Text 9514, 61 rader
Skriven 2005-03-02 06:16:47 av John Hull (1:379/1.99)
   Kommentar till text 9477 av VERN HUMPHREY (1:123/140)
Ärende: Another wonderful public
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* Originally by: Ed Hulett (1:123/789), 02 Mar 05 02:49.


02 Mar 05 02:49, Ed Hulett wrote to VERN HUMPHREY:

 EH> VERN HUMPHREY -> ED HULETT wrote:
 VH>>>> There are now formal and informal home school associations, 
 VH>>>> where parents get together and pool their assets.  There are lots 
 VH>>>> of
 VH>> material
 VH>>>> available for home schoolers these days, both hard copy and on 
 VH>>>> the internet.

 EH>>> Yes, the morning host on one of the local conservative talk radio
 VH>> stations (
 EH>>> KVI) is a member of a home school association. He teaches history 
 EH>>> to
 VH>> the old
 EH>>> children.

 EH>>> Some of the local public schools even assist home schoolers with
 VH>> resources a
 EH>>> extra-curricular activities. Of course, these schools are the
 VH>> exception more
 EH>>> than the rule. This only happens where the school boards are of 
 EH>>> the more conservative variety.

 VH>> Why NOT help them?  We had a system here, the Arkansas Virtual 
 VH>> Academy, where you enrolled your child in the local school, and 
 VH>> then used internet-delivered courses (the school provided the 
 VH>> computer, the internet connection, and so on).  Unfortunately, this 
 VH>> is a Democratic state and the legislature defunded it.

 EH> Too much competition for the teachers' union.

 VH>>>> My grand daughter is only two, and they haven't made a decision 
 VH>>>> on her yet, but my son-in-law spends an hour each night with her, 
 VH>>>> often using computer interactive lesson downloaded from the 
 VH>>>> internet.

 EH>>> That is the best thing a parent can do regardless of whether they 
 EH>>> home schoo
 EH>>> or not. And parents need to stay pro-active in their child's 
 EH>>> educational career.

 VH>> My son-in-law and daughter put a lot of time into teaching her and
 VH>> providing educational experiences for her.

 EH> She will be way ahead of her peers once she hits scholl age.

Make sure they get her into the accelerated learning programs from the gitgo. 
If she's as smart as you say, that's the only thing that will challenge her. 
Gotta be careful though, a lot of them are even more PC than regular schools.

John 

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