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Lee Binz

Monday, 26 December 2016

How to Become a Vet

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How to Become a Vet Does your child want to be a vet? Your child needs to be smart through high school and through college, and then lucky enough to get into medical school. After earning a 4-year college degree, earning a DVM (doctorate in veterinary medicine) takes four more years to complete after an undergraduate college degree. And once your child gets into veterinarian school, the first three years are classroom training in animal anatomy...

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Lee Binz

Monday, 26 January 2015

Proof Positive: Homeschooling Works

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Everyone has Opinions Not all our family and friends approve of homeschooling, or believe that homeschooling works. So now what? It may not really matter to you. Everyone has an opinion about everything, after all. Homeschooling is like religion or politics; there will always be some people that disagree. It's not their decision. Each parent is responsible to make their own decisions for their children. Those decisions should be based on the child and their options,...

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Lee Binz

Friday, 16 January 2015

Overseas Homeschool Friends - Listen Up!

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This post contains affiliate links. If you click and buy I may make a few pennies, but not enough for a latte. If you are living overseas and are homeschooling because you are military, missionary, or for other reasons live outside the US, I have a great resource for you to add to your home library. The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition One of my overseas homeschool parents suggested this, so I asked to review...

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Lee Binz

Monday, 12 January 2015

Following Advice for 3 Years = College Admission and Scholarships

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What is it like to homeschool? Great fun experiences and opportunities! And as the homeschool parent, you can put the academics awesomeness into your high school records. I just got a sweet letter from Kathy explaining how she used a hike up Mt. Fuji for a PE class, for example. Feel FREE to look outside the box, and do whatever works with your child to help them learn, and prepare them for college admission and scholarships!...

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Lee Binz

Monday, 10 November 2014

How Homeschoolers Measure Up: Comparing Percentiles

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How Homeschoolers Measure Up with Test Scores Homeschoolers tend to do GREAT on standardized test scores. For example: on average, homeschoolers score above the 79th percentile in reading. But what does that mean to you? How does your homeschooler measure up? Are you average? Of course not! Homeschooling alone can't guarantee that your child will score in the 79th percentile in reading, because every child is unique! But what homeschooing CAN do, is allow your child...

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Lee Binz

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Career Assessment for Homeschoolers

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If you are stressed out that your high school teen hasn’t found a career interest yet, relax. Some kids decide on a career when they are very young, and others don’t decide until much later. This post contains affiliate links . If you click and buy I may make a few pennies, but not enough for a latte. A great way for your child to explore career options is through career guidance books and other assessment...

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Lee Binz

Friday, 06 June 2014

How Do I Help My Child Develop a Post High School Plan?

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Is your child nearing the end of their high school journey? Are you afraid that they're rudderless, without a plan? Click on Lee's video below for help creating a clear post high school plan with your child. Does your child have a plan? Will it be college or career after high school? Let me know in the comments below! Subscribe to my YouTube channel. You will be notified when I create new videos on homeschool high...

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Lee Binz

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Ideas for Budding Engineers

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Fun resources for kids who are interested in becoming engineers. High School Classes at MIT College Level Classes at MIT (My son Kevin said "I would recommend this for bright homeschoolers") Stanford Engineering Everywhere Tryengineering.org Tryengineering.org is a resource for students, their parents, their teachers and their school counselors. This is a portal about engineering and engineering careers Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Intel has an international pre-college science competition for students in grades 9–12....

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Lee Binz

Friday, 22 October 2010

Homeschooling Courses - Aim for Nursing!

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Wondering what homeschooling courses might help a student who wants to become a nurse? The more biology, chemistry and physics the better! General bio, and chem are required, physics is sometimes required as well. Having an AP test in one or all areas will help significantly. course in each area is a BIG deal. The more math the better. Pre-Calculus is good, but having Calculus before graduation is even better. I recommend a Teaching Company Course...

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Lee Binz

Monday, 14 June 2010

Careers for Homeschoolers: Nursing

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Out of the blue, I was offered a job. I'm not even looking for a job! Someone just called to asked me to come to work as a nurse. I haven't worked as a nurse for about 15 years, but I still have my RN license, and they tracked me down. I was offered $1100-$1400 per week - AFTER taxes, "free and clear money." They told me I would receive a $1000 bonus for starting work...