If boys should get discouraged

At lessons or at work,

And say,"There is no use trying,"

And all hard tasks should shirk,

And keep on shirking, shirking,

Till the boy becomes a man,

I wonder what the world would do

To carry out its plan?

The coward in the conflict

Gives up at first defeat;

If once repulsed, his courage

Lies shattered at his feet.

The brave heart wins the battle;

Because, through thick and thin,

He'll not give up as conquered;

He fights, and fights to win.

So, boys, don't get disheartened

Because at first you fail.

At last you will prevail.

try, try, and try again;

The boys who've kept on trying

Have made the world's best men.

By: Eben E.Rexford

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I just love those old poems of yesteryear!

We see all too often HS'ers giving up

and putting their DCs in public schools.

I know HS'ing takes up a lot of our

"free time"

We are with our DC the biggest

percentage of time while public

schoolers are with their DC the least

amount of time.

So public school Moms get all this

"free time" to do what they want

while their DC and DH are at school

and work.

In the mean time their DC are taught

things that "if" you knew about it

you certainly would not approve of the

subject matter they are learning and

sometimes are urged not to tell their

parents about it (teaching; sex education,

Darwin theory, the Bible is wrong, errors

in the Bible, wrong to lift up the

name of "Jesus Christ" in public, wrong

to "pray" in public, promotes homosexuality,

lesbianism, ETC...)

Sometimes your DC change before you relize

 it and then you don't know them anymore

and they don't trust you, they rather hang out

with their friends instead of you, your not their

friend anymore and your wondering "what

happened?"

Think about what could happen before you giveup.

Do you really want to give up now?

Is the "free time" really worth it?

Many sacrifices have been made for worthy

causes like HS'ing.

I say it's worth every tear you cried,

every fear you've had, every battle you had,

every stand you made, every victory you've had,

and all for the purpose of raising loving, caring,

Godly children that want you to be their

"best friend for life!"

Don't give up on HS'ing your DC

The best in your child is yet to come!!!

Elton