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Hi everyone,

I'm blogging at debrabell.com these days. Thanks for stopping in. Debra

The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens

This fall, my top writing project is finally finishing The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens for my new publisher, Apologia Christian Ministries. I'm drawing upon the experiences of many others, so if you have homeschooled during the high school years, I'd love to hear from you. What worked? What didn't? What advantages did you find? What weaknesses did you have to off-set?

My own kids would say homeschooling during high school was hard, but that was good. It cultivated independent learning skills in them and taught them the rewards of effort. Of course, they didn't really know this until they got out in the world and started mixing it up with their peers -- here they found that their work ethic put them at an advantage they didn't know they'd have.

Welcome

Okay, up front -- don't hold me to anything. I'm learning how to blog right along side of most of you. In fact, I'm probably the newbie in the group.

Your job is to help me get current, hip and cool -- contribute to the reinvention of Mrs. Bell. Now that my mothering years/homeschooling years appear to be over -- and my Situ years have not yet begun (that's a Lebanese grandma, fyi) - I need a new persona.

And I plan to blog only after everything else is done -- which will include large measures of reading your blogs and papers; plus staying current with my kids, not to mention keeping up with my full load of coursework at Temple.

My son says I need a Blackberry -- do I need a Blackberry? I like berries.