Most home-schooling parents teach their children about two to four hours a day and turn out well-educated kids. So problem is how to squeeze in about ten to twenty hours a week for home-schooling. Here are some suggestions:

1. Can you change your work schedule so that you can work in afternoon or at night and teach your children in morning?

2. Can you work part time, leaving yourself time for home-schooling?

3. Can you find a job in your local neighborhood so that you don’t waste one to three hours commut-ing every day?

Women think that men think like women. Men think that women think like men.

A woman does this:

Prepares a meal of food she likes - bitter, lean, salady, light, and expects her date to like it; Borrows a romantic DVD, with plenty of crying; Wears a scent *she* likes; Dresses to please her mainly female colleagues; Keeps company with women, and acts in solidarity with them; Trades secrets with other women, and feels empowered by so doing; Has deep and wide-ranging feelings; Is concerned with feelings of those around her; Abhors dirt and disorder; Rages and cries at smallest thing, once a month; Words mean whatever she's feeling at time;

A man does this:

Not too fussed about food - likes heavy, sweet, stodgy grub; Borrows an action or comic DVD, with no sob-stuff; A quick wash under armpits and we're good to go; Dresses to intimidate other men; Happily keeps company with men, women, criminals, a dog, anything, as long as it doesn't talk too much; Trades mock punches, slaps on back, cruel jokes, and has a good laugh; One mood, all time; Is not too bothered about other people's feelings, unless he's done something *really* bad; Secretly enjoys living in his own filth; Last cried a few years ago, and did it in private; Words mean as dictionary defines them;

Now, how can these two distinct creatures ever get together?

Simple. Each has to start thinking like other, just a little bit. Each has to research other's fantasy world, and reflect it back to object of desire.

A good source of research is magazine rack in your local supermarket. Men should look at womens' magazines, and vice-versa. Men will discover that women fantasise about men who are:

Pretty-boys; Slim; Muscular (like a swimmer, not a weight-lifter); Fashionably dressed; Patrician; Tight-fitting trousers; Attentive; Wealthy; Powerful; Confident; Popular; Makes her laugh; Takes charge; Can discuss his feelings occasionally; Yet isn't a wet dish-cloth;

Women will discover that men fantasise about:

Hussies.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist that.)

Men fantasise about women who are: