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pro-homeschooling (Score:1)

by brev (1827)

My girlfriend's teachers used to complain that she was too advanced and forbade her from doing extra reading in class. Her shocked parents, Russian Jewish immigrants, yanked her out of the system and homeschooled her.

At the age of 27, she has far more confidence in herself than anyone I know. No socialization problems at all. The former weirdo bookworm has blossomed into a local media mogul, one of those people who seems to know everybody. And yet she still delves into heavy literature when she puts her fe
- I recommend ANYTHING by Gatto (Score:1)
  
  by btilly (5037) on 2004.07.07 20:11 (#32242) Journal
  
  Check out his website [johntaylorgatto.com] and this collection of essays [preservenet.com].
  I'm debating home-schooling for my family. If I can, I want to. I just won't know whether that is plausible for us until I'm closer to the event. (My first child is still a few months from birth. We're going back and forth on whether to have a second.)
  
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