Book Description The Prussian Military Model is a strange and inane framework for a child's day: -Group people by abilities -Learn distinct skills in that group -All groups change activities after specific periods of time marked by a bell or buzzer-like sound -Evaluate with grades frequently -Give Awards Homeschooling has no distinct model but presents numerous ideas for in-schooling students, teachers, admin and all lifelong learners. It is as much about in-schooling as homeschooling. Practical activities, humor and provocative notions………...are all offered by a forty-five year veteran teacher, (Urban/Suburban), Winner of the Star Ledger Silver Pen Award 2007, Grandmother, Science teacher, Hiker, Skier, Forager, Salamander migration facilitator, Stream-team worker, Bragger, Cranky World Citizen, Sprout House founder. Ideas that are all over the map, including, but not limited to, Nature-based, Place-based, Primary Source, Respect for Play, Social Responsibility and authentic content-rich learning, are forthcoming for the reader's choosing, in rattling, entertaining, essay format.