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Monday, June 5, 2006 - Frustated and Infuriated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I went to the school district office to turn in my 4th quarter report with my year end assessment in the form of a written narrative.  The Superintendent is the one to give consent or not.  I sent a letter to them in March telling them that I would be doing the narrative...I heard NOTHING...until today...when my stuff was due..Normally if I don't get a no I assume a yes and that is supposed to come in 2 weeks or so after the letter is sent.

Anyway, they want a certified teacher to interview my child and go over a portfolio of their work which they are JUST telling me on JUNE 5!!!  If I knew I portfolio was required in NYS I would have kept one....it is not required...I called HSLDA and they have to get back to me...bummer! 

I had said that I would not even vent on my blog about this but I am so worked up about this end of year assessment.  I'm even ordered the CAT test...just in case this turns out to be too much work!!  I understand now why many of my fellow New York homeschool moms have their 'babies' take the test...it's easier and less headache..

But even THAT bothers me!!!  It took me a whole year to stop being in fear of the state and stop centering my curriculum around what the state wanted and focus more on God and teach what the Lord puts on my heart and now I've resorted to ordering a test b/c I must obey the law!!

I can't stand it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I looked thru a practice test booklet I purchased from the teacher's store and they are asking the child to identify a shamrock and how that is associated with St. Patricks Day.  I did not teach her St. Patricks day...we don't celebrate it so why does she need to know it?  My cousin tells me that since we live in a secular society to teach her the things that society wants her to know but tell her what the truth is...For instance her son came home with a picture of man evolving from monkeys...now my cousin is a Christian and loves God tremendously...He goes to a Montessori school.  So she had to tell him that God created him and he did not come from monkeys but for the test to put the answer that would show us coming from monkies. 

Now if that is not watering down the truth I don't know what is.  I don't want to present life and God's truth in a watered down fashion to my children.  To me that does not teach her to take a stand and stand for what the truth is....That is teaching her to say what others want to hear while u keep your beliefs in the closet.


I hate what the system is trying to do by making standardized tests required!!
 They even have questions about what do children do in a school like eating lunch or going to the library.  My daughter has never been to school so why should I spend my time telling her what other children do in public school?

Maybe I'm missing something here but this just infuriates me...that I  have to allow the state to tell me what to teach my children.

Lord move us to a homeschool-friendly state.........like New Jersey! or down south somewhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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