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		<title>Kids are losing the joy of schooling</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2011/2354</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s happening to our kids? A letter to the Star laments the increase of stress and emotional problems among school children, and points out that the present system is depriving them the best time of their lives – childhood. Makes you wonder why more parents aren&#8217;t looking at homeschool as a viable option. STUDIES show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a homeschooler sit for BM exam?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2010/can-a-homeschooler-sit-for-bm-exam</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s an interesting bit of news for those who missed it in the Sun. 16-year old homeschooler Adrian Kumar Vendargon wants to sit for the SPM Bahasa paper as a private candidate. Unfortunately, there are obstacles in his way. Chief of which is the fact that Adrian has not gone through the system or sat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Options in Malaysian education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Malaysian schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nutgraph is running a 4-part series on education in the country. The third installment by Deborah Loh which comes out today examines the growing interest in homeschooling. You&#8217;ll find comments by the usual suspects, meaning KV Soon of Family Place, and yours truly, as well as Hafizah who runs the Malaysia Homeschool Unite forum. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian education in the corner</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2010/malaysian-education-in-the-corner</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Malaysian schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter to Malaysiakini by someone who addressed himself/herself as Angry Parent despairs over the way education is going in Malaysia. The point in the letter is the policy reversal relating to the teaching of Science and Math in English. Six years after its implementation, these two subjects will now be taught (again) in Bahasa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Between a rock and a hard place</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2009/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Malaysian schools]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/?p=1140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY about the depressing state of education in the country that hasn’t already been said? Despite all kinds of reports decrying the social costs of shortsighted education policies, Malaysia’s descent down the educational ladder is still leaving families both bewildered and infuriated. Gains in other countries have left the nation’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysians flocking to international schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education is big business in Malaysia. No surprises here. That parents are willing to fork out exorbitant fees to educate their children in elite international schools tells you what parents think about the local education system. And what they think is really at stake. But even that didn’t prepare me for reports that 20 more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language switch debate continues&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2009/pta-barred-from-school-to-discuss-language-switch</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTA barred from school to discuss language switch A Malaysiakini report said the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) of SMK Seri Hartamas&#8217; plan for an EGM to discuss the English language reversal policy was almost scuttled on Saturday 8 August when it was barred from using the school compound. Apparently, the Ministry of Education through the school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When will we ever learn</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2009/when-will-we-ever-learn</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/?p=425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t want to be knocking our education system or the good teachers who are trying to make a difference, but then I caught this article in the STAR. When will we ever learn by Jacqueline Pereira They say a teacher’s job is never done, but our columnist tells why she is done with teaching. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Good teachers</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2009/wanted-good-teachers</link>
		<comments>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2009/wanted-good-teachers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there’s one thing practically all of us are in agreement, it is this: something is terribly wrong with our education system but no one really knows how to fix it. So it no longer surprises anyone to hear that some institutions of higher learning are deliberately lowering standards to ensure their students pass crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s going on in schools?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2006/whats-going-on-in-schools</link>
		<comments>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2006/whats-going-on-in-schools#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C.S. Lewis was an unhappy victim of public schools and he said so in his autobiography Surprised By Joy. “If the parents in each generation always or often knew what really goes on at their sons’ schools, the history of education would be very different.” You can see I am a pessimist by inclination. Unlike [...]]]></description>
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