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That's partly because the old canard that home schoolers are hermits has largely been disproven. In fact nearly 1 in 5 takes at least one class in a public or private school, according to the Federal Government. Home schoolers participate in extracurricular activities too. Many of the home-schooling parents interviewed by TIME were just as busy as any parents scheduling baseball practices and ballet classes. Judi Thomas of Marietta, Ga., says her daughter Juliet, 9, "has tap and ballet on Tuesdays; Wednesdays, there's choir; Thursdays, she has classes with other home schoolers; Fridays, there's usually...
Lewis offers advice on everything from why students should take a semester off while in college to why students should be cautious about joint or special concentrations. He also recommends that students participate only in one “major” extracurricular activity—like a sport or publication—and one “minor” activity—like smaller clubs and community service groups...
...well as being a devoted scholar while at Harvard, she was also active in numerous extracurricular activities. Particularly she was involved in several performing arts groups, including Gunghroo and the Kuumba Singers and service programs organized through the Phillips Brooks House Association. She was also an active member of Harvard’s South Asian Association...
...Dining Services. Perhaps some complaining is warranted—this year, we’ve seen the lack of hummus in Quincy, the disappearance of daily donuts and the recycled-dessert style Brain Breaks. But being at Harvard for the summer with a similarly stacked schedule, with work replacing extracurricular activities, summer school and the I-should-explore-Boston-because-I-have-time mentality, means that cooking becomes another time commitment and is often stomach-torture...
Schwartz, whose sister Lisa is a rising junior at the College, credits his family, professors and academic advisors for supporting him in his academic and extracurricular endeavors...