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What is I.H.I.P.?

What is I.H.I.P.?  It stands for INDIVIDUALIZED HOME INSTRUCTION PLAN. This is the document which is supposed to be written out for the state to accept your home-schooling life.  This document contains the child's (or student's) subjects, curriculum, and syllabus. I think we all know what is the definition of "subject".  It's the general word describing the thing/object of interest. What's our subject?  It could be reading, writing, arithmetic, health, geography, etc. But what is curriculum?  And syllabus? cur·ric·u·lum [kəˈrikyələm] NOUN the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. synonyms: syllabus · course of study/studies · program of study/studies · educational program · subjects · modules · timetable · schedule   syl·la·bus [ˈsiləbəs] NOUN an outline of the subjects in a course of study or teaching. "there isn't time to cover the syllabus&qu