Patchwork Cottage - Two Challenges

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Sep. 18, 2009

Two Challenges

I recently posted this on my FB and thought I'd share it here too - though I realize I'm writing for a biased audience here:

How many of you work in a position where you spend 6-8 hours a day in a desk, in an office with 15-25 other people, who are all doing exactly the same thing you are at the same time? Do you take your coffee breaks, potty breaks and lunch breaks all at the same time, together? Considering this, how can we say that school prepares our children for the real world of grown up life?

The second challenge I'm sharing here and did not bother to post on FB:

If we deny Christ in the little aspects of our daily life, how can we possibly believe that when it comes to the big things -- like giving our life for our faith -- that we would actually stand true to Him?

I've been thinking about this for a couple of days now and even challenged my children with it this morning during family devotions.

Blessings, MaggieRaye

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Sep. 18, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Along the same lines, many people say that children should be placed in public schools so they can be exposed to bullies. The train of thought is that this teaches them to deal with all types of personalities. Obviously, this isn't substantiated in real life - we can clearly see that children who are bullied, and find no authority figure who will defend them, are much worse off for it. To take this a step further, picture some of this "socialization" taking place at work, or at the store, or in a park. If an adult put another adult into a headlock, police charges would be filed. Even verbal abuse would not be tolerated in the adult world - it would be considered harrassment. Why would anyone think that children should have to put up with things?

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