tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post3096971925269616510..comments2023-06-23T09:48:32.805-04:00Comments on Flour Children: You do what?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717292870458636020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post-53140842604925264322010-03-02T17:55:08.864-05:002010-03-02T17:55:08.864-05:00I can remember thinking the same thing about homes...I can remember thinking the same thing about homeschooling. My husband was the one pushing it on me! He joined this crazy email group when our oldest was 3 years old. I remember being mad at the time. Then one day when I looked out my kitchen window I saw a neighbor sending her baby off to Kindergarten. I started to sob. At that moment I knew we would not go that route. And I later learned that my husband had been praying for me to change my mind! I love that part. Anyway, I am glad he did. <br />JennJennifer Hootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757290424217660803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post-67782617923896364442010-02-28T09:59:53.644-05:002010-02-28T09:59:53.644-05:00catching up on blog reading. i was going to commen...catching up on blog reading. i was going to comment that at least half of your "two readers" enjoyed this post. but considering the fact that i am the 4th commenter, i'd say you've miscounted. :-)<br /><br />i would say that "religious" reasons might have been the primary (though not the only) factor in our initial decision to homeschool, as our feeling was that we wanted our kids to have a "christian-based education" but did not want to afford christian school. at first i thought of homeschooling as a "second-best" thing. it didn't take long before i came to consider it the BEST thing, and my reasons for homeschooling began to evolve far beyond the "christian education" aspect. and 18 years later, here we are, still at it...<br /><br />and yeah, most days i think homeschooling IS crazy. the other days i think it's insane. :-)40winkzzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707345570759229347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post-10928363971880602172010-02-27T18:33:05.153-05:002010-02-27T18:33:05.153-05:00Hey, I have been meaning to tell you what a good t...Hey, I have been meaning to tell you what a good time my daughter has been having with your clarinet! Remember how excited I was to have it? Well, it sat in the closet here for a long time, and finally my 10 yo decided she wanted to play something no one else in the family plays. :o) She is doing well, and we are very thankful to you for giving her this opportunity!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744003905628418678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post-87635757943434838532010-02-27T13:05:31.545-05:002010-02-27T13:05:31.545-05:00On the days when you think you're crazy, you s...On the days when you think you're crazy, you should re-read this post =) (Visting Kentucky is also educational =) )Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635871060627018492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642363333106969832.post-92051115402215232272010-02-26T16:43:51.545-05:002010-02-26T16:43:51.545-05:00I would have to say that we ARE homeschooling for ...I would have to say that we ARE homeschooling for "religious" reasons, even though what I have in Christ is <i>not</i> religion, but salvation. But now that we have been at it for oh, ten years, my reasons are more numerous. A woman at the public library said to me just this week, "May I ask you a question? Just why <i>do</i> you homeschool? What would make you want to <i>do</i> that??" Her tone said, "You are nuts." I wanted to let her know it's because we fear God, but I didn't want to sound like a right-wing fundamentalist wacko. Even if I am one. I mean, I just didn't want her to misunderstand me. "Christian" means one thing in the Bible, and a million other things to the world. <br /><br />Instead I said something to the effect that the longer I homeschool, the less I think kids need to know what schools are teaching. Algebra II, for example. Who needs it, but engineers or other fields in which math is necessary? And, I hate the way English is taught. Only a linguist cares what a gerund or a participle is, or what future perfect tense is. I just want my kids to know how to use English correctly. What's with the vocabulary? What a waste of kids' time. They could be <i>really</i> learning something a lot more interesting and practical. Somehow that woman ended up on my side by the end of our conversation. She had been a K-1 teacher and decided, yeah, she didn't need to know Algebra II either! lol<br /><br /><br />I agree with all your reasons above. Will have to add those to my list of why's. Sorry about the rant. Should do that on my own blog. :o)Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744003905628418678noreply@blogger.com