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Article: Oregon trip becomes a journey of learning.(B)(Metropolitan)(Life/Schools)(Home-Schooling Today)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2001
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Byline: Kate Tsubata
One of my chief goals as a home educator is to help my children develop the habit of exploration and discovery. I am not content simply to get them through the standard years of schooling; I want them to continue to expand their knowledge throughout their lives.
In recent weeks, my son and I traveled to Portland, Ore., to participate in a friend's wedding. Although we were nervous about plane travel, we decided the trip was important.
Because the trip went from coast to coast, we were able to see a lot from our plane window. We saw the landscape unfold below us - rolling hills gave way to sharper mountains, flat plains ...