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Homeschooling

GoddessOfGuinness

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6. I feel fortunate that the program we use

Reply to meat the beetles. (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:20 PM

Jan 2012

has a field trip and special programs coordinator who acts as a liason between the school and the students. We get together for various activities, exchange ideas, and get to know each other better.

I especially like the fact that the activities present my middle-schooler with an opportunity to take charge of his own education and gain an understanding of some of the challenges other kids face...like ADHD.

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Giving up homeschooling after 18 years [View all] onpatrol98 Dec 2011 OP

How frustrating for this mother! AllyCat Dec 2011 #1

I know, right! onpatrol98 Dec 2011 #2

It sounds like she has a pretty rigid style of homeschooling. GoddessOfGuinness Dec 2011 #3

To me...this is what makes homeschooling so necessary onpatrol98 Dec 2011 #4

I don't homeschool but if I did meat the beetles. Jan 2012 #5

I feel fortunate that the program we use GoddessOfGuinness Jan 2012 #6

Occupy the DOE ChalkFace Jan 2012 #7