Would you buy the Wisdom books?

[homeschoolmomma1]

People on Ebay are selling A LOT of Wisdom books. I think if people planned it right they could get all of them. Honestly I think the prices are right, but what would I do with them? The one I read was just ridiculous. Honestly I would love to contact the sellers and ask if the whole Gothard scandal made people leave ATI and sell the books.

 

People are buying them... that is the interesting part...

[JaChelle Sugar]

Yes, get them! Then post the worst bits so everyone knows the shit ATI is trying to pass off as education..

[homeschoolmomma1]

Yes, get them! Then post the worst bits so everyone knows the shit ATI is trying to pass off as education..

My family really doesn't have money for that...

[Palimpsest]

They must be selling like hot cakes because I could only see two lots of 6 or 7 Wisdom booklets each. Perhaps I'm not searching right?

No, I'll definitely pass on spending $60 for 7. Is that really a good price? At >$1 per booklet I might consider it. For research purposes only.

[JHeathen]

Hey Greek Vocabulary is in this one, looks like. I didn't learn that in any of my schooling. I think the local Catholic high school kids did, though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-Advanced-Tr ... 2ed408b40e

[JHeathen]

Also interesting...one of the booklets is called Persuasiveness.

(Not breaking links because, well, I don't think eBay gives a dang who shows up to the party)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-Lot-of-New ... 2a40363c5a

[VooDooChild]

If I had the money I'd be all over it. I can just imagine the lulz!

[FloraDoraDolly]

I'd be interested in buying a couple of them, just to take a look at the crazy close up. But I wouldn't pay more than a few dollars for each one.

[EmiGirl]

I wonder if my husband's aunt would let me borrow theirs...

[Coco]

ATI books are really difficult to read (at least, the Character Sketches). Something about the font and how the text is chopped up with bolded/not bolded, some things in All Caps, etc. But it might appeal to people who enjoy the "....For Dummies" books. Sort of the same layout, imo.

(enjoying a wicked laugh about that irony)

[lilith]

I really hope some disgruntled ATIer scans and posts them all some day soon. Someone has put the Children's Institute songs on YouTube.

[slickcat79]

You can read a sample wisdom booklet online. IBLP publishes it.

ati.iblp.org/ati/about/curriculum/wisdombooklets/documents/wb4sample.pdf?show=true

[ariel9]

Would I buy an ATI wisdom book? Yes for dirt cheap. I would probably laugh at first and then get angry because people are avoiding having a life because someone said something was evil. If I were to sell a wisdom books it would point out how stupid things are lol.

[mebeforee]

I would totally buy them if I had the money. I am really curious about all the lessons they teach, not just the sample (which I've read and is ridiculous all on its own). I really want a full idea of what these children are learning or not learning, and I assume they put the least offensive sample online. Who knows what's in the rest of them? I would prefer if someone who had them already would just scan that shit online, but somehow I doubt that will ever happen... I actually looked the other day on Amazon to see if you could buy them used there, but there wasn't anything. Either way, I'd never be able to spend more than a few bucks apiece on them, lol

[FloraDoraDolly]

I really hope some disgruntled ATIer scans and posts them all some day soon. Someone has put the Children's Institute songs on YouTube.

Is this one of them?

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[lilith]

Is this one of them?

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Yes. There are a whole heap on YouTube

[DifferentGurl]

Yes. There are a whole heap on YouTube

What in the world did I just listen to?! :pink-shock: :shock:

[lilith]

What in the world did I just listen to?! :pink-shock: :shock:

There's a great one about God getting all pissed off if you don't clean your room....

[Coco]

There's a great one about God getting all pissed off if you don't clean your room....

Who knew! Parental lectures-as-a-song fit so well with clunky piano playing!

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[FloraDoraDolly]

Who knew! Parental lectures-as-a-song fit so well with clunky piano playing!

And pictures of duckies and squirrels!

[shedemei]

Comedy gold.

[lilith]

I love how it goes from "when my room's a mess and I don't even care" to "when my world feels helpless and beyond repair"...... Cause that's a logical sequence...... If you're a depressive neurotic clean freak......

[lilith]

The infamous umbrella song is there too...

[BullyJBG]

I found the Bubble Song, but just instrumental. Pretty pictures.....and the tune is eerily similar to the Addams Family theme song. ROFL!!!! :cracking-up:

[Jana814]

These songs are weird!!! They r really teaching the kids this?