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    Dolphin: Spy in the Pod Come discover the amazing world of dolphins in this factual film by Robert Pilley, Mathew Gordon, John Downer and narrated by David Tennant. See up close footage of several different species of dolphins behavior and the unique cameras used to capture them. Would you like to know about how dolphins jump, how long a baby stay with its mother. How about how they communicate, mating rituals, and hunt. Join the nautilus, spy turtle, spy dolphin, spy tuna, and spy ray on their jet propulsion journey as the newest camera robots in the ocean. Spy turtle follows the bottlenose dolphins around Mozambique beach as we run into a giant clam containing the nautilus that have a high definition camera in their eyes. This gives the robots sight and henceforth leans into personification giving a nonliving object a human trait. We see a baby bottlenose dolphin that still has wrinkles from being in the womb and it is noted that he is five days old. He needs to breathe every two minutes at the surface of the water. The older he gets the longer he can hold his breathe. Throughout this episode this baby dolphin grows up and goes on a journey relating well to the literary device bidungsroman. As it comes to show spy turtle has found the male bottlenose dolphins and is watching them intently. As he chases after the dolphins it shows the great imagery of the ocean and the dolphins showing the excitement or the tone of the author. Spy dolphin is also a high definition…

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    Having just reviewed homeschooling types and curriculum, I want to now examine socialization. This is a big topic for many people both for and against homeschooling. There is a widely held belief is that homeschooled children lack socialization skills, commonly labeling them as socially isolated. This common view may be oversimplifying, homeschooled children actually have greater opportunities to get to know, work with and meet people of all ages and backgrounds. They gain socialization skills…

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    Homeschooling, also known as home education, involves the education of children at home instead of receiving education at a traditional private or public school. According to Bauman (2011), many students are schooled at home and the number in the United States is growing at 15 to 20 percent per year. It is a system in which parents prefer their children to be educated at home and argue that it is more beneficial for them. There are those who advocate homeschooling, while there are some skeptics…

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    such as clubs or sports allow children to find their interests and discover what makes them happy. Parents already have an important role in a child’s life, they shouldn’t take on the role of teacher as well. While it is encouraged for parents to teach some things to their child, like reading and speaking, teaching school curriculums isn’t beneficial. In the long run homeschool children will have a harder time with social interactions because they weren’t exposed to many social events as…

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    Public school follows a strict curriculum, rules and schedule. Independent schooling usually has more room for adjustments to these factors. Most parents that homeschool teach different things than what can be learned in public school, like religion and special needs education, as shown in the data in this quote; “According to a recent Fraser Institute study based on provincial data for every independent school Canada, the remaining 95 per cent of independent schools in Alberta are…

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    Should Children be Homeschooled? “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent” Mahatma Gandhi. Before 1852, Homeschooling was the most prominent method of teaching. According to Christine Foster, the most preeminent reason that households began taught from their home was the presumption that the public school system “declined in academic rigor and lacked of moral guidance”. However, many parents felt that neither public nor private schools suited the…

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    what materials they have supplied to their child. There are some great parents out there that do teach their child the standards, but others just do the bare minimum and do not challenge their child enough. In wanting a quality education and having your child pushed to succeed, Mencarini 2 Evie Hudak’s article “Public Education Is Preferable to Home Schooling”, she stresses the importance of well-qualified teachers. “The most important reason public schools provide an excellent education is…

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    As an 8th grade student, the decision of choosing what high school to pick can be a big step or even challenging, but what if homeschooling could be a decision for kids that want to learn one-on, or kids that want to learn more than just the standards that are taught at regular school setting. For some students, its very challenging to learn with fifteen or so students. There are some kids that want learn what they will actually learn in the real world and not stuff that will never help them in…

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    Good education is the main sign to predict the human success in the future. High quality education is defined by many significant factors such as, the flexibility of choosing curriculums and it is the suitable choice for disabilities. all of the previous components are important to create successful and professional student in his future job and life. According to “exploring academic success of homeschooled students”Cogan,M F(2010) said,” homeschooling is a type of education which typically…

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    learn and how they learn it stays the same. If someone has trouble reading and is constantly struggling, they need an individualized approach that they cannot get anywhere at a regular school. When the facts are truly explored, going to a regular school for education does not seem like the best option. Schedule is also a large part of schooling. If people are home schooled, the schedule they have conforms to them. I remember days during the summer when I would do work that I got from my…

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