Homeschooling 在家上学.ppt

Computer classes and online tutorials can also supplement home schooling even for families in the above mentioned situations. Parents can choose to integrate school and real life activities and can provide more flexible “school days” for their children. Discussion 1. What is the purpose of education? The purpose of education is to develop our knowledge, skills and character, thus helping us become independent, creative, inquiring people who have the will and intelligence to create our own destiny. Discussion Language and Culture Notes 1. for lots of quality and quantity family time: The family not only spent a lot more time together but the time they had together was more meaningful. 2. correspondence course: a course of lessons in which information and work was exchanged by mail 4. sent into orbit: (Kate’s gifted mind needed to be) set working. This phrase is used metaphorically here. Originally we talk about sending a spacecraft into outer space to circle round the earth or another planet. New Words Expressions Debating Arguments for or against the view that children are better educated at home than at school Assignments Do the reflections on the listening text Do Additional Listening and Home Listening exercises * * It is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than in a public or private school. Often home schooling works very well for those families that want to travel, live in remote areas, or simply wish to be very involved in their children’s education. Thomas Edison In school, the young Edisons mind often wandered, and his teacher, the Reverend Engle, was overheard calling him addled. This ended Edisons three months of official schooling. Edison recalled later, My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint. His mother taught him at home.Much of his education came from reading R.G. P