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		<title>Homeschooling through DoDDS in &#8216;remote&#8217; areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some overseas assignments, the number of children accompanying sponsors stationed in the area may not meet the minimum requirement for the establishment of a DoD dependent school:  100 elementary children, or  300 secondary students (PDF-page 19, C1.5.2.1. Establishment). At such assignments, the military services do not provide a DoD Dependent School.  Children living with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=364&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Table of contents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tossed by the Fates is a blogged book for homeschooling parents with the American military.  At this time it is still a work in progress, with new entries added as time goes by.  This post is the table of contents to the book. Notes to a blog: Because of the structure of blogs in general [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=100&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site booklets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History of homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before the Internet and the World Wide Web became useful tools for everyday use, I put together homeschooling information in printed booklets.  I saved those files and have since converted them to PDF documents. What&#8217;s all the fuss about (an unfinished history in news articles and military regulations about military homeschooling overseas &#8212; it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=352&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legally homeschooling in CONUS as a military family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog entry and the attached article are opinions, I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. &#160; The arrival of PCS orders may set off an alarm for some homeschooling families.  Parents new to homeschooling often wonder, “Which rules do I follow?  Do I follow the rules of my home state?  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=343&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military life from the perspective of family members</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction Military life has more rules to it than does civilian life.  The two modes of living have many parallels such as ID cards and driver&#8217;s licenses for identification, housing officials and code enforcement officers for minding your Ps and Qs in residential neighborhoods, and city police and military police for general law enforcement.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=313&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond homeschooling:  joining the military</title>
		<link>http://militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/beyond-homeschooling-joining-the-military/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[After graduation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeschool military academy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article tells about some differences between the two largest career paths in the military services, becoming an officer or enlisting.  It also looks at how home education affects those choices.  From the view of the military services, homeschooling has an effect on enlistment more than it does on the commissioning of an officer. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=293&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond homeschooling:  what to do after graduation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[After graduation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think seriously about what your child will do ‘after homeschooling,’ you’re either at the beginning of your child’s ‘high school’ years (the ages from about 14 and up), or are actually contemplating ‘graduating’ near the end-of-homeschooling.  You may wonder what comes next?  How do people who were homeschooled fit themselves into everyday adult [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=289&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hug-a-hero dolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military deployment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No time to wait for the &#8220;Deployment&#8221; part of the blog, it starts now. Children miss parents when they go away, whether it is for a deployment, or for any other reason.  The dolls from this site give children the ability to keep the parent nearby, and the dolls are more durable, and portable, than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=277&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Purpose of education II</title>
		<link>http://militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/purpose-of-education-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I read a book on writing fiction just after watching curriculum discussions on an email list.  As I read the author’s opinion on plotting, I made a connection to curriculum and to “education” in general: &#8220;You can package plot any number of ways, and the way you package it decides what number [of plots] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=272&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military homeschooling in Europe</title>
		<link>http://militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/military-homeschooling-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bonham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally wrote the following booklet in 1996 to answer questions about homeschooling, and about homeschooling in the milieu of the overseas American Army in Europe, also known as USAREUR (United States Army Europe).  Many people, command staff as well as family members and sponsors, often did not have the time or the deep interest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=militaryhomeschooling.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4046722&amp;post=257&amp;subd=militaryhomeschooling&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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