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Apr. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Katherine

I can see how the elitist label got started. I know many many public schooled children who have become ambassadors for Christ. We have a church full of them now. Public schooled Christian children and their families need your prayers and support not your condemnation. Don't you think that's what Jesus would want, too?

Apr. 2, 2008 - Katherine...

Posted by Buckeyeblog

Thanks so much for reading HWTB and for commenting.

I'm not saying that public schooled children and their parents don't need our prayers...for sure, they need them very much! But...what I AM saying is that homeschooling is the very best option for educating our children...particularly Christian children. And I AM saying that I understand that, unfortunately, not everyone can do it; whether because of finances (although we have very successfully homeschooled our 2 daughters for around $500 per year), or because the parents believe that both parents must work outside the home; handicaps, etc.

I AM also saying that God NEVER sent children out to evangelize. Never. Oh, I know about Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, but they were captives in a pagan land. I ask that anyone who thinks that God has called you to send your children into the public school system...a system devoid and absolutely hostile to Christ and Christians personally...that you would really pray about that and consider the example God has set before you (Deut. 6:6-7, etc.)...as well as their safety, how vulnerable they may be to peer pressure, how mature they are in their faith (especially those sweet, tender grade-schoolers) and what your district's consequences are for those children who wish to speak out for the Lord, submit Christian story books for the teacher to read on days when the class is invited to bring their favorites to share; the district's views on lunch time prayer or prayer before a test, carrying their Bibles in school, handing out literature to fellow students, etc. IF you live in a district where those things are acceptable...you are blessed to live in an area where the district is actually breaking man's law so that those things may happen.

Another thing you might consider...if your church has any homeschoolers in attendence, have you ever noticed a difference in Sunday School participation between them and the public school kids? Not attendence...but PARTICIPATION. Every Sunday School teacher I know of, not just at our own church, will tell you that no matter how committed the families are to the Lord, there is a marked difference in the participation of public and homeschooled kids...from elementary to high school. When I've asked these ss teachers about this, without fail, they tell me that ps kids will sit w/their arms crossed and, if they're not being disruptive, they have the attitude of wishing they anywhere else but in ss. Where the hs kids are generally attentive and participate.

I also have so many Christian friends and relatives who tell me that they are CONSTANTLY "fighting" against the lies and revised history that their children are being taught. When you were in school, who "seemed" to be the authority figure...your parents or your teachers? These families fight the same fight. To me, it would be utterly exhausting to have to 'homeschool' my kids in the truth every night when they come home. Not to mention, the foul, crass language that they are exposed to; the potential violence in the halls and on the buses; biased teachers; tempations...whether they be to do drugs, date before they're ready (because 'everyone else' is), to have sex...to name a few concerns.

Homeschoolers do not have to deal w/this false, dangerous aspect of 'socialization' that so many in the educational industry seem to think is so necessary for our children to experience.

Yes...public school children and parents DO need our prayers. But please understand that homeschooling is the best option and I stand by that fact.

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Apr. 2, 2008 - No Religious Rights in Public Schools...

Posted by Buckeyeblog

As if to solidify one of my points in the above post...

Fox News.com has a story about a high school boy who was given a failing grade on an art project b/c he included a cross and John 3:16 on an art project of a landscape. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344350,00.html
Here's what his teacher said to him: "Millin [his teacher] showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork. The lawsuit claims Millin told the boy he had signed away his constitutional rights when he signed the policy at the beginning of the semester."

How lovely that 'religious beliefs' are equated along the same lines as 'violence, blood, sexual conntations.' And, as all homeschoolers know, a little known fact was 'let out' when the teacher told him, "he had signed away his constitutional rights when he signed the policy at the beginning of the semester."

Actaully, the students - NOR THE PARENTS - have any Constitutional rights once that students have crossed the threshold of the school building. That includes the 1st, 4th and 14th Amendments, in particular. Parents have NO SAY over what is taught to their children in public school.

Keep them Home Where They Belong!!

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Apr. 2, 2008 - You're in my prayers

Posted by Anonymous

Hi, I am currently attending college for my Invervention Specialist license and am increasingly interested in homeschooling as a point of comparison and just as an interesting issue in today's debate over educating our children.

I don't want to get into the politics of it all nor do I want to judge which way is correct or the one that God blesses. I simply want to tell you that I will include homeschoolers in my prayers and ask that you, too, pray for all of us Christian public school teachers. Together, we can make a difference.

Thanks
Carol Holley
Canton, Ohio

Apr. 3, 2008 - I would just like to say

Posted by SuperAngel

that when I was in jr. high, I attended our church's sunday school class every sunday. I was the only homeschooled student in that class. I knew my memory verse every week and knew the lesson we had learned the week before. I paid attention to what my teacher was teaching.
Because of all the stuff I mentioned above, I was made fun of and almost chastised because of it.
My teacher would actually laugh at me because I would memorize my verse every week. When I would raise my hand when the teacher asked if anyone remembered the verse, I was asked to "let someone else try" even though they had asked at least 2 or 3 minutes before I even raised my hand. They would often times say things like, "Oh, of course Amanda knows her verse" or "Amanda would you enlighten us with the verse from last week."

If children go to public school, especially Christian children, they will pick up the bad habits of the unsaved. They will carry those into other areas of their lives.

I did not memorize my scripture because I wanted to be better than them and know it to be a show off. I did it because it was important to me to remember it and because we were told to by our Sunday school teacher. And even though the teacher actually made fun of me because I did what I was told to, I still memorized it every week.

When we left the church, one of my old elementary teachers told my mother that she would really miss us because me and my sisters were the only children in the class who would participate in the lessons. We would dialog with the teacher when she asked questions, we would memorize our scriptures.

There is a marked difference between homeschooled Christian children and public schooled Christian children!

Yes, the public schooled children and teachers need prayers, but I think that the homeschooled children and teachers need more because the public schools aren't the ones being put under the microscope, its the homeschoolers!
I mean, homeschoolers doesn't even show up as a real word on mozilla firefox! But public school sure does.

Great post, Mrs. Wolf!
Love, Prayers and Blessings!
Miss Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com

Apr. 4, 2008 - Hello Dear Angel..

Posted by Buckeyeblog

Nothing like being affirmed by a homeschooler!! :-) Thanks for backing up MY experience w/YOUR expereience.


Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Apr. 4, 2008 - :)

Posted by SuperAngel

You are welcome! It is the truth and it needs to be heard!

I want to thank all of you on this blog who post the truth through all the fire that you are put through. You do shine through!

Love,
Miss Amanda
http://superangelsblog.com

- Home Where They Belong