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Petition: promote the use of free software in US schools

Petition: promote the use of free software in US schools

Posted Dec 29, 2012 1:52 UTC (Sat) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205)
In reply to: Petition: promote the use of free software in US schools by hummassa
Parent article: Petition: promote the use of free software in US schools

> I tend to think home schooling gets in the way of the socialization aspect of schooling, acquiring conflict-solving skills, etc. And, anyway, I live in a country where home schooling is all but forbidden.

This is a well-known problem in the home-schooling community. I understand that home-schooled families tend to cluster together and meet among themselves. (But I am not from such a family, so I don't know.)

It is also possible, though I don't know how common it is, for home-schooled children to also take courses a public school. So they could do, say, phys. ed. and recess at a public school, and get the best of both worlds.


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Petition: promote the use of free software in US schools

Posted Dec 29, 2012 1:56 UTC (Sat) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link]

The resources are quite vast: https://www.google.com/search?q=homeschooling+extracurric...

Of course, if you're not a fan, you overlook it.

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