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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
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Both of mine kept wondering the same thing, just insert Oglethorpe/Georgia history. Veeerry little authentic American history is taught at all :[
The stories of courage and valor happened away from the news media. As they often do. My wife's parents, and my parents were children during the depression.
We see the leftover mentality in Nana and with my stepdad.
Nana literally can't throw anything out, cause you might have a use for it. She's better when we push her. But we through away tons of old butter containers, plastic ware that came from carry out, and more.
My stepdad drives himself to work so hard with the flea market crap because he "needs the money." Which is a crock. The last Lincoln he bought, he paid for in cash.
But to him, if the pantry isn't completely full with every single shelf overflowing, there's "no food in the house."
Those are the types of people who have the stories of courage and valor in the Depression.
I've given some thought to writing "Papa's Story."
Please do. No one will remember the whole story if it is only to the 'official" sources.
I know those stories. They are quite something. But since the picture I have of the Depression is based mostly on John Steinbeck novels (bleah) it seems completely bleak, without the bright spots of hope and human dignity.
I wonder, though, that so many of the folks who made it through the Depression and then fought WW2 managed to do a lousy job raising the next generation (in general, of course, since I don't want to insult half the thread here...)
oops....*if it is left only to the "official" sources.
(Note to self: ya know, that ol' preview only works when ya read it...)
Erin has been always professed an interest in 'girls' books, so I can well imagine she will enjoy Anne of Green Gables. Only reason she has not been introduced to it is that *I* myself havee never taken the time to read it, and so I forget to mention it. Guess I will have to correct that!
These... jump in anytime! In fact jump in more often!
Hope all is well, y'all! The Seton curriculum has been ordered and will hopefully arrive at the end of the week!!
Well, to be quite honest, in my families' case, alcohol played a big role.
My Mom's dad was an alcoholic. He got nerve gassed in WWI. He was a master carpenter. He'd work and they'd be well off for a while. Then he'd go on a binge. Died when my Mom was a senior in high school.
My Dad was an alcoholic. I've told those stories.
Wife's dad drank. I don't know that you'd call him an alcoholic, but when he came to Christ just before my wife was born, he stopped drinking completely. It's amazing to compare the siblings "pre" and "post" Papa's coming to faith.
That's far from the only reason. Dr. Spock was another...but that's fodder for another thread...
I find it amusing to mention Dr. Spock once in awhile in Dad's presence.
Always good for entertainment value...
Interesting... my grandparents are basically cusp-Baby-Boom years, and they screwed up royally - 1, possibly 2 out of 4 turned out well on Dad's side, my mother still has issues from her childhood - and I've always wondered why. Not alcohol. I think the Baby Boomers' problem was selfishness, honestly.
We have a similar picture of Sir SuziQ's maternal grandad. He was an ambulance driver in France during WW1.
"the picture I have of the Depression is based mostly on John Steinbeck novels (bleah) it seems completely bleak, without the bright spots of hope and human dignity."
I did not homeschool mine, (my lack of organizational skills is frightening), but I have tried to make darn sure that they learned to get ALL sides of the story. I still remember the day my eldest came home with this really sad version of a particular historical event. I listened and said, "Gee, that sounds terrible. But do you think that maybe there was something more to the tale? I mean, it is hard to imagine it happening that way, just out of spite." He got home, did some research, went back to school and educated the class. And the teacher, I am sure :P
Hi!
Glad to have helped. I will have to go scan my girlie's bookcase.
p.s. Congrats on the homeschooling, always something I admired, but was afraid to take on.
Heh... yes, we were encouraged to find out the whole story. The Depression just didn't interest me.
Now, pre-American history, the Revolution, the Reformation, or WW2 - those I know a lot about.
Yikes!
See what I mean, I have to go but I will definitely check back with my daughter's recommendations : )
Organizational skills do not a good homeschool mom make, necessarily. I doubt I'll be the most organized of people when it comes that time...
I disagree. There was a lot of selfishness, but there was much more alcohol abuse, and pent up anger.
The OSU-Tulsa Graduation Ceremony is scheduled as follows:
Date: Monday, May 9, 2005
Time: 6:30 p.m. graduate line-up, 7:00 p.m. ceremony
Location: The Pavilion at Expo Square, Mid-town Tulsa
Reception: 5:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., immediately preceding the ceremony
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Won't be long now!
It just wasn't a factor in my family's dysfunctional history. Selfishness was. One set of grandparents decided they didn't want to be married any more, and damn the kids. The other set didn't want to do more than the absolute minimum necessary to raise their kids - my dad has a story of being left in a hotel lobby with a broken leg while on a skiing vacation for a whole day.
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