High School Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/high-school/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:20:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 High School Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/high-school/ 32 32 89931359 Is College Still Worth It? https://doingwhatmatters.com/is-college-worth-it/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/is-college-worth-it/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:45:44 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4235 As you probably know if you’ve read very far in my blog, I love to learn. I love reading, writing, and learning, and have spent many years of my life doing just that. Homeschooling my boys was an extension of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/is-college-worth-it/feed/ 0 4235 Why Freshmen Fail: A Review https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:26:02 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3069 I picked up Professor Carol‘s new book, Why Freshmen Fail, at the Great Homeschool Convention in Fort Worth, thinking it might be a resource I could recommend to parents of high-school and almost-high-school age students. I didn’t expect to find...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-freshmen-fail-a-review/feed/ 3 3069 Words Matter: How to Use Good Essay Models to Become a Better Writer https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:18:42 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=64 One of the best ways you can teach writing is to share good models. I especially like working with excellent essays, as they tend to expand not only vocabulary and usage skills, but also because they expand thought. Here's an example.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/feed/ 3 1850 Homeschoolers: What Must You Teach? https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:17:19 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=540 If you're feeling overwhelmed at homeschooling your students through high school, remember that you don't have to teach them everything they'll ever need to know.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/feed/ 18 540 Carnival of Homeschooling: The Beach Reading Edition https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:10:40 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=386 The Beach Reading Edition of Carnival of Homeschooling is up, and there are great posts on why to homeschool through high school, how to motivate your children, how to teach boys, and much, much more. Enjoy!

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/feed/ 8 1832 How to Calculate +/- on a High School Transcript https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-calculate-on-a-high-school-transcript/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-calculate-on-a-high-school-transcript/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:45:48 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=224 How to calculate quality points for plus and minus grades on the high school transcript- here's a list.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-calculate-on-a-high-school-transcript/feed/ 0 1805 New Video Review of Excellence In Literature https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:23:40 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=219 I just came across another informative review of Excellence in Literature! Kerry Beck of Curriculum Connection has written a great review, and posted a video that walks you through the entire book. At the convention this past weekend, so many...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/new-video-review-of-excellence-in-literature/feed/ 0 1804 College Choices – Homeschoolers Have Options! https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-choices-homeschoolers-have-options/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-choices-homeschoolers-have-options/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:42:54 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=190 Visit the convention season sale through July 12! Now that homeschoolers have proven to be high achievers in both academic and social realms, they are being actively courted by many colleges. However, just as many homeschool parents paused before placing...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-choices-homeschoolers-have-options/feed/ 3 1797 College Admissions: Knowledge Is Power! https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-admissions-knowledge-is-power/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-admissions-knowledge-is-power/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:46:44 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=150 Getting in to a college isn’t terribly difficult if you have decent grades, a professional-looking transcript, and a reasonable work ethic (if all else fails, most community colleges admit anyone who is willing to pay for classes). However, if you...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/college-admissions-knowledge-is-power/feed/ 0 1792 How Many Classics Should Students Read in a Year? https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-many-classics-should-students-read-in-a-year/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-many-classics-should-students-read-in-a-year/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:25:51 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=95 I got the following question about reading classics and high school literature from a reader, and after answering it, asked her if I could share it. I think this is something that many people wonder, so this seems a good time...

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