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You Go to School Where?

Album:

Episode: 85

Lesson/Theme: Home schooling.

Bible Verse: Proverbs 22:6

Characters: Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: September 16, 1989

Last Air Date: January 1, 1987

Description:
School has begun again. Robyn and Dale Jacobs visit Whit's End for their just-established, "time-honored" tradition-the annual back-to-school chocolate soda. While there, they run into Esther Langford and her mother, Helen. Esther has never been to Whit's End before, so while Robyn shows her around, Whit and Dale talk with Helen and learn that she home schools Esther. Dale is intrigued-he needs material for a newspaper story and thinks home schooling might be a good subject. But Whit comes up with an even better twist for Dale's article: Since neither Robyn nor Esther is looking forward to the prospect of going back to school, why not have the girls switch places for a day, then report on their experiences? Everyone is game, and Robyn and Esther step into each other's shoes-getting a good lesson about how the other half learns.

Questions:
What does "the grass is always greener on the other side" mean? Why is it important to learn from others? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of home schooling? Of public schools?