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Elijah blowing out the candles on his 18th birthday! This year was Elijah's "12th grade" and final year of home education. It has been a more relaxed year of tying up loose ends despite still living through a global pandemic! E only had one more credit for English and some yearly Health, Safety, & P.E. to check off in order to graduate. Below are the descriptions of subjects that Elijah focused on this year, the credits given, and the materials and resources accessed (not an exhaustive listing). Elijah Uriel Parham July 1st, 2021 - June 2nd, 2022 (12th Grade) 1.0 English: Thematic Film Study and Analysis  .25 Health: Health, Safety, and Physical Education 1.25 Total Credits

E in the hammock This year was Elijah's "11th grade" year. It has definitely been an exciting year, especially living during a global pandemic for a second school year! Below are the descriptions of subjects that Elijah focused on this year, the credits given, and the materials and resources accessed (not an exhaustive listing). Elijah Uriel Parham July 1st, 2020 - June 30th, 2021 (11th Grade) 1.0 English: Constructed Language:  1.0 Maths: Integrated Algebra I 1.0 Maths: Philosophical & Natural Geometry 1.0 Science: Biology I 1.0 Social Studies: Vexillology & Heraldry 1.0 Art: Art Appreciation & History .50 Health: Health, Safety, and Physical Education 6.50 Total Credits

Elijah about to enjoy some tasty vegan food at B52 Cafe This year was Elijah's first year of "high school", so we decided to begin keeping transcripts and credits for the learning he has done. While much of the learning was generalised, there were some cohesive themes or subjects that were both planned and that came together organically over the course of the year. Elijah was given the following credits for this school year: 1.0 -- English: Historical Linguistics Problems 1.0 -- Maths: Math Analogies and Logic 1.0 -- Science: Circuitry & Redstone Engineering 1.0 -- Social Studies: World History of Culture, Money, & Economies 1.0 -- Music: Music Appreciation & Compositional Arrangements 0.5 -- Home Economics: General Cooking & Baking .25 -- Health, Safety, & Physical Education -- 0.25 credit 0.5 -- Elective: Game Theory & Analysis 6.25 -- Total Credits English: Historical Linguistic Problems Elijah spent considerable time ...

This year Elijah's main focus again was on Linguistics. He spent the vast majority of the year immersed in the world of languages, writing systems, and phonetics. Language Arts: Elijah reads online articles on a regular basis for information and pleasure. He enjoys writing emails, grocery lists, and determining phonologies and pronominal morphologies using Lexilogos.com. He is adept at finding information via online wikis, Internet and Google searches, encyclopedias, and the library catalogue. This year Elijah continue to focus on linguistics, constructed languages, writing systems, and foreign languages. He was mentored by both armchair and professional linguists via online conversations on the web forum Reddit.  E reading to his sibling. E reading to his sibling. E reviewing commas and "its" vs "it's" Mathematics: Elijah continued to practice and gain skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, ...

Watched Netflix - LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, House M.D., Digimon Fusion, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sword Art Online, Crash & Bernstein, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, Dude What Would Happen, Scooby Doo!: Mystery Incorporated, Eureka, Futurama, A.N.T. Farm, The Nut Job (movie), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare, Dr. Who, Torchwood YouTube Channels - TeamHyperCube, Ashens, SkyDoesMinecraft, OfficialNerdCubed, PewDiePie, jacksfilms, Markiplier, Minecraft SethBling, LewToons, CinemaSins, superamazingproject, Geek & Sundry, Northernlion, YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon Web Series - Good Mythical Morning, Comic Misconceptions, Mental Floss, Your Grammar Sucks, Table Top, Gavin or Google, Spellslingers Played PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) Kindle - Pocket Mine, Two Dots, Minecraft, Scribblenauts Remixed, Floors Computer - Minecraft (MC), Binding of Isaac w/ William Table Top - UNO, Family FLUXX, Word Pirates, Magic: The Gathering Read Magazines - AS...

Watched Netflix - Mythbusters, Beyblade, Eureka, Futurama, Destroy Build Destroy, Pair of Kings and Star Trek: The Next Generation YouTube - Nerd(3) videos and Total Biscuit videos, Let's Play videos - Trowlr: Bury My Heart at Trowlr Mountain, ViViD, and Trilby: The Art of Theft Web Series - Crash Course, YogsCast and YogLabs Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie (on the big screen) Played 3DS - Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion, Scribblenauts Unlimited, WarioWare D.I.Y., and Denpa Men 2 PS3 - Terraria, Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2), and Little Big Planet Karting (LBPK) WiiU - New Super Mario Bros. U iPad - Terraria, Bad Piggies, Slice It, The Sandbox, Paint with Time, Whizzball, and Fill the Pot Computer - Minecraft Table Top - Mine Shift, Castle Keep, Cthulhu Fluxx, and Family Fluxx Read Magazines - NatGeo Kids and GameInformer Putting Time in Perspective Researched Geologic Eons, eras, periods, and years Pi Nucleus and Periodic Table via Crash Cour...

**I couldn't finish the last update before we went out of town, so I just extended it to after we got back home for our Pacific Northwest Adventure!** Watched Netflix - Ed, Edd, Eddy; MAD, Futurama, iCarly, Psych, Prototype This, Camp Lazlo!, ParaNorman (movie), WordGirl, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Dexter's Laboratory, Bones, SquidGirl, Scooby Doo, Soul Eater, Radio Rebel (movie), World of Quest, Destroy Build Destroy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Problem Solverz, Regular Show, Powerpuff Girls, Dude What Would Happen?, Hoodwinked 2 (movie), Generator Rex, Suite Life on Deck, A.N.T. Farm, Beakman's World, Cowder, Johnny Test, Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show, Mythbusters YouTube - Aperture R & D, Homestar Runner/Strongbad Emails, Minecraft MODs, Peanut Butter Gamer, CupQuake, Press Heart to Continue, Minecraft Tutorial: Survive and Thrive II Let's Play videos - Crashtastic, Castlevania, Castlevania II, Starseed Pilgrim, Happy Wheels, Wes...

Watched Netflix - Star Trek The Original Series, Psych, Aquabats, Phineas and Ferb, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Robot Chicken, Beakman's World, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Adventure Time, Chowder, Fanboy and Chum Chum, America's Funniest Videos, Eureka, Life's Funniest Moments, iCarly, Funniest Pets and People, MAD, and The Problem Solvers YouTube - Minecraft MOD reviews, Minecraft "Adventurecraft" Text Adventure MOD review, The Way Games Work, How Nintendo 3DS Works, and special effects videos Let's Play videos - Minecraft, Minecraft - "Shadow of Israphel", Fracuum, Happy Wheels, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Sphere, and Luigi's Mansion Web Series - Vsauce, Mind Blow, Minute Physics, AsapSCIENCE, VlogBrothers, Yogscast, Table Top, and Vi Hart Played 3DS - WarioWare D.I.Y. PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2), Assassin's Creed II (watching W play) WiiU - Scribblenauts Unlimited Computer - Minecraft Onl...

Watched Netflix - Comic Book Men, Red Dwarf, Postcards from Buster: The Case of the Coin Purloined (Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri), Contraptus, Quiz Time, and Pair of Kings YouTube - CupQuake videos, Special Effects videos, Minecraft MOD reviews, How to make pound cake in a blender by iJustine, How to create sprites in Scribblenauts Unlimited videos, Vi Hart videos, and Vsauce videos (science playlists) Let's Play videos -Scribblenauts Unlimited, Windosill, The Sims 3, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!!, and Crashmo Web Series - Game Theory, Daneboe Hack videos, Hank Plays Games, and Yogscast, Smosh Pit Weekly, VlogBrothers, and Table Top Videos E filmed with camera (Vsauce playlist where Michael explains lots of stuff) Played 3DS - Mutant Mudds, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King..., Pyraminds, Crashmo, Digg Dugg, and Pac Man PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) w/ River iPad - Singing Fingers, Casey's Contraptions, Hangman...

Watched Netflix - Beakman's World, Star Trek: The Original Series, A.N.T. Farm, and Futurama YouTube - An Egg's Guide to Minecraft, Bravest Warriors, SkyDoesMinecraft videos, Yogscast videos, Homestar Runner videos, Yogslab videos, Vi Hart videos, Smosh Pit Weekly, Organic Chemistry (Khan Academy videos), Minecraft creation videos, Minecraft mod reviews videos, and Special effects videos by CorridorDigital. Let's Play Videos - Red Remover, Minecraft, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Happy Wheels, and Portal 2 Clue (1985) at AMC Loews Theatre and Star Wars Episode 2 Played 3DS - Scribblenauts Unlimited, Pokédex, and WarioWare D.I.Y. (DIY) WiiU - Scribblenauts Unlimited and Nintendoland PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) Online - Electric Box 2 Computer - Minecraft (at various times & with Michele, River, and Cian) Read Magazines - GameInformer, NatGeo Kids, Ranger Rick, Ask!, LEGO Club, and Rangefinder Books - SpongeBob Squarepants Survival ...