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To: netmilsmom

Two comments

1) I used Khan academy for my 6th grader who was taking an entrance exam for an accelerated program. The educrats in our district told us we should not “study for” the test, but we had heard they used algebra on the test. We went through the basic Khan Academy algebra course - and she did very well on the entrance exam.

2) I used to think home-schooling would be very time consuming - but I realized that when you don’t have the “convoy system” of public schools, a parent (with help from tutors if necessary) can cover subjects like Algebra, Geometry, etc... in 1/4 or less the time it takes a public school class. They waste A LOT of time in our district.


24 posted on 07/28/2011 12:15:45 PM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: PGR88

>>They waste A LOT of time in our district.<<

It’s not just your district.


27 posted on 07/28/2011 12:21:20 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice)
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