Home School Advice

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I say do it and good luck to you! It's been my experience from friends who homeschool their chilren they also enroll their kids in additional activities with YMCA or parks and recreation for sporting activities, etc just to keep their children socialized.

B.
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There's so many pros and cons to homeschooling. I think to be good it really depends on the parent and the child. I know for me, I was soooo quiet and unsociable that I think if I would have been homeschooled I would be a total recluse. But other kids, those who make friends very easily and with almost anyone, would do better socially if part of a coop or play group. Being an educator myself, the one main drawback I have noticed is when homeschool children enter the public schools. Most are behind in the core subjects, especially math. You will have to be extremely disciplined, dedicated and passionate as well as a great teacher in a variety of subjects. Deciding where to enroll a child, to homeschool, which method to use, etc. is such a huge decision. I wish you luck with whatever you decide to do!

Way to go!I homeschooled for one year my Kindergarten son and third grade daughter. I absolutely loved it! The special time with them is so valuable. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know (if you don't already know) about Sam's Science Adventures. These are treasure boxes that are sent to your house once a month. It includes a project, a book, and worksheets. This little kit is so fun and the kids look forward to receiving their next one. You can really take your time studying a topic. For example, one box may be all about electricity. There will be a book about electricity and a project with all the parts included. Their phone # is 1-877-461-9050. I hope this helps. Enjoy your children! We had some changes in our household and it didn't benefit our family to continue homeschooling at the time, but I definitely think if you're even thinking about homeschooling...go for it, especially at the young ages of your children...worst case scenario-send them back to school!!!

N.-
We are currently homeschooling with Sonlight and our family loves it! My second grader (8yr) is just starting Core 1 and my K-4 (5yr next month) is doing Core P-4/5; we homeschool year round. I've chosen to not do the combined Core 1+2 with my oldest and spread out Core P-4/5 for my middle son over a couple of years. I have found that choosing the level below your child's actual grade level is "right on target". So for example, my boys will have done Core K when they were first grade per the school system. So far, this has worked out great...not too easy or boring. If you haven't already, you should go to the Sonlight web-site and sign up for forum access. The SL mommies are a wealth of information for all areas especially with choosing a level and combining kiddos.

As for taking the kiddos out of public school...My oldest was in public kindergarten and then a small university model school (combo private/homeschool) for first grade. This year we are strictly homeschooling and things have been just fine. My son doesn't miss being at school but rather having a child "his same age" sitting beside him at the school table (read: talking, talking, talking). But, if you have your kiddos involved in extra-curricular activities and are active in a homeschooling group you should be fine.

Blessings!
A.

I'm using the kindergarten Sonlight curriculum this year with my daughter and we are both really enjoying it. I bought the core package, not the complete one, and it's been plenty. There's only been one book that she didn't LOVE and most of the time we end up at the library checking out the sequels to everything we've read. We're also doing the Horizons math, and I got the Sonlight science from a friend but so far we haven't done any of it. I think with kindergarten, focus on math and reading is plenty.

Oh, I did get the bible stuff off ebay as well, and that's turned out to be her favorite subject. It amazes me how long she will sit and listen to me read it.

This being my first year of homeschooling, I do find it a little harder than I expected to get into a routine, and there are some days we don't do much official school. It's so easy to get learning done at home though- she helps me cook and we do math, we talk constantly and look things up, and I can tell from watching her friends at church that she's not behind at all.

I don't have much experience with other curriculums, and I'm sure they all have great things to offer, but Sonlight is a perfect match for us. The first few weeks we started school I got three phone calls from veteran moms asking how things were going and if I needed any help. I chatted with a mom of 8 kids from Wisconsin for 15 minutes and she told me all about how she got started.

I also keep a blog as a record of some of our school, and I was complaining a bit about the one book my daughter didn't like. I had NO idea anybody was reading it, and I got a comment from Luke Holzmann (the son of Sonlight creator Sarita Holzmann) saying he was so sorry we weren't liking it, and he gave me a bunch of links for ideas to make it more fun and get more out of it. I really feel like the company follows up and cares about whether or not it works- they're not just selling books, you know? And to me that makes spending the money all worth it.

I sound like a salesman for the stuff. :) We're really liking it though. And I agree with the other moms who said a co-op is a good idea. We're not able to do that right now because I take care of kids at home and we can't get out. Having a support group would be fabulous- that's the only thing we're missing right now and I'd love for her to have other homeschooled friends.

Hi N.,
I used the material of Calvert School; a package is about $400, but it is complete, a lot of reading, math, science, history, writting material, geography, it is really complete and I used also day-to-day things from my own librairy, culture. My focus was to teach them things for life, things that they can use anywhere around the world, to help them understand that life is global, not only in the USA or the western world, they learn about Asia, Africa, Europe, the native americans, the indigenous of Papua Guinea or Botswana, and I am glad we had that experience. We tought them manners, how to stay focus, be respectful, organized, we tought handwriting, memorizing, those little thing you don't see in our public school systems anymore. Now I let them back to the public system again, I do a lot of follow up and they are great kids. They teachers are amazed, but it was a way for our family to give them a real start, a good one. We did not choose to homeschool, it was out of pure concern. We were living overseas and American schools are very expensive there; the kids were 5 and 6. I was a stay-at-home Mom, we did our little researche and the Calvert School Curriculum seemed appropriate and rich, so we took our chance and it worked. Discipline is very important, routine, but also consistency as always when hadling kids.
Good Luck and if you have any question, feel free to ask me.
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V.

Hi N.! My name is K. and I've been homeschooling my two boys, 9 & 6, since their Pre-K years. I've used Sonlight for all but one of those years and absolutely love it! I tried Abeka last year and both kids hated it. So I switched back to Sonlight with my youngest (Sonlight 1) and my oldest wanted to try Switched on Schoolhouse (grade 4). My youngest now loves school, after hating it last year. And my older one loves SOS even more than Sonlight. It's hard for me to like it as much because there is little involvement on my part, but he seems to be learning a lot.

After finding the right curriculum, I would highly suggest you find a homeschool support group near you. There are so many great ones. Here's a web page with a great listing of different groups around: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/TexasSupport...
You might also want to look into one of the homeschooling co-op groups. Different ones are run in different ways, but in general it's a group of moms who teach classes for other kids, everything from Algebra to art to music. Some of them you have to teach a class, some you have to volunteer some amount of time and others you just drop off your kids. It's great for the kids and they make so many new friends who are home during the day.

Good luck in making your decision. Just follow God's leading and He will provide for you!
K.

Hi N.,
I used to home school both my 11 and 5 year old and it was the best thing we ever did! My daughter was behind on Math, but advanced in all other aspects of her education and felt that school was incredibly dull most of the time, and then to difficult for her when it came to Math. she had self esteem issues and was truly not on the right track, so I pulled her and began to home school...

She adored homeschooling for the two years we did it, and we used much of what Sonlight had to offer as well as some other material we got from the HER Store (Home Educators Resource) they have both used and new materials for your usage so its a great place to shop if you are on a budget.

The biggest challenge for us was social interaction, most cities have home schooling co-ops or play groups so its not to difficult, but it really is quite a bit different for the children whom are used to having other students in a similar age range to socialize with daily.

There are a few things I would do before I moved straight into the homeschooling world again, number one would be to join a few of the websites out there offering support to homeschooling parents (NTHEN is a great one) and talk to other homeschooling moms who deal with similar things daily. Many of us will tell you homeschooling is not for everyone.

Before sending your letter of intent, I found it was important to have my lesson plans for the next month prepared, and understand what core subjects I was required by the state to teach, implementing them was a blast and the kids loved our creativity in all that we where able to do.

One of the things I also did before homeschooling was to check with the Universities, to see what their requirements where for a home schooled child to attend. Texas is considered quite lose on their laws when it comes to homeschooling, so ensuring that your child has a wide variety of colleges they can attend is always a good idea. There have been studies put out showing that homeschooled children are just as likely, if not more so to exceed then privately, or publically educated children and normally have better work habits to boot.

I am truly excited for you that you are able to take this huge but very wonderful step in your children’s education. I wish you luck and offer as much help as you might need in getting started!

One of the most important things is to have fun with it. Don't be a slave to the curriculum. If you home school you have 365 days to get it right. Not that we home school every day of the year, but if it's not going right, the kids are out of sorts and I'm not doing much better then you have the freedom to pack a lunch and go to the park because kids who have blown off their steam and feel that learning is fun are more likely to want to learn. It's a cycle, the harder you push the less likely your kids will be to want to learn from you. The more relaxed you are the more likely your kids will be to pick up a book and read instead of whine about TV or a video game or just do it behind your back.

Be flexible with the curriculum. You might like one part of one curriculum and a different part of another. You kids might have different learning styles and you'll need to pick different thing for them to do. Also edhelper.com is a wonderful resource. You can print off worksheets and have word/math games for them to play. Speaking of games, there are a ton of games out there that are really great learning opportunities. Have fun, find the joy in home schooling and then you will be successful.

I have homeschooled since the 80's, graduated one from college and have 2 more still at home. Your children will do fine. You will want to connect up with a local group. I am in the Frisco area and could hook you up to a great one. They even have a whole program that new homeschool moms can go through to help you get started. Email me if you want more info. Their next meeting is this Thursday, 1/8 at Stonebriar Community Church. They will answer all your questions about socialization, learning styles, scheduling, curriculum and much more.

As for Sonlight, I loved it! My oldest was always too old for each new level but I used it on my younger ones. It is a lot of stuff though, as several before me have stated, don't feel you have to do every workbook page and read every book cover to cover. You will drive yourself crazy doing 2 levels. My suggestion is this, since Sonlight spans 2-3 levels for each one you may want to consider doing what many of us do.

Pick the level below your oldest child, Sonlight only has 10 levels but it takes you through Highschool. You can expect more from your oldest and less from your youngest. Sonlight is a history based program which makes it easy to teach several grade levels from one Core. You can add tougher books for your oldest and easier books for your youngest and teach the same time period of history. They will then each only need their own level of Math and Language. You can likely combine their Science as well. Now you do have to keep in mind that your youngest won't necessarily do as difficult of work as your oldest.

Even if you decide to do 2 levels, do all your read alouds together. Your older will benefit from the books from the lower levels since the read-alouds are always above grade level.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me privately.

I have been homeschooling for 2 years. We love it. We use www.time4learning.com because my son loves the computer. At first I taught and supplemented with time4learning, not they teach and I supplement. I like it because we go at his pace. If his is going slow he never feels failure and when he is learning fast, he does not have to slow down for other kids. Also we like to take fall vacations as a family. We can go when we like and take school with us. We went to washington DC last year and he learned about our country close up. There are so many places around Dallas available to learn hands on. We live in a great area to homeschool!!

If you are nervous there are several homeschool support groups available. Check out http://www.sailhomeschoolers.com/ if you are in the Allen/McKinney area. Good Luck

I would first like to say good for you. I was one of the first generation home schooled children in the area. I loved being home schooled. The fact that we were able to do so much more and enjoy learning the way we learned best. Being apart of a group is key and may I say doing a co-op is the best. I was in the Richardson co-op that now meets twice a week. I was able to learn art history, french, biology, economics, AP English, art, drama, and computer. When I went to collage doing the biology, english, and art history was a joke. Because I had already learned it all from the co-op. If you need info on books please feel free to ask. I did just about every kind out there. However I would say talking to my mother about the home school book fair in Arlington is the best. They were one of the first directors for this fair that has grown every year and still do it even though I graduated 11 years ago. Please respond back if you would like more information. Take care and God Bless.

I have 5 children ranging in ages 5-14 and have been homeschooling for ten years now. You will have no regrets. I would highly suggest joining a local homeschool support group. There are some wonderful ones out there. In my early years of homeschooling I don't know what I would have done without being a part of a support group. Even if you don't join in with any of the activities, at least you are kept in the loop about what is going on in the homeschool world.

This link is to a homeschool book store in Rowlett. The ladies there are friends of mine and would be a wonderful source of information and help to you. You may also be able to find some of your curriculum used there. They also offer some classes for homeschoolers.

http://www.cerconline.org/

This is the Garland support group:

http://www.christianfamilyhead.org/

This link is to the Rockwall support group. They are a great group. They also have a large co-op if you were interested in your children taking classes.

http://www.hearrockwall.org/

Hi N., I am in the land of decision about the same thing. I have a friend who is home schooling her children and she is using this curriculum from the state. its free they send u all the materials and a lab top but its only from grades 3 to 8. Here is the web site. www.k12.com/txva. I'm going to look into it to see what it is all about. Take care.

N.:

I homeschooled my 2 kids in the late 70's-80's and would never do it different. Both are socially well adjusted and own their own businesses. Both have great work ethics. When I homeschooled, it wasn't popular, nor was it legal. But I felt that I was as capable as anyone since God gave them to me and not the State. So you can tell, I have some strong views.

I used the ACE curriculum (right here in Lewisville, TX)which was very easy on me - now people have computers, so it would be much easier. I truly hope you go into this with your eyes wide open. There will be days that you want to stop, but you will be better off and so will your kids if you homeschool. There are a lot of support groups around too.

Just think - why do public school kids come home with so much homework? Aren't they doing work in school? And when you or your husband come home from working a job - do you have to do "homework" for your employer? No - but why don't we let the children be children? Let them learn to play and enjoy life? Hours and Hours of homework won't teach them how to live, and that is the most important issue at hand.

In addition to all of this, learning doesn't take 8 hours - in our case we only spent about 3-4 hours a day - and some days we did other things, like work. We set goals and our day revolved around getting the goal done.

Love and consistency. That's the key. Both of my kids have said they will 'homeschool' their children. That says a lot.

Best wishes to you and your family.

Getting your children out of public school and into homeschooling is one of the best decisions you'll ever make!!! You're very wise to do so! Great job! My only advice is to not let it stress you out thinking you have to meet specific deadlines and making sure they perform well on tests. Take it easy, you'll learn with them. Actually ENJOY homeschooling and don't let it consume you. Go at your family's pace and no one else's. Enjoy!

I have been a homeschool mom for 18 years. My first totally homeschooled child graduated from high ranking Georgetown University in Washington DC last May, and now is in law school at the University of Virginia.
I was a VERY laid back homeschool teacher. Although I didn't know it at the time, people tell me I used the Charlotte Mason method, and after finding out what that was, I would agree mostly.
As for textbooks, the only ones I really made the children use were English and Math. Then we read and read and read from novels, history books, science books, and anything else we felt interested in at the time. We kept museum passes and zoo passes and went on many fun field trips. My children have always scored very high, usually years ahead, on tests they took.
And as one lady advised, be prepared to be told you are ruining your children (as if public school didn't) and remember it takes years for your fruit to show. My children have far outdone any of the critics children. So, as the Bible says, "Be strong and of good courage!"

We have been homeschooling for... wow over 15 years and we love it. It changes all the time as do the children. I have one graduate so far. And 6 more to go... so far. Sonlight is a wonderful curriculum, especially if you love reading to your children.
Take the plunge and enjoy!

Expect people to be critical and doubt your choice for a while. My family doubted me, but now that they've seen that my kids are educated, well rounded, and well socialized, they brag about it.
Also, it is normal to doubt yourself alot at first and occasionally thereafter.
I have homeschooled for 6 years now, and there are good days and difficult ones, but I wouldn't give it up for anything. As you start seeing the fruits of your labor, you will become more and more self assured as their teacher.

I was homeschooled from 1st grade through 12th. I must say I have a little bit of negative feelings toward homeschooling but that is due largely to some family circumstances. I did go to college and graduated with a degree in elementary education. I am now 27 and a sahm with two young girls. I have two main pieces of advise.
One, it is way, way harder to stay disciplined at school work than you can ever realize. I don't know anything about Sonlight but I would HIGHLY recommend using some sort of umbrella program where you are accountable for turning in grades so that there is not the temptation to slack on doing school work.
The second is about social things. i would recommend as everyone else has to be involoved in a support group but more than that get involved in something that is not filled with homeschoolers! Like sports, a church group ect. Homeschool kids tend to be sheltered and just a little bit odd and it helps to get some exposure to different kinds of people. As a very social person I was lonely and starved for interaction with kids my age. I didn't always fit in with the typical "homeschoolers" that were availible to be friends with.

As a mother now myself I am understanding more and more the reasons that were taught to me growing up of why to homeschool. But as of now i do not intend to homeschool my children.

junior colleges are also great resources for homeschooled families and students can start attending classes in their junior or senior year of high school.

We have been on our homeschool journey for about six years now. Overall, I'm happy with what my kids are learning. We are still learning. They remain curious and willing. There are two things that I think will help you best.
First, find a support group. Online or a local homeschool group. Or both. In those moments when you know that you think are failing, that group will be a well of hope. Those times when you a feeling stuck, they may have new ideas for you.
Second, be flexible. The worst thing I did in the beginning was being too rigid. In the beginning, I had a selected a math curriculum. Started with my oldest son. He hated it. Actually, I was a little bored with it, but we plodded on. Instead of learning math, he learned that he didn't like math. His younger sister, however, really thrived with that program. I had to learn to pay attention to their individual needs and to switch directions when necessary.

You'll probably gets tons of replys from all the homeschooling moms that love it--but I'll add my two cents anyway! It has been such a blessing for us to homeschool. I researched for a year before my oldest son was to start kindergarten. I was homeschooled for half of my school years and loved it--but I wanted to make sure it was right for our family. It is a huge committment for the mom! I have been the most impressed with the "Thomas Jefferson Education" way of thinking. Sounds like you already know what kind of curricula you feel comfortable with. Just remember that even if you feel inspired by the Lord to homeschool, it won't be easy. Hang in there because the adjustment from public to home can be bumpy at times. I truly feel that children can benefit the most from homeschooling and I wish you the best of luck!

If you all don't mind I have a couple of questions about homeschooling. Do you all have college degress? Do you educate yourselfs in different topics, before teaching your kids, or do you just follow a book as you go along? Hope that made sense. I'm just wondering because I have a daughter in 1st grade, and it's crossed my mind about homeschooling her, but I don't think I would be able to since I don't have enough education. I've barely graduated high school, and have never step a foot in college.

N.,
I am homeschooling my 5 and 2 year olds. I taught 5th grade for a year and kindergarten for 4 at Lewisville ISD. But felt this was the best choice for my family. I understand and sympathize with your concerns since I am still new to this as well. My biggest struggle is finding a local support group. I am not originally from here (born and raised in New Jersey) so I am still learning the ropes. Personally once a group is identified that you feel comfortable with everything will fall into place. (At least that is what I hoping for!)

Enjoy.
A.

Hello N.,

Wow! You have gotten some really good feedback here on Mamasource. They have been a great encouragement to me just reading through them. This is our first year to homeschool. I took my daughter out of public school this year and have been homeschooling her. She is 8 and in the 2nd grade. We have really enjoyed homeschooling but I sometimes wonder if I'm doing enough as far as the curriculum. Is she getting "behind" or am I giving her enough social interaction. I now see by reading all of your responses that the fruit will be shown in the years to come. I just lack on my own confidence. We are not currenty using any 1 type of curriculum. In my research, I decided to go with various things to suit her needs. We use Saxon Math (I love it!), and we are using The Story of World for history lessons. A great book that I would recommend for you is The Well Trained Mind by Bauer. I pretty much decided on my entire curriculum by reading that book. They have a lot of good suggestions for each subject. When you see the book it is very, very, thick and intimidating looking BUT the good part is you really only need to read the first 1/4 of the book for your age group kids.

One other thing I wanted to share with you is that I was very unprepared for a little emotional type roller coaster on the first day of school. Pulling my daughter out of school was just so odd to me and we had made quite a many friends at school (her and me, too!) so when everyone got up to go to school that day and we stayed home, it was really, really, odd! I second guessed everything I had done and I cried the whole first day :) Over time, though, I did fall in love with this and I'm thankful to God that He has lead the way! Pray, go with your heart, seek other Mom's out there (there are a lot), and then just go for it.

I want to thank all of your other responders who have once again encouraged me on this endeavor. It is not easy but as I see very rewarding in the future as we begin to start seeing those "fruits"!

Good luck, and God Bless You....I love you already :)

M.

Don't worry about how "well adjusted" your boys will turn out. They will be JUST FINE! There is so much research out there about how smart (etc) homeschoolers are.

What you need to be ready for is the ridicule you will receive from other adults and kids. Kids will assume your kids are stupid (the kids that have always gone to school) and the adults will think that you kids do not get enough "social interaction". It is honestly CRAZY what people think.

My daughter was talking to some kid online one day and the kid said, "Your homeschooled? Then you must be ugly and stupid". The kid spelled all sorts of words wrong and didn't even know what an entrepreneur was!

The craziest question I have ever received (besides asking how they can ever learn anything) was, "Well, how do they do P.E.?"

Just prepare yourself for things like that - and focus daily on WHY you want to homeschool.

One more tidbit of advice - remember that since YOU are in charge of their education, YOU can make changes in what they learn about and HOW to teach them things! Be open to all ideas and be creative in your teaching styles. Please, take that tidbit to heart! They are home for a reason - take full advantage of that!

Good luck - it is a blast! :) I have been homeschooling my two kids since they were 2 and 3. They are now 11 and 12.

I have three grandchildren that have been homeschooled successfully. Currently two are in middle school in Royse City and the oldest who just turned 15 is being homeschooled this year, under his father's direction. The three children are aged 15, soon to be 14 and the last will be 13 in May. They have always attended public school in Rockwall but have been homeschooled for a number of years, and periodically return to public school. Their system has worked out really well. The two oldest make all a's and an occassional b, the middle one, a girl makes straight a's and for the second year has been listed in Who's Who's by her Drama teacher and she won best actress competing with four schools, Royse City, Terrell, Forney and Greenville, I believe.

I am blown away about their grades, and achievements. The oldest spends a certain amount of time on the computer daily, his father, my son, told me.

My son is a computer programer and gets to work at home, thank the Lord, on his laptoop, and now since mother is attending school again, he has been hands on for the last five or so years. (Not to boast but I've never seen such a dedicated father, forever focused, and I am blown away about his tenacity.)

I don't think he would mind you contacting him. I will tell him that I gave you his email address, which is, ____@____.com, and his name is Royce.

This is a strong Christian family, and this couple has raised beautiful children, inside and out.

Wishing you much success,
K.

Phoenix Learning resources has a lot of awesome teaching materials. When I was in grad school I taught at a private school and all the teaching tools were from there. I have been also using a lot of them to teach my own daughter who is 4, she is reading at a first grade level. I use the programmed reading program and she loves it.
I also tutor kids in my home and use those same materials.

Prepare to be overwhelmed with advice, there are a lot of us out there! I'm actually sitting in the Richardson Home School Coop ( RHSA)at the moment while my son takes Science and Multi media art! We began three years ago after trying just about every school you can imagine: private, public, Montessori, charter. I found something essential lacking in each experience. My son has never been happier. He is an only child and has more friends now because we have the time for social activities and NO homework! We belong to Roots and Shoots, he does TaeKwonDo, piano and acting classes. So don't let anyone give you the "they won't be socialized" nonsense.
We have used Sonlight and it is great. There are so many wonderful curriculum choices and each child learns in a different way, so you will just have to try it and see. Don't be discouraged if one child doesn't take to it, there are plenty of other choices. I would say, take the advice of almost everyone who has written in, get involved in a local group of home schoolers. Get online and google for yahoo groups. There are co ops like RHSA check out their website for classes you don't want to teach ( one day a week and you pick which classes you want) . The homeschool community in the metroplex offers everything, ( and more) that any private or public school offers. To have control over your the education your child receives is amazing. You don't have to be a teacher, you don't have to have a college degree and best of all, it doesn't take eight hours a day. You will probably be done in three! The school books come with answer books for the "teacher". You don't have to have a formal class setting. My son often does math on the trampoline and reads in a tree. It just doesn't matter, as long as they develop a have a love of learning. Try it, you'll like it!

We were having problems with my 15 year old son last year and we did home schooling, he finished the year in six months and is now back in school. I think it was a good thing because he could work at his own pace. He was getting too involved in all the distractions that school has to offer mainly girls. Now he is back on track, I do think that the interaction that comes with school is important and sports of course but if you can help them get some good study habits they can do good anywhere.

Hey -
I can't talk to you about home schooling from personal experience, but I have a good friend that home schools her four children and it is wonderful. She actually teaches them for 3 weeks and then they take a week off. Plus, they do group activities like homeschool soccer. They are also able to take real advantage of events and happenings at the zoo and museums. I'm completely jealous of the flexibility of her schedule. But, it also takes a strong commitment that I personally know I don't have. Good luck!!

-L.