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We all want to learn how to homeschool well, but one day we may want to pass some of the teaching burden to someone else. That is when we might consider a correspondence or an online distance course. Whew! It can be a hard decision to allow even that much outside intervention, but once we make the decision, we usually warm up to the idea — fast! Don’t have to worry about that subject anymore, we smirk as we mentally plan to read that new novel or have a snooze! Let the teacher take over now, we cackle. We think our job is done at that point, but we need to think again.

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Originally posted 2009-02-25 19:46:09.

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