European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At Home continued Tram Page 131 claims the formal leaching training in i As critical As Many people might think Goslee s Wile Francie. Who teaches sons John. 9. And Joshua 6, has a master s degree and is certified to teach in Tennessee but he says any Parent who has self Confidence can Home school you Don t need a doctorate to Leach your children Goslee says after All. Who knows thai child better than his parents7" former Home schooler Ginny Hamblin says the familial ties made her pm As teacher More difficult children Don t respond always As Well to mom As teacher says Hamblin. Who taught her children Al Home in mess Sletten West Germany for one year because no schools were available where English was spoken it was not like separating them into a classroom parents need i undergo a transformation while their children recite the pledge of allegiance to the Flag each morning says Wurzburg s Cami Rodgers. Although some Home schooners have their children Trade mom for mrs " during class time motherhood and leaching  says Rodgers. Who frequently moves the Day s lessons from the children s desks to the dining room table or living room Couch when god gives you children you teach them from the Day they re born " some parents Leach the children from birth right up through High school College Entrance usually poses no problem for Home schooled children. Rodgers says. Home educated kids usually have transcripts documenting then work Many receive diplomas from correspondence schools and others obtain High school equivalency diplomas besides she says College admission largely depends on College Board exam scores regardless of leaching experience most would agree Home teaching requires More Effort than just bundling up the children for a bus ride or walk to school the intense one on one nature of Home schooling can Cut the number of class hours in half but it still requires a disciplined committed Parent some Home schooners work with correspondence schools that require them to submit less workbooks and attendance records while others simply choose textbooks and make up their own lesson plans you have to be willing to  says Susan Greenberg of Wiesbaden you can t get up and say. I Don t want to do this today in fact. Brooks has observed that Home school parents Are always kind of lived " Ann Edmilson juggles household chores with teaching through such tricks As saving the dirty dishes until the children Are wrapped up in their workbooks in the next room lots of Home schooling things incorporate the House and household duties with learning such As baking a cake and doing the math says or John Clapper chief of paediatrics Al the army Hospital in Augsburg such activities Are More applicable for kids who Don l have a great ability Lor grasping abstract things " overseas school system spokesman Frank o Gara contends a committed Parent in t enough Young people need skilled teachers and a Chance to interact with their Peers he says teachers Are trained to teach they know How to provide instruction they re qualified. The re  0 Gara says Many parents although they re Well intentioned. Might not have the specific skills that Are needed to provide instruction " equally important o Gara says Are the socialization skills such As learning to work together that kids Gam in lower elementary grades Home schooners say their children Are no cruelly isolated As is commonly believed by those who would Brand them freaks and Law Breakers when school is not in session Al the Smith Home m Karlsruhe. Their housing area apartment hosts a steady Stream of neighbourhood kids says Mother Cherie their children Andrea 13, Mark 12. And Gregory 11, stay Busy with Community theater youth Bowling and Chapel activities profile of Home school families both parents involved Mother most of Ion teacher. Parents have at least some College education. Annual household income averages $20,000 to $30,000. More than 65 percent regularly attend religious services. Have three children begin formal instruction when child is 5.5 years of age. 70 percent of children aged 9 to 12. Children formally taught three to Lour hours a Day with extra Lime often spent in individual learning endeavours. Study a wide Range of conventional subjects with emphasis on math Reading and science. Have Home taught for More than two years. Furthermore the Home leaching advocates claim Early socialization can to destructive children Are simply not ready to handle the threats to the self concept that Are common in any Olor Nellary school  says James c. Dobson child psychologist whose radio program focus on the family is broadcast on the american forces network i have seen kids dismantle one another while parents and teachers passively stood by and observed the socialization process Dobson says i be then watched the recipients of this pressure begin to develop de Cnoc mechanisms and coping strategies that should never be necessary in the Young child " paediatrician Clapper echoes Dobson on the effects of premature socialisation i have lots of visits to the Hospital with children who were biting or getting hit Al school can poor says As far As i m concerned socialization skills gained by Early schooling Don t have much of a developmental basis " Homo Ocho Olod children. Clapper adds tend to have More self esteem and Confidence in themselves Ann Edmiston and husband. Den. A staff sergeant with the 3rd brigade. 8th in div in Mainz decided to Home school in part because they wanted their children Heather. C. And Doug. 7. To develop what they considered healthy self esteem i was a late Bloomer  says Ann Edmiston who has a Bachelor s decree in German and political science any Way i can help them be Able to Cope and function better i will this includes making sure they learn the basics " but does Home schooling itself Mark children As targets for playground heckling because they Don t attend the same school ride tie some bus7 Rodgers says no in fact she says Many of her children s Young friends envy them dunking they re Lucky not to have to go to school. Little do they know Rodgers says her children even have school when they re sick because there s lots that you can learn in bed ninth grader Andrea Smith admits to sometimes having trouble meeting kids her own age. But Overall she says she prefers Home schooling because she can move along at her own Pace and not be rushed ahead or pulled behind As was her classroom experience Home schooling attracts i because of the lower teacher affords them in these Days of one Dodds teacher children do Best with one an average classroom How m receive individual attention in Clown or a discipline problem Goslee of Wiesbaden a concerned Parent teach do a lot More than a so called classroom of 30  a voice and piano teacher from teaches her 13 year old son trained they can t watch Ever parents May eel that their i attention when they keep her but we re pretty confident a. Teachers Are reaching the Indi classroom to the extent Fossil the curriculum to meet the me kids " ii that s not happening. O c should come in and see the to. But even a close Parent Tea does t allow some parents to educational development the they say Why go through stuff like Runny noses Only to ship them when they become Little Huma says there s nothing quite like to when a child sounds out his i makes the right Choice when i red Crayon she says i wanted to be with them Edmiston it s like watching i Steps " Cami Rodgers above and top let and her children Stephen 3, and Rebecca 5, take Breaks Between schoolwork sessions. Heather Edmiston lower left6, at her desk in the family classroom. Page 14 stars and stripes sunday Januari