Great Minds

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Why we homeschool...

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom." (Albert Einstein)

A thought...

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.
-Napoleon

What Isaac just said...

"I'm sad, Mom."
Me: Why, Honey?
Isaac: Because I want some milk and cookies.

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for:
1. Snow (more in the forecast for Saturday!)
2. Christmas Carols
3. A child's joy over Christmas lights
4. Something to sit down on (32 weeks 1 day, but who's counting?)
5. Christmas Cards (This is one of the few times of the year that you get mail from someone who actually cares about you. Thanks, Pappy!)
6. Caring superiors. The people I work for and with are so very considerate of my very enlarged state.
7. A steady income
8. Hot cocoa, with marshmallows.
9. Caffeine
10. Christmas time. It's my favorite holiday. Chilly crisp air, cinnamon candles, pretty lights, decorations, anticipation, special Church functions, Christmas cookies and candies......

Peace?

Why the nobel peace prize is a joke: http://www.theclimatescam.com/2008/05/13/in-memoriam-of-mrs-irena-sendler/

Why we homeschool...

Expect many parts to this, but here is an excerpt from an article on Washington Times. Com:

"Now we have a new longitudinal study titled "Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults" from the Canadian Centre for Home Education. This study surveyed home-schooled students whose parents participated in a comprehensive study on home education in 1994. The study compared home-schoolers who are now adults with their peers. The results are astounding.

When measured against the average Canadians ages 15 to 34 years old, home-educated Canadian adults ages 15 to 34 were more socially engaged (69 percent participated in organized activities at least once per week, compared with 48 percent of the comparable population). Average income for home-schoolers also was higher, but perhaps more significantly, while 11 percent of Canadians ages 15 to 34 rely on welfare, there were no cases of government support as the primary source of income for home-schoolers. Home-schoolers also were happier; 67.3 percent described themselves as very happy, compared with 43.8 percent of the comparable population. Almost all of the home-schoolers — 96 percent — thought home-schooling had prepared them well for life.

This new study should cause many critics to rethink their position on the issue of socialization. Not only are home-schoolers actively engaged in civic life, they also are succeeding in all walks of life. Many critics believed, and some parents feared, that home-schoolers would not be able to compete in the job market. But the new study shows home-schoolers are found in a wide variety of professions. Being home-schooled has not closed doors on career choices."

Something to think about...

Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
-Ronnie D. Laing

Bathtime

News

I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.

-Earl Warren