Recommended Homeschooling Classes, Summer and Fall 2008 and ongoing
Classes are held at the EIE Resource Center unless otherwise indicated: 2640 S. Myrtle Ave.Monrovia, CA 91016 (626) 821-0025. Some courses may also be offered online.
Many classes are ongoing with open enrollment. Please contact the individual teacher for enrollment questions, and online class availability.
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ADVANCED BASIC MATHEMATICS
Polish multiplication and division skills while progressing with fractions, percents and decimals. The skill level of this
class is equivalent to 5th and 6th grade math. The class textbook, Spectrum Math Workbooks, is available at EIE.
WHEN: Tuesday and Thursday 2:40 – 3:30
COST: $180 per semester
CONTACT: Dorothy Mc Candliss: (626) 797-8594 or (626) 590-5883 Cell
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Most teachers waste their time by asking questions which are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning has for its purpose to discover what the pupil knows or is capable of knowing.
- Albert Einstein
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Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
- Albert Einstein
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Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!
- Albert Einstein