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At 2+ years in Area 51 we have to close this proposal. Keep this proposal alive by restarting it. See discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/q/5798. – Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:48

closed as not a viable proposal by Robert Cartaino♦ Apr 11 at 21:48

This proposal will not result in a useful, productive, or viable Q&A site.

This proposal is now in the Commitment phase — example questions are locked!

65 Example Questions (8 closed)

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up vote 35 down vote

added by mmyers Apr 7 '11 at 15:42

@balanced mama: This is just an example question that the proposed homeschooling site would accept, not a real question I had; there's really no need to answer it here. – mmyers Jul 11 '12 at 0:10

It is definitely one that will be asked! – balanced mama Jul 26 '12 at 19:08

up vote 19 down vote

added by Daniel Standage Apr 4 '11 at 13:54

	Anyone care to explain their downvote and vote to close? – Daniel Standage Jan 24 '12 at 15:59
	That happens... – Nikana Reklawyks Nov 20 '12 at 2:25

up vote 16 down vote

added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Apr 13 '11 at 14:40

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added by Daniel Standage Apr 4 '11 at 13:52

up vote 12 down vote

added by Justin Apr 26 '11 at 13:42

I think this is too subjective, as what is most important to one person may not be to another. – Flimzy Nov 28 '11 at 19:23

You could try asking, What are some factors to consider when selecting curricula? – balanced mama Jul 10 '12 at 23:44

up vote 11 down vote

added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Apr 13 '11 at 14:41

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added by jimreed Aug 10 '11 at 13:42

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added by petrichor Dec 1 '11 at 12:55

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added by Ryan Muller Apr 10 '12 at 3:17

up vote 10 down vote

added by studiohack, edited by Flimzy Dec 28 '12 at 6:46

Is P.E. obvious for everyone else? Saving others a google, that's Physical Education, sport basically. – Nikana Reklawyks Nov 20 '12 at 2:28

up vote 10 down vote

added by Jim G., edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 14 '11 at 20:42

up vote 10 down vote

added by Jim G., edited by Dori Apr 6 '11 at 6:21

This would probably be closed as too broad and too general. – ogerard Apr 25 '11 at 17:28

I disagree with ogerard. Curriculum is a specific topic, and while "the Internet" might seem quite broad, incorporating the Internet into your curriculum is a narrower scope and is a very common question for new homeschoolers. – Kenneth LeFebvre Aug 10 '11 at 14:04

perhaps the question could be narrowed to "What are some good research sources online" etc – studiohack Dec 31 '11 at 4:16

But if the question is just about research sources online, then it is a shopping question. – balanced mama Nov 21 '12 at 20:42

@balanced mama: Huh? – Jim G. Nov 21 '12 at 22:53

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added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Apr 13 '11 at 14:46

by showing them with stage plays. its a very successfull way that works on most of the kids. Cause just listening about an historical event is not as same as living in it. – Berker Yüceer Nov 15 '12 at 8:54

up vote 10 down vote

added by John Apr 14 '11 at 16:13

This would probably be better split into small questions. "How expensive is homeschooling?" "Where can I cut costs?" – MrHen Apr 19 '11 at 17:42

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added by John Apr 14 '11 at 16:14

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added by studiohack Apr 18 '11 at 16:28

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added by Jeffrywith1e Apr 28 '11 at 17:08

	Homeschooling is not specific to the US, so referring specifically to states makes the answers much less relevant to people outside of the USA. – JohnGB Nov 14 '11 at 10:52
	This is true, but the laws are even different from state to state. Questions like this might be too localized, but in another question, I saw someone mention localized questions in the travel forum. Perhaps we could look at how they handle this problem to gain some insight about how to handle it here. – balanced mama Jul 23 '12 at 4:11

up vote 10 down vote

added by studiohack May 29 '11 at 12:38

up vote 10 down vote

added by Kenneth LeFebvre Aug 10 '11 at 14:20

	I don't know why this one was down voted, to people new to Homeschooling this type of question would be a great resource. It isn't even a shopping question. – balanced mama Jul 16 '12 at 15:02
	Perhaps as a community Wiki? – balanced mama Nov 21 '12 at 20:39

up vote 10 down vote

added by zundarz Sep 7 '11 at 21:10

up vote 10 down vote

added by billt Sep 29 '11 at 17:55

This strikes me as 3 separate questions, or 2 at minimum. While typing and writing might be related, going to the library is quite a separate issue. – Flimzy Jul 16 '12 at 15:11

up vote 10 down vote

added by Heather Boyle Oct 20 '11 at 0:46

up vote 10 down vote

added by Heather Boyle Oct 20 '11 at 0:50

I think this would be better asked as "How can I find competitive sports teams available to homeschoolers?" As worded, the answer varies widely based on your location. – Flimzy Oct 29 '11 at 9:59

Doesn't it vary widely depending on your location no matter how you ask it? – balanced mama Jul 23 '12 at 4:18

@balancedmama: The availability of sports teams will clearly vary by location. But how to find such teams will have an answer that is equally applicable to all locations. – Flimzy Jul 24 '12 at 20:22

I still don't see how even the how to find would be any less localized. There are about four different ways to find teams in just my one area and each of those four ways may not be how one would find teams elsewhere. You often Cannot just use the internet for a search which seems like the only universal answer I can thing of and if some one was on SE asking that question, they've probably already tried that tac. – balanced mama Nov 25 '12 at 14:36

up vote 10 down vote

added by Flimzy Dec 1 '11 at 21:54

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added by Flimzy, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Mar 5 '12 at 6:17

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added by Flimzy, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Dec 14 '11 at 20:43

up vote 10 down vote

added by Gabe Willard Mar 18 '12 at 0:45

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added by Gabe Willard Mar 18 '12 at 0:49

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added by warren May 2 '12 at 14:02

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added by balanced mama Jul 10 '12 at 23:54

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added by balanced mama Jul 11 '12 at 0:00

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added by balanced mama Jul 11 '12 at 0:20

This question is confusing. Are you asking "What are the differences in results in efficacy between traditional homeschooling and virtual schooling?" – Flimzy Jan 2 at 10:18

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added by balanced mama Jul 16 '12 at 15:04

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added by Ason, edited by Flimzy Jan 2 at 10:16

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added by Andrew Sep 8 '12 at 17:08

	Surely this "first principles" question needs to be answered :) – Andrew Sep 8 '12 at 17:08
	I wish I could upvote this more. Not only do they need to be answered, but I expect this site to get more and more duplicated of them as it becomes well-known, so it really need to be well answered. Also, I suspect its being well answered can attract many newcomers to ask questions of their own (not to mention if a true expert gets a bad first impression on this, he may well leave rather than posting) – Nikana Reklawyks Nov 20 '12 at 2:33
	If a question like, what are the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling was a community wiki, this one should be too. – balanced mama Nov 25 '12 at 14:27

up vote 10 down vote

added by AjiPorter Oct 16 '12 at 3:16

What a loaded question! Um. Bombs are not allowed on this ship. JK, but you get my point. – Arlen Beiler Dec 24 '12 at 13:26

up vote 10 down vote

added by yair Nov 21 '12 at 22:47

What I'm really trying to find here, is an objective research. However, I'm not sure that "objective" is easy to define. – yair Nov 21 '12 at 22:49

up vote 10 down vote

added by balanced mama Nov 22 '12 at 3:40

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added by demongolem Dec 31 '12 at 18:00

Often, people homeschool to allow for religious instruction. I would think that teaching the child in a multilingual setting or in a language other than the lingua franca of the location (e.g. Spanish in the U.S.) would be another possible benefit of homeschooling – demongolem Dec 31 '12 at 18:02