Well spoken by a lady named Heather.

Liberals are why we homeschool.

Because Liberalism stands in direct opposition of the freedoms that our founding fathers sought to protect for all men. Because Liberalism stands in direct opposition to the value of human life and the worth of the human child that God says we should have. Because Liberalism would take my child and exploit them, abort them, distort their minds and darken their souls.

{ Liberalism is the greatest threat to America. }

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Might a child be anxious or bored in class, and still be a “normal” and sane child? Given what education has become today, you bet. In fact, in a school, the bored child is probably the sane child, almost every time. He knows that his time is being wasted, his life stolen away by the hour.

Not to point out the extremely obvious, but if you as an adult were forced to study materials that were never made relevant to your life, day in and day out, week after week, month after month, year after year – if all of free or “discretionary” time when you might have pursued things that really did interest you was taken away in favor of MORE study of worthless junk – um, you might get a bit depressed or bored, too.

Anger or boredom would, in fact, be the sane response to knowing that your life was being stolen from you a day at a time. You might even get “hyper” about wanting to be elsewhere and wanting to do other things.

via The failure of the Critical Approach to Education – Part One | Connect The Thoughts Homeschool Curriculum | | Homeschool Hows & Whys.

The public school system in the USA is mostly broken.  I never learned much about thinking until I was nearly thirty years of age.  I never learned to reason much until that time.

For the last ten years I’ve spent more and more time reading and expanding my horizons.  I wish for my children to have the same.

One way that I can help my children learn and grow is by having them at home for their education.  By this means we can tailor their education to their needs, interests, and strengths.  We also know who they are, so we will train them in good behavior instead of physically controlling them, or medicating them into a stupor so that they will sit still.

It is my hope that you will click through and read the complete article.

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Not too long ago, I wrote about a young boy in a school who was pepper sprayed by police. The reason? Well, he was throwing a tantrum and the two teachers in the room, along with two policemen, couldn’t quite handle the eight year old. (Yes, four adults, an eight years old). I thought that was about as far as “school discipline” could go wrong.

I was wrong. Enter the Jackson, Mississippi Public School District, where one school has taken disciplining of students to a new high (or low, depending on your view).

They shackle students.

A little background. Capital City Alternative is one of 61 schools in the Jackson Public School District. Lucky Jackson! At Capital City Alternative, they destroy children, grades 4-12.

Here’s how it works. When a student gets out of hand in any way, they shackle him. They shackle him or her for hours, sometimes. Students are not apparently shackled in classrooms, but rather wherever the adult in charge pleases to shackle them. The student does not continue to receive instruction. (Well, educational instruction. Not that it was likely they were receiving much, anyway.) Students are shackled for seemingly any and all infractions.

via In Jackson, Mississippi, They Handcuff ‘Em! | Homeschool Under Siege | Homeschool Under Siege.

I am OUTRAGED!

I’m glad we teach and train ours at home where the “professionals” cannot harm them.

This is taking things way too far.  Any competent police officer should be able to talk to a little boy, or restrain him in a non-violent manner (there are videos that teach that, because I saw one while preparing to foster children).  This, however, shows us the nature of a police state, and the intellectual bankruptcy of many public school teachers.

This story is a great argument for homeschooling. And by the way, when “authorities” (as they are doing in Sweden and Germany, and in a few states in the U.S.) pretend that homeschool parents are a potential danger to their children, send them a copy of this little tale and ask them to find another line of work.

Schools, classrooms, the entire idea of school, it is all degrading. If you as an adult were treated like most school children are, well, I imagine there would be a lot more pepper spray being sold to local police departments. The only wonder is that MORE children don’t rebel. According to the Denver Post, such acts of student violence are severely on the rise in their fair municipality. Hmmm. There’s a surprise. Good work, Colorado.

via A New Tool To Handle Misbehaving Children – Pepper Spray! | Homeschool Under Siege | Homeschool Under Siege.

Public school?

No thanks.  I’ll protect mine at home and teach them there as well.

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A Quebec family ordered by a judge to put their kids in public daycare and school for socialization has caused an outpouring of rage from the public, a pro-home school group says.

Judge Nicole Bernier ordered the traditional Catholic family to put their youngest children, ages 5 and 3, into daycare for “socialization.”

Previously, the family – from the Eastern Townships region – was told by the same judge to put their older home-schooled children, ages 7 and 5 into public school for the same reason.

Bernier also criticized the mother’s teaching style, saying the use of phonics to teach reading is out-dated.

via Support for Que. family ordered by judge to ‘socialize’ kids – Canada – Canoe.ca.

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An IFB youth writes a letter that speaks volumes about how we should NOT be doing things.

 

Our parents did not spend time teaching us to love God. Our parents put us in Sunday Schools since K4. Our parents took us to church every time the doors opened, and sent us to every youth activity. They made sure we went to good Christian colleges. They had us sing in the choir, help in the nursery, be ushers, go soulwinning. We did teen devotionals, and prayed over every meal. We did everything right. And they made sure that we did.

But they forgot about our hearts. They forgot that the Bible never commanded the church to teach children about God and His ways. That responsibility was laid at the feet of our fathers. Unfortunately, our fathers don’t have time for us. They put us where we are surrounded by the Bible. But they didn’t take time to show us that God was important enough to them to tell us personally about Him. So to us, Christianity has become a religion of externals. Do all the right stuff, and you’re a good Christian. So, some of us walk away from church. Some of us stay in church and fill a pew. Many of us struggle with stuff that our parents have no idea about because they hardly know us.

I think these problems stem from first, our detachment from our parents, and second from our misunderstandings about the essence of Christianity—a relationship, not a list of rules. I worry that many young people like me are not even saved because of their misunderstandings about Christianity.

via Saddest Letter I’ve Ever Read | Encouraging Words from Cary Schmidt.

The follow up post to parents is pretty good.  I think, if we followed this man’s advice, we’d all do a little better as parents.

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Yep, those backwards homeschooled folks will never make.

Or will they?

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the new Pearl River County Christian Home Educators Association.

We’ll hold our inaugural meeting September 13, 2010 in the fellowship hall of New Palestine Baptist Church, Picayune, MS at 6:00 PM.

Check out our website here.  There you can find links to our FaceBook page as well as our Twitter feed.