regentrude Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 We were extremely surprised to receive the paper score report by mail today. Hope everybody's student did well. DD was quite happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 We were shocked to get ds's, also. He met his goal, so there was some happy dancing in our house :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Came today as well (she took it through the Duke TIP program). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Congratulations to all! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Glad to hear of happy dances! Youngest will be doing the SAT March 9th. We'll see how it goes. Standardized testing is one thing I'm not going to miss once youngest is past that stage - although... I might end up tutoring for it as my "2nd job" once I leave the ps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Congrats on the scores! Creekland, test prep is on my what-to-do-next short list :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder if that means Explore test scores will be here soon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Congrats on the scores! Creekland, test prep is on my what-to-do-next short list :D It's definitely on mine (along with math tutoring in general). I find it incredibly ironic that the vast majority of kids (including my oldest two) like my teaching and actively ask me for tips/tutoring/assistance or whatever. However, my youngest (who has free access) despises it. :glare: He's a very independent kid, and really, has been since infancy. He's fun to be with for discussions on almost any topic, but not specific math/English teaching - with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 I find it incredibly ironic that the vast majority of kids (including my oldest two) like my teaching and actively ask me for tips/tutoring/assistance or whatever. However, my youngest (who has free access) despises it. :glare: He's a very independent kid, and really, has been since infancy. He's fun to be with for discussions on almost any topic, but not specific math/English teaching - with me. LOL. I teach for a living and am rather good at it - but my DS refuses to have any direct teaching from me. He is independent and introverted and wants to work with a book; my role is to stay away as far as possible. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 LOL. I teach for a living and am rather good at it - but my DS refuses to have any direct teaching from me. He is independent and introverted and wants to work with a book; my role is to stay away as far as possible. Sigh. Thanks for that! Quite honestly, it's really nice knowing I'm not alone with it... I've always wondered what I did wrong or differently with him compared to the other two. Other kids at school think he's "lucky" to have me for a parent (and tell me that on a regular basis when I'm helping them). He doesn't share their feelings. He does when it comes to things we've done and places we've gone - opportunities he's had that they haven't - but not when it comes to teaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thanks for that! Quite honestly, it's really nice knowing I'm not alone with it... I've always wondered what I did wrong or differently with him compared to the other two. Other kids at school think he's "lucky" to have me for a parent (and tell me that on a regular basis when I'm helping them). He doesn't share their feelings. He does when it comes to things we've done and places we've gone - opportunities he's had that they haven't - but not when it comes to teaching. My DS is very similar in personality to DH, who is an autodidact as well. DH is an INTJ and much prefers to learn something by himself from a book; he appreciates a good professor and clear lectures, but liked to self-study before taking a course (we went to college together, so I could observe that first-hand.) They are both let-me-in-peace-I can-figure-it-out-by-myself type of people. So, I think it is nothing we do, just the way our sons are. DD and I, OTOH, are extroverts and learn best through interaction with live people; for us a classroom course is great, whereas an online course would not have any advantage over reading a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 My DS is very similar in personality to DH, who is an autodidact as well. DH is an INTJ and much prefers to learn something by himself from a book; he appreciates a good professor and clear lectures, but liked to self-study before taking a course (we went to college together, so I could observe that first-hand.) They are both let-me-in-peace-I can-figure-it-out-by-myself type of people. So, I think it is nothing we do, just the way our sons are. DD and I, OTOH, are extroverts and learn best through interaction with live people; for us a classroom course is great, whereas an online course would not have any advantage over reading a book. Then there definitely are differences. I'm the introvert in our family who can easily remain by myself with a good book and a nice park. I could learn from a book, a large lecture hall, or a small intimate class w/discussion. I'm allergic to crowds or tons of people though. I can handle them, but I don't charge my batteries that way. Weirdly enough, being in front of crowds teaching or reading something or whatever doesn't bug me, but being in a crowded shopping mall or event has me wanting to hit some solitude elsewhere. Hubby is an extrovert who does not like being alone at all. He can learn with any method, but prefers interaction. Oldest and middle were extroverts who were ok with homeschooling as our family treasures academics. We did have to keep them active in other things (clubs, etc), but they were ok learning from me or from other sources. They preferred it to the nonsense stuff in public school. Youngest is an extrovert who puts his higher priority on people rather than academics. He's ok with times by himself with his research and critters and feels he would do wonderfully in the wild (we agree with this), but when it comes to learning, he wants to be top dog without effort. At our high school he often is. At home he's run of the mill. He loves learning from other teachers, but not from hubby nor I. His evenings are filled with clubs and activities. He dislikes being home with us - doesn't mind it home alone. He's not ok with being home alone with a book or just sitting and reading except for short, deeply informative, bits about his research. I'm still not sure why we are so low on his list. It didn't happen with my older two. So I guess I'm still stymied, but it definitely just is who he is. He's been that way forever. He didn't even want us reading to him - but Grandma could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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