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To: Dixie Yooper
Tuesday and Wednesday, he tried to do the same thing, but she didn't fall for it. Since receiving her note, My boy's homework has been lasting as long as it takes to get everything done that he doesn't get finished at school (10:30 last night). This weekend will be spent on speed writing exercises and math flash cards.
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Dixie, you are “afterschooling”. The school is merely sending home the curriculum.

Writing assignments until late in the evening? Flash cards over the weekend? Do you understand? **YOU** and your son are doing 99% of the work at **home**!

So....When responsible parents such as yourself actually **DO** the teaching and your son, **himself**, does the learning, who will take credit for the higher than average standardized scores of the school? The teachers and principal of course!

What you are doing is absolutely no different than what I did with my homeschoolers. I am willing to bet my entire 401K plan that if we compared notes there would be little differences in how we both educated our children in the home.

Personally, I am convinced that **all** academically successful children are homeschooled. If they go to school, as your child does, it is called “afterschooling”. The only thing the school is doing is sending home a curriculum for the parents and child to follow.

33 posted on 01/16/2009 6:16:45 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: wintertime
Personally, I am convinced that **all** academically successful children are homeschooled.

Congratulations on sticking with the home schooling. Hopefully you did it without have to pay Patrick Henry College any fees for looking out for your best interests.

42 posted on 01/16/2009 7:14:15 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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