Another WWUD
Heidi
Our 15 year old girl, around mid-winter last year (02), requested a
more structured curriculum, with assignments and paper work and the
like. We set her up with CLASS, an Illinois based academy with a long-
standing homeschool branch, and a good reputation.
The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballs
at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?
HeidiC
more structured curriculum, with assignments and paper work and the
like. We set her up with CLASS, an Illinois based academy with a long-
standing homeschool branch, and a good reputation.
The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballs
at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?
HeidiC
Jon and Rue Kream
Have a bonfire and dance around it? Or sell it on ebay or wherever
these things are sold? I'd pick the first one, personally. Much more
fun. ~Rue
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
-----Original Message-----
From: Heidi [mailto:bunsofaluminum60@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Another WWUD
Our 15 year old girl, around mid-winter last year (02), requested a
more structured curriculum, with assignments and paper work and the
like. We set her up with CLASS, an Illinois based academy with a long-
standing homeschool branch, and a good reputation.
The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballs
at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?
HeidiC
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these things are sold? I'd pick the first one, personally. Much more
fun. ~Rue
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
-----Original Message-----
From: Heidi [mailto:bunsofaluminum60@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Another WWUD
Our 15 year old girl, around mid-winter last year (02), requested a
more structured curriculum, with assignments and paper work and the
like. We set her up with CLASS, an Illinois based academy with a long-
standing homeschool branch, and a good reputation.
The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballs
at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?
HeidiC
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jmcseals SEALS
***The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballs at
it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm rather
laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?***
I'd ditch it! An expensive lesson well learned. <g>
Jennifer
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it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm rather
laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
What Would U Do?***
I'd ditch it! An expensive lesson well learned. <g>
Jennifer
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Tia Leschke
> The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballsWas it worth that to learn the real lesson it "taught"? Money well spent.
> at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
> rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
> assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
> and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
> ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
Enjoy the bonfire.
Tia
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
saftety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
leschke@...
[email protected]
In a message dated 5/1/2003 4:40:40 PM Central Daylight Time, leschke@...
writes:
Tuck
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writes:
> The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our eyeballsWe call that, "taking the seminar". Expensive lesson.
> >at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
> >rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
> >assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain stupid,
> >and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
> >ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
>
> Was it worth that to learn the real lesson it "taught"? Money well spent.
> Enjoy the bonfire.
>
Tuck
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Heidi
Taking the seminar, eh? *heart palpitations* $400 is SO MUCH MONEY to
us! A month's groceries, an overnight trip to Lagoon, a family pool
season pass and money to spend on the concession there...aaargh!
This is what we're doing right now:
History: she has read through her whole history book, for pleasure.
In order to learn how to study for a test, (since she wants to go to
college), I taught her how to go through her reading and find the
main points, and then she has an open book test. I've also told her,
college tests won't be open book, and she knows she should hone her
study skills to prepare for college.
Science: read a chapter, take an open book test. Forget everything
except the bits about the ocean (an interest of Abbie's)
Grammar: sit down with mom, and get into a fit of giggles at how
STUPID and USELESS it is to have to show someone else that she can
fill in the little dots, and take an open book test with lots of
guessing.
Economics: sit down with the book and mom, and read through the book
together, and talk about tools, consuming, food, shelter, and work.
Laugh a lot. Talk about it on the way to drama class. Haven't taken a
test in that one yet. Open book, most likely.
Math: we're ignoring math. She knows how to do everything up to
dividing and multiplying fractions. She went so far in math, and
said "no more!"
and, she is doing this at her own pace. She rattled off about 10
science tests in one week, and is now leaving it all alone.
we may continue along those lines, just to "finish what we started"
(if that isn't an unschooling attitude, remember: I'm a work in
progress here! L) and to give mom and dad the feeling that we didn't
shell out $400 for her not to finish. She does have until Oct. 31 to
finish the year out. (they give a pupil a whole year to do one year's
work, and we got started with this in Oct.)
and HAVE WE learned our lesson! Abbie, too, though. She did
request "more structure, some official assignments"
PEace, HeidiC
us! A month's groceries, an overnight trip to Lagoon, a family pool
season pass and money to spend on the concession there...aaargh!
This is what we're doing right now:
History: she has read through her whole history book, for pleasure.
In order to learn how to study for a test, (since she wants to go to
college), I taught her how to go through her reading and find the
main points, and then she has an open book test. I've also told her,
college tests won't be open book, and she knows she should hone her
study skills to prepare for college.
Science: read a chapter, take an open book test. Forget everything
except the bits about the ocean (an interest of Abbie's)
Grammar: sit down with mom, and get into a fit of giggles at how
STUPID and USELESS it is to have to show someone else that she can
fill in the little dots, and take an open book test with lots of
guessing.
Economics: sit down with the book and mom, and read through the book
together, and talk about tools, consuming, food, shelter, and work.
Laugh a lot. Talk about it on the way to drama class. Haven't taken a
test in that one yet. Open book, most likely.
Math: we're ignoring math. She knows how to do everything up to
dividing and multiplying fractions. She went so far in math, and
said "no more!"
and, she is doing this at her own pace. She rattled off about 10
science tests in one week, and is now leaving it all alone.
we may continue along those lines, just to "finish what we started"
(if that isn't an unschooling attitude, remember: I'm a work in
progress here! L) and to give mom and dad the feeling that we didn't
shell out $400 for her not to finish. She does have until Oct. 31 to
finish the year out. (they give a pupil a whole year to do one year's
work, and we got started with this in Oct.)
and HAVE WE learned our lesson! Abbie, too, though. She did
request "more structure, some official assignments"
PEace, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], tuckervill@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/1/2003 4:40:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
leschke@s...
> writes:
>
> > The tuition came to $400. And Abbie (and we) are rolling our
eyeballs
> > >at it. Especially since re-thinking how learning takes place, I'm
> > >rather laughing at the "one multiple-choice test per chapter" to
> > >assess whether she's learned anything or not. It's just plain
stupid,
> > >and we're really frustrated with it. I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's
> > >ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDRED SMACKEROONS!!!
> >
> > Was it worth that to learn the real lesson it "taught"? Money
well spent.
> > Enjoy the bonfire.
> >
>
> We call that, "taking the seminar". Expensive lesson.
>
> Tuck
>
>
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zenmomma2kids
>> I'd say "eh, whatever. Let's ditch it" but it cost us FOUR HUNDREDSMACKEROONS!!!>>
You've already spent the money. It's gone. Consider it a lesson
learned. A $400 lesson. I'd ditch it and move back to the joy.
Life is good.
~Mary
Robyn Coburn
You've already spent the money. It's gone. Consider it a lesson
learned. A $400 lesson. I'd ditch it and move back to the joy.
I dont know what the curriculum looks like but I have some crafty
suggestions for it:
Use an ageing wash on pages that have geometry or math diagrams and
decoupage them onto wooden boxes as gift or jewelry boxes. (Da Vinci
reproductions?)
Tightly typed text can look good as mats for photos, backgrounds for
shadow boxes, decoupage items.
Photos, especially black and white historical or architecture can make
great basis for collage wall art. Check out some of the finished art at
home décor stores thats all a lot of it is.
Hard cover books can be made into secret safes and hidden in plain
view.
They can also be made into fake book rows and donated to the prop
department of your local community theater.
Shred the stuff for mailing packages.
Or I love papier mache!
Or finally,
Sell the whole darn thing on E-bay and recoup a portion of your costs.
Robyn Coburn
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learned. A $400 lesson. I'd ditch it and move back to the joy.
I dont know what the curriculum looks like but I have some crafty
suggestions for it:
Use an ageing wash on pages that have geometry or math diagrams and
decoupage them onto wooden boxes as gift or jewelry boxes. (Da Vinci
reproductions?)
Tightly typed text can look good as mats for photos, backgrounds for
shadow boxes, decoupage items.
Photos, especially black and white historical or architecture can make
great basis for collage wall art. Check out some of the finished art at
home décor stores thats all a lot of it is.
Hard cover books can be made into secret safes and hidden in plain
view.
They can also be made into fake book rows and donated to the prop
department of your local community theater.
Shred the stuff for mailing packages.
Or I love papier mache!
Or finally,
Sell the whole darn thing on E-bay and recoup a portion of your costs.
Robyn Coburn
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[email protected]
In a message dated 5-3-2003 12:00:08 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
dezigna@... writes:
pages from an antique book, when she ran out of the old papers, she colored
some new pages with tea or coffee to make them look aged... Put it up in your
*school room* hee hee
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly
losing it's understanding of being human" John Trudell
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dezigna@... writes:
> Use an aging wash on pages that have geometry or math diagrams andOh! We saw this on Trading Spaces <bg> Gen wallpapered an entire wall with
> decoupage them onto wooden boxes as gift or jewelry boxes. (Da Vinci
> reproductions?)
>
pages from an antique book, when she ran out of the old papers, she colored
some new pages with tea or coffee to make them look aged... Put it up in your
*school room* hee hee
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly
losing it's understanding of being human" John Trudell
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Heidi
LOL Robyn, I like the way you think! The book Abbie likes is her
history book, so we'll keep that. Maybe we can get the rest onto Ebay
and sell some of the non-marked stuff. Not much of that, though.
She's been underlining in order to glean data for the tests. (Rolling
Eyes)
thanks!
Heidi
--- In [email protected], "Robyn Coburn"
<dezigna@a...> wrote:
history book, so we'll keep that. Maybe we can get the rest onto Ebay
and sell some of the non-marked stuff. Not much of that, though.
She's been underlining in order to glean data for the tests. (Rolling
Eyes)
thanks!
Heidi
--- In [email protected], "Robyn Coburn"
<dezigna@a...> wrote:
> You've already spent the money. It's gone. Consider it a lessonmake
> learned. A $400 lesson. I'd ditch it and move back to the joy.
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> I don't know what the curriculum looks like but I have some crafty
> suggestions for it:
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> Use an ageing wash on pages that have geometry or math diagrams and
> decoupage them onto wooden boxes as gift or jewelry boxes. (Da Vinci
> reproductions?)
>
> Tightly typed text can look good as mats for photos, backgrounds for
> shadow boxes, decoupage items.
>
> Photos, especially black and white historical or architecture can
> great basis for collage wall art. Check out some of the finishedart at
> home décor stores that's all a lot of it is.costs.
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> Hard cover books can be made into "secret safes" and hidden in plain
> view.
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> They can also be made into fake book rows and donated to the prop
> department of your local community theater.
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> Shred the stuff for mailing packages.
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> Or I love papier mache!
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> Or finally,
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> Sell the whole darn thing on E-bay and recoup a portion of your
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> Robyn Coburn
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Mary
From: "Robyn Coburn" <dezigna@...>
<<Sell the whole darn thing on E-bay and recoup a portion of your costs.>>
Excellent ideas Robyn! If the money was a concern, selling it sounds good.
If it's not and you just want to have fun, all the other ideas were great!!
Mary B
<<Sell the whole darn thing on E-bay and recoup a portion of your costs.>>
Excellent ideas Robyn! If the money was a concern, selling it sounds good.
If it's not and you just want to have fun, all the other ideas were great!!
Mary B