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		<title>By: Rufus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rufus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since the school is free can&#039;t people put out thei own pockets for field trips. I pay for school. I also pay for field trips.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the school is free can&#8217;t people put out thei own pockets for field trips. I pay for school. I also pay for field trips.</p>
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		<title>By: HS Mom</title>
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		<dc:creator>HS Mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know why you say it&#039;s difficult to have field trips when you&#039;re HS&#039;ed (or even cyber-schooled).  Just this past week, my son had the opportunity to attend three field trips with other HS&#039;ers.  We live in a small city, too!

All you need to do is set up the field trip with the organization or business you want to attend.  Then the parents should pay the entrance fee and the transportation - even *if* you&#039;re in a state-wide cyber school.

I don&#039;t think many parents would allow their kids on out-of-state field trips.  I wouldn&#039;t unless I came along - in which case I&#039;d drive my kids and any other kids that fit in my car.

Your cyber school is part of a school district.  That district will have funds available for activities just like their B&amp;M schools.  Have you even contacted your school or district to see what they can do?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know why you say it&#8217;s difficult to have field trips when you&#8217;re HS&#8217;ed (or even cyber-schooled).  Just this past week, my son had the opportunity to attend three field trips with other HS&#8217;ers.  We live in a small city, too!</p>
<p>All you need to do is set up the field trip with the organization or business you want to attend.  Then the parents should pay the entrance fee and the transportation &#8211; even *if* you&#8217;re in a state-wide cyber school.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think many parents would allow their kids on out-of-state field trips.  I wouldn&#8217;t unless I came along &#8211; in which case I&#8217;d drive my kids and any other kids that fit in my car.</p>
<p>Your cyber school is part of a school district.  That district will have funds available for activities just like their B&#038;M schools.  Have you even contacted your school or district to see what they can do?</p>
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		<title>By: Coconut Crazy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Coconut Crazy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have a chocolate bar selling contest? :)</description>
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		<title>By: nicoleband0</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Even though you homeschool from a cyber school, you can still find a local homeschool group.  There are homeschool groups that get together once a week and they have loads of fun together.  They will sometimes even offer other things, like cooking class, sports, arts &amp; craft, and many other things, too.  Also, you might want to consider karate classes, music lessons, and voice lessons.   Or you can go to your local library and see what they offer.  A lot of homeschoolers will participate in these type of activities.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though you homeschool from a cyber school, you can still find a local homeschool group.  There are homeschool groups that get together once a week and they have loads of fun together.  They will sometimes even offer other things, like cooking class, sports, arts &#038; craft, and many other things, too.  Also, you might want to consider karate classes, music lessons, and voice lessons.   Or you can go to your local library and see what they offer.  A lot of homeschoolers will participate in these type of activities.</p>
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		<title>By: Earl D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Earl D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with the majority, this is Long Distance Education no homeschooling.

Homeschoolers who are night owls do their work for 8pm til 2am and sleep in late.

Homeschoolers with sports activities do some morning work and then do afternoons in gymastics, at the batting cages, at the ice skating rink and them come home and finish up courses after dinner.

Field trips are an essential part, since you don&#039;t have &quot;auditorum&quot; stuff like in a brick school.

So parents need to take you to a stage play once or twice a year, the zoo, a museum.  A fishing trip with Dad qualifies.  Going out to the County Fair qualifies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with the majority, this is Long Distance Education no homeschooling.</p>
<p>Homeschoolers who are night owls do their work for 8pm til 2am and sleep in late.</p>
<p>Homeschoolers with sports activities do some morning work and then do afternoons in gymastics, at the batting cages, at the ice skating rink and them come home and finish up courses after dinner.</p>
<p>Field trips are an essential part, since you don&#8217;t have &#8220;auditorum&#8221; stuff like in a brick school.</p>
<p>So parents need to take you to a stage play once or twice a year, the zoo, a museum.  A fishing trip with Dad qualifies.  Going out to the County Fair qualifies.</p>
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		<title>By: NJRoadie</title>
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		<dc:creator>NJRoadie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This doesn&#039;t sound like homeschooling to me at all. This is public school at home - in real homeschooling you go on field trips all the time, with anyone you want to. We have great trips with lots of kids at least once a month, we go on our own for other stuff.  

Don&#039;t know how to help you, but this is definitely not a typical homeschool situation!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This doesn&#8217;t sound like homeschooling to me at all. This is public school at home &#8211; in real homeschooling you go on field trips all the time, with anyone you want to. We have great trips with lots of kids at least once a month, we go on our own for other stuff.  </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t know how to help you, but this is definitely not a typical homeschool situation!</p>
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		<title>By: glurpy</title>
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		<dc:creator>glurpy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a little confused... The way field trips work here, be it for schools or homeschoolers, is each pays their way. In schools, each child pays a little extra to pay for renting the school bus. No government money, no donations. As a homeschooling family, I don&#039;t find it hard to have field trips at all--we set things up with other families. We meet up at the location and pay our own way. If a group rate is available, one family will set that up ahead of time. We&#039;ve never rented a bus. 

You don&#039;t have to set up things with your &quot;classmates&quot; to have fun. Just get to know other homeschoolers in your area and do things with them. It&#039;ll actually be easier to get going and you&#039;ll be able to do more than trying to organize things with people who don&#039;t even necessarily live near you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a little confused&#8230; The way field trips work here, be it for schools or homeschoolers, is each pays their way. In schools, each child pays a little extra to pay for renting the school bus. No government money, no donations. As a homeschooling family, I don&#8217;t find it hard to have field trips at all&#8211;we set things up with other families. We meet up at the location and pay our own way. If a group rate is available, one family will set that up ahead of time. We&#8217;ve never rented a bus. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to set up things with your &#8220;classmates&#8221; to have fun. Just get to know other homeschoolers in your area and do things with them. It&#8217;ll actually be easier to get going and you&#8217;ll be able to do more than trying to organize things with people who don&#8217;t even necessarily live near you.</p>
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		<title>By: linguiphile</title>
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		<dc:creator>linguiphile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do what other schools do; they sell candy, t-shirts, etc to raise money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do what other schools do; they sell candy, t-shirts, etc to raise money.</p>
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		<title>By: Nightwolf425</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nightwolf425</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>try www.groups.yahoo/group/homeschools
for great ideas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>try <a href="http://www.groups.yahoo/group/homeschools" rel="nofollow">http://www.groups.yahoo/group/homeschools</a><br />
for great ideas.</p>
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		<title>By: netmcse</title>
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		<dc:creator>netmcse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sell the entertainment coupon books.

I buy one every year and they allways pay for themselves.

check out the link</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sell the entertainment coupon books.</p>
<p>I buy one every year and they allways pay for themselves.</p>
<p>check out the link</p>
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