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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 28, 1990

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Support continued from Page 15 army Captain with 3rd in div support come in Karlsruhe. West Germany children from six families learn sign language together and a couple dozen Home teaching families in the Wiesbaden Mainz area have just started organizing their support group even with support groups to supplement their programs Home educated children miss out on the Many resources schools can provide says Frank o Gara. Spokesman Tor the defense department s overseas school system school kids Are exposed to tar More things than they could be exposed to even with the Best trained Parent possible teaching  he says we conduct All kinds of enrichment activities for kids at  the system s 269 schools in 19 countries Host guests such As authors illustrators astronauts musicians and dancers who share their experiences. O Gara says while Home taught children sometimes can take part in these types of activities at stateside schools they can t in Europe kids must be enrolled in dodos schools to participate because until a child is enrolled the school receives no Money from the Parent s military or government service support groups also Don t provide the kind of socialization a school setting does because they Are usually made up of children with similar backgrounds. O Gara says. If we re going to train them to be responsible adults to get along in the world we re going to have to train Home schooled children work with dance instructor pal Healy during a contracted dais. Them How to get along with people from All different beliefs and  Home schooler maj. Bud Greenberg of Wiesbaden. West Germany says support groups and individual families also try to take advantage of living in Europe and learning from its Rich history. Back in Lawton okla., where Greenberg was assigned before moving to Wiesbaden a great Field trip might mean a trip to a donuts factory he says. In Europe the Borders Are the limit and even they no longer restrict ambitious travelling families. The Smith family of Karlsruhe had been studying Austria and were on a Field trip there when the flood feast German refugees began pouring into the country through Hungary. Cherie Daniel and children Mark. Andrea and Gregory visited refugee Camps and even gave the nomads a ride from the Austria Hungary Border at Nickels Dorf. And a month later they were on hand in Berlin to witness the i jubilation of berliners no longer divided. I never liked history myself Mother Cherie say Snow living it in Europe has brought it to life for  the right of Home education by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Hen an Augsburg military Community policy came out that prohibited parents from teaching their children at Home Robin Guiliano said she would move Back to the United states before giving up this constitutional and god Given  Guiliano and Home schooners in Augsburg with similar convictions did t have to take such drastic Steps however because the Community quickly rescinded its policy. But is the wife of an army staff sergeant Correct does she have the right to teach her two girls at Home Christopher Klicka. One of three Washington area attorneys who represents Home schooling families full time said the practice is indeed a constitutional right and one that All 50 states allow in some form. Home schooling in the United states n  Khoo Hng with . Buttich to Quler Hom Choo n  
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