The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

[Darksheare]

It was a fun thread.
The guy said that Josephus was a liar, and that everything was an elaborate hoax.
*chuckle*

[JenB]

Still interested in being educated on homeschooling? My experiences were a lot like Rosie's. My mom really tailored the program for each of us (and continues to do so for the little boys), so I was more math-and-essay oriented, while my sisters did more arts and crafty stuff, or more hands-on things. I also read thousands of books - fiction and non - which helped.

The best thing about homeschooling is that it's customizable. Plus, if you wake up one week and decide that you want Friday off, you work ahead and get all your Friday assignments done, and spend Friday reading "Dune". Until I was in high school, we'd get done before noon and I'd spend the afternoons in a book.

In high school, my mom wanted more 'hours' of work out of me. I'm not sure whether she ever guessed that math took me an hour because for half that time I was reading...

You'll have mail later on tonight. I had a very productive lunch hour.

[JenB]

he's also gonna teach Clare and Joseph programming

Oh man.... I have offered and offered to teach the older kids computer stuff. Anything they want to know. HTML, programming, hardware, how not to get a virus... but none of them are the least bit interested. Looks like I'm going to be the only one of us to follow in Dad's footsteps... But I think it's great your guys want to learn it!

[Fedora]

The guy said that Josephus was a liar, and that everything was an elaborate hoax.

Al Gore invented the Arch of Titus :)

[Fedora]

Still interested in being educated on homeschooling? My experiences were a lot like Rosie's. My mom really tailored the program for each of us (and continues to do so for the little boys), so I was more math-and-essay oriented,

So what'd you do for math?--I'm always looking for better ways to learn/teach math.

The best thing about homeschooling is that it's customizable. Plus, if you wake up one week and decide that you want Friday off, you work ahead and get all your Friday assignments done, and spend Friday reading "Dune". Until I was in high school, we'd get done before noon and I'd spend the afternoons in a book.

In high school, my mom wanted more 'hours' of work out of me. I'm not sure whether she ever guessed that math took me an hour because for half that time I was reading...

That's kind of what I'd do, except I did it in school :) I'd do all my homework in class 1st hour while the teacher was lecturing on stuff I already knew, then the rest of the day in my other classes I'd read LotR and comic books and work on designing D&D modules :) In retrospect it was a psychological defense mechanism against being bored silly.

You'll have mail later on tonight. I had a very productive lunch hour.

Cool! Looking forward to seeing the next chapter/s. I got a little more done last night.

[Darksheare]

LOL!

I remember literally handing teh guy dozens of links to information all over the net, and he went to "aztlan.ORC"(org really..) as his only offering for info.
(It's a neo-fascist website by the "Aztlan" creeps who want to 'retake' the US Southwest..)

Still can't find the thread.
I stupidly didn't bookmark it.
And now, I cannot find it.
What a dunce I am.

[JenB]

Math was easy! I don't remember what we did until fourth grade, but after that we used the math bibles - Saxon Math. Saxon 54 up through, for me, Advanced Mathematics - and then I started in on Precalc at the community college.

Saxon's absolutely wonderful. It was the only thing my mom did standard for all of us - every sib has to do Saxon up to at least Algebra 2.

[Fedora]

Oh, yeah, I've heard of Aztlan (dot.ORC, LOL!). On the thread, if you can think of a distinctive keyword you may be able to find it on Google--I've been able to find old FR threads that way. Maybe try "arch titus free republic Darksheare" and see if it comes up?

[Fedora]

I'll have to look up Saxon math--not familiar with that. Sounds interesting. What'd you do for Calc?

Gonna eat supper here, back shortly.

[JenB]

Precalc, Cal 1,2,3, Discrete Mathematics, Prob and Stats, and Linear Algebra were taken in college. I'm overedumakated.

My sisters have just done college algebra and precalc at the college level, but then they're studying soft subjects like history. (just kidding - I rather envy them, but nooo, I have to be a computer person)

[JenB]

Oh, yeah, you've got mail.

[Darksheare]

I do remember that the thread was either in 2001 or 2002.
I did a post search for Harvard Man, who I had debated in that thread, but his lunatic posts were apparently all pulled.
The thread title or keywords I do not remember.
And google searching for myself will only get you recent postings within the year.
I remember that Masada was mentioned a few times as well.
Not sure if that would help.
(The roman 3rd legion(?) and two other legions had Masada surrounded and they ceased their attempts to break through the defenses for the evening. Why continue their attempts to breach the defenses since they had their prey surrounded and there was nowhere for them to go? In morning light, they found that everyone inside Masada had commited suicide inside the place. The guy I mention said that this was a fraud. *snort*)

*grrr*
I hate having a black hole for a brain.
Info goes in, but never returns.

[Fedora]

Precalc, Cal 1,2,3, Discrete Mathematics, Prob and Stats, and Linear Algebra were taken in college. I'm overedumakated.

The reason I ask is because I'm looking for better (i.e., more readable) textbooks for advanced Calc and Linear Algebra. So far this is the best one I've found:

Stan Gibilisco, Bob Goodman, and Norman H. Crowhurst, Mastering Technical Mathematics

If you (or anyone else--pinging Professional Engineer!) have any recommendations on books that you've found helpful I'd be interested.

My sisters have just done college algebra and precalc at the college level, but then they're studying soft subjects like history. (just kidding - I rather envy them, but nooo, I have to be a computer person)

History's only soft if you don't apply the laws of Psychohistory :) I ended up with history as one of my majors, but I started in physics as a freshman--the paper I mentioned I published was on Werner Heisenberg's philosophy of science. My brother's the computer geek in the family, though--works in the computer department at Lucasfilm. He's better than me at computers because when our Dad got our first PC he hogged it all the time :)

[JenB]

I haven't got any math texts to recommend, I'm afraid. They were all pretty unreadable. A good professor for Calc 1 and 2 made all the difference for me.

Well, my sisters haven't even read "Foundation", so they wouldn't find that joke funny. I love history, and English; I'd major in one of the two if I weren't a major geekette. Probably I hogged our computer when I was little... Dad gave me my own when I was 11 (a used one of his) and the rest was history. Or Psychohistory.

[Fedora]

Oh, yeah, you've got mail.

Reading it now. Will send you some more chapters a bit later after you get a chance to catch up.

[Fedora]

I'm looking for it and not having much luck, either, although I did find a thread where you alluded to the thread in question. Was blam on that thread?--maybe if he remembers it he'd be able to think of a keyword.

[Darksheare]

Don't remember.
I DO remember that Sabertooth and I both nailed the perp.
Not sure if Sabes remembers it, he's nailed quite a few trolls since then..

[Ramius]

I always liked that Heisenberg fella. Something bugs me about him. Can't be certain what it is, though. :-)

Something about watched pots and boiling.

Howdy howdy everybody!!! :-)

I survived another day. I think.

[Wneighbor]

Hey sailor! Surviving more days is good. Nothing to be gained from watching pots boil though. Waste of time. *wink*

[Ramius]

Hey howdy...

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