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You Are So Strange: Part 2
You Are So Strange: Part 2 By Linda Dobson Knowles, presenting his findings at a conference in New Zealand, "found no evidence that these adults were even moderately disadvantaged in either respect." None of his respondents were unemployed or on any form of welfare assistance, more than forty percent attended [...]
You Are So Strange: Part 1
You Are So Strange PART ONE By Linda Dobson Some say I've lost my mind and others think I'm crazy! While some suggest I stay at home because I'm lazy. I'm happy to tell them, "This is most untrue." I just changed my career When I answered the ad... Wanted: Housewife/Mother of two. - Barbara Beckett No doubt about it. When [...]
THE DECLARATION OF EDUCATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
The Declaration of Educational Independence By Linda Dobson © 1997 WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for Families to dissolve the Educational Bands which have connected them to a faltering Society, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God [...]
Homeschooling Myth #2: Homeschooling takes place in isolation at home
Myth #2: Homeschooling takes place in isolation at home. When researchers got around to studying homeschooled children (that darn "education phenomenon" just won't go away!), they proved on paper what home educators already knew in their hearts - homeschooling works. There now exist enough studies to quiet even the most skeptical observer with [...]
Educationese for Beginners
Educationese for Beginners Try It - It's Easy! My friend, Ann Zeise, of A to Z’s Home’s Cool Homeschooling, said I could go ahead and share this with you, because she, too, understands that "educationese" is just a matter of verbiage that ANY parent can get into – if need be. NOTE: Educationese for Beginners is also part of [...]
