classicallyrelaxedmomof3 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well one of my babies...ahem...I mean my 18 yr old started college this fall. Got his first test back and he made a 99. We never thought we would even be here (he has Asperger's) but here we are!! It turned out his class ends at the same time as his friend and she drives him to work after they have lunch. So he has the comfort of that. I am so proud! (can't show it too much or it will be "aww mom!" LOL) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langfam Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 :hurray: Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periwinkle Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwilliams1922 Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Well one of my babies...ahem...I mean my 18 yr old started college this fall. Got his first test back and he made a 99. We never thought we would even be here (he has Asperger's) but here we are!! It turned out his class ends at the same time as his friend and she drives him to work after they have lunch. So he has the comfort of that. I am so proud! (can't show it too much or it will be "aww mom!" LOL) :lol: congrats! Please share how you did it & the obstacle you overcame though high school. I could really use the encouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaNY Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yahoooo!! It's so nice to see our dc do well out there, isn't it? :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 What great news! Congratulations to you both. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yeah!!!! It is a huge relief to discover they can do it, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lux Et Veritas Academy Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 This is awesome- I too, would love to hear about his journey and your efforts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicallyrelaxedmomof3 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Our journey started with us pulling him out of 5th grade. He has Asperger Syndrome. It took a while of deschooling for him to love learning again. We have always piecemealed our curriculum. When we found TWTM, it fit my son perfectly. He loved logic! We took time to figure out what he wanted to learn and how he could learn that subject best. He found out he NEEDED a lesson plan. Once he had that, he could deviate from it if need be, but he had to have that "plan of action" first. I also found out I am the same way!! I feel I have learned just as much from our journey as my kids have. So anyway, we have loosely followed and tweaked TWTM since 2003. Things we learned along the way: Always talk to your kids about what they want to learn, not every math problem has to be done, be flexible, be flexible, be flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwilliams1922 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 congrats! I'd love to hear more if you have time :) how long did it take for him to 'deschool' how did the admissions process go? what about the standardized testing? Is he staying on campus? Is the school supportive? Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm happy for you and your ds.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicallyrelaxedmomof3 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 congrats! I'd love to hear more if you have time :) how long did it take for him to 'deschool' how did the admissions process go? what about the standardized testing? Is he staying on campus? Is the school supportive? Lara We "deschooled" for almost a year. But what he didn't realize is what he was doing WAS school. Example: He played a lot of the games Pharoah, Zeus, (I'm forgetting the others)...so when we started ancient history he knew so much about egypt, greece, and rome already. The admissions was actually pretty easy. We went on registration day, handed over our transcript and their form...they then sent us to a different room to sign up for classes...he was only signing up for one so it went very fast...that was it. Our transcript was just a simple one page form with no course descriptions and they have not ask for any as of yet. He had taken the ACT back in 2006 and made a 26 on it. He chose not to tell the school of his AS, his choice. No he does not live on campus, he is not ready for that yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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