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When you hear the word “reputation,” you’re likely to think back to your high school days. The labels flew freely: geek, jock, nerd, freak, prep, and a few that are substantially less flattering.

The good news is that you’re not in high school anymore. The bad news is you own or work for a company, and that company has a reputation – and a label – just like you did in high school. But what is your company’s label? Is it good, or Read the rest of this entry »

Recently the story of Derek Maddox made national news when, as a home school graduate, he was denied entry to the fire department even though he attended Florida Stat Fire College and finished top of his class.

The Stat had arbitrarily decided that non-accredited diplomas would not be counted.

While the Home school legal defense association was able to resolve the conflict incidents like these should act as positive reminders to potential home schoolers that they need to use accredited programs. Not only are they more recognized but they also insure a more relevant education.

Accredited resources

Accredited Homeschooling

Policy makers and bureaucratic overhead can make public school incredibly inefficient and silly. Schools work out policies based on politics when they should be worried more about their curriculum. As a responsible parent you have three options, join the PTA (good luck), send your kid to a private school (rich?) or start home schooling. It’s up to you which option makes the most sense for you but you may as well be well informed about your decision.

Heritage Home School Academy has a lot of information about home schooling complete with the pros and cons. You can also get information on home school curriculum.

Obviously they are a commercial endeavor but that doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from their knowledge base to learn more about home school.

Reasons to home school

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If you’re worried about Cancer your initial reaction may just be to head to any local doctor to get it checked out. If there are no cancer specialists in your area (unlikley) that’s not a bad idea. But if you live in California, Texas, Illinois, Floriday, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Maryland or Road Island there are local specialists.

Vantageoncology.com manages a network of cancer treatment facilities spread over the continental United States.

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