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Issue 8: Beware the Ides of March, but why? Plus more Shakespeare goodies

1 inspiring quote + 2 pro-homeschooler tips + 3 can’t-miss resources =
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"To teach is to learn twice." - Joseph Joubert
“To teach is to learn twice.” – Joseph Joubert

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Issue 4: How to discourage your kids, the One Thing Principle, and an “infinity” of resources

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“We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations.”

– from Infinite in All Directions by Freeman Dyson

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Issue 3: Socially awkward homeschoolers, how boredom is like a swimming pool, and the science of fireworks

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“Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve years raising their hand for permission to go to the bathroom.”

– from The Year of Learning Dangerously by Quinn Cummings

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Issue 2: What an education should NOT do, ideas for summer learning, and an amazing virtual tour

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“Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist.”

– from Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto

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