When you're homeschooled, you find out a lot more interesting things than if you were in public school! Mostly because you are free to learn whatever your interests are! I love homeschooling for that reason.
Betcha Didn't Know. . . (Fun facts from the Noise Thermometer in my Science Book!)
DECIBELS: loosely translated, it's the intensity of a sound wave, or how loud a noise gets.
0 decibels=silence
130 decibels=phsical damage to ears
Here are some things I bet you've never thought of when you used it or heard it!
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You can listen to these things for 8 hours before they'll damage your ears.
-Refridgerator = 43 dB (decibels)
-Normal conversation = 60 dB
-Alarm clock = 75 dB
-Hair dryer = 80 dB
-Smoke alarm = 85 dB
You can listen to these things for 2-3 hours before they'll damage your ears.
-Power Lawnmower = 94 dB
-Bulldozer = 100 dB
-Table Saw = 93 dB
You only want to listen to these things for abou a half hour, because they are really loud.
-Motorcycle = 105 dB
-CD player / iPod = 105 dB
-Crying Baby = 110 dB
-Ambulence Siren = 112 dB
-Diesel Truch Accelerating = 114 dB
The rest of the list should only be listened to for less than 15 minutes because of its loudness.
-Chainsaw = 118 dB
-Thunder = 120 dB
-Hammer on nail = 120 dB
-Auto Racing = 130 dB
-Pig Squeal = 130 dB
-Noisy Squeeze Toys = 135 dB
-Balloon Pop = 157 dB
-Fireworks = 162 dB
And the very loudest is the Apollo Lift-off. It reaches almost 190 decibels! Now will you be more carefull with your ears? You want them to last your whole life!
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You might be a homeschooler if. . .
-You go to school in your pjs
-Your stack of books to check out is taller than the librarian
-Your P.E. consists of chasing around toddlers
-Your school bus is a 9 passenger van
-You consider school work after lunch a cruel punishment
-Your father has told the check-out lady at Wal-mart, "We're on a field trip."
-Your teacher has ever written your report card on a napkin
-You have to move dirty laundry off of your desk before you start school
-The word "homework" sounds like a foreign language
-A snow day means you shovel your driveway before you do schoolwork
-Health class consists of eating breakfast
-You have to decide what year to graduate
-The teacher can kiss the principle, and no one thinks it's unusual
-You go to school and the teacher asks you if you've done all of your chores
-You eat milk and cookies while reading in history class
-You are one of the best people in the world! 
(taken from Christian Teens.net)
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"We are called to stand boldly against sin and evil, but at the same time to submit cheerfully to the hard ships and disappointments God has ordained for our good - and we are called to love our enemies." - Mr. Pipes, book #2
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