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I have been homeschooling my 14 yr. old using a virtual school. She's in the 9th grade. I too have been disappointed with the curriculum. My daughter is supossed to be learning World History, but had just a blip on Africa!! It is mainly focussed on European and US History.

We live in The Bahamas and obviously, I expected American History, but the fact that they totally dismiss anything of African origin bothers me. Actually, it bothers her as well. Starting September, I am dropping this online History altogether and developing a Bahamian/African American curriculum.

I am also disappointed with her progress as the work is soooo much, (we won't be finished until July) and it has deflated her. She cannot relate to anything that is being taught. The whole point of homeschooling her was to get her to see who she really is,not what society or friends say she is. My goal is that when she leaves my sanctuary, she is AWARE of the power she holds within herself, and she uses that awareness to be a blessing to this world.

I will be working throughout the summer to make sure that this happens.
Do what you feel is good and right for you dear sister.

I just wanted to show you

I just wanted to show you guys exactly what I'm talking about with these portfolios.This is every 4 weeks.Not to mention that anything that is a composition,essay,report of ANY type has to have three copies.Mawiyah,I will defiantly be getting with you on your curriculum.Soulliving I thought I would be able to incorporate our materials,subjects,etc into their lessons as well,but we had little chance for that.Say for instance,like a book report I would have the children do their report on a black story written by a black author .They sent those reports back with zeros stating that either the book wasn't on the approved book list or that they didn't understand what the report was saying based on the book they chose.Now they got a chance to redo it,but of course it had to be a book on the list.Needless to say ,how many black authors do you think they have on that list.These schools DO NOT tell you exactly the truth when your signing up,they make it seem all simple ,like you can set your own schedule,contact with the child's teacher,fun field trips,etc.They do not say that the teacher will be calling every single week and that once the child reaches 5/6 grade they will have a different teacher for everything,so that turns out to be a call everyday from this -n-that teacher.Don't answer the phone,then they act like children send threatening emails,blow your email box up with all kinds of bull_ _ _ _ daily,they don't tell you that these field trips are way out in the sticks or that they are( Anglo Saxon)centered .I could go on & on. Light some incense and say a prayer for me y'all,I feel the stress again just talking about it. Assignments To Be Submitted Below you will find a list of assignments that need to be submitted for each student. An assignment is listed here when its lesson is complete. Once a grade has been recorded for an assignment, it will no longer appear on this list. Adaria Activity Page 42 (10 points) from Science B, unit 7, lesson 4, Animals Move Activity Page 46 (10 points) from Science B, unit 8, lesson 4, Plant Growth 2 Activity Page 50 (10 points) from Science B, unit 9, lesson 4, Saving Energy Different Ending Illustration (15 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 12, lesson 11, Mop Illustrations and Silly Sentence (20 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 13, lesson 6, The -ut Family Number of Lessons Completed (76 points) from Exploratory Spanish, unit 7, lesson 10, Unit 7 Skills Check Page 118 Handwriting Posttest (10 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 14, lesson 13, Ben and the Cod Poetry Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 8, lesson 11, Recognizing Words Sentence and Drawing (15 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 11, lesson 12, Igloo Slider Sentence and Illustration (15 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 14, lesson 5, Bed Slider Shape Book (20 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 13, lesson 11, Run, Run The -ip Sentences (10 points) from Reading and Writing B, unit 11, lesson 9, The -ip Family Aja All components for Book Report Presentation (35 points) from Writing G, unit 11, lesson 6, Book Report Presentation All components of About Town composition (25 points) from Writing G, unit 9, lesson 12, About Town: Revise, Edit, and Publish All components of Responding to Poetry Composition (30 points) from Writing G, unit 10, lesson 12, Responding to Poetry, Part 2 All components of Sensory Composition (25 points) from Writing G, unit 8, lesson 6, Sensory Composition Part III All components of Travel Diary (30 points) from Writing G, unit 7, lesson 12, Edit and Publish Travel Diary Australia (10 points) from Physical Education G, unit 5, lesson 4, Australia Bibliography (10 points) from Geography G, unit 7, lesson 9, Create a Bibliography Characteristics Chart (10 points) from Reading G, unit 6, lesson 16, Poetry Book Response Activity Country Advertisement (25 points) from Geography G, unit 8, lesson 7, Portfolio Assignment Discussion Questions Answers (10 points) from Reading G, unit 7, lesson 10, Number the Stars, Chapter 6 Fantasy Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading G, unit 5, lesson 14, Fantasy Book Response Activity Feel the Humidity (10 points) from Science G, unit 3, lesson 4, Humidity Final Copy of Detailed Composition (10 points) from Writing G, unit 8, lesson 14, Detailed Composition Part II Final Copy of Timed Essay (10 points) from Writing G, unit 9, lesson 2, Writing a Timed Essay Incredible Senior Citizens (10 points) from Physical Education G, unit 6, lesson 4, Incredible Senior Citizens Injuries (10 points) from Physical Education G, unit 4, lesson 4, Injuries Investigate What Makes Sound (10 points) from Science G, unit 4, lesson 1, Sound and Hearing 1 Investigate Why Soil is so Important (10 points) from Science G, unit 7, lesson 10, Soil in an Ecosystem Notecards (10 points) from Geography G, unit 7, lesson 2, How to Take Notes One-Page Composition About Another Culture (15 points) from Reading G, unit 8, lesson 14, Creatures of the Deep Original Poem (10 points) from Reading G, unit 9, lesson 7, Personification Outline (10 points) from Geography G, unit 7, lesson 4, Organize Information Paragraph Response to Question 3 (10 points) from Reading G, unit 8, lesson 1, Number the Stars, Chapter 9 Poetry Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading G, unit 6, lesson 16, Poetry Book Response Activity Postcard (10 points) from Reading G, unit 7, lesson 12, Number the Stars, Chapter 7 Powertown (10 points) from Science G, unit 6, lesson 15, Other Energy Resources Rough Draft (10 points) from Geography G, unit 7, lesson 7, Rough Draft, Part 1 Separating and Controlling Variables (10 points) from Science G, unit 7, lesson 2, Living Things and Their Environment 2 Setting Activity Goals and Logging Your Results (10 points) from Physical Education G, unit 2, lesson 4, Setting Activity Goals And Logging Your Results State Report (20 points) from Geography G, unit 7, lesson 11, State Report Three Finished Poems (30 points) from Writing G, unit 10, lesson 15, Revising Poetry V-Sit and Reach (10 points) from Physical Education G, unit 3, lesson 4, V-Sit and Reach Week 32 (5 points) from Study Island, lesson 32, Week 32 Week 34 (5 points) from Study Island, lesson 34, Week 34 Ajela Forming a Hypothesis (10 points) from Science E, unit 6, lesson 5, Erosion Investigate How a Ramp Can make Work Easier (10 points) from Science E, unit 3, lesson 12, Inclined Plane Investigate How Heat Affects Different Materials (10 points) from Science E, unit 4, lesson 9, Heat Investigate How Much Room Plants Need (10 points) from Science E, unit 7, lesson 7, Organism Competition Investigate How the Sun's Energy Affects Earth (10 points) from Science E, unit 5, lesson 9, The Sun Investigate What Happens When Materials Get into Water (10 points) from Science E, unit 6, lesson 11, Conserving Resources Learning Goals and Summer Plan (10 points) from Writing E, unit 8, lesson 6, Writing Review Nonfiction Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading E, unit 6, lesson 22, Hank Greenberg: All-Around All-Star Party Invitation (10 points) from Writing E, unit 6, lesson 5, Party Invitation Poetry Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading E, unit 7, lesson 19, Book Response Activity and Unit Review Puppets (15 points) from Reading E, unit 9, lesson 18, Retell Smiling Hill Farm The Schoolhouse (10 points) from Reading E, unit 8, lesson 14, The Schoolhouse Travel Brochure (10 points) from Writing E, unit 5, lesson 20, Travel Brochure and Spelling Quiz Week 34 (5 points) from Study Island, lesson 34, Week 34 Darryl "Bond and Free" parts of speech (10 points) from Composition H, unit 8, lesson 14, Parts of Speech Adding and Subtracting Fractions Unit Test (41 points) from Math H, unit 4, lesson 15, Unit Test All components of "How To" Composition (30 points) from Composition H, unit 4, lesson 10, Finalizing an Instructional Composition All components of Autobiography (45 points) from Composition H, unit 2, lesson 14, Revising and Finalizing an Autobiography All components of Book Review (40 points) from Composition H, unit 6, lesson 12, Publishing the Final Draft of a Book Review All components of Compare and Contrast Essay (35 points) from Composition H, unit 5, lesson 11, Proofreading All components of News Story (45 points) from Composition H, unit 3, lesson 13, Finalizing a News Story for Print All components of Research Report (50 points) from Composition H, unit 10, lesson 9, Writing the Final Draft of a Research Report All components of Short Story (30 points) from Composition H, unit 7, lesson 8, Writing a Short Story Classifying Living Things (10 points) from Science H, unit 3, lesson 8, Classification Data and Graphs Unit Test (44 points) from Math H, unit 7, lesson 12, Unit Test Game Board Instructions and Pamphlet (20 points) from Composition H, unit 4, lesson 12, Writing Instructions for a Game How does Gravity Affect Earth's Material? (10 points) from Science H, unit 6, lesson 9, Erosion and Deposition Investigate What We Learn from Shadows (10 points) from Science H, unit 5, lesson 5, Earth and Sun Investigate Where Earthquakes Happen (10 points) from Science H, unit 6, lesson 4, Earthquakes Investigate Who Moves Faster (10 points) from Science H, unit 4, lesson 1, Frames of Reference Nonfiction Book Response Activity (20 points) from Reading and Literature H, unit 6, lesson 13, Nonfiction Book Response Activity Poetry Journal (40 points) from Reading and Literature H, unit 7, lesson 13, Emily Dickinson: There's been a death… Probability and Heredity (10 points) from Science H, unit 7, lesson 4, Genetic Probability 2 roller coaster drawing (10 points) from Science H, unit 4, lesson 9, Potential and Kinetic Energy The Swiss Family Robinson map (10 points) from Reading and Literature H, unit 8, lesson 6, The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapters 9-10 Travel Journal (60 points) from Reading and Literature H, unit 3, lesson 14, Theras and His Town, Chapter 44 Weight chart and bar graph (10 points) from Science H, unit 5, lesson 13, The Outer Planets Word Album (30 points) from Reading and Literature H, unit 5, lesson 18, The Phantom Tollbooth, Chapters 19-20 Your Turn 6 (10 points) from Composition H, unit 9, lesson 8, Learning from Notetaking Peace, Indigo

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Wow you ladies are beautiful and continue to inspire me with every word spoken! My Kids are still young, but homeschooling is a thought! I havnt had the luxery af being able to stay home with them, but that is also a thought, and Im workin very hard so that I can give them that life. Keep being the beautifull mothers that you are.
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Quite Commendable!

I have been doing a lot of research on virtual schools because we plan to do the Georgia k12 virtual program next September, and it seems as though different mothers say something different about it. My husband and I plan to incorporate both our lessons of "unschooling"(which we call Son of Light) and the "structured" homeschooling lessons together (teaching the lies so we can explain the truth sort of thing) Hope that makes sense. Anyhow, I am sorry to hear your strife, it really does sound aggravating, but it sounds like you have done a wonderful job and to have been homeschooling for as long as you have is quite commendable!
SoulLiving ~ Every Minute Counts

Try the testing at their local school/go back to what works

Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani

You need a break away from that net school. Your kids would benefit as would your emotinal state. You have an option to be traditional again so go back to your source at least you had less stress caused by outside forces.

Ase

I have had my run in with european run internet homeschools

Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani

and hated it. I began the design for my own( because I knew that I could create a better system that didn't teach to a test) so the creation of the Imhotep School of Independent Thought (was born) which is nothing like the euro brand and after getting others on board feel it is the right thing to do. Currently myself and a team of mothers are putting together the software and very soon it should become a part of the virtual environment. What I have listened to is what myself and other mothers have not liked about the euro brand and made sure that I catered my ideas to the family at large. I feel your sentiments and understand how enough can and should become enough.

Ase