Ida Said:

Would you please help me with checking this essay if it has any grammical or senteces structure erross?

We Answered:

Last paragraph

"This article discusses the results." instead of "This article discuss the results"

Also, its "non-readers" not "nonreaders"

and "reading without KNOWING what you read" instead of "reading without know what you read"

and it would become BORING, not bored. keep checking back because I'll keep updating.

Alright I realized that there are many grammatical errors. Here you go:

Reading wasn’t my favorite subject. When I was in elementary school, my English teachers didn’t tell me what the purpose of reading is, so reading without knowing what you read would become rather boring. Thus, I wasn’t interested in reading about any type of subjects. I still remember in my literature class when I had to read a story with 10 pages every two days. That class was difficult, and it wasn’t useful because I had issues in reading comprehension. Through experience, I knew that I was unable to succeed in other classes unless I become a stronger reader. Then I realized the values of reading. This article by ANDREW SOLOMON, reminds me why most of us don’t get pleasure out of reading.

Otherwise I'm pretty sure its perfect! Good luck!

x.Divine.x

Jo Said:

In desperate need of Statistics help please and thank you!?

We Answered:

This is a problem that uses the F distribution. The ratio of the standard deviations is 18/12, or 1.5. The number of degrees of freedom is 12 and 12. Look it up in the table and see if 1.5 is within the allowed range (it is - there is no evidence to refute the null hypothesis.)

Derek Said:

Anyone here homeschool? Why? How? How many?

We Answered:

I am just starting, teaching my oldest(4 yrs) preschool and introducing it to two 2 yr olds, one of which is mine. Next year I will be starting kindergarten wtih my oldest, unofficially. I'm waiting until he's six to officially enroll him. But, I'm on a few home schooling groups, and my sister home schooled her kids, so I know a lot about it, hopefully can help you. You don't have to use a set curriculum, and most don't. A lot of people will buy a curriculum and pick out what they want to use, what is working for their kids, and then supplement that either online or from a library. Up to about six grade, you can get a lot of 'curricula' online, for free. After six grade it's a little harder to find, but it can still be done. Incorporating music, art, or sports can either done at home, or by joining clubs,etc. For music, you can hire a teacher to come and teach lessons (I had a teacher teach me to play saxophone between jr. high and high school), or check with your city to see if they have an all city band. Sports, again, can either be done in the back yard or through city leagues, but keep in mind not all kids are interested in sports. Yes, you'd still have to do p.e. but that doesn't have to be sports in terms of baseball, basketball. Joining a bowling league is something most kids like, or gymnastics, and that can count as p.e. Art, is simple enough. You could do online studies of artists and their work, then get out the crafts. Again, the internet is full of craft ideas! My sister was working full time, until she got layed off, and was homeschooling her daughter who is a 6th grader. She showed her what had to be done in the mornings, took her to a babysitter's, and then graded her work when she got home and did quizzes on the weekends. For a child that is younger and may need more one on one, it can be done when you get home from work. See, when you're home schooling you're not talking about six hours of work, because it's one on one, and far less distractions than at school. A typical day of home schooling doesn't really require more than 2-3 hours a day, the rest is free time for activities like sports, music, etc., as you have time to get them there or have someone else take them. Hope this helps, let me know if I can help any more.

Forgot to answer the 'why'. I will be home schooling my kids because I feel it provides a better education. Nobody knows my kids better than I do. I can tell in their face when they're understanding something and when they're not, when they're just goofing off and when they're not. I can work with that, to whereas a teacher is limited on the ability to really work with a child, even if you can find one that truly wants to. I can take the time to really study something with my kids when they show an interest, instead of spending only one week on a certain topic in school and then having to move on. I can teach my child HOW to be social, how to behave, what qualities to look for in a friend; all things that a child is forced to learn on their own in school, without having the maturity to really know how to make these decisions. I feel that the current school systems are failing our kids, and I refuse to let my kids become statistics. I also want my kids to be allowed to work at their pace, to not be made to feel like an idiot of they don't get something, but be held accountable when they are just goofing off. I want them to feel free to move through something that they get instead of being forced to wait for others to catch up, which ends up making them lose interest as it did with my husband. So many reasons, I could keep going!

Naomi Said:

Desperate for Stats Help?

We Answered:

This problem requires you to use an F-test. The F test compares two sets of data to determine if the different standard deviations could be explained by random variation. You DIVIDE std dev1 by std dev 2, and compare this with the value in the F-table. 18/12 = 1.5.

And since the (2-tailed) value for a 90% confidence level is more than that, this is within the margin of error - there is no evidence to contradict the null hypothesis.