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...numbers grow, the battle now is over how much regulation is required. Often precious little: 32 states, from New York to California, demand only a high school diploma from parents who teach at home. Others, like South Carolina, require a college degree or passing grades on an entrance- / teaching exam. "You can be a fine home-school teacher with a high school diploma, compassion and motivation," argues Robert Ruthazer, a Navy commander whose wife Diane teaches their two children at home in Topsham, Me. Issues like teaching qualifications have led to more than 100 court cases across the country...
...allows students who are ill, but would like to take their exam, time to recover," said Adams House Senior Tutor Janet A. Viggiani, "without penalizing them...
Keeney and Viggiani cited the College's hope to discourage students who are not really ill from using a medical excuse to avoid taking an exam for which they feel unprepared...
Many students who are unprepared during the regular exam period often remain unprepared for their make-up exam four or five months later, Viggiani said. "Sicking out often just postpones an inevitable disappointment...
...want students lining up to get a form signed so they can get out of an exam," said Lowell House Senior Tutor Alexandra L. Barcus...