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Re: These are good points you make... [message #55068 is a reply to message #55063] Fri, 03 March 2006 14:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mr Vinyl is currently offline  Mr Vinyl
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I am not an accountant but according to the one I use the answer is no.

Re: These are good points you make... [message #55069 is a reply to message #55068] Fri, 03 March 2006 14:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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They don't offer much. May I ask; what is the home schooling protocol? How do you quantify your results and do they have to be audited by the educational board or something?

Re: These are good points you make... [message #55070 is a reply to message #55066] Fri, 03 March 2006 14:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Sorry Manual. I am not an accountant. Be more specific. What transportation? Do you mean 7% of your income? I'm not sure. You would have to spend a hell of a lot of money to go over 7% of your income. If your family makes 50g a year that would be $3500 in supplies. We don't come close to that amount in supplies. If that's what you mean. I'm not saying supplies are very expensive. But whatever it is you would think that it would be a deduction. But it isn't.

Re: These are good points you make... [message #55071 is a reply to message #55070] Fri, 03 March 2006 15:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I don't have an example I was thinking of every possibility I could come up with. The 7% is what you have to spend in order to qualify for a write-off. It doesn't seem fair; let me just say in a small way I see your aggravation because I send my son to Catholic school; the town school gets 6800$ a year from me in taxes and I must pay another 7k for his parochial school. So I can empathise regarding having to pay taxes for someone elses kid to attend school and then pay for my own to go. The Catholic Bishops have been fighting for school vouchers for years; which you in your situation should absolutely be qualified to get.


Re: These are good points you make... [message #55072 is a reply to message #55069] Fri, 03 March 2006 15:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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There are very little "rules" as far as home schooling. You don't need any degrees in teaching or any education at all for that matter. You are free to teach your children anything you want. As far as qualifying your results there are three ways.

1)Have a certified teacher review the students work to make sure he/she is advancing at a rate up to his level. This is the one we use.

2)You can have the school board test him/her and look at his work.

3)He/she can take the standardized tests that all children take - FCATS.

The educational board has the right to look at your child's records to make sure you are complying but I don't believe they do this often. You do have to keep certain daily records to comply. But basically your on your own. I like this aspect. I can skip all of the politically correct crap and concentrate on whatever I feel is important. If I want to teach my child about religion I can, if I want to concentrate on math, writing and reading and skip geography I can. There is no requirement for the curriculum at all. All you have to show is that your doing it and the child is advancing. The parents have complete control. Of course different states have different requirements so your state may be different.

You can even register your child with a private school and totally eliminate the public school from the picture. We are registered with the public school so are bound by their rules.

Re: These are good points you make... [message #55073 is a reply to message #55072] Fri, 03 March 2006 16:12 Go to previous message
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Listen; I want to thank you for taking the time to explain this stuff to me. I have an interest in how things are done and you're the first home school person I have spoken too. My questions may seem obtrusive and I don't mean to appear so; don't hesitate to tell me MYOB; I don't get sensitive. But as Long as you are willing to answer questions I will ask them.
How do you structure the day; in small chunks like maybe an hour at a time? How do you organise the lessons; daily/weekly?
You know here in our Newspaper Newsday; there was about two weeks ago a couple op-ed pieces regarding someone in your situation. He basically said many of the things you did; one thing that struck me was his point that you can never take anything with the children for granted; they have a good day and you think; it's maybe going to get a little better..then there is a set-back. The pieces he wrote recieved a huge amount of mail. Our friend said it was very accurate how he portrayed the day-to-day.

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