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DD Wanting to Go to a Pricey Private University, Teach a Few Years, Then Be SAHM
Asked by M.S. from Dallas
on February 10, 2012
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My DD is a HS jr and is researching colleges. She only wants to consider private universities that are on the rung just below the top Ivy league schools. She is smar...
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- Tell your daughter scholorship or junior college. I would elect for junior college because she seems to have an unrealistic goal, of bagging a rich husband at an ivy ...
- Is there a chance that you can connect her with someone in his or her 20s who is living the reality of paying off college debt and has looked ahead and knows he or she...
- If she is taking such an immature stance towards choosing a college it doesn't sound like she is 16 going on 30. I graduated a couple years ago from a private unive...
International Baccalaureate School
Asked by C.M. from Dallas
on March 8, 2010
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Hi Moms....another education related question. One of the public elementary schools is an International Baccalaureate Candidate school. I looked at their website and...
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- My brother went to Sturgis High School in Hyannis MA. It too, is a BA high school. BA high schools demand a lot more of their students - it is like a high school, but ...
- I used to work in an IB school, and plan on sending DD to one when she starts kindergarten. Simply put, the International Baccalaureate system in internationally reco...
- IBS is awesome. If your child is an amazing student she will likely be accepted. This is an extremely intense and accelerated school. We have an IBS school here in Aus...
Need Information...
Asked by A.J. from Fayetteville
on March 6, 2007
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My sister is wanting to start homeschooling her son. He is a junior in highschool and is having some issues. Is it to late? How would it work? What does he have to do ...
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- My cousin is homeschooling at American Christian Academy and she's been in it for a year. I know when she started, it had to be at the beginning of a semester or quart...
- First she needs to find out about the requirements for her state. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has a list of the requirements. Texas is easy. I ...
- This website seems to have lots of information on homeschooling - good luck. http://www.homeeddirectory.com/index.htm
Nursing Degree
Asked by D.W. from Jacksonville
on February 21, 2010
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I'm thinking about going back to school and becoming an RN. Where do I start? I'm a stay at home mother of 3, soon to be 4. Are there courses that can be taken onli...
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- To the people below who say there is a big pay difference once you get your BSN - not true - a Bachelor's of Science degree in nursing allows you to take the SAME RN...
- The SPC program is VERY hard to get into... so I'd recommend doing your LPN thru P-Tec (which they do offer online) and then bridging over the RN at SPC, which is much...
- i have researched this pretty exhaustively - if you have a bachelors in a different subject you are laughing - coz you can do it online through eline, and i know there...
Workshops for Financial Planning for College
Asked by C.C. from Dallas
on April 22, 2011
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My daughter is 2 years away from going to college and in the past year we've started to receive all sorts of literature about college workshops that claim to help you ...
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- You don't have to go to these "workshops". The HS counselor can guide you in the right direction FREE. We are in Plano ISD and our counselor provided us with a bookl...
- All I know is that we are not taking out any loans (nor will we advise our kids to do so). I just finished paying off my grad school loan (a decade later) - just in...
- I guess my older two were lucky because I went to college the same time they did. It really isn't difficult. You fill out the FAFSA, even if you think you have no ch...
College and College Applications
Asked by T.J. from Honolulu
on March 26, 2009
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hello everyone, my daughter is in 11th grade. getting lots and lots of brochures from colleges. need some advice on how to weed through all the literature. choosing...
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- I T.. I don't think I have any advice. We're in the same situation. My daughter is a very bright 16 yr. old Sophomore- and we're getting so many brochures. My daug...
- T. J I work with 11th and 12 grade students at a local community college. To narrow down a college choice I would start with what is her major. Not all colleges c...
- Hiya, Colleges usually "specialize" in certain areas of study. Find what subjects your daughter is interested in and then find colleges that focus on that subject mat...
Summer Plans with a Baby
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on May 12, 2008
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Hello! Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful moms! I am a teacher who will have 2 months free this summer to hang out with my little guy. He'll be 9 months old in...
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- Join your local mom's club. They will have a monthly calendar of events. That way, you can also meet other moms in your town.
- I got a document from an ECFE mom that is fantastic. It's extremely long and I tried to attach it as a word document.. but it wouldn't work on this site. It's lon...
- If you live near Hopkins let me know. I'm in a Mom's club and we would be more then happy to show you around. We always have a huge amount of activities going on. ...
Teenage Boy and Jr High
Asked by L.G. from Rockford
on February 19, 2008
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I'm looking for advice on ways to get my 13 yr old son to bring up his grades in school. He is a D average student and is fine with that. I ofcourse am not! has anyone...
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- I have a 12 year old boy and i have to stay on him constantly. After school i give him a snack and he sits down to do his homework. I check his homework because otherw...
- I have been there, these past few years! I have found what works for me. My son LOVES music. He wanted an electric guitar so I got him one (yes it did take me about a ...
- Hi L., He may have a learning disability that has never been diagnosed (dyslexia, mild ADD, passive aggressive). As his classes become more difficult it is harder for...
Teaching My Child from Home.
Asked by A.Q. from Ocala
on August 6, 2010
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I would like to find out about teaching my child from home. He is 2 now but I want to get going on this as soon as possible. He has been doing Cds Cards and books from...
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- Are you thinking about just teaching him until he's old enough for pre-school or are you thinking about homeschooling in a bigger way, like through grade/middle/high s...
- Run to the library and get "How Children Learn" by John Holt. Get straight on what your goals are for your child. If your goal is for him to be a happy, well adj...
- **What I did for my two year old is let them PLAY! I had them in a playgroup, met with some local home schoolers to prepare for when they were ready....At age two they...
School
Asked by H.M. from Chicago
on March 30, 2010
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My daughter is going to start school in 2011. The debate is public or private school and I'm just not sure which way to go. Does anyone have any stats on public vs p...
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- there won't be facts on this, because it depends on WHICH public school (not district, but individual school) and WHICH private school (again particular school). You ...
- Illinois Board of Ed has report cards online for the schools in Illinois. The down side is that the teachers in private schools don't always have to have a degree in e...
- It depends what school district you are in. There are some public school districts that are very good and some are not. I went to private (Lutheran) school from grade ...
