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NEA Puts Power Ahead of KidsIt's really no surprise to anyone ever that the NEA was more interested in protecting its power than educating children. What is surprising is that they actually feel confident enough in their power to admit it. Here's the NEA's General Counsel admitting as much in his retirement speech this past summer."Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power.... (View YouTube video on this subject here.) If you're a parent with children in the public schools you can voice your objections here. But the best way to object is by removing your children from their schools. Without your children they have no real power. In a related story, future teachers in Minnesota are being "reducated" and become "culturally competent" Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin in order to obtain a teacher certificate. -Spunky Cross-posted, with permission, from SpunkyHomeSchool Haven of Rest DuetThis is Jenifer Cook's beautiful piano accompaniment arrangement of Haven of Rest. Amy is at the piano, and Alison on the violin.Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving! Post Surgery Appt and A New CastMom had her post surgery appt, today. She got a new cast. It is not a weight bearing cast. That will not happen for another 5 weeks!! I am sure she picked out the color just for me 
SeasonsWe don't really have changing of the seasons in the desert, at least not where I live. This tree outside my mom's window is so pretty. The picture does not really capture the deep burnt orange color.
OUCHBrandon and I made it to WA after a 4 hour plane delay. Sigh.. For those who don't know, about a week ago my mom fell and broke her ankle. She had surgery on Monday. They put in some hardware and she is not to put any weight on it at all for many many weeks.She is wheelchair bound for now. Brandon and I came up to help take care of her and the house. She is doing much better than last week. Homeschoolers and Health CareFor all my homeschooling friends who think ObamaCare will solve their financial and health insurance woes, think again. It may give you temporary relief for your financial headache, but it may also invite government nannies into your home to improve your child's well-being and health.HR 3200 that passed the House of Representatives, currently has a provision for funding states that implement a "voluntary" home visitation program for parents with young children or who are expecting. (See Sec. 1904 sec. 440) The intended purpose is to " improve the well-being, health, and development of children by enabling the establishment and expansion of high quality programs providing voluntary home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children."In America we used to believe that was the role of the parent, but now it's the role of our benevolent and compassionate Uncle Sam. A gaze over the Atlantic will show us exactly where we're headed, "Health and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure that parents are protecting their children from household accidents. Where are the safety devices for the "creeping nanny" who keeps sticking her nose into our personal lives? Why homeschoolers support this bill or President Obama is beyond my understanding. -Spunky Cross-posted, with permission, from SpunkyHomeSchool Counting down until Thanksgiving Break!
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12:06 PM, Nov. 17, 2009 .. Posted in Classical CM Homeschooling .. 1 comments .. Link School has been going pretty good this year. Right now I'm behind on grading papers, but tonight or tomorrow night I'll get caught up with that. I'm almost done making assignments until Thanksgiving break. I'm going to have the kids do school on Monday and somewhat on Tuesday. It will be more of "holiday school". We'll be shopping for food items, reading Thanksgiving books and watching holiday movies, but it will also be a catch-up day for my high schoolers if they need it, and they probably will. PATHETIC!My dog hates to have his collar off. I took it off because it appeared to be tight. As soon as the collar is off he will obsessed over it till I put it back on. The first picture is after 10 mins of him staring at it.
Finally I let him take it off the bed..
State Mandated Parental InterferenceMike Huckabee, Chuck Norris, and Michael Farris talk about how the new health care bill that will allow the government to enter our homes and tell us how to parent our own children.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSqmDC28jPk You can read Chuck Norris' article about the bill on World Net Daily. Huckabee, Norris, and Farris also discuss how international law may be used to judge a case on juvenile heinous crimes instead of American law. This is important for homeschoolers to know because because the international law that may be used is from Europe and Europe has made the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. So Europe is telling us how we have to judge our juvenile criminals and that can lead to telling us how we have to raise our children as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrtiEAC1wlk&NR=1 Hat tip to Lisa Barthuly Tia Linschied Senior Editor of HSB Science experiment....before lunch.Science isn't my thing. I'd rather....just.......not. BUT, the silly state regs require it to be done, so we comply.Barngirl is doing Apologia General Science (which she really likes), and this was one of the experiments she chose to do: "Get a glass and some toilet bowl cleaner." (Really, what could go wrong with THOSE ingredients.....?)  Boil some red cabbage leaves in some water for a few minutes and pour the cooled cabbage liquid into a glass cup: Mmmmm. Looking good. (Smells like dirty feet, but LOOKS nice).Pour purple cabbage liquid into the glass, and add a teaspoon of toilet bowl cleaner.  It turns the liquid red. The hydrochloric acid "acidifies" the liquid.Gameboy likes to get in on the action too:  Then we add an antacid tablet to "neutralize" the acid:  And the liquid turns purple, I guess indicating the change in the chemical balance? Actually, this was about a month ago, and I can't exactly remember all the particulars. We then added more toilet bowl cleaner (the acid).....  So this is what is going on in my tummy during our 5-hour marathon movie nights with the girls? Hmm. Well, let's not read too much into this.... HEY! This picture in NO WAY represents what we eat on movie night. I don't even know who slipped this image onto my blog.....it's some kind of high-tech espionage....I will be lodging a formal complaint momentarily....Well, science has been done. CHECK! So after I got the kids their lunch, I settled down to throw mine together. Let's see.....add a little bacon, and VIOLA!  On second thought, maybe science isn't that bad after all..... { Last Page } { Page 1 of 5 } { Next Page } |
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My dad came to visit today too. 
He's happy now, I put it back on him. 
