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Gandolorin
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on: June 18, 2014 09:55
findemaxam48 said:... or tests on the material you have learned: in my case, Regents exams.

Ah yes, the dear old Regents exams, I remember them well (we lived in Port Washington, North Shore of Long Island, at that time).
Regents exams can be decisive, though my example is probably an extreme exception to the rule. I was bilingual when my family and I came to the US in 1966 (when I jumped to 6th grade). In 7th and 8th grade, I took German classes at the Goethe Institute (Saturdays, when the cartoons were on - SHRIEK!!!). After 8th grade, we moved to Port Washington. That ended the German lessons, not just because of the greater distance, but also because they said that I was at least two classes ahead of all others (we continued to speak German at home).
Anyway, I was allowed to take the Regents Exam in German in 10th grade. Scored 97% (the odd gap in I forget what prevented 100%). That gave me three YEARS of credit with an A+ score, certainly helped my final graduation score (44th of about 540 people in the class).
Amusing aside note: the German teacher in the high school told me later that he had never sweated over an exam correction as he had over my Regents. My vocabulary was simply larger than his, and he was consulting the dictionary quite a bit.
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on: June 18, 2014 10:35
I just took a regents in Enriched Global Studies today. Two more tomorrow!


In NYS, you have to have at least one year of foreign language, which means one foreign language credit. I now have three for French, and will have five high school credits and three college ones in French by the time I graduate, and then two high school credits in Spanish when I graduate. You also need one art or music (I have four already.)
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on: June 18, 2014 07:52
findemaxam48 said:Thats so wierd! Especially since it's technically illegal not to do any form of school!


Believe me, I know. The only way to even try to verify learning is tests and attendance records. And like I said, there are people out there who take advantage of this.
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on: June 18, 2014 07:55
[b]Gandolorin said:
Amusing aside note: the German teacher in the high school told me later that he had never sweated over an exam correction as he had over my Regents. My vocabulary was simply larger than his, and he was consulting the dictionary quite a bit.


That's funny! I've always wanted to learn German, but it's tough to get motivated to do it everyday, even if I could find a way to learn it on my own.
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on: June 19, 2014 03:29
Try Rosetta Stone, Fencer. Its a good study tool for me and I'll be using it more as I tackle my third language...
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on: June 19, 2014 07:48
What is your second language?
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on: June 20, 2014 01:38
My first and primary is English, second French, and I will be going on to my third, Spanish. I also know Sindarin, if that counts. You need at least one foreign language credit in NYS. That is usually acheived in middle school, but you can choose to continue on and add more if you'd like.
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on: June 23, 2014 07:40
That is so cool.

Technically, I am supposed to have a language course too, but my mom has not gotten around to it yet.

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on: June 27, 2014 02:06
I'm supposed to be teaching myself Spanish. Supposed to be. What subjects do you enjoy Elven Fencer?
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on: June 27, 2014 08:03
I really like Physics. I'm weird that way. I also like history, but not the way the textbooks teach it. What about you?
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on: June 27, 2014 08:48
Oh yes I love History. We study history by reading books. Have you read G.A. Henty? I also write. Some during school but mostly after because I'm writing a book with a friend.
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on: June 28, 2014 07:01
No, never heard of him...

What kind of book are you writing?
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on: June 28, 2014 08:10
Historical fiction writer. Lived in England died before the World Wars. He tends to be repetitive and takes the British side in his War for Independance book.

It's about an underground world run by a power hungry man who captures people from the Overworld (that is why people fanish all those Missing signs) and enslaves them. He is planning to destroy America through counterfeiting and spreading a crop disease.

I've started others set in my fantasy world.
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on: June 29, 2014 05:53
Of course he takes the sides of the Brits. Does sound interesting though. Always good to know both sides.

Wow, that sounds really cool! The scary thing is, something like that might actually happen, if we're not careful.
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on: June 29, 2014 06:43
I know after his book about William Wallace and Robert Bruce I hated the English for what they did to Wallace. Mattr of fact I still do.

Hmm now that you say that it does seem scary. We have some pretty intense stuff, whiping, torture (not much, battle, and death.

Hey I'd love to PM with you if you want.
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on: June 30, 2014 06:06
Your story sounds really awesome though!

Okay, that sounds good!
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on: June 30, 2014 09:14
Right now my co-author and I are reworking the beginning.

What books are you reading currently?
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on: August 16, 2014 02:45
Umm...I know that this forum has spun a little off topic (), but I just thought I'd drop in and say 'Hi! I'm home schooled too!'
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on: August 18, 2014 10:22
Hmmmm it has...another homeschooler! ((Love the avi by the way.))
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on: August 18, 2014 01:14
Everybody on CoE seems to be homeschooled.
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on: August 19, 2014 09:40
@Cenor: Aww, thanks...glad you like it!
@findemaxam: Ha ha...maybe it's because homeschoolers tend to have more time for this type of thing? I don't know...
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on: August 19, 2014 11:04
Or maybe we can call this school. Lets see, languages, world history, thinking games, writing, "socialization" , and much more. Yup, school.
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on: August 19, 2014 11:12
findemaxam48 said:Everybody on CoE seems to be homeschooled.

Whoa! Careful with the everyXXX statements, Missy! In the scientific method, one occurrence contradictory to them falsifies them. Leave them to the politicians, we know they lie to beat the band.
Heard this politician "joke"?
Watching a politician making statements on TV:
"There he goes, lying again."
"The sound is turned off, you don't know what he said, so how do you know?"
"His lips moved!"
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My point being, I ain't homeschooled.

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on: August 19, 2014 12:40
@Cenor: I love you! XDDD Yes, yes...this definitely qualifies as school. Now I just have to convince my mom of that fact...
Oh, and by the way, I like your new signature. Is that from one of your stories? I love dragons... (At least, I'm guessing it's talking about a dragon?)
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on: August 20, 2014 03:52
Oh and I forgot Math. E+2E=3DM (One Elf plus two Elves equals three dead mumakil)

Yes it is from my dragon short story. I like dragons too.
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on: August 20, 2014 08:02
Well, howdy again! Nice to see more homeschoolers posting in here...

If I have kids if/when I get married(and I want to have kids) I'm going to homeschool them, and they will most likely have to read LotR and The Hobbit as part of their school...maybe I can even find a good LotR alphabet school book! I found a Star Wars one that I really like, too.
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on: August 21, 2014 04:01
Gando: Sorry for defying the concepots of Math or Science. I should know that stuff; like logic and statement reasoning and other things Geometry. Blech.

Mareth, if you can't find a LOTR alphabet book, I'll write one for you!
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on: August 21, 2014 06:14
@Cenor: It sounds cool...now I want to read the whole thing!
@Mareth: If you put LotR and Hobbit in your kids' literature classes, I have a feeling that that might become the only books in their lit class that year.
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on: August 22, 2014 10:09
My mom stopped all school for two weeks to do a literature study of LOTR. We watched the movies when my sister was out of the house or asleep.
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on: August 22, 2014 11:04
Now I know that homeschooled as meant here means that your formal education (I assume up to the high school diploma level) takes place at home. More widely, one could includes C.S. Lewis's most formative teaching by a private teacher (and so not in a formalized educational institution) here.

But what I knew at the end of high school is only a fraction of what I know now.
Everything I now know about theology, psychology, sociology, history, archeology, geology, ethology, evolution, economics, political science, ecology, astronomy, engineering, biology, anthropology, architecture, art, music, literature ...
I have taught myself by reading, books as well as magazines like National Geographic and two German analogs to it, TV programs and quite a few DVDs

So in that sense, I am very much homeschooled - but without a teacher breathing down my neck.

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on: August 22, 2014 12:50
@Cenor: Wow...you read the entire book in two weeks? O_o It took me more like six months...and I didn't even try to go in depth.
But I do wish my Mom would let me read LOTR for school. That would be so fun.

@Gandolorin: Well, in a less than formal sense, I suppose I am not completely home schooled. I am learning far more math at my work place this year than I am at home. In fact, many of my most valuable skills I learnt at other places other than "home" in its strictest sense.

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on: August 24, 2014 01:04
Oh dear I meant two months, really close to three.

I would call that homeschooling Gando. Some of our greatest Presidents schooled themselves. Hey we learn something new every day.
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on: August 26, 2014 01:19
Winston Churchill hated his public (in England = highly selective private) school. As soon as he was no longer forced to read books for this hated institution, he began reading voraciously. End of it: In 1953 Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his numerous published works, especially his six-volume (twelve-book - does the relation sound familiar?) set "The Second World War".
(Which I have, and have read - think HoME)
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on: November 05, 2014 02:33
Hey there! For my two cents worth, I was homeschooled up until college. Where I am there were several homeschool co-ops to choose from and I did several classes with them. I took a class on the American Girls series for several years; we would take a semester and focus on one girl at a time. It was so fun to read the books with everyone and do activities that corresponded.
Also, as a senior in high school I did a dual enrollment class (biology) like public school students can do. I must say I have never liked science and it was so amazing to have that class finished when I got into college!
Even though I enjoyed a lot of college, I did always miss being homeschooled. I found the few online classes I took to be nice because they reminded me of my experience with homeschooling.
However, you must be careful with this form of education. Even though I loved being able to do school for a few hours and then had free time (in which I would read in abundance! During the summer literally a book a day, and during the school year likely a few chapters a day at least), it also meant I had to work harder in college because I was not used to that way of doing things. Having deadlines and grades was a new experience! Despite this, if I ever adopt children I would prefer to homeschool them.
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on: February 06, 2015 04:58
Hi! Here's another proud home-schooler! I'll be graduating this spring, though, which is awesome, and I plan to save up money for a few years *sigh* and then move on to college. I'm very excited about that, although I think, like BlueberryMuffins76 said, that it will be harder since I am not used to that way of doing things.
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