26 January 2010 ~ 11 Comments

This Is Why We Homeschool

photo credit: Steve KeysIT job search
Sometimes I read comments about how homeschooling will make kids stunted and behind. I’ve got to say though, the school system isn’t some utopia of excellence either. Take these stories for instance:

Ottawa school bans balls at recess – A school principle banned balls because kids got hurt playing with [...]

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15 December 2008 ~ 1 Comment

A Little Of This, A Little Of That

I spent all day Sunday shaking my first and curses the technology gods while my laptop sat like a very expensive paperweight. After a thousand or so system restores it finally lurched back to life at 10 PM last night. Now I’m spending this Monday trying to catch up on all the things I didn’t [...]

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28 November 2008 ~ 1 Comment

A New Meaning On Black Friday

For most people in America Black Friday means the day when you empty your pockets, checking accounts, and credit cared limits in a mad dash to buy, buy, buy. But in other parts of the word Black Friday is more a day of mourning than a day of profit margins.
We don’t have cable, and you [...]

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09 July 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Oklahomans And Educational Choices

Oklahomans And Educational Choices

Anyone who read Mom IS Teaching when I wrote there knows that I can be a bit critical of public education. OK, so maybe a little more than a bit. So I’m not the system’s biggest fan. But a new poll shows that maybe it’s not just me, maybe it’s an Oklahoman trait.
IN many parts [...]

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