinkers and math problem solvers
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Wow, thanks to both of you. I'd welcome more suggestions too. I'm going to take some time to go through these possibilities with dh and ds and see what we can work out.