Making Friends

When I first took my son out of school, the first question everyone asked was "what will you do about socialisation?

I came out of school in January 1999, because I was finding it hard to cope with the work, the noise, being bullied and no one really understood or seemed to care about me.

What do you do when your child wants to be a games programmer, and you have little clue about how to get started in these fields?

Page 1 ~ Read the reasons why some members of the HE-special-UK mailing list chose to Home Educate.

Page 2 ~ Read the reasons why some members of the HE-special-UK mailing list chose to Home Educate.

We both hated school, David's dad in the forces and a list of schools to work his way through. Me shy and looking back now, school phobic by fourteen yet unaware and compulsorily forced to go. Sheer hell for years. All the time being told that those years were the best of my life...

What is an Education Philosophy? Why should you write one? Have a look at some that have been written by he-special members.

I'm an Army brat, so I grew up with the concept of having parameters within which you will and won't act, and what they call "rules of engagement." After a discussion on HE Special I decided to write down what I've learned about spotting the signs that a situation is or isn't likely to work.

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