Levinslair: Homeschool vs School

YOU ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR IT, Rebecca, DIDN'T YOU? WELL I DID......
        So this treatise is for you, and Barbara, as well.
        HOMESCHOOL! MY BLOG
        (make it fun***you should be laughing more than worrying about it. After all you ain't getting a grade for it.***-make it easy-relax)homeschool should never be hard! If it's hard on you and them, you may as well
        let um go to school. At least that's easy on you....I LOVED RECESSES BEST OF ALL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SOMEHOW I MANAGED TO GET EDUCATED. AND SO WILL THEY...COURSE WE WERE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GOD, GIVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND HAVE A CHAPLAIN OR PREACHER, GIVE A WORD OF GOD EVERY MORNING. THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, I DON'T CARE WHO TOUTS THE NEW.

NOW A DAYS, I VERY WELL UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANT TO HOMESCHOOL SO THEY CAN
'TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.'
GOD SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS, SO SHOULD PATRIOTISM. NOW IT'S ANYTHING GOES. NO DISCIPLINE TO SPEAK OF, NOT MUCH MORE LEARNING TO SPEAK OF, AND PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCHOOLS IN DROVES. THEY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF MATH AND SCIENCES IN THE KIDS REPERTOIRE. WE ARE FALLING BEHIND IN THEM, AND

NOW WE ARE CALLING IN STEMS(ENGINEERS AND ETC)TO COME INTO CLASSES AND TRY TO TEACH WHAT MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS CANNOT. TRAINING THEM TO BE EDUCATORS, HO, FAMOUS LAST WORDS, 'TRAIN THEM TO BE EDUCATORS.

' I SAY LEAVE UM ALONE, NO MORE SCHOOLING,' JUST GIVE UM A PAYCHECK, IF THEY'RE SMART ENOUGH TO BE AN ENGINEER SURELY THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO TEACH IT TO A YOUNG PERSON. SOMETHING IS WRONG WHEN OUR EDUCATION COLLEGES ARE TURNING OUT EDUCATORS THAT CANNOT EDUCATE. THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO START. THE OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE SO FAR AHEAD OF US, WE ARE BACKING UP JUST TO LEAN DOWN AND TIE OUR SHOES.

TEACH READING IN THE 3RD GRADE WHERE IT BELONGS THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO START. NOT IN THE 12TH GRADE AS THEY ARE FIXING TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE TO GET THEIR DIPLOMA.

QUIT REINVENTING THE WHEEL

FIX THE DAMN BROKEN WAGON.

Quit trying to get more pay for a job undone.

Get back to the Basic FOUNDATIONS of Life(GOD), Patriotism(MILITARY),

Preachers(GOD'S WORD)

AND IF YOU DON'T, WELL THERE IS ALWAYS HOMESCHOOLING EVEN WHEN A PARENT JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. They sure do not get paid for what they do, not in financial ways, anyway. AT LEAST THEY ARE DOING IT AND ARE AT LAST INVOLVED IN A KIDS EDUCATION. THEY ARE AT LEAST READING TO THEIR KIDS. GETTING RELIGIOUS(CAUSES THEM TO PRAY A LOT HAVING JR OR JR-RITA AROUND DAY IN AND DAY OUT) AS ALL YOU PSEUDO-TEACHERS OUT THERE KNOW, THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE MORE RELIGIOUS.
AND AS ALL YOU TEACHERS-TEACHING PSEUDO SUBJECTS OUT THERE KNOW, YOU AIN'T GOT TIME FOR RELIGION, YOUR CLASSES JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EXPONENTIALLY. AND IF YOU GOT IT, YOU PROBABLY STUMBLED ON IT BY ACCIDENT. BY WHATEVER MEANS IT COMES, SHALL WE BE THANKFUL, IT COMES(after all Saul stumbled on the light while out traveling)....OH QUIT FUSSING, I AM A SCIENCE TEACHER, A LITTLE SELF-DEPRECATING HUMOR NEVER HURT ANYONE. I've just never had a paying job teaching. So see you're SEVERAL STEPS HIGHER on the ladder than me. And the only paying job writing I've had, was $5.00 for a page full per week. Now man, I really gotta like to write to settle for those financial terms.
But I did the best I knew how to do anyway. GOOD PAY OR NOT!
Now back to Homeschooling!
BESIDES THERE IS ONE COMMON THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT HOMESCHOOLING...YOU ARE NEVER BEHIND. YOU MAY NOT BE WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO BE, BUT THAT'S A SELF IMPOSED RULE OF THUMB. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE DAYS OFF AND ENJOY YOURSELF. LET GOD TAKE CARE OF THE INTERRUPTIONS. HE IS PRIMO AT THAT. LET HIM HANDLE WHAT YOU CANNOT.
KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY AND BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE GOD HAS SAID, "NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU, NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU."

        LET THE KID TEACH A LESSON OR TWO IF YOUR TIRED. THEY WILL LEARN MORE BY TEACHING YOU, THAN THEY WILL LEARN BY BEING TAUGHT. LET THE KID WRITE A BOOK OR NEWSPAPER OR NEWSLETTER. THAT TEACHES ENGLISH AND LITERATURE BETTER THAN ANYTHING I KNOW. LET THE KID IN ON CURRENT EVENTS, WATCH THE NEWS. THAT TEACHES RELIGION(gives you people to pray for, teaches kids to pray for others also) AND HISTORY(this too shall pass). LET THE KID COUNT MONEY THAT TEACHES MATH. (He'll soon figure out, he ain't got enough for all the things he wants) LET THE KID DISSECT AN ANIMAL THAT TEACHES SCIENCE. LET THE KID GO TO ZOO THAT TEACHES ZOOLOGY(one never gets tired of watching the animals and one learns more and more each zoo visit.)

        LET THE KID GROW SEEDS THAT TEACHES LIFE SCIENCE. LET THE KID MAKE A VOLCANO THAT TEACHES CHEMISTRY. LET THE KID SEE THE DAMAGE AN EARTHQUAKE DOES, THAT TEACHES GEOLOGY. LET THE KID NAME THE STARS, THAT TEACHES ASTRONOMY. LET THE KID LEARN THE PARTS OF THE BODY THAT TEACHES ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. How much do the kids need to know about each subject? As much as they are curious about. Use their innate curiosity to their advantage. Who says they got to do all of the above everyday? If they do one of the above, I'd say they are on a learning curve. Come on, figure it out! Teach the kid leveled and mastery.

BUT HEY, WHO AM I, TO GIVE A VALEDICTORIAN SUGGESTIONS? Hey I made a few A's myself, and I am sure Barbara did too. BUT YOU BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, SO GET ON WITH IT. BUT I'M JUST JARRING YOUR MIND A BIT. Let GOD take care of how you feel..........Let GOD deal with the results of your Homeschooling. You just do the best you can be.......

But don't be so hard on um. Go easy with the time outs. They are tiny. Only you can discern how long and how many. HEALTH IS ABOVE DISCIPLINE, YOU KNOW. USE YOUR NOGGIN, IT TAKES WISDOM TO KNOW WHEN.YOU GOT TO TEACH THEM TO WANT TO MIND, NOT FORCE UM TOO. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOWN PAT IN OUR SCHOOLS, YET. I don't think you get that (STATE OF PERFECTION)from me. I'm pretty easy. BUT SO ARE YOU ALL, I've noticed, WHEN IT COMES TO DISCIPLINE. I LIKE THAT. I LIKE TO SEE, THINKING GOING ON.

Papa expects kids to mind. BUT HE'S A TEACHER. When they don't, he sends them to the principals office. SOME TEACHERS CAN CONTROL A CLASSROOM, SOME CAN'T. HE'S A MILITARY MAN, HE HAS A CERTAIN CARRIAGE ABOUT HIM. There can be no learning without order. I didn't say quiet, I said order! There can be no learning without respect! Everybody respects the Military, even if they don't act like it or say it, they do........SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DISCIPLINED AND THERE IS NO CHAOS. Chaos breeds discontent and discontent breeds chaos. It's a horrible circle of insanity. One may have moments of insanity(sometimes needful moments) but one still has to fall down on the foundations of discipline and order.

        LET ME JAR YOU MIND A BIT MORE. WHEN I WAS SURFING ABOUT THE FLU THIS YEAR. THEY TOLD ALL ABOUT THE OLD PEOPLE AND THE KIDS WHO DIED OF IT. I EVEN READ WHERE SOMEONE WHO HAD THE FLU SHOT CAUGHT IT ANYWAY THE H1N1(it mutated)(FOR YOU ADVOCATES THAT BELIEVE THE FLU VACCINE KEEPS YOU HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND ALIVE) it's no guarantee! One should never take anything for granted, even modern medicine) MY DAD LIVED THROUGH THE 1918 PANDEMIC, HE REMEMBERS PEOPLE DROPPING LIKE FLIES. NOW THAT IS RELIGIOUS(PEOPLE TEND TO PRAY MORE DURING DISASTERS) AND also CURRENT EVENTS THAT ARE WORTH NOTING BACK IN THOSE DAYS, which soon turns to History. LIFE IS STRANGE SOMETIMES. I GUESS THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT EXCITING. THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF LIFE. BUT WE MUST LEARN FROM OUR PASTS.

THIS IS JUST HISTORY FOR US, BUT RESPECT FOR A MAN, I KNEW GROWING UP, BECAUSE HE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS HE LIVED THROUGH, LIFE-WORTH! I LEARNED I DIDN'T KNOW IT ALL, EVEN IF I WAS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL. SCHOOLS CAN'T TEACH EVERYTHING LIFE HAS TO THROW AT YOU, BUT THEY TRY. EXPERIENCE DOES COUNT IN FORMING YOUR MINDS. Experience counts OODLES!

        ALL'S I AM TRYING TO SAY IS, PUT HOMESCHOOL INTO PRIORITY. Next to the Flu which picks people off at will, Next to SOME Teacher's fussing about more money here is the America's in various states, next to THE UPROAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Next to THE EARTHQUAKES IN NZ, next to THE RISE IN GASOLINE PRICES HERE AT THE PUMP, AND THE RISE OF EVERYTHING ELSE DUE TO THE RISE IN GAS INCLUDING FOOD PRICES. Next to all of these few different items not even counting Global Warming, Schooling, IS A MINOR THING, for those who just want to teach in schools, status quo, who do it with finesse, trying to improve daily without a pay raise, THE SILENT TEACHERS.Yes, my husband is one of them who just want to teach.
IT'S A MINOR THING, YOUR HOMESCHOOLING, WHEN YOU DO IT WITH FINESSE, TYING TO IMPROVE DAILY ALSO BECAUSE OF LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL UNDER YOUR TUTELEDGE WHO ARE PART OF YOUR FAMILY. Keep that in mind when you get to thinking your behind. But most of all, keep in mind, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PERFORM TO BE A TEACHER, BECAUSE BY BEING THEIR TEACHER-MOM YOU 'ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO SMILE DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.'

BUT HEY, YOU'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME, WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO NO GAS FOR BUSES. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO HOMESCHOOL.....AND I THINK YOUR DOING A MARVELOUS JOB OF IT(Rebecca-Barbara). YOU GOT BRILLIANT KIDS ALREADY! WHO LOVE AND ADORE YOU, AND THEY WILL NEVER OUT GROW YOU AND THAT YOU LOVE UM, NO END!
COURSE I THINK I AM DOING A MARVELOUS JOB OF IT. AND THAT I GOT BRILLIANT KIDS ALREADY! WHO LOVE AND ADORE ME, AND THEY WILL NEVER OUT GROW ME, AND ALSO THAT I LOVE UM, NO END.

YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I AM SORRY MY KIDS GOT TO HAVE A WRITER AS A MOM. MY E-MAILS ARE LOONNNGGGG!
THANK THE LORD THEIR INFREQUENT.....

Just a few homeschool links FYI UNTIL THE SCHOOLS CAN GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.