[CS-FSLUG] OT: Goes along with 1 of our discussions.

[dcolburn at bibleseven.com]

Well stated!

> Before we started home schooling (with six children) We spent a good deal
> of time visiting the school the children were attending.  We found that we
> were unwelcome there. And when we pointed out some of the very wrong
> policies and teaching that were goin on we bec ame even more unwelcome.
>
> When we moved from Montana to Arizona with and began missionary work in
> Mexico, we withdrew the children from Public School. At that time we were
> able to order a curriculum from American School because we We intended to
> be in Mexico, but it was not legal to home School in Arizona.
>
> Economicaly we could not stay in Mexico, so we returned to Arizona, and
> home Schooled in Arizona in spite of the draconian rules. After a year of
> so American School informed us that they could not sell us their
> curriculum since we sere in Arizona, and we had to sort of piece something
> together. But the kids were learning well, and not at all socialy
> deprived.
>
> They remained in Home School, and/or private christian school from then
> on. One interesting Statistic: out of six children (four of which started
> out in Public school) We noticed a pattern (not surprising).  The longer a
> children spends in Public School the *more*  difficulty adjusting to the
> real world.  This applies to social adjustment, m oral adjustment,
> economic adjustment, etc. etc.  (virtually every area of life.   This is
> not to say that my children had or have no difficulties, or were/are
> "model children".
>
> All of my three girls have families. Tragically (Probably due to
> economics) only one is homeschooling her children (doing a great job).
> (None of my boys have children, but they all have demonstrated by their
> lives a level of responsibility and honor that I think reflects well on
> them, though they went through some difficult times in their youth.
>
> There are two "main reasons", I think , why Christians don't home School:
>
> First: "Economics" and rather deficient value system that is too much
> influenced by worldy views. If Christian parents understood the depth of
> the rebellion and degradation that their children are exposed to in public
> Schools, no expense would be too great to get them out of that influence.
> Public Schools go to great lengths to hide what they are doing, even
> advising children to report to them details of their home life, but not to
> report to their parents what is going on at School.
>
> Second: is their own feeling of "inadequacy" to teach their own children.
> In fact even the least educated among caring parents is better equipped to
> teach than "professional" teachers who have imbibed the lies that are
> taught in the "teacher factories" these public school teachers came from.
> You are not inadequate, and to the extent that you are, if you have
> children, it is your proper place to ask the Father to help you learn as
> you Go and you will find that you are able.


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