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My wife said I should
mention that Jen Ig encouraged this new blog because all the cool kids
drop her name. JenIg JenIg JenIg JenIg.........JenIg
ROCKS!!!!!! Hey, whats a blog anyway. "BLOG"....... sounds like something you cough up when you have a head cold. So anyway, my name is Dalyn's husband and I'm very happy to be here. I've read with great delight many of the blogs. (there's that word again) We decided to homeschool our children about 6 years ago. It was kind of weird how it happened. After my daughter asked me what certain anatomical parts of the female body were in 2nd grade, I asked her where she heard that kind stuff. She responded that some older boy on the school bus had mentioned those words in a context not fit for reprint. After I relized I was too old to wait for the kid after school to beat him up, I settled for a more mature approach. I decided I would have it out with his parents and the school. I called the parents expecting the worst. What I got was a very apologetic and embarased couple. Then the principal reported that he had had a talk with the boy and made him cry. We both laughed about that. (mean, I know...but hey, it's my daughter we're talking about) Later that same year, my daughter was telling all about the mighty penguin that she had been learning about in school and how it was so many millions of years old. I explained to her that it could only be about 6 thousand years old because God created the earth about 6 thousand years ago. My daughter actaully looked upon me with what I can only describe as pity. Pity that her father was so ignorant. After all, it was a teacher, the pinnacle of authority and knowledge, that bestowed this great and marvelous history to her. What did I know, I'm just a parent after all. This was it. We knew we needed to do something. Neither one of us thought homeschooling was a viable option as we also somewhat believed that the state (public school system) was the ultimate giver of education. Then when my wife figured out that she would be doing most of it, which really means all of it, ......not good. We knew all the arguments against it........ie. "what about all the social interaction they miss out on in school?" Our response: Uh, yea, we know....that's the point of homeschooling...duh! "Teachers go to school for along time to know how to teach" Our response: Yea, and then all that education is corrupted by corrupt teacher unions with a definate agenda tragically different than ours. Now nothing against teachers per-se, just the system. Schools stopped teaching academics long ago in favor of liberal ideolgies and world views. Talk about separation of church and state.(which doesn't exist in ANY founding document) By the way....our kids have scored extremely high on their Stanford Achievment Tests every year. Far above the average and much higher than their peers in "school". Bottom line is this...we realized that God gave us children and God gave us the authority and responsiblity of educating them. God led us to this point and we trust Him to finish the good work that he began in our children. I look at the hearts of my children and see that it is God that formed those hearts...we're not capable of it. I could go on and on but I think that blogs are supposed to be short...oh well. One more thing; I couldn't find a spell check and I was public schooled so I apologize for any errors. |
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