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Create a Great Transcript Using Levels in 7Sisters Curriculum- Special Replay

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Create a Great Transcript Using Levels in 7Sisters Curriculum- Special Replay. Create a Great Transcript Using Levels in 7Sisters Curriculum We 7Sisters have twenty-two homeschool graduates between the group of us. Not only that, but Sisters Marilyn and Vicki have served as academic advisors to hundreds of homeschool high schoolers. So we have seen first hand that there are no two teens alike! You, too, have probably noticed that there is a LOT of difference in homeschool high schoolers. God created each to have different: Interests Abilities Goals Needs Teens have different goals: There are teens who are headed to competitive colleges or state universities, need competitive transcripts. Some college-bound teens are headed to...

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Even lawyers don’t like legalese

It’s no secret that legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand, causing headaches for anyone who has had to apply for a mortgage or review any other kind of contract. A new MIT study reveals that the lawyers who produce these documents don’t like them very much either. The researchers found that while lawyers can interpret and recall information from legal documents better than nonlawyers, it’s still easier for them to understand the same documents when translated into “plain English.” Lawyers also rated plain English contracts as higher-quality overall, more likely to be signed by a client, and equally enforceable as those written in “legalese.” The findings suggest that while impenetrable styles of legal writing are well-entrenched, lawyers may be...

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ChatGPT v. The Legal System: Why Trusting ChatGPT Gets You Sanctioned

Recently, an amusing anecdote made the news headlines pertaining to the use of ChatGPT by a lawyer. This all started when a Mr. Mata sued the airline where years prior he claims a metal serving cart struck his knee. When the airline filed a motion to dismiss the case on the basis of the statute of limitations, the plaintiff’s lawyer filed a submission in which he argued that the statute of limitations did not apply here due to circumstances established in prior cases, which he cited in the submission. Unfortunately for the plaintiff’s lawyer, the defendant’s counsel pointed out that none of these cases could be found, leading to the judge requesting the plaintiff’s counsel to submit copies of these...

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How to Teach Active Reading Strategies in Your 4th Grade Classroom

Are you looking for ways to help your students become active and engaged readers? Teaching active reading strategies can help your students build the foundational skills they need to become successful readers. Not sure where to start? No worries, I’ve got you covered! In this blog post, we’ll explore some fun and effective strategies you can use to teach active reading in your fourth-grade classroom. So, let’s dive in and make reading time an exciting and enriching experience for your students! Grab This FREE Reading Resource! CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE CITING TEXT EVIDENCE STUDENT CHART! Previewing Before students start reading, they can preview the text by examining the title, headings, and any visual aids (such as illustrations or...

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The Dawn of an Auto-Captioned World

When I was a deaf kid growing up in the 1990s, I had two recurring fantasies. One was that more hearing people would learn American Sign Language. The other was that, one day, the whole world would be captioned, just like TV shows and movies. I imagined pulling on sleek sci-fi glasses, and voilà: The tangle of spoken words around me would unravel into beautiful, legible, written English.The second of my childhood reveries came back to me recently when I sat down in a quiet on-campus atrium at Harvard with Alex and Marilyn Westner, the co-founders of the Boston-area start-up Xander, who had invited me to chat over coffee after seeing me quoted in a newspaper article about their company’s...

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