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I am researching information for an article on military
homeschooling. My information base is limited (all my experience is
in the European theater with the Army) and the few articles I know of
on military homeschooling that I could use for references are at
least a decade old and the demographic seems to have changed. What I
would like to know are your particulars, MINUS THE NAMES.

I've thought up quite a few questions as I'm not sure in which
direction the article will go nor what information will be helpful in
writing something that has a theme and makes sense.

Some of the questions sound judgmental but they aren't. I'm just
trying to get a feel for the 'specialness' of military homeschooling.

If you are interested in responding, PLEASE SEND A PRIVATE EMAIL TO
vstarrmoon@... as 1) it would be annoying to those who are
uninterested in trivia I'm being nosy about, and 2) I may not be on a
list this has been cross-posted to.

If you type the email addy please note that the 'starr' has two r's
in it - my mom was a big fan of Brenda Starr when I was born so Miss
Starr is well over 50!

It would probably be easiest to cut & paste this into your email
program.

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* What ages are your children? When did you begin homeschooling
them?
How long have you been homeschooling?

* What style of homeschooling fits you best? Do you use a
curriculum? Do you use a support school?

* What is your reason for homeschooling?

* With which service are you affiliated? For how long?

* Have you always been military while homeschooling or have you also
done it in the civilian sector?

* Is your sponsor active duty, reserve, retired or a military
civilian?

* What rank is your sponsor?

* Do you feel that his/her rank makes it harder/easier for you to
homeschool or is immaterial?

* Have any military authorities approached you pro or con about
homeschooling?

* Does your installation have a support group? Are you a member?
Are you active? If not, why not?

* If you are a member of a civilian support group, what aspects of
military homescooling are they unhelpful about?

* Where are you homeschooling/have you homeschooled?

* If OCONUS, what were/are your country's rules (if you know them)?
What was/is the attitude of the local commander? Do you agree or
disagree with any local rules for homeschooling?

* If CONUS, were you on or off base/post/installation.

* If you lived on the installation, were you required to follow the
rules of the State in which the installation is located? Did the
local base commander have a homeschooling policy?

* Do you know the AF, Navy or Marine reg. #s for what the Army
refers to as Base Operations (ie, rules for running a military
installation).

* Did you check any local regulations/policy letters concerning
homeschooling? Did you read any military regs before beginning
homeschooling?

* If you didn't read any regulations, did you even know where to
look?

* If you _couldn't_ read any regulatons, what stopped you?

* If there was a local installation policy letter addressing
homeschooling, what did it say? How did you hear about it?

* What have been your best experiences because you are a military
homeschooler?

* What have been the biggest problems because you are a military
homeschooler?

* Have your children ever attended school?

* Do you plan to continue homeschooling?

* Have I forgotten to ask something you feel is important?

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