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　　About 2 percent of American students are now taught at home．Educators are confused about how this growing practice should be regulated, and also wonder whether children who are not fully registered in school should get some public services．The issue shows how dim the line between public and private education can become, even when that private education is delivered at home．

　　Probably about half the parents who teach at home are religiously motivated and use lessons by mail(or Internet)from church schools．Perhaps an additional fourth have some doubts about public education, think schools are unsafe of the fact that their children have special need that regular schools don't meet．In some cases, parents home-school to escape compulsory(义务的)education; they do least teaching while having older children care for younger sisters or brothers or work in home businesses．Although children often learn well at home, weak regulations in most states mean that officials rarely challenge or monitor parents who say they are home-schooling．With glowing frequency, however, public schools offer services to the home-schooled．Districts may permit them to enroll part time for instance; educators fear that otherwise these children could later return full time with serious academic weaknesses, and in any case some districts wanting to qualify for state aid can benefit from part-timers filling empty seats．

　　Here in Helena,Mary Brown has taught her 12 children at home while manufacturing clothing there in her non-teaching hours．Mrs Brown says her motive is to give more training in basics, like phonics(发音学)than public schools offer．Most of her curriculum is from a church school, with tests returned by mail．

　　Two years ago her seventh child, Andrea, wanting to join regular athletic programs, enrolled at Capital High School．Andrea soon changed her mind and continued home study．But she had liked gym and chorus, so Mrs Brown asked that she be allowed to continue in them while taking other courses at home．

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　　This is the story of a small boy, who lived a long time ago in Germany．His name was George Frederick Handle．

　　As a very young boy, he loved music most．But his father didn’t allow him to play any music．

　　Then one day he waited until he was all alone at home．Quickly he ran to his hiding place; he and a friend carried a small piano into the house．He decided to put it in his hiding place．There no one could see it．

　　That night, when everyone else was asleep, he went to his hiding place．The moon was shining through a broken window．He sat on a box and began to play the piano．At that moment he knew he could only be happy playing music the rest of his life．

　　He played on and on, and he filled hid house with his music．

　　“George”cried his father．“What are you doing?Stop that playing now!”

　　The music stopped．George had tears in his eyes．Then he turned to his father and said,“Papa, you must understand．I love music．It is my whole life．”．

　　“Now listen to me, you foolish boy,”said Mr．Handle．“I want you to be a rich man．I want you to work hard．I don’t want you to be a poor man all your life．You must leave music and become a doctor．Don’t let me see you at the piano again．”

　　One day George found his way to church．He went straight to the organ (管风琴) and began to play it．He was only seven years old then．The story of his music spread in his town．

　　When the Duke heard the story, he said,“This boy must have the best music teacher．”So George began to take music lessons．

　　George’s teacher was very good．He taught George well and helped him write his own music．George became famous when he was eleven years old．Now his music is played all over the world．

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