Education & Reference - 8 August 2006

Biases and generalizations are a strong part of our society. It is too easy to hold opinions that stereo-type others. "Home-schooling" means something different to every person that will answer the question. What is your answer?

I am a mother to 4 home-educated students. 2 are now adults and 2 will soon be adults. If you know them personally then I'm sure you can tell me what you know. But if you don't know them please don't give them labels such as: Misfit, Social outcast, Ignorant; Sheltered; Troubled; etc.... I know hundreds and maybe even thousands of home-taught students that do not fit into the demeaning categories imposed on them by others that don't know the truth.

My home-educated children and grandchildren are well liked in our community. Our extended family, friends and even strangers comment often about how they are well mannered and intelligent. This is the same for all of the families that I personally know that home-teach.

Check out www.home-school.org

2006-08-08 08:11:23 · 9 answers · asked by Barb 4 in Home Schooling

Sometimes when I write some text on paper and when I read it again, there's usually 1 or 2 words missing. It's like my brain is thinking so fast that it jumps words and doesn't write them.
Does this have a name? This "eating" of words?

2006-08-08 08:10:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

REDRUM PIGS

2006-08-08 08:09:30 · 12 answers · asked by bozzo4321 3 in Words & Wordplay

I have written a book and it is a rough copy, how do you copyright a book and is that all I need to do?

2006-08-08 08:09:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

testa di cazzo traducite sto messaggio e na volta che ce sei riuscito vedi de annattene a fanculo ok? e puttana ce sarai brutto frocio...pia in culo!!!

2006-08-08 08:04:26 · 3 answers · asked by vespertine•[Øblivion] 4 in Words & Wordplay

And no, I cannot make the test up, it is a final exam. Oh gosh do I feel awful....

2006-08-08 08:02:27 · 6 answers · asked by SadToday22 3 in Higher Education (University +)

Hello I spent weeks writing and editing my succinct statement I am writing for admission into a doctoral program.
What is the format? Do the paragraphs need to be indented double spaced, or do the paragraphs stay flush left with a double space between paragraphs?
This is a statement of my personal objectives and how they will be furthered by graduate study.

Please answer only if you have experience! Thank you

2006-08-08 08:01:46 · 2 answers · asked by TiredofIdiots 4 in Higher Education (University +)

the students are aged 14-15, intermediate level.

2006-08-08 07:58:29 · 8 answers · asked by thafe_star 2 in Teaching

2006-08-08 07:52:04 · 97 answers · asked by ALAN B 2 in Trivia

Are you required to fill in the "family doctor" and "family dentist"? Or can you just leave that part blank?

2006-08-08 07:48:35 · 1 answers · asked by Creative Name 3 in Other - Education

help me to elaborate.

2006-08-08 07:47:43 · 3 answers · asked by keibee 1 in Homework Help

my brother is three years old, and yet has the speaking skills of a half-year-old. my mom is looking for a good pathologist in texas, but she can't find one. can you recomend one? any personal hints on how to teak little kids to talk would help too.

2006-08-08 07:46:41 · 3 answers · asked by cloouvgeh 2 in Preschool

I am at the point in my college career where I have to make this decision... I am currently a Childhood Ed. major with a concentration in Lang. and Cognition. From there I could go on to get my masters in literacy. OR should I become a speech pathology major now and do a concentration in education? Which job has more openings now (I live on Long Island) and which has more room for advancement? Any advice will help! Thanks!

2006-08-08 07:42:34 · 9 answers · asked by jumpygrl33 1 in Teaching

Anyone know the rules for positives and negitive integers???

2006-08-08 07:42:17 · 5 answers · asked by lovesoccerblue 1 in Homework Help

I never liked lectures because they didn't include a typed copy of the lecturer's lecture. The idea of having to try to write down a note about a point I thought might be important, and doing so while hoping not to miss another point that might be uttered while I was writing my note about an earlier point was torture for me. I really couldn't understand the value of that approach to teaching.

Today, I read an article in WebMD about multitasking having a negative effect on learning. With that now known, is their hope that lecturers will finally stop torturing their students?

Incidentally, the article on WebMD indicated that when learning took place in an environment free of distractions, the student's learning was the result of activity in one part of the brain, and when multitasking, the learning was the result of activity in a different part of the brain. Subsequent tests revealed multitasking had a negative effect on retention.

2006-08-08 07:42:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Teaching

be quick you don't have long to answer!

2006-08-08 07:38:23 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trivia

2006-08-08 07:31:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

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2006-08-08 07:29:55 · 22 answers · asked by Barb 4 in Home Schooling

2006-08-08 07:29:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Primary & Secondary Education

Where did this name come from?

2006-08-08 07:27:27 · 6 answers · asked by drshorty 7 in Trivia

I will be a 10th grader 2morrow and its about time for me to start looking up colleges and stuff. I want to become an obstetrician but I can't seem to find a college that has that major or something similar. Can u help me out . Thanx

2006-08-08 07:25:05 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2006-08-08 07:23:44 · 16 answers · asked by LOL 5 in Other - Education

2006-08-08 07:23:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trivia

2006-08-08 07:21:05 · 58 answers · asked by ALAN B 2 in Trivia

2006-08-08 07:20:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2006-08-08 07:19:29 · 1 answers · asked by (3rAvO 1 in Higher Education (University +)

2006-08-08 07:19:18 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

I don't no a single word but i'd like to learn, does anyone have any good websites?

2006-08-08 07:19:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

2006-08-08 07:16:43 · 29 answers · asked by ••Mott•• 6 in Quotations

i got a paper with a citation and it said that if i dont pay then ill have a warrant for arrest..what does that mean?

2006-08-08 07:16:24 · 8 answers · asked by chivasbaby g 2 in Other - Education