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		<title>HOMESCHOOLERS DINNER</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALHEN&#8217;S KV Soon and I recently met to discuss holding our second
Homeschool Networking event. Some of you might remember what fun we
had all those years ago at Lakeview Club. Well, we decided it&#8217;s about
time to hold the second. Here&#8217;s the official announcement:
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January 10, 2009 is the day you won&#8217;t want to miss. The [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "HOMESCHOOLERS DINNER", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/homeschoolers-dinner" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s happening to our children?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/whats-happening-to-our-children</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s difficult not to feel anything when you read news like this. This report first appeared in the NST recently. So who&#8217;s to blame? Society? School? Parents? The system?
KUALA LUMPUR: Four children go missing every day. One in three children has mental health problems.
One in 11 children scored straight As in their Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What&#8217;s happening to our children?", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/whats-happening-to-our-children" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Am I qualified to teach?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/am-i-qualified-to-teach</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite surprised to read that the Education Ministry is once again reviewing the Education Act 1996. It appears there is a bill that requires all teachers in educational institutions (kindergartens to colleges)  to be registered with the education department before they can teach anyone. That doesn&#8217;t sound too encouraging to homeschooling parents who [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Am I qualified to teach?", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/am-i-qualified-to-teach" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Is college overrated?</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/is-college-overrated</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day passes without someone asking, &#8220;So, what about college?&#8221; Homeschoolers like everyone else wonder if at the end of their journey they each have what it takes to enter college. Now here&#8217;s an article by Charles Murray of the Wall Street Journal who wonders whether we&#8217;re making too much of college certification and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Is college overrated?", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/is-college-overrated" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>All I really need to know&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been on the lookout for homeschooling stories from Asia, and was quite pleased when I came across this one.  The article was first published in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine, titled &#8220;All I really Need to Know I Learned In Homeschool&#8221;.
At 19, Michael Joshua B. Gemina has accomplished a lot more than most kids [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "All I really need to know&#8230;", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/all-i-really-need-to-know" });</script>]]></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>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not visited the TED website before, please do. TED means Technology, Entertainment, Design - 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 [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Do schools kill creativity?", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/do-schools-kill-creativity" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore&#8217;s &#8216;teach less learn more&#8217; schools</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/singapores-teach-less-learrn-more-schools</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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There’s a very interesting report by veteran columnist Seah Cheang Nee on the evolving education scene in Singapore. The Singapore government in a ground-breaking move has begun to introduce new teaching ideas and subjects for their students primary and secondary. It’s early days yet, but the scale of change has already taken Singaporean parents by [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Singapore&#8217;s &#8216;teach less learn more&#8217; schools", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/singapores-teach-less-learrn-more-schools" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>20 reasons to homeschool</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this while I was surfing. Struck me that although Malaysian homeschoolers are a world away, the sentiments apply. Tells you what a global phenomenon homeschooling is and how similar we all are in so many ways! Click to enlarge view.

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		<title>Beginning homeschool</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 07:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deschooling]]></category>

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How do you make kids sit down to learn at home? How do parents teach the higher grades? Won’t homeschoolers miss out on socialization? Will it affect their character and social skills? What if I start homeschooling my child after primary school?
Homeschoolers are asked these questions all the time.
I wish I could offer a cut-and-dried [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Beginning homeschool", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2008/beginning-homeschool" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Raft play</title>
		<link>http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2006/playing-raft</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While other kids were mugging away in arid classrooms homeschoolers had themselves an adventure of sorts at the Lentang Recreational Forest off Karak Highway. It was a nice and breezy day and we had the river all to ourselves. That would have been impossible if it were the weekend where day trippers and gawkers would [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Raft play", url: "http://homeschoolhomefrontier.com/2006/playing-raft" });</script>]]></description>
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