[ppaul]

Home Educators:
Are you assailed by snide remarks, such as: "Well, what about 'socialization'?", etc.?
Do you need some good ammunition/arguments to strengthen your cause? To provide a quick answer to your critics? Or to provide a well reasoned argument, based upon principle, as to why you homeschool?

Here's a remarkable little book, a very quick read (only 37 pages).

Robert Lewis Dabney was a man of extraordinary principle. Despite the fact that Dabney had never received a military education, the great Stonewall Jackson personally offered Dabney the position as his Chief of Staff. Dabney's prophetic insight of what would become of our country if governmenmt education becames the norm, is amazing. If you read any book this year, this is it.

[latina4dubya]

please include me... as i wrote to another freeper the other day, i am so encouraged by the postings from all the homeschoolers on Free Republic... i truly believe as far as homeschooling goes, we are part of a revolution... how awesome!

[Cleburne]

Stick me on y'all's list- I'm still homeschooled, so perhaps I could offer a first hand account from the perspective of a "student".

[TxBec]

Free online reading level assessment

[TxBec]

This article appeared in the Sacramento Bee

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Homeward bound

For millions of kids, the first day of school means a trip no farther than the kitchen table

[TxBec]

Campbell's soup labels See #13 :)

[ToKillaMockingbird]

Please add me to your list. This our 10th year of "formal" homeschooling.

[TYBEEISLAND]

Any pointers on how to get on the ping list? I homeschool as well, and would love the info

[Lyrica]

I am interested in home schooling my son. He is a sophomore in high school who has a history of never doing well in the traditional setting. I also cringe at what he is being taught in the public school setting. His father and I have even lowered our standards by allowing him to participate in PBD (performance based diploma) which is basically a short-cut, quick-fix for lazy kids to do easy work on the computer at their own pace and still recieve an actual diploma. That reddens me. What message does a program like that send to the "lazies"? (I can always weasel by with shortcuts) and to the students who do the entire curriculum in the traditional classroom setting; they have worked very hard to earn the SAME diploma the "lazies" earn. My son will almost ceertainly not graduate high school unless I pull him out and home school him. The biggest issue is this though: he is an only child (with drug and law-enforcement issues) and I do not think he will take my teaching him very well. Also, because of the "only child" thing, he has screamed isolation most of his life. But according to his grades, that seems to be the only reason he attends school. He is failing everything and completely failed his freshman year. Things are not looking any brighter. Any suggestions please from those who know? (School is where he is also getting the drugs. No big surprise there, huh?)

[ppaul]

BTTT

[goodseedhomeschool]

Good idea!!!!
I am here, ready and waiting for topic to roll. :)

[goodseedhomeschool]

ADD ME to ping list

[goodseedhomeschool]

HERE IS MY WEB SITE:
http://home.bellsouth.net/personalpages/PWP-goodseedhomeschoolgroup

We have homeschooled for five years now. I started this group several years ago. That is my son Cody on the front page of my site. :) (proud mom here).
I have a lot of great links for we homeschoolers to enjoy.