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home-schooler

noun

  1. a child who is educated at home, esp by his or her parents

  2. a parent who educates a child at home

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Chang Hsin-yin, another home-schooler, said teaching her 7-year-old son to pack for a long hike helps prepare him for an emergency evacuation.

She added: “Nobody signs up for being a home-schooler at the last minute.”

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“Nobody signs up for being a home-schooler at the last minute,” Ms. Lightfoot said.

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In Surrey, Victoria also removed her child from school for health concerns - yet she describes herself as a "reluctant" home-schooler.

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Such laws are typically called Tim Tebow bills, named for the University of Florida football star who was a home-schooler when he played football for a Florida public high school.

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