LunaLee Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 with a curriculum... Today marks the third and, hopefully final time, that I've pulled the MCT out of the garage and put it into rotation. Now, in all fairness the first two times I was trying to use it with Saxon, but I've officially decided to ditch the Saxon and jump ship to MCT. I've been hem-hawing around about it for a week or so, but 2 things confirmed it for me today: 1. Barb's post on VSLearners and 2: Hunter's siggy, "A curriculum that gets done is superior to a superior curriculum that doesn't get done." Which of course is always what I tell the parents where I work, but I just needed to see it I guess (we are only on Lesson 33). Personally I always struggle with the whole are we giving up because it's too hard question, but I think with this I'm convinced it's a learning style issue. Thanks for listening-I just needed to get that off my chest. You may now return to your regularly scheduled unprogramming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 with a curriculum... Today marks the third and, hopefully final time, that I've pulled the MCT out of the garage and put it into rotation. Now, in all fairness the first two times I was trying to use it with Saxon, but I've officially decided to ditch the Saxon and jump ship to MCT. I've been hem-hawing around about it for a week or so, but 2 things confirmed it for me today: 1. Barb's post on VSLearners and 2: Hunter's siggy, "A curriculum that gets done is superior to a superior curriculum that doesn't get done." Which of course is always what I tell the parents where I work, but I just needed to see it I guess (we are only on Lesson 33). Personally I always struggle with the whole are we giving up because it's too hard question, but I think with this I'm convinced it's a learning style issue. Thanks for listening-I just needed to get that off my chest. You may now return to your regularly scheduled unprogramming. :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 :001_smile: Can you provide a link to Barb's post on VSLearners? Thanks and good luck w/ MCT! Capt Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 If it helps, I used Hake Grammar for two years with my older son. Remarkably he got good scores on the assessments but a year later, with some reinforcement from Daily Grams, he remembered *nothing*. So we went to MCT. I felt like I was stepping off a cliff. But it finally clicked for him. I think he needed the big picture that MCT develops so well--Hake was doing just the opposite breaking everything down into little pieces. This is to say, I think you're making a great decision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvnlattes Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I think she might be referring to this recent blog post: http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com/2011/02/helping-visual-spatial-learner.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I am doing the opposite. I am thinking of dumping MCT. I am now questioning his teaching at the high school level. I posted about it on the high school board, but to put it succinctly, he has a quote/indent problem.:lol: Lisa (swimmermom3) asked him about it on the private forum and his response leaves me :confused::eek::blink: In every single MLA essay example in Voyages, AAW level1 and level 2 (and I am not exaggerating. It is every single one that I have looked through), he follows a long quote by a new paragraph. The resulting paragraphs are therefore weak, and by my assessment (so this is only my opinion ;) ) incorrect form. If he had shared that they were formatting errors, I could possibly accept that. But, if he really wants to teach students to write the way the examples end up........I am completely and totally unimpressed. They wouldn't pass based on my writing criteria.:tongue_smilie:` Edited February 11, 2011 by 8FillTheHeart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 I think she might be referring to this recent blog post: http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com/2011/02/helping-visual-spatial-learner.html Yes, that's the one. We'll see how MCT goes for the rest of this year, but I have R&S6 for next year if MCT doesn't work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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