You may have noticed already, but I’m taking a break from blogging for Christmas and New Year’s. I’m taking the opportunity to reschedule my life, plan my goals, catch up reading, plan my Bible time, sing loudly, play outside, sip tea with sisters, cuddle on the couch, write stories, plan movies, think of businesses, get…
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Full Time Siblings
I’m going to start telling people I’m a part time college student and a full time big sister. 🙂 Since the week before Thanksgiving, my family has been sick. It started with a cold. That turned into something worse. I ended up with pneumonia. Most everyone is still coughing. Now we have the flu creeping…
Captain's Log 11.08.12
Natural Science is still going well. I’m flying through biology and getting stuck on chemistry. Am I the only one? Why is chemistry SO hard? Took a practice test and scored a 58, but it was from a “less than trustworthy” source… so I don’t know how reliable that is. Gearing up for November 16th!…
Re-post: Educated Thinking
As we face the election here’s an article from StraighterLine about the presidential candidates and their logic. Enjoy! Once upon a time, college students studied topics like logic and elocution. Armed with what they learned, they joined their college debating teams and went out to do battle against teams from other schools. Sounds kind of…
Plans for the Blog
With the new month of October it is my goal to implement several changes to the blog that will help make it more informative and helpful. Frequent Captain’s Log posts Informative test breakdowns Interviews with CLEP takers and Distance Learning students Book (and other media) reviews for helpful resources. ‘ Do you have a…
The Top Three Books and Their Problems
“You should also read some of the other major novels that are mentioned… such as Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter, Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Chopin’s The Awakening.” ~CollegeBoard 2012 Official CLEP Study Guide~ These are the three books that appear most often on the American Lit CLEP. Questions involving their characters, settings, and influence…
Creativity, is a must!
29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo. Yes, I am still here, but I’ve very busy… trying to stay creative. Enjoy!
Re-post: Is it Time to think of Homeschooling Your Child?
This article is long, but I highly recommend you read it. It was posted in the Orlando Sentinel by Jack Chambless For the past 21 years I have taught economics to more than 14,000 college students here in Central Florida. During that time I have made a concerted effort to glean information from my…
Typo
I haven’t rescheduled my test for June 19th, but June 29th. Sorry for the typo.
Typo
I haven’t rescheduled my test for June 19th, but June 29th. Sorry for the typo.