Posted on 07/28/2011 11:39:35 AM PDT by netmilsmom
We have tickets for Saturday! We LOVE the Maker Faire! Last year my younger daughter would have spent the entire time in the Maker Tent soldering if she hadn’t been so excited to see the Iron Mongers pour into their molds. (we did miss the Diet Coke and Mentos though)
I have to remember to bring more cash this year.....
They could teach that kid college calculus and physics.
Duh!
Two comments
1) I used Khan academy for my 6th grader who was taking an entrance exam for an accelerated program. The educrats in our district told us we should not “study for” the test, but we had heard they used algebra on the test. We went through the basic Khan Academy algebra course - and she did very well on the entrance exam.
2) I used to think home-schooling would be very time consuming - but I realized that when you don’t have the “convoy system” of public schools, a parent (with help from tutors if necessary) can cover subjects like Algebra, Geometry, etc... in 1/4 or less the time it takes a public school class. They waste A LOT of time in our district.
Pictured below: A Khan Academy instructor and students in an interactive classroom.
>>please let me suggest that you just allow them to be ordinary kids.<<
We are far advanced because we school through summers. It takes about an hour to complete Saxon. They get up, we go for a walk, they eat breakfast, do math then splash in the pool. Actually, my kids are extra-ordinary, but I don’t force it. They are what they are and we are having a blast!
>>They waste A LOT of time in our district.<<
It’s not just your district.
“Bore them to the point they would rather do drugs than learn.”
^^ This. I was the kid who had completed calculus by the 5th grade, but was still stuck in the public schools going through the motions. By high school, I was so bored I just started skipping classes and smoking weed.
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>>Every month my husband will take them to the bathroom, beat the crap out of them, and then try to sell them drugs<<
LOL!!! Good one!
I had to post just to make sure I hadn’t changed my handle to “Boogieman.” Seems that my short-term memory took a bit of a hit in high school...
As long as they didn't have attitudes or disrupt the class due to their boredom, they'd do quite well in my class, and I'd encourage them onward.
They'd need three years of math credits in high school (in NY), so they'd have to take some college classes, but thankfully, we do have teachers that can teach this should the need arise.
Kids should be able to move along at their own pace, an idea I like. If a 13 year old winds up graduating, so what?
Feel free to use it at any time. Some people still try to use the “socialization” issue even though that was debunked decades ago. I’ve recently heard that we’re (as in homeschoolers) now being attacked for not teaching our children enough diversity and teaching them too much about Christianity. Interestingly it is my ghetto thugs who have no grasp of diversity and my homeschool students who can accurately break down and explain the concepts of major religions. Gasp!
My 12 year old is not being home schooled and loves this program
It also has a ‘coach’ feature so i can monitor her progress
It does not give answers- only suggestionds- the student has to learn to figure out how to find the answer on their own.
I like it a lot
Teachers do not like it when they have certain students who are way ahead of the class,....
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If I can make that “Many teachers”, I will agree with you. It’s sad but true. (Retired teacher here.)
>>They’d need three years of math credits in high school (in NY), so they’d have to take some college classes, but thankfully, we do have teachers that can teach this should the need arise.<<
I think they’ll just follow the path of the other homeschoolers in our group and go on to Community College so they can have their AA at 18. But thanks for the offer.
Hows the economics and finance sections ?
Its the typical traditional keynesian crap or is more along the classical line ?
Anyone here see the Khan academy version of the bailouts and the financial and housing crisis ?
>>>what happens when, using Khan Academy, you wind up with a kid in fifth grade who has mastered high school trigonometry and physics
Isn’t it the purpose of teachers’ “grading parties” to prevent this tragic advancement of human achievement? /s/
Khan academy rocks! So too, MIT’s OCW.
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