jld Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Or is there more than one, lol? Or are you actually pretty interested in all of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Science. I couldn't be less interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 It's May, all of them :) :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole M Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 It's May, all of them :) :) :) Oh! Now I have The Lusty Month of May song in my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Science and Algebra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Especially for older kids/high school, dh & I outsource such subjects to eager folks. We don't want the kids to get sidetracked by our biases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 My 14yo LOVES her Philosophy of Mind course from the Teaching Company. Unfortunately, she wants to discuss it with me. I don't want to know about it. It makes my brain hurt. I will admit that there are occasional things that come up in the course that are pretty neat. Today's lecture was about memory persistence. Watch this video (it's clean) and see if you notice. http://www.dothetest.co.uk/basketball.html Most of the stuff in the course makes my brain hurt, but there have been occasional neat things that were interesting to me. All of it has been fascinating for my dd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Oh! Now I have The Lusty Month of May song in my head! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesa Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Writing, I just dont know how to teach it.... heck I dont even know how to write properly myself, let alone TEACH it. UGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanna Tomlinson Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Physics Calculus My ds thinks they're the greatest, and he keeps trying to explain them to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Economics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 science. My eyes even glazed over while typing the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace is Sufficient Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Fortunately, my husband loves science, so I handed that subject over to him when they were still in elementary school. He's done a wonderful job -- they both have a love for science that I could not possibly have instilled in them! Funny memory: When my son was jr. high age, he liked his Apologia book (physical science, maybe?) so well that he would read it to me and then ask me the questions in the text. I literally fell asleep on the couch during this torture and didn't wake up until he asked me, "Mom, are you thinking or sleeping?" Blessings, Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jananc Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Logic. ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Logic. ugh. I agree. Logic made my eyes glaze over. We made it through Traditional Logic I, but I couldn't muster up any energy for II. We gave up. My dd and I both sat there with glazed eyes trying to force ourselves through it. We both hated it. One morning I stated that I thought it was stupid and a waste of time. We never picked it up again. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Writing, Logic, Algebra and above maths. I like science, I may not know the higher levels well enough to teach on my own, but I like it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Oh yeah, anatomy and physiology. I am just not a "medical" person. My eyes go completely vacant and I have to remind myself not to drool while dd regales me with tales from "paramedic class". However, she can jolt me back to reality when she starts talking i.v.'s, good veins, and needing practice...thankfully not allowed to practice at home unless granny the licensed teaching R.N. supervises and the medical director issues a prescription for the paraphenalia. As soon as she gets excited about poking people, I begin pulling my shirt sleeves down tight. I'm going to have a mental breakdown if any of the other kids choose the medical field! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 writing - I hate it and leave most of the critiquing to my husband. Unlike many of you, I love science, economics and math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugs Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 S.p.e.l.l.i.n.g. I am so ready for us to accept that we're genetically poor spellers and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I agree. Logic made my eyes glaze over. We made it through Traditional Logic I, but I couldn't muster up any energy for II. We gave up. My dd and I both sat there with glazed eyes trying to force ourselves through it. We both hated it. One morning I stated that I thought it was stupid and a waste of time. We never picked it up again. :D :iagree:That is the dryest most boring program I ever forced my dd to do! I am a bit of an all rounder- I like writing, grammar, maths, life sciences, chemisty. Physics I dislike so we outsourced. Basically, I dislike marking. I like teaching, andlearning alogside the kids. I dont like marking. I did notice the other day that I may have a budding polician on my hands. My ds14 had to do an assignment of designing a form of government that combined the best of communism and democracy. He raved to me about it! He wrote a page- incredible for him! He even mentioned something like "its my calling" during his rave! Scary! I cant believe I could possibly have bred a politician since it is SO not my interest, but there you go. Maybe all this classical education will be good for something after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in PA Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Literature by far! Give me math and science anyday. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 I can't teach higher math and science. It isn't that it makes my eyes glaze over, it's just that I was rotten at them in school and don't have the background to really teach it. So we outsource. I'd love to actually relearn math. In fact that what I've decided to do with my 4th child! I am studying math right alongside him so I can finally understand it. He's working through Saxon 6/5 right now! I mean some stuff I do remember or I get my dh to help me but really I need to start all over again! As for science, I never had any confidence when I was in school studying the stuff, but now that I'm older, I find it really interesting, so hopefully I learn more of that too. The one subject that truly did make my eyes glaze over has been mentioned before: Logic, specifically Traditional Logic. That has got to be the driest course we ever attempted. Oh my. I could not get through it all. I highly recommend Classical Academic Press Logic books. 100% better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Fortunately, my husband loves science, so I handed that subject over to him when they were still in elementary school. He's done a wonderful job -- they both have a love for science that I could not possibly have instilled in them! Funny memory: When my son was jr. high age, he liked his Apologia book (physical science, maybe?) so well that he would read it to me and then ask me the questions in the text. I literally fell asleep on the couch during this torture and didn't wake up until he asked me, "Mom, are you thinking or sleeping?" Blessings, Debbie :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Oh yeah, anatomy and physiology. I am just not a "medical" person. My eyes go completely vacant and I have to remind myself not to drool while dd regales me with tales from "paramedic class". However, she can jolt me back to reality when she starts talking i.v.'s, good veins, and needing practice...thankfully not allowed to practice at home unless granny the licensed teaching R.N. supervises and the medical director issues a prescription for the paraphenalia. As soon as she gets excited about poking people, I begin pulling my shirt sleeves down tight. I'm going to have a mental breakdown if any of the other kids choose the medical field! Faith :lol: This is a great thread!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 In college I couldn't focus during Economics and statistics classes, two subjects that my ds, a sr next year, will be taking. It will be an interesting year:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Literary analysis!! I like good books. I love to read. I enjoy literature. Why anyone thinks it's important to slice it up into little pieces and kill good books is beyond me. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Literary analysis!! I like good books. I love to read. I enjoy literature. Why anyone thinks it's important to slice it up into little pieces and kill good books is beyond me. Heather Yep, and then your kids find out that the answers are subjective- "ANSWERS WILL VARY" DD said, You mean there are no RIGHT answers? "Then what is the point??? Can't I just enjoy the book?" -------------------------------------------------------------------- I enjoy SWB's story about her brother (the hive computer guy :001_smile: ) who did poorly in Freshman comp because he was required to keep a journal about his daily impressions/expectations. To him it was just another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in TN Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Literature by far! Give me math and science anyday. :001_smile: Funny I am the opposite. I love literature (including the analysis) but math past Algebra and science are beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Chemistry! And I need to know this why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Economics. :iagree: (insert tiny snore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 You know I never got chemistry at all in high school. But when my oldest two took a chemistry course and I would help them study for their tests, I actually started to see value in it. The world around us is chemicals. And in our modern culture as consumers we buy chemicals all the time and they affect our health and environment. I mean our food, what we clean our house and clothes with, medicine, so many household items that are made from chemical processes. So I actually started to see the relevancy of learning chemistry just to be an informed consumer in this day and age. Hopefully my current high schooler will be taking chemistry in his junior year and I am looking forward to studying it with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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