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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Home is behind, the world ahead
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: RosieCotton
So far all it's done is run around in that little wheel.
6,541
posted on
01/13/2006 8:01:34 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: 2Jedismom
Well, 2J, they were supposed to say things regarding homeschool. They didn't. I am disappointed that what was promoted didn't air. Makes one wonder if they didn't edit the show in order to promote vouchers and school choice. Here is what they were advertising online...
(snipped from email)
On 20/20 this Friday, January 13, 1006, John Stossel will have a special report called "Stupid in America". He says this on his webpage about the subject:
"...We shot a segment on home schooling for my special, and I was amazed to watch the enthusiasm of the kids and the teachers. In my NYC community, it's assumed that home schoolers are all religious wackos whose children don't learn to socialize.
In truth, home schooling is often the best option for parents who are fed up with the lousy education offered by the government schools. Why is there an assumption that school is the best place for kids to get "socialized" anyway?
Isn't school a place where you're supposed to be paying attention to the teacher, not your peers? Home schooled kids socialize all the time at places like boy scouts, ballet lessons, soccer teams, and church choirs. Most home schoolers we talked to meet together several times a week with other home schoolers. They do fine in college.
The U.S. Department of Education estimates that over one million kids are being home schooled in the country today, that's 2 percent of school kids in the United States, and that number is growing by 10 percent every year. Brian Ray, President of the National Home Education Research Institute, taught in both public and private schools before starting his work with "home-based education."
He sees home schooled students blowing past their public school counterparts in terms of achievement. "In study after study, children who learn at home consistently score 15-30% above the national averages on standardized tests [like the Iowa Test of Basic Skills]."
If you homeschool, know homeschoolers, are considering homeschooling your own children, or know someone considering homeschooling, then watch this program.
To: ecurbh
Oh. Wow.
Breathtaking's the only word for it, alright.
6,543
posted on
01/13/2006 8:08:30 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Overtaxed
Heh...just saw on the news that Conoco/Phillips is trying to convince 400 people from Houston to come to Bartlesville.
My brother, the one that doesn't speak to me, works for C/P. In Houston.
...Oklahoma is *my* home and I want to be left alone.
6,544
posted on
01/13/2006 8:10:23 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: Peanut Gallery
I'll say. They didn't say any of that unless they said it before I tuned in...
6,545
posted on
01/13/2006 8:15:17 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
No, not a word... not even the word "homeschool." It's as if 20/20 didn't even want to admit that it's an option.
To: 2Jedismom
.......With any luck if he moves to Bartlesville, he still wouldn't speak to you.
6,547
posted on
01/13/2006 8:24:05 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: Overtaxed
Heh heh.
...No, he won't move to Bartlesville. Oklahoma is beneath him.
6,548
posted on
01/13/2006 8:28:16 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: All
I'm gonna read a bit and go to bed folks.
Nighty night!
6,549
posted on
01/13/2006 8:29:24 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
'nite Ruthy.
I'm signin' off myself.
6,550
posted on
01/13/2006 8:30:06 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: RMDupree
6,551
posted on
01/13/2006 8:30:36 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: Corin Stormhands
6,552
posted on
01/13/2006 8:31:00 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
.....Whew!
6,553
posted on
01/13/2006 8:31:05 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: Rose in RoseBear; ecurbh; Ramius
Bourbon and Seven.Seven and Seven; one of my personal faves.
6,554
posted on
01/13/2006 8:31:15 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Overtaxed
I will have been in Oklahoma for 10 years next August.
Will I ever qualify as an Okie? Joshua does by birth, but he's the only one.
6,555
posted on
01/13/2006 8:35:26 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: RMDupree
Nite nite! (((Rutheeeee)))
6,556
posted on
01/13/2006 8:35:35 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Peanut Gallery
Supposedly will promote homeschooling.I got a note on our state h/sing message board mentioning it. Clare DVR'd it for us. Haven't had the chance to see it yet. We went out for a late supper and now we're watching Anchorman.
6,557
posted on
01/13/2006 8:35:44 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
Say... what sort of DVR does she have? Like it?
6,558
posted on
01/13/2006 8:36:51 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
To: Ramius
Always on the lookout for new gadgets? ;-)
To: SuziQ; Peanut Gallery; Overtaxed; Ramius
Well, this pseudo-okie is going to bed.
Night all!
6,560
posted on
01/13/2006 8:40:15 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
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