aplan4life

When I was writing regarding Zak and studying the Pre-Ged and me just
now finding out that one has to be at least 18 take it...when I wrote
about honesty, it totally came out wrong and I didn't mean to word
things that way. This is one of the first times that I've ever seen
him be totally excited about something that was totally self-iniated
by him outside of video games, he does things but has never really had
a passion. His goal was set for the sole purpose of having a GED
diploma at the age of 12, how can I break this to him without ruining
his excitement? He WANTS badly to play football in the fall and
dreams of going to college in order to play football someday and has
even went so far as to speak about it professionally. Maybe I could
go from there and be encouraging regarding maybe the Pre-GED will help
prepare him better for SAT/ACT's and such?

This is my fault as I was excited with Zak, I should've found out this
info beforehand and I didn't. :-(


~Sandy

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 5/3/06, aplan4life <aplan4life@...> wrote:
>
> When I was writing regarding Zak and studying the Pre-Ged and me just
> now finding out that one has to be at least 18 take it...


According to the "official GED website" :

The GED Tests may be given to:

- Residents of Florida, proof of residency must include either a State
of Florida Driver License, State of Florida Identification Card, Military ID
or Student Visa
- Adults, 18 years of age or older
- GED candidates 16 or 17 years of age who have been granted an age
waiver from their local educational agency
- Individuals not enrolled in an accredited high school
- Individuals who have not graduated from an accredited high school or
have not already received a high school equivalency diploma

Applicants should check local requirements.



So it seems as though he has to either wait until he is 16 OR possibly he
can get through on the "not enrolled in an accredited high school" clause.
It NEVER hurts to ask. There is a FAQ here:
http://www.aceofflorida.org/ged/flares.html which includes some links to
practice GED tests online.





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aplan4life

Thank you Michelle...I had read that this morning but totally missed
that part.

Thanks again.

~Sandy

--- In [email protected], "Pampered Chef Michelle"
<pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
>
> On 5/3/06, aplan4life <aplan4life@...> wrote:
> >
> > When I was writing regarding Zak and studying the Pre-Ged and me just
> > now finding out that one has to be at least 18 take it...
>
>
> According to the "official GED website" :
>
> The GED Tests may be given to:
>
> - Residents of Florida, proof of residency must include either a
State
> of Florida Driver License, State of Florida Identification Card,
Military ID
> or Student Visa
> - Adults, 18 years of age or older
> - GED candidates 16 or 17 years of age who have been granted an age
> waiver from their local educational agency
> - Individuals not enrolled in an accredited high school
> - Individuals who have not graduated from an accredited high
school or
> have not already received a high school equivalency diploma
>
> Applicants should check local requirements.
>
>
>
> So it seems as though he has to either wait until he is 16 OR
possibly he
> can get through on the "not enrolled in an accredited high school"
clause.
> It NEVER hurts to ask. There is a FAQ here:
> http://www.aceofflorida.org/ged/flares.html which includes some links to
> practice GED tests online.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Michelle
> Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
> The Pampered Chef
> 850-474-0817
> http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
> Ask me how you can save 60% on some of our most favorite products!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Paige

> According to the "official GED website" :
>
> The GED Tests may be given to:
>
> - Residents of Florida, proof of residency must include either
a State
> of Florida Driver License, State of Florida Identification
Card, Military ID
> or Student Visa
> - Adults, 18 years of age or older
> - GED candidates 16 or 17 years of age who have been granted an
age
> waiver from their local educational agency
> - Individuals not enrolled in an accredited high school
> - Individuals who have not graduated from an accredited high
school or
> have not already received a high school equivalency diploma
>
> Applicants should check local requirements.

If this were my child, I would call him over to the computer, show
him this, maybe with a "someone on the group found the requirements
for the GED, and unless we can get you in on the 'not enrolled in an
accredited high school' clause you will have to wait until you are
16". I definately wouldn't keep this information from him. He
REALLY wouldn't trust you if he finished the whole book, then you
told him he couldn't take the test because of the age requirements.
JMO,
Paige

aplan4life

I told him about 45 minutes ago. He's still a little disappointed and
didn't really want to discuss it further so we'll wait and see. :-)

I appreaciate everyone's input.

~Sandy

--- In [email protected], "Paige"
<paigehughes1972@...> wrote:
>
>
> > According to the "official GED website" :
> >
> > The GED Tests may be given to:
> >
> > - Residents of Florida, proof of residency must include either
> a State
> > of Florida Driver License, State of Florida Identification
> Card, Military ID
> > or Student Visa
> > - Adults, 18 years of age or older
> > - GED candidates 16 or 17 years of age who have been granted an
> age
> > waiver from their local educational agency
> > - Individuals not enrolled in an accredited high school
> > - Individuals who have not graduated from an accredited high
> school or
> > have not already received a high school equivalency diploma
> >
> > Applicants should check local requirements.
>
> If this were my child, I would call him over to the computer, show
> him this, maybe with a "someone on the group found the requirements
> for the GED, and unless we can get you in on the 'not enrolled in an
> accredited high school' clause you will have to wait until you are
> 16". I definately wouldn't keep this information from him. He
> REALLY wouldn't trust you if he finished the whole book, then you
> told him he couldn't take the test because of the age requirements.
> JMO,
> Paige
>

Pampered Chef Michelle

Sandy, I went "for fun" and looked at one of the GED tests that are
online. Aside from the annoying popups and blinking ads (who the heck can
concentrate on a test when bombarded by such I have no idea) and started the
first part and thought, "What does anyone need to know any of that crap?"
It was all questions on parts of language. Poems that need to be dissected
as if dissecting a poem will make us understand them better. Stories that
need broken up into smaller parts for us to understand them? It was all
nonsensical to me. I can enjoy a poem without knowing that there is simile
or metaphor in it. I can read a story and comprehend what it is all about
without having to have it broken down into little parts for my scrutiny! We
can learn to use alliteration without knowing it is alliteration. We can
use similes and metaphors without knowing what those forms of writing are.
We use comparisons all the time and never thing, "Ah, I am going to use a
simile now." Has anyone truly ever benefitted from logically placing a
metaphor somewhere? I love literature, but I don't break down all my
reading into what forms of literature are being used. If I read a poem and
enjoy what the poem says I don't need to tear it apart to understand why a
certain part effected me.

Your son is still quite young and the information on these GED's may seem
extremely overwhelming. I wonder if showing him a sample test would be
beneficial or make him feel like he isn't "worthy."





--
Michelle
Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
The Pampered Chef
850-474-0817
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
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aplan4life

--- In [email protected], "Pampered Chef Michelle"
<pamperedmichelle@...> wrote:
>
"What does anyone need to know any of that crap?"

I agree Michelle, I'm guessing for college placement tests and that is
the only time they need to know that crap for?

For those of you who have went to college, or whose children have
unschooled since the beginning I just want to make sure that I truly
understanding unschooling.... From the books I've read and the advice
here, if a child WANTS to go to college I am not wrong to say that "If
they want to go to college, they are capable of doing what it takes to
get there including but not limited to; prep tests, courses, etc. When
a child WANTS to learn they will learn." I have John Holt's book and
his differences between "T" teaching and "t" teaching was so perfect
to me and made so much sense. It's okay to be taught if you want to
be taught and it may be hard but if it's something that YOU want to
learn and study for etc, it's okay you'll learn itand heck, even at
Walmart they have the "Cliff Notes" series. However, the other kind
of teaching is unwanted and forced even for things you aren't
interested in. The other thing...it doesn't take 12 years to learn
even the required 'learning' for SAT's and such, does it? I mean that
a tutor or doing courses wouldn't take care of so long as we keep a
portfolio later on down the road IF they should desire to go to college?

One time I read a site (this was like a year ago) from an unschooled
teen who said that she was upset that her mom never taught her math or
pushed it because now she has problems learning it. She blamed her mom
for not teaching her, I'm guessing there is probably a deeper issue
here, and blamed her mom that she couldn't get into college because of
'pathetic' math scores. That bothers me because from what I
understand (not know) college has many choices and you learn what you
choose to learn in college and take required classes that pertain to
your degree so WHY do they place emphasis on say 'grammar' if your
child wants to go to college and major in history? I truly and
honestly don't get it.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Pampered Chef Michelle <pamperedmichelle@...>

Has anyone truly ever benefitted from logically placing a
metaphor somewhere?

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Me? <g>

I *love* all that stuff! <g> Different strokes and all...

~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://liveandlearnconference.org

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Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi