He was homeschooled, sometimes, and he took correspondence classes and studied informally with university professors.

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Keyes, the second eldest in a large family, was homeschooled in a cabin without electricity near Colville, Wash.

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In addition, we have homeschooled all the kids and, in addition to that, my wife and I run several businesses between us.

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Unless socialization means sassing their parents, as confirmed by Dr. Larry Shyers, homeschooled children exhibit significantly less behavioral problems than other students.

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And any child whose parents willingly invest so much time would likely thrive in other settings, but students previously homeschooled continue to prosper at college.

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The Gosselin kids are said to be homeschooled since being expelled.

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Studies consistently have homeschooled students scoring 15-30 points above national averages.

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But homeschooled children suffer no discernible academic handicap.

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For now, the first-grader is being homeschooled.

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Like most other homeschooled children I know, they are instead out making sandwiches for the soup kitchen, interacting with patients in a nursing home, providing a color guard for the state legislature session, then getting a chance to attend a luncheon and speak with the other attendees.

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