tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801060132342953320.post6632951486368874794..comments2024-02-28T18:32:11.329-05:00Comments on Life at Chez Smiffy: Further Update on the Michigan Board of EducationMistihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04508340234759707408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801060132342953320.post-40778080940413297992010-11-21T08:42:27.489-05:002010-11-21T08:42:27.489-05:00Hey, Stephanie!
The current system is one of &qu...Hey, Stephanie! <br /><br />The current system is one of "voluntary" registration. There are no exams, we just have to promise that we're following a curriculum substantially equivalent to what the state schools cover, and include a handful of basic subject.<br /><br />You guys are way outdoing the requirements for 'time at lessons' -- by my calculations you spend 8,760 hours per year on learning and they only require 1260. I wonder how they turn kids brains off when they're "done"?<br /><br />They can ask us if they have reason to believe that the child is being educationally neglected, I think, but it rarely comes up because in cases where they can make that case there are far worse things going on. ;)Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508340234759707408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801060132342953320.post-44680871953442275392010-11-20T06:31:24.931-05:002010-11-20T06:31:24.931-05:00Excellent!
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It sounds like you guys are supposed...Excellent!<br />~<br /><br />It sounds like you guys are supposed to register, and also have state exams? But not very many do? :) <i>Go figure.</i><br /><br />We have a once a year registration to the local district, which is a notarized letter, saying something like "my child is being homeschooled (' course, I opt for 'home educated') according to state law" - which is 180 days, seven hours each. That's it for us. They cannot ask how or when or what. Well--they can ask, but we don't tell them, as it isn't law.<br /><br />I'm so glad you have your info, now! :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.com