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WhiteBlaze
10-07-2009, 08:00
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.neweraprogress.com%2Fnep%2Fn ews%2Flocal%2Farticle%2Fmaine_man_takes_family_alo ng_on_appalachian_trail%2F20159%2F&usg=AFQjCNFDqimhSISy-udWZs_ZdHSdQqGmuA"><img src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/UXQhvjVq44imqM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /><br /><font size="-2">New Era Progress</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.neweraprogress.com%2Fnep%2Fn ews%2Flocal%2Farticle%2Fmaine_man_takes_family_alo ng_on_appalachian_trail%2F20159%2F&usg=AFQjCNFDqimhSISy-udWZs_ZdHSdQqGmuA"><b>Maine man takes family along on <b>Appalachian Trail</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">New Era Progress</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">By Scott Marshall Tim Pettingill, hiking the <b>Appalachian Trail</b> from Maine to Georgia, is being accompanied by an unusual support crew and, serendipitously, <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dVOnNBzvefi3cnM"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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Spokes
10-07-2009, 11:54
Something just don't smell right here. Sounds more like the "New Homeless" to me.

ShoelessWanderer
10-07-2009, 12:09
I think that's awesome! Too bad his family isn't actually doing any of the hiking with him. Would be a cool lesson for their kids though.

ShelterLeopard
10-07-2009, 12:23
I agree with Spokes.

lazy river road
10-07-2009, 12:52
I am a special ed teacher and am not a big fan of the concept of home schooling..IMHO ...they miss out on so much of life and making important life and personal connections with people (such as making friends)...although the opposite could also be argued that they are gaining so many advantages of unconventional schooling...learning how to socialize with peers is a very important part of school that homeschool kids do not get...id be all for a type of trip like this during the summer or when school is not in session....

ShoelessWanderer
10-07-2009, 13:25
I am a special ed teacher and am not a big fan of the concept of home schooling..IMHO ...they miss out on so much of life and making important life and personal connections with people (such as making friends)...although the opposite could also be argued that they are gaining so many advantages of unconventional schooling...learning how to socialize with peers is a very important part of school that homeschool kids do not get...id be all for a type of trip like this during the summer or when school is not in session....

I think it totally depends on how the parents are. One of my best friends since elementary school was home schooled with her 2 brothers. They got a MUCH better education that I did in the public schools. Her parents had them in a ton of other activites, also. Like soccer, scouts, cheerleading, dance, etc, so they did get that social aspect.

ShelterLeopard
10-07-2009, 13:32
I think home schooled kids have an enormous advantage, especially if (like shoeless said) they get the social aspect and their parents know what they're doing. I think it's great- a tailor made syllabus, everything at your own pace, you could learn so much more, and learn it so much better! I was home schooled for a year in middle school. I liked it, but I needed more, erm.... discipline, I suppose.