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I have updated my blog over 40 new postings that include scholarships, internships, summer programs and much more. The deadline are approaching for January and February expiration dates. The blog is located at: http://www.ctherd.blogspot.com .

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Urgent -- 2007 Internships along with Scholarships -- Deadlines Approaching -- Please Share

Just a reminder that many of the Internships for the Summer of 2007 are approaching their deadline dates that are currently listed on my College Preparation Blog (http://www.ctherd.blogspot.com) . Please share the information with others. Some of the jobs pay $2,000-$3,000 a month along with benefits (travel, housing, etc). The internships are for high school graduates along with current college students. In essence, there is millions to billions of dollars of Internships, Scholarships, Fellowships, etc waiting for you to apply for.
 
Please also visit the blog for Scholarships approaching their deadline along with new Scholarships, Fellowship and Tutition opportunities.
 
Some of the scholarships just posted are: Walmart, Barbara Jordan, AKA Education Advancement Foundation, James Madison Graduate Fellowship, Microsoft Tutition Scholarship, Burger King and many more.

Tanya,

I am not sure how much time you have on your hands, but the only way that you are going to prove the school wrong about your son is if you work with your son. Although he goes to school, an hour in the evening, perhaps after dinner, quizzing him on lhis alphabet, flash cards are great. You don't even have to buy any flash cards, make your own using index cards and a black marker. One thing I did with my son, who is now 20 and getting ready to graduate from Morehouse in May, 2007, is used cards to associate pictures. I put everything I could think of on the cards. I put vowel sounds on cards and whenever we did anything or when he asked for something, it was always a quiz. They LOVED it! Our everyday life was full of learning and fun. Also, one thing I never factored in was that my son's confidence and esteem shot through the roof. He knew early on that if he just worked at it, he could learn and do anything. Tanya, don't you dare let anyone label your child. All children are able to learn, you just have to discover the methods that fit his learning style. As for home school, I am on the fence about that. Kids who come to me after being homeschooled for as little as one year, seem to suffer in the socialization department. Although they eventually pick it up, home schooled children seem to be a little bit more selfish than chidren that have been in school and around kids the whole time. If you need any tips on how to help your son, I will put together a curriculum specifically for him and give you books and work pages that will help him be the success that I know he already is. Feel free to email me at englishmayjor@yahoo.com for any help.

Hello Mark, funny, that is my husband's name. First, let me say how GREAT it is that your son wants to further his education. I am a teacher and have been for the past 16 years and I can't say if the online would be a bad thing, but attending college in the flesh would be a fantastic thing. Going to college and interacting with students and professors, face to face, and really getting an idea about what lies ahead for your son in the next level of his life. I would really try to convince your son to actually go to college. Why does he want to do it online? Is it because of work? or Does he want to finish fast(er)? One thing your son should know, from everyone that I have ever talked to about online classes, they all say that they are harder than attending the regular class. Perhaps you can take your son to the campus so that he can really see what college life is all about. If you don't have a campus near your home, getting in the car and driving with your son to a college campus can also give you and him a chance to really talk about how you both feel about the situation. Good Luck!!

My son is going to college and is considering getting his bachelor's degree online. Does anyone have children in the same situation and can you give me any advice. So far, the only good web site I have found with articles on online bachelor degree programs and online universities is http://www.usastudyguide.com/bachelors-deg...ne-universities.htm

Thanks, "ABC" for the explanation. Much appreciated. I will be volunteering alot w/in the classroom, so I'll be sure to keep watch for what you said.

Inclusion generally occurs when a student, like your son, has a special education need. The student is not pulled out of the regular classroom for instruction but is provided extra assistance by a special education teacher or an aid that is assigned to the classroom to assist the students. However, because of the shortage of special educators and aides and large class sizes in some public schools, inclusion teachers may be asked to assist other students who do not have special needs leaving the sped students in the dark.

I think that homeschooling is a great alternative for families who may not have adequate public or private schools in their areas. However, I think that parents who choose to homeschool should select a solid cirriculum that would provide their child(ren) with quality education. My 4 year old has been attending private school in Southwest Louisiana since last year. The school she attends provides excellent academic, spiritual, and creative education. Many of the teachers have Master's degrees and unlike some of the sisters in catholic schools, are required to participate in teacher workshops and additional training each year. Private schools of this caliber are hard to come by, but thankfully, we have been afforded the opprotunity to place our child in this school. Our family does not mind sacrificing new cars and other ammenities for the priceless education our daughter receives. I hope many other parents will do the needed research in selecting educational instituton that not only enriches their child(ren)'s mind but also their spirit.

my 6 year old son is what the public school system calls him developmentally delayed..example: he's 6yrs old and isn't reading yet and still has difficulty with recognizing about 4 alphabet letters. they want to put him in a class called an "inclusion class." Does anyone know anything about this?

Homeschooling the pratice by which parents serve as there children's teachers and the home serves as the school -is an educational choice made today by many Black parents.While its true that the large majority of homeschool chrildren are white,the number of Black Homeschoolers are growing rapidly.Brian Ray,president of the National Home School Research Institute,estimates there are 30,00 to 50,000 black children being homeschool today.Others estimates that Black Homeschoolers make up 5 precent of the home school population.Most importantly the Black HomeSchool Movement

Many Black families have concluded that goveerment -run schools have failed them.50 years since the Supreme Court decided the case Brown v Board of Education Blacks have been told that public schools would save them.With 57 percent supporting school choice,its clear that black families are seeking alternatives.

Parents who perfer the home school option are movtivated by a variety of goals.Some seek the chance to teach specific phliosophical or religious values.Others see home schooling as a means of developing close family realtionships,encouraging high level of academics,supporting specific learning needs of children or using alternative approaches to teaching and learning
Other parents choose home education based on concerns they have about the safety and discipline of children in some traditional public schools.

For all their differences, parents who home school tend to agree on one key
benefit: the value of tailoring the curriculum and teaching approach to the
needs of an individual child. Research findings consistently report that, on
average, home-schooled students equal or exceed conventionally schooled students
on achievement tests.
There is a support group for afro-american mothers at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/angelpraise/

Hi,
Is anyone hsing and going to school themselves. We're going to hs this fall and I want to return to school myself. Any suggestions?