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2021-2022 Portfolio + Log + Attendance

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

2020-2021 Portfolio + Log + Attendance

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

Portfolio Summary 2018-2019 and Log of Books & Materials

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 study

Portfolio Summary 2017-2018

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,

July-ish - October 12th, 2014

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

September 9th - September 29th, 2013

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

Not Back To School (September 1st - September 8th, 2013)

So, it might seem as though we have dropped off the face of the Earth or that we "took a Summer Break", but neither is the case. Before I go any farther, I never intended for this blog to be editorial or contemplative, just archival, but I feel like I want, nay, need to say some things. One of my friends, a mother of a toddler, who is considering home/unschooling her child and who was homeschooled herself, asked me the other day, "So, do you, like, give E a break during the Summer or is it just all the time?" I believe I've quoted her fairly well (or at least the general idea of what she said). I know (and some of you know) that people who ask questions like this have not really grasped the concept of unschooling, but that's okay: I love my friend. I just said, "No, we just do our thing, living life, all of the time." What I *do* mind isn't innocent questions from friends, but keeping track of what we do. It's no secret that I abhor a

April 15th - June 2nd, 2013

**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

March 18th - April 14th, 2013

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

February 18th - March 17th, 2013

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