November 14, 2008 – 1:07 am
School is well underway for most of us, and we are far enough into the year to begin feeling behind. Stressed, we begin looking over the fence at the Jones’, where the grass is always greener and the children never whine. Meeting with other homeschoolers brings a mixture of encouragement and feelings of [...]
November 12, 2008 – 5:58 am
Ki o tsuke!
Calls sensei, and twenty children snap to attention, facing the front and awaiting instruction. All but one young man: my son. He is standing at the end, facing the wrong direction, his gi practically falling off and swinging his belt as if it were a lasso. There is a long pause as it [...]
November 11, 2008 – 1:37 am
After a year of campaigning, a single night left half the nation elated, half a little depressed and a third half of this mathematically-challenged land lost and wondering “What next?” To answer that question and give us all something to move on to, the Homeschool Post has opened voting for the Homeschool Blog Awards, ending [...]
November 10, 2008 – 1:36 am
So Much Straw recently addressed one of my deepest fears as a homeschooling parent, and one I have heard echoed in many conversations with other homeschoolers.
What if it doesn’t work?
We all want what is best for our children. We’ve made the sacrifice to educate them at home. Others make the financial sacrifice to send their [...]
November 7, 2008 – 2:10 am
It has been awhile since I have shared much from our homeschool, so I thought I would participate in this week’s Heart Of The Matter meme and show you our school room. Very elaborate and beautifully decorated, I am sure it will be the envy of homeschoolers the world over.
First, we have the independent learning [...]
November 6, 2008 – 1:54 am
In education at least…perhaps. So says Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute, anyway, and I think he may make a good point.
So why the headline above? Because while president-elect Obama has been very clear that he wants to increase federal education spending yet again, he has also hinted that he would decrease NCLB’s rigidly bureaucratic requirements. In addition, [...]
November 3, 2008 – 1:04 am
Senator Tony Fulton is a conservative Republican running for legislature in Nebraska’s 29th district, covering a pretty conservative section of the capital city. He is also well-known around here because of his support of homeschoolers during LB1141, a bill introduced this year which would have required homeschoolers to submit to greater state oversight. This history [...]
November 1, 2008 – 3:20 am
Sprittibee hates talking about politics, and yet she can’t seem to stop. I love talking about politics, and yet I just haven’t desired to wade into those waters. But I’ve been asked so I thought I would answer.
There is a rather popular idiom common to Western nations, but peculiarly prevalent in American politics which summarizes [...]
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