Category: Homeschooling

Is College Pointless? »

I’ve long thought that the fact that “no one fails” in school was something that made the whole thing silly.  Failing has a negative connotation, but it also says that a person needs more work in a given area in order to master it.
That we have taken the teeth out of grading by continuing [...]

What Did You Miss? »

Each of us who are parents have to make many decisions every day, but one of them is critical: who will raise them?
I do not believe the current culture that tells us that we have to send our children to day care because we have to have two incomes.  And I think it’s a [...]

Is There a Benefit to Equality in Education? »

A few weeks ago we talked about Morality in education using as a springboard the whole topic of homosexuality in the public school system. Core to the premise that the school is a proper place to teach right and wrong is the concept that the children belong to the state, not to the [...]

What’s Most Important in Your Child’s Education? »

As we start contemplating what curriculum to use for our homeschool adventure we have to address the important question of what the most important thing to teach to our children is.
Don’t get me wrong– we want children who can think, who can reason, and who are as smart as they can be. We [...]

Indoctrination or Teaching? »

When I told a coworker some time ago that I was planning on homeschooling my children, her first response was to wonder if I’d let my children experience any other viewpoint than my own. I told her that they’d be able to learn about other things, but from my viewpoint.
However, this whole concept seems [...]

Things You Were Not Taught in School »

Schools are deviating further from their purpose every year it seems.  What started out as an institution to promote the learning of the basics of education has seen itself forced into a pulpit for secular humanism and a place for indoctrination into the latest liberal thoughts and practices.

Know Your Rights »

Amber Mangum most recently became a Christian, and like all new Christians, she wanted to learn all she could about Christ.  So, what did she do?  She read her Bible every spare minute– but was upset when her school wouldn’t allow her to read it during her free time.
Mangum said her daughter was reading [...]

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