the life of a girl who is lost in her own little world
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Oct. 15, 2008
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I Hate to Say It
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JesusFreak
My ex-boyfriend is a total jerk, and he's just... I dont even know what to say about him. I'm not upset that we broke up, but I'm mad that he was a jerk after we broke up! So its really hard to explain, but I'm glad we're over, and I dont even know the whole reason why I'm mad at him! 
Being a teenager is so difficult, but I'm not gonna let it bother me! I have my family, friends, and God! And God will help me through it, and I'm not holding a grudge about it! Lord please forgive my sins and where I've failed you!  |
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Oct. 15, 2008
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Hey Hey Hey
Posted By
Jared
Hey everyone, I just noticed it's been fooooorrrrreeeeevvvvveeeeerrrrr since I posted a new entry. And since I got rained out of work today, I friggered i'd stop by and say what going on with the me within the me. Okay, it's early, I woke up at 6 this morning cause I thought I was gonna have work, but noooooooo, it was too rainy, so now i'm up wide awake. So i've been siding this pet supply place for work, i'm working with my dad and this freakin hilarious guy named Charlie, but I call him Charles. I went to his house last night to play the PS3, which is awesome btw, we played some Soul Caliber 4. I was pretty much amazing at it, cause I have the other Soul Caliber games, I beat a level that had been stuck on for months in like 10 minutes, yeah, it was pitiful. Haha. But I borrowed some movies from him, I got Silent Hill which is amazing, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which is hilarious, and some movie called Snatch that i've never seen.
Other than those things, all i've been doing is listening to music. And by music, I mean Queens of the Stone Age, and MUDVAYNE! And that's it. Next week I'm gonna but The Incredible Hulk, and if you havn't seen it, at least rent it, cause it's amazing. OH!!! And my copy of FABLE 2 comes in next week!!! Yeah, it's gonna be the greatest videogame EVER!!!!!
And last but not least, I got a freakin SPIDER BITE on my back. It's all red and swollen and bumpy, if it get worse I gotta visit the doctor, which sucks. But it itches like crazy ~scratches back~ That's better. So if you havn't heard from me in awhile, that is all that i've been doing. Oh, here some acronym thing I stole from GacktFanGirl. I'll talk to you peeps later.
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Joyous |
| A |
Awesome |
| R |
Raw |
| E |
Enchanting |
| D |
Dashing |
| B |
Busy |
| A |
Ambivalent |
| I |
Ideal |
| Z |
Zany |
| E |
Elitist |
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Oct. 15, 2008
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Final Day - 200 Bags Left!
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- Homeschooling the high schooler
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- Homeschooling through interruptions
- Homeschoolers on the farm
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- The lost arts
- Frugal cleaners & gift ideas
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Oct. 15, 2008
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The Biblical Basis for Homeschooling Christian Children ~ Pt. 3 ~ Who is Teaching Whom?
Posted By
Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Who is Teaching Whom?
God’s Word says,
“Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.” (I Cor. 15:33)
Job reminded us that…
“God is exalted in His power, Who is a teacher like Him?” (Job 36:22)
In light of Luke 6:40, mentioned earlier, since a student will be like his teacher (and peers), no parent, having truly looked at how immersed in anti-Christian training that schools are, could send their children purposely to be trained by the enemy. Once more we watch as the neighborhood children are bussed off and away. So many parents stand by willingly and let that huge, yellow monster come by and gobble up their children. Do they come home unscathed? Or are they “socialized” to their betterment? Let us take a look at the public school ‘socialization’ that those who do not understand (or condone) homeschooling think our children are missing…
Even as far back as a study done in 1985, by the National Education Association, no less, declares that “Students…abuse other students, both directly and by damaging the school facilities. It’s estimated that every month some 282,000 people are physically attacked in schools, most of them students. In addition, $600 million are spent each year to repair vandalism.” Yes, I am sure anyone can plainly see how that kind of socialization would be of great benefit to any Christian child. The younger, the better!
Yes, this is just the environment we so willingly send our precious little five year olds and teens into. After that big yellow monster regurgitates them onto the school driveway, they are then hurried into the school building where absolutely nothing will resemble any other social or work situation of their lives. Unless, of course, you are living in a Socialist nation.
This is where individuality, uniqueness, free thinking and any bud of leadership dies. From here, the children are shown their classroom where everyone is the same age – give or take a few months. Everything is provided for them by the all-knowing, all-powerful teacher at the front of the classroom. Once class has been called to order, the teacher will then have all the children who brought their brand new, brightly colored school supplies to the front of the class and lay them on the teacher’s desk; the teacher will then inform them that those items – that their parents bought for their own children – now belong to the whole class. Their personal school supplies have now become community property.
Homeschool parents do not want their children or teens to follow the mold of the institution. Children who enter school full of excitement and eager to learn soon find their excitement and eagerness are squelched. In the false environment of the public school, students must stay on the track that the teacher leads them on, they are a cog in the system, and there is no room for the individual. And, most certainly, there is no room for God.
On August 12, 2008 a Federal Judge in California made a most tyrannical decision. This judge took it upon himself to conclude that the University of California system was right in denying Christian students who were taught from texts from such well-known, well respected, highly researched Christian publishers as Bob Jones University and A Beka – to name only two – will not be accepted by any campus in the University of California system. Concluding that the university was correct in rejecting students who had graduated after having been taught using Christian-based curriculum, the judge said, “Defendants [the University of California system] necessarily facilitate some viewpoints over others in judging the excellence of those students applying to UC.” A witness cited by the judge displayed his intolerance by testifying that the Bob Jones History book, United States History for Christian Schools, "instructs that the Bible is the unerring source for analysis of historical events, attributes historical events to divine providence rather than analyzing human action, evaluates historical figures and their contributions based on their religious motivations or lack thereof and contains inadequate treatment of … non-Christian religious groups." This judge, and those representing the University of California system display by their own words and actions that a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
And these are the leaders that have come from our secular school and university systems. These are the people who are influencing the minds of our future leaders. Our system of public learning – public school and college levels – have done a marvelous job in evacuating God from their hallowed halls. Johnny can’t read, but he still gets pushed through the system. A system where the leaders of tomorrow do not know the Word of God, have not been taught of morality, but have been taught that what is bad is good and what is good is bad. We were warned of this:
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Ps. 36:1 and Romans 3:18)
Homeschool parents understand that…
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.” (Prov. 1:7)
Homeschool parents want their children to be dependent upon God, because of their choice to accept salvation through the death, burial and resurrection of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. They want their children to be literate in God’s Word, the Bible. They want their children to grow into men and women who have been influenced – read: socialized – by their relationship with the LORD. This relationship, and that of spending many hours under the tutelage and godly authority of their parents, will give this world the godly leaders of tomorrow. Those who will be of influence at the city gate.
T o Be Continued next week...
Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<>< |
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Oct. 15, 2008
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Field Trip to Same Sex Marriage - Indoctrination or Education
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Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
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Now what does same sex marriage have to do with the 3 R's? Silly question, since public school focus has been off of the 3 R's for many years now - and onto indoctrinating our children into a humanistic world view.
OK, so this is San Francisco - almost expected in San Francisco, right? But really, it's our nation. It's all over - indoctrination rather than education.
Don't you want your children to learn from your world view perspective? And put the proper amount of focus on actually learning how to read and do math? Our nation is embarrassingly behind other nations in the realm of education. Keep them home.
Deb Turner
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
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Oct. 15, 2008
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Languishing in Languages? ~ Foreign Language and Field Trips!
I'm sorry for the short hiatus from the article the past few weeks. We're back now in full swing to help you continue on your quest to learn a foreign language.
This past week, we went to a barnyard on a field trip. As an extra, the children and I reviewed Spanish and German words for each animal, and learned a short sentence: The _____________ says ___________. (The cow says moo, the dog says ruff, etc)
If you know a field trip is coming up, take a few moments to think of the items you will see. Make a list of ten words or fewer in your target language. Then create a short sentence with replaceable words that will help to give hints as to the meanings of the new words.
This way, you are able to incorporate your foreign language in a real-life way, make it immediately useable, and create motivation for memorization, all at the same time!
Suzanne Gose (known by her students as Señora Gose) is a homeschooling mother of five children. A former public school teacher, she currently teaches over 80 homeschooling students in weekly Spanish classes at Key Curriculum in Bryan, Texas. She is also the author of the Flip Flop Spanish Workbooks and other language teaching tools. You can see them at www.flipfloplearning.com and in the Schoolhouse Store. |
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Oct. 15, 2008
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Home Where They Belong ~ The Biblical Basis for Homeschooling Christian Children ~ Pt. 2 ~ Homeschooling: A Revival
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Homeschooling: A Revival
“He decreed statutes…He commanded our forefathers to teach their children, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget His deeds but would keep His commands.” (Psalm 78:5-7)
Many homeschool parents look upon the rising numbers of homeschoolers in the United States as a revival. A revival of godly families raising up their children for the future…to be godly parents themselves and to be the leaders of the future. Homeschool parents are picking up the baton of godly education that those before them dropped. And when the baton was dropped in this country (in the 1840’s when the first Government-funded public schools opened their doors) it slowly started to roll…away. It picked up speed in the 1960s when prayer was taken out of public schools, a little faster in the 1970s when authority was taken away from teachers and principals to discipline students. And faster and faster through the 1990s and the beginning of the twenty-first century when immorality and violence have become so rampant in our public schools that parents must wonder if they will ever see their children again after they walk out the front door to school.
It will take a revival to reverse these trends. Trends set by those of influence in the public school leadership who think little children who, having been influenced by the love and care of their mothers, are “sick” because they hold godly values. Harvard Professor Dr. Chester M. Pierce of The Association For Childhood Education International, boldly displayed his disgust of traditional values and families when he admonished teachers in saying: “Every child in America entering school at the age of five is mentally ill because he comes to school with certain allegiances toward…his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being…It’s up to you teachers to make all of these sick children well by creating the international children of the future.”
Homeschoolers understand this undermining of God’s plan for the Christian family. Not only are they building their children’s education on the foundation of God’s commands (Deut. 6:4-7, above), but they are creating and cultivating a Biblical mind-set in their children. As Chris Klicka says in his book, Home Schooling – The Right Choice, “[H]ome schooling parents, aware of the anti-God curriculum and complete lack of absolute values in the public schools, cannot sacrifice their children to such a system.”
Because of the command of God in Deut. 6:4-7, how can we not see that God requires truth be taught to our children…by the parents. We know that God specifically says that, regarding His commandments (or “words” in the NASV), parents are to talk of them all through the day: sitting at home…walking along the road…when we lie down and when we get up. How can parents do that if they are separated from their children and teens a minimum of six to eight hours a day, five days a week? That doesn’t even include time spent on the bus. Parents are sending their children to a place that does not teach God’s thoughts, but man’s thoughts, for 35 hours a week. Can any thinking, rational parent conclude that all will be cured with a mere one or two hours in church on Sunday morning to turn the tide of bombardment of daily indoctrination of evolutionary theory (taught as fact, of course), of negative peer pressure, of the outlawing of the mention of God – how much more the Name of Jesus? But, our culture and society has certainly shown us that, yes, so many parents are simply conditioned by our culture to believe it.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK...
Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><
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Oct. 14, 2008
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LOTS OF PICTURES!!!!!! :D
My mom was gone for the weekend so my grandparents, dad, siblings and I decided to do a surpries party for he :D it turned out awesome!!!! lol, here's some pictures.....
Me and my lil bro (Wild Dude)
this is my CRAZY brother (Dude Jr.)
This is my AWESOME mother (opening her gifts)
Here she is again:)
heres my lil sis (Lil Miss Princess)
Heres me again
My lil bro:)
My older sis, ArtisticFlare
My grandmother:)
My lil sis KoalaBear
My Bro again:)
ROCK ON!!! lol, me again:D
AHHH!!! RAMBO!!! lol, jk,
Me and my AWESOME mother :D lol
My sis and mom......
sis....
lol and my sis again....
well thats all for now...
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Oct. 14, 2008
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Phone.
Posted By
Alley
on the phone.
im so bored. im so tired. im so hyper. so like, yes(: nahh, im talking to Hannah, after i just got off the phone with Ryan. soo. yes. after school, i sat down with my family and we watched The Curiosity Shop. because we got it at the library and there was nothing left to watch.
so yes. boring, tired, and i feel like a nerd because yesterday at the library i got a book about how to create un-boring blogs , and then i stayed up all night reading it. i feel better knowing that im not the only one who sleeps in and doesnt get to sleep until 11 or later. My newest bestie , Sara , stays up late(: so yeah.
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Oct. 14, 2008
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Posted By
BriahK
• Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - copied tag from Jesusfreak13 a few minutes ago
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Have YOU EVER Questions!
lol. I'm finally doing this. JesusFreak13 gave this to me like a few mins ago. : )
1. Have you ever got any thing stuck in your nose that you thought was going to be stuck there the rest of your life?
lol. no!
2. have you ever broken a bone?
uh, nope!
3. Have you ever stubbed you toe more then 5 times in one day?
lol. no but maybe 5 times in 1 year, lol, actually id even know if i did that many times in a year!
4. Have you ever been attacked by a animal?
when i was like 2 years old, this is embarissing, but a duck! lol down at some lake!
5. Have you ever been pushed into/ pushed some one else into a large body of water fully dressed?
Yep. it was fun too! I pushed my friends into it and she had on a sweater, pants, gloves, hat and scarf, lol u can tell it was the winter time
6. Have you ever wished that you lived on an Island by your self?
lol. no. i could not be alone for more than a day lol
7. Have you ever forgotten to change your underwear for a whole week?
EEEEEWWWWWW...........GROSSS..............NOOOOOOO!!!!!! ewwwwww.....*makes gross face*
8. Have you ever run away in fear of a small noise that happened to be your self?
lol. Yeah.
9. Have you ever gone on a sleigh ride in the winter?
Nope.
10 Have you ever screamed like bloody murder over something silly?
Yeah, once after church (at our old church) my friends jumped out of the bushes at night and they scared me, they were brother and sister so they probably planned it at home, lol
11. Have you ever started a fire? (not including a candle)
lol. Yes.... does a marshmellow count??? ;)
12. Have you ever been soooo hungry that you ate dog food? (or cat food)
well not hungry but my bro dared me! lol and i was like, ok no big deal, but i changed my mind after the after taste
13. Have you ever eaten baking chocolate?
Yes and by the way it is NOT good.
14. Have you ever tried to stow away in your friends car?
lol. who hasn't???? But I never got away with it. : (
15. Have you ever tripped over some thing so obvious?
lol. My own feet. and a chair (the leg of the chair) in front of a lotta ppl too! :(
Extra!
Have you ever been tied to a tree and left for dead(or something of that sort)?
lol. Nooooooooooooooooooo............................................ but one time at our very old apartments 7 yrs ago i was mad at my lil bro so i tied him to a tree and told him lions would come out of the woods and eat him! I was 6, what did i know?
So there it is. I tagg Hannah11, Achaeles, and Screamochik14.
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