Homeschoolers engage in self directed learning far more than their publicly schooled counterparts. Homeschoolers quickly become self motivators and the self motivation they come to possess will last them their entire lives, making them responsible citizens in the future. How is it that homeschoolers become self-motivated learners?
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The idea of having a camping event was mooted many months ago when we were in Ipoh giving a talk on homeschooling, hosted by husband and wife team Intan and Harith When they revealed that they could also get Dato Lat to give an informal session on cartooning to the kids, we were naturally excited! [...]
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This is an (edited) email response to a reader who wrote in. We received many email of such nature and are very similar – some may be able to relate. This person’s child is now in primary 2 of a Chinese school. He is labelled an underachiever and always being beaten by his teachers for [...]
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