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Helen's Nasty Temper

I would like to thank Amanda and Christina for leading the entire discussion of Helen's Temper for the past month. Just being into chapter 4, I cannot believe how horribly mean Helen is. I mean, seriously. I am astonished.  At first, I could not understand why Helen's mother is oblivious to Helen's temper, but then I had to think about the fact that she does seem to suspect something and seems distressed over it.

I do know how it is to see one of our children acting out in a sinful manner and not be able to control it. Sometimes, not even knowing how to address it. In Helen's Temper, Helen has fooled many. She and her prideful, snippy friends are just manipulative bullies who have not yet been caught. We all know children like this. We know Christians who behave this way, boys and girls... men and women. We have probably acted this way in some manner at some time in our lives. The question is, did we mature? The question about Helen is, "Is she really spiritually mature?".

On the outside, she appears spiritually mature, but on the inside, she is hateful, vengeful and downright nasty. Off to read the rest of the book.... I hope she matures.

You can read the discussion of Helen's Temper by Mrs. George Gladstone at the HSB Literary Club.

We will be announcing the next book soon. I hope you will consider joining us!

blessings!

Busy With Reviews

Sentinel City of Destiny
by Landel Bilbrey
I am reviewing the book Sentinel City of Destiny by Landel Bilbrey. We have only just begun reading, but I did skim through the middle and end sections to get a feel for it. It has a Glossary to define some of the terms used, because the story is fantasy fiction, and some words are allegorical. The feel I get from it is like The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. This story is set in more of a knights fashion, though.

Seasons at Home Magazine by JoyousHome.com

LOVE this magazine. It is all-encompassing. It is for girls and moms, but also sets a family atmosphere. The present issue is supposed to have articles about home birthing, and I cannot WAIT to read it! I love the issue I have with its recipes, crafts and even a couple of articles that, as Amanda pointed out, could be used as unit studies.I am looking forward to writing a very positive review for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. 

Generations of Virtue: Setting a Paradigm for Purity
by Julie Hiramine
I like this video. I like a lot of what she has to say. We stay away from the pop-culture youth group ideals, and I was afraid this was going to be up that alley. It isn't. I have n't finished watching it because I was having a hard time getting it to play. I tried it again the other day, though, and it worked, so I am looking forward to finishing it and writing up a review for TOS.

Sally Ride Science Set
I wanted to start using this last week, but Eric being sick halted that. It is a classroom boxed set, and I can get to lesson plans and other ideas online. I am not happy with the first and foremost ideology of the focus being on girls education being so important (almost to the point of excluding boys), but I understand that society feels it necessary to give girls an "equal chance" to what boys are offered. I disagree with that notion, but I am looking forward to seeing how well this fits our "classroom".

I will be writing a review soon, and I hope that, as a Creationist, there is not too much evolution I have to wade through, but we will see. I am pretty sure I saw that this is evolution-friendly.

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