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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:17:33 -0400, prodigal1 wrote:
Vito wrote: snip And if I'm to compare several candidates I want to see scores on standardized tests. The results of standardized testing provide only at best a simplistic and at worse, an irrelevant answer to the question you're asking. I'm always surprised when I see/read people comments indicating that these blunt instruments have some sort of validity. OK, time for a definition of terms he What I am interested in pursuing is not "homeschooling" in the sense of someone completely off the radar of a standardized education, but "distance learning", whereby my kid, living on a boat, is educated to the standards of my land-based jurisdiction, and receives the standard credits and credentials. And, if he proves able, is allowed to accelerate his learning at his own pace in subjects of his choosing. This would require flexibility on the part of the issuing schoolboard, but as I live in a city of several million, and know of several fellow citizens who've taught kids on boats, AND it is anticipated that my wife will have earned a teaching certificate by then and herself will be the "in-house" teacher, I don't think we, with the use of modern communications, patience and the stimulating environment of the sea, will have a lot of trouble. The kid's already bright, willfull and motivated to learn at 3 3/4...I expect he'll be running plots by age eight G. R. |
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