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Home sweet homeschool.


I was so happy when I opened the A/S '06 issue and saw "There's No Place Like Home." I'm I'm  

Contraction of I am.

Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in
 homeschooled too, always have been. It was nice to see something about us homeschoolers in such a great magazine. Thank you!

--Elizabeth

Thank you for "There's No Place Like Home." I was homeschooled from second through eighth grades. My friends were jealous jeal·ous  
adj.
1. Fearful or wary of being supplanted; apprehensive of losing affection or position.

2.
a. Resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious: jealous of the success of others.
 because they thought I hung around in pajamas pajamas
Noun, pl

US pyjamas

pajamas npl (US) → pijama msg; piyama msg (LAM
, watching TV. But homeschooling home·school or home-school  
v. home·schooled, home·school·ing, home·schools

v.tr.
To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.
 is harder than public school. I took four years of college-level Latin and Greek, starting in fourth grade. Thanks for showing girls what it's really like.

--Rachel
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Author:Rachel
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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