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I am thirteen and in year eight. All my life i’ve been home-schooled, but just recently, my dad decided to put me and my brother into a public school. He says we need to socialize properly.
There is One more week of the holidays. What’s it like(Public high school)? Is the work hard? I love being home-schooled, but i think that my dad is right – me and my brother need to socialize. I’ve never really been around other kids though. I have, but not in a schooling situation.
Basically, my brother and i were just wondering what it’s like. My dad told me that sometimes kids get bullied? He also said that some kids get into physical fights… Is this true?

Last night, while humping myself and books back to my car after a night class, it hit me. I’ve probably been in contact with more unsaved people in the past couple weeks since school started than I have for the past 15 years. That’s scary. I’ve been quite sheltered since I started having children. Besides family members, for the longest time, I didn’t know anyone personally who anyone who was unsaved. I had church friends, joined homeschool co-ops and joined into online communities with Christ

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Leaving the Ivory Tower

On Monday, the girls woke up around 6 as usual. I continue to be baffled by the idea that there are children who sleep in. M sat at the dining room table making art while I made coffee and checked email. C played in her bed until 7 when Brent headed out to work. The girls and I had breakfast, and I read to them while they finished eating, then we snuggled on the couch to read more. At C’s request, we read Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear , Mama Cat Has Three Kittens , and Where is

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A Homeschooling Day in the Life

Well, next week, I start. I’m scared, I won’t lie. I’m terrified that this decision to homeschool my daughter for middle school is going to torpedo my life as I know it. But I know I’m making the right choice.

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The Decision to Homeschool

I’m a little late today with the Not Back to School Hop , but I’ll make up for it with some great photos. This week we’re sharing a day in the life of our homeschooling family. I know that some people think the day is just sitting around the table reciting bible verses and drilling spelling words. But that’s far from true of this family. Our day looks a little more exciting

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A Day In Our Homeschooling Life

By Mary A while ago a friend and I were talking about balance in life, and the curse of busyness. She was gently suggesting that perhaps my life would be easier if I left some open spaces in my schedule, blanks where nothing needed to happen. I knew that she’d learned that wisdom through her own struggles with time management. But at that point in my life, struggling between homeschooling, wedding planning, and a tight book deadline, I honestly felt that there was nothing in my life to

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Empty Spaces

View image Part of an interesting site – BibleMap.org – where you can bring up Scripture and see a map illustrating the places and people groups referred to in the text. Homeschool kids might find this helpful with Bible studies too. HT: A Mac and a Mug o’Joe

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Bible map – study helps

This time last year, I sat with several syllabi from a well-planned curriculum (or two). I had enrolled my oldest in a “homeschool school.” I was all set to use someone else’s plans for everyone in the family. I reasoned that this decision would free me up to devote more time and energy to household tasks and babies. This decision was a holy one.

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Been There, Done That: The Seasonal Post on Choosing Curriculum

airbender asked: Does the Life Science course have grading/accreditation/teacher? I read somewhere on a forum that it doesn’t…..just wondering.Lean Manufacturing Guide

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K12 Homeschool Life Science Middle School course?

Home education is back in the spotlight, with the news that the government is to set up a register for parents choosing to home-educate . The register is part of the government’s review into home education which was set up in January, and which one mother wrote about on School Gate . The homeschooling community was not happy about suggestions that teaching their children was being used as a “cover” for some kind of abuse. The issue of home-schooling splits visitors to School Gate. To put i

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As the government’s review into home education is announced, a (home-educated) teenager gives her view