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  • For those that homeschool, what do you find most challenging and what do you find most rewarding about it?

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  • as an addition or complement to it.

    Our public school district offers a hybrid home school program for this. You can do core subjects at home, and then the kids attend a branch campus for classroom-based electives like music or robotics. It's really sweet.

  • For those that homeschool, what do you find most challenging and what do you find most rewarding about it?

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  • Our kids have done a mix of public, private, and home school depending on where we have lived and their individual needs. We are fortunate to have this level of flexibility.

    Most challenging: It's just a ton of work. Doing it well is a full-time job, which is of course why the world has professional teachers.

    Most rewarding: Watching the kids really get into certain topics. There is a level of flexibility you can't get in a large group, and your kid can move at their own speed. So if they decide they're super into some topic they can quickly finish the other required work for the day and then have time to dive deeper into their topic of interest. I came home yesterday to find that my preteens spent the afternoon composing original music for percussion ensembles, and it's actually good.

    Edit: I know home schooling isn't popular here on Lemmy. There are definitely people who abuse it to the detriment of their kids. But there are good reasons to do it, too: maybe your kid has special needs that school can't accommodate, maybe your kid is being harassed, maybe your kid is significantly ahead/behind their grade level and sees school as a pointless waste of time, etc. And you can get plenty of social interaction with sports, clubs, or just playing with other kids in the neighborhood. It does not have to be a solitary activity, and should not be.

  • People on their lunch break in New York, 7th Ave and West 28th, 1936.

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  • All that open pavement reserved for cars, and the pedestrians have to stay packed onto the sidewalk. 😢

  • How not to go crazy from what is happening and most likely will be happening in the world?

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  • Read lots of history. Humans have not changed in thousands of years. Though the details of our current problems may be new, the underlying motivations and mechanisms are the same as the have always been. And despite all of our problems, the trend line of humanity is moving in the right direction. Try to remember that progress is not linear. Rather, it is a constant pattern of three steps forward, two steps back.

  • AP English Students Aren’t Thirsting After Holden Caulfield Like They Used To

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  • First time I read The Catcher in the Rye at 14 or 15: This kid is a whiny bitch. Wtf is his problem?

    Second time I read The Catcher in the Rye in my 20's: Oh, this kid is battling depression and is getting zero support from anyone. I'm in this book and I don't like it.

  • Hit it

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  • We got four honkies out there dressed in night vision for a daytime photo op.Say what?They look like they're from the 82nd Airborne or somethin'.

  • Now that's useful

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  • Still is hot, but he used to be, too.

  • Preparing for some upcoming trips

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  • I like the green thang you got going on.

  • This is gonna be good

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  • Middle picture brought back memories of Internet days of yore.

  • Rule

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  • Clever of the author to put their Patreon in a spot unlikely to be cropped.

  • Why in Gods Green Earth is Trump getting rid of Powell and putting Warsh in place?

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  • Powell tried to do his job rather than be a yes-man. There were some incidents where the two made conflicting statements at press conferences, and Powell didn't recant his statements.

  • Operation Desert Blunder

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  • Yo world I heard you like blockades so I added a blockade to your blockade...

  • A once-banned Mexican American tradition is making a comeback

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  • Hey, nice avatar. Hail Cascadia!

  • A once-banned Mexican American tradition is making a comeback

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  • Post-WWII, white folk saw groups of Mexicans having fun with cars and decided it was a nuisance, or had some connection to gang activity, or a bit of both. Heaven forbid people be allowed to show off their custom cars by driving slowly and safely down the street.

  • Jefferson gets glazed too often for being one of the worst of the Founding Fathers

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  • I'm trying to remember what made Madison stand out as particularly shitty. He was a slaver, and considered indigenous peoples to be inherently inferior to Europeans. I have a faint memory of him being arrogant and paternalistic in some of the Federalist Papers. What am I forgetting?

  • Melania Trump Slams Baseless Reports Linking Her To Wrong Wealthy Pedophile

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  • However they do it, they have been doing a remarkable job.

  • Hello, Based Department?

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  • University professor urges white allies to mirror mass murderer American hero in activism

    Fixed that for them.

  • It's 9PM, any word from Iran?

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  • Flowers rule 🥺

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  • Depends on the season. In winter it's a vintage 1980's shirt-jacket thing that I found in my dad's storage closet: red/black plaid, soft flannel exterior, thinly insulated. My parents had matching shirts and dad's old one fits me perfectly.

    Pretty soon my favorite will be a thin blue cotton-linen button-down that's perfect for hot summer days. And it goes well with my big straw shade hat.

    Thanks for asking. 😁

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Addams Family weather

  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    Culinary diplomacy

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culinary_diplomacy
  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    Cults form around visions like this

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    She laughed! Is that good? I hope it's good...

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    🌈 rule

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    Chivalry isn't valued the way it used to be

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    You're really funny!

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    It works tho

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    The Lord of the Ring

  • aww @lemmy.world
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    Seals!

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    Don't swing it by the cord during the guitar solo!

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    Come on, you can do it

  • Washington @lemmy.world
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    An online age verification law is being considered in Washington State (HB 2112)

    app.leg.wa.gov /billsummary
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Apple (SMBC)

  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    Welcome to the jungle, baby

  • Nowhere Else To Share @sh.itjust.works
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    Gwar meets Joan Rivers 1990

    yewtu.be /watch
  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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    Year in review

  • People Twitter @sh.itjust.works
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    The power of sudo compels you!

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    All the decorations are done!

  • Funny @sh.itjust.works
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