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		<title>Homeschooling for life</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2010/1863</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports coming in from the US confirm that homeschooling is on the rise. Approximately 1.5 million children (2.9% of school-age children) were being homeschooled in the spring of 2007, representing a 36% relative increase since 2003 and a 74% relative increase since 1999. The number in Malaysia is also increasing although the rise is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School vs Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORTIMER ADLER was a philosopher, educator, and author. Together with educational philosopher Robert Hutchins,  Adler went on to found the Great Books Foundation, which seeks to promote the reading of Great Books and western classic literature as a means to develop reflective and responsible thinkers. He also served on the Board of Editors Encyclopaedia Britannica [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repairing the ruins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to note that while there is much talk about education being a necessary preparation for the labour market, no one in his right mind would suggest it’s the primary purpose of all education. Take a look at what I picked up online: “The purpose of education is to make the world a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So why did you choose to homeschool?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BC TAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“So why did you choose to homeschool? Your children are normal….” It is often supposed that unless there was some dire need for keeping a child at home, depriving a child of conventional schooling is unreasonable, and possibly even damaging. Why? Because  no parent could ever be sufficiently equipped or knowledgeable enough to do the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you should know Charlotte Mason</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BC TAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlotte Mason (1842 – 1923) was a British educator and a remarkable woman whose ideas were undoubtedly ahead of her time.  As the only child she was largely educated by her own mother who I believed,  influenced her advocacy for home education and to view children with greater respect than was fashionable then. She loved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten mistakes that schools make</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever sat through a normal class will immediately agree that what is taught is not the same as what is learnt. It’s such a simple principle, yet one of the most overlooked. The most colourful curricula and the most dedicated teacher do not guarantee that learning has taken place. I know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the MOE dithers on the English-for-Science-and-Math issue, our political scientist and columnist Umapagan Ampikaipakan wades into the debate with his latest post in the NST headlined, Master English by learning English, not others. He argues against the current arrangement and you can read what his counter proposal is. There is an undercurrent raging against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons to homeschool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 06:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BC TAN</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purpose of education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeschool isn&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s cup of tea, but there are so many good reasons to educate your child at home. I recently came across a site that carried a post titled, 100 Reasons to Homeschool. What started as a list back in 2007/08 continues to grow. What&#8217;s interesting for me was discovering that a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do schools kill creativity?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/do-schools-kill-creativity</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BC TAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not visited the TED website before, please do. TED means Technology, Entertainment, Design &#8211; an annual conference that attempts to provoke and inspire by bringing together some of the world&#8217;s most influential thinkers and performers. There&#8217;s a lot that&#8217;s fascinating, and certainly, a lot more that won&#8217;t necessarily go down well with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books that influenced</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2005/books-that-influenced</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2005 15:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DAVID BC TAN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am looking back at early influences that might have moved me towards my current understanding of schooling and education. Back when I was a secondary student &#8211; maybe 16 or 17, I had two pretty progressive teachers: Mr Lee taught English, while Miss Pillai taught literature. Miss Pillai was strident in her political views [...]]]></description>
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