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From institutions of learning to daycare

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Four hundred eighth graders in Dallas returned to school over their summer break this week to retake the math portion of the TAKS test. Apparently the state was concerned because too many of the students received a “commended” score. This is another example of a world where up is down and down is up. Too many students do well on a test, and the administration automatically assumes cheating was somehow involved. Only this time, they didn’t implicate the students in the cheating. Well, who else? Did the teachers stay behind and secretly change answers on the answer sheets? Most of … Continue reading From institutions of learning to daycare

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Hiding isn’t just for wimps

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Today I had one of those “Huh?” moments while reading  about the events leading up to the crowning of Israel’s first king, Saul.  God’s people grumbled and complained and kept begging for a king, so God finally said, “Okay.”  It reminds me of the times that my dad gave in and let me have my way.  If I had a fit, his answer was always no.  But I quickly learned that if I gracefully accepted his initial “No,” he usually relented later and would agree to let me do whatever it was that I had asked.  To this day, I … Continue reading Hiding isn’t just for wimps

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Feeling Pressed? You’re On The Right Road!

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“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” -Jesus, as quoted in Matthew 7 My interest in educating my daughter at home began when she was only a toddler. I bought a couple of books about homeschooling and thought I would give it a try. It wasn’t long, though, before it became clear that my very bright only child turned social butterfly needed a social … Continue reading Feeling Pressed? You’re On The Right Road!

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Education Matters

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Being a homeschooling parent does not preclude my interest in events occurring in the public education system.  The children being indoctrinated in public schools will one day be our future leaders: policemen, teachers, firemen, pilots, soldiers, scientists, physicians, etc.  So it has been with increasing dismay that I have read about my local school district’s attempts to prohibit teachers from giving grades for  homework assignments, even if  those assignments are never turned in eliminate the automatic “zero” grade currently given to those students caught cheating on exams prohibit a teacher from assigning a grade lower than “50” (some districts set … Continue reading Education Matters

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The Fool in me

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I have been slowly reading Ted Tripp’s book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart.  Our homeschooling mom’s group meets once monthly to view a video and discuss aspects of the book and ways to apply what we are learning in our own lives.  I like this “take” on child-rearing because it goes so much deeper than surface-area behavior.  The book discusses ways that parents, using Jesus and God’s word, can look past misbehavior and into their children’s hearts.  Why not just focus on the behavior itself? That’s what I learned in college.  I remember a class dedicated to different methods of “behavior … Continue reading The Fool in me