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Forming a Biblical View of Education How can Christian parents determine the best educational choice for their children? It’s interesting to ask. “What immediately follows the greatest commandment in the Old Testament?” Well, verses 6 and 7 of Deut. 6 read as follows: “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Immediately following the commandment to love God is the commandment to teach our children. This ...

Who's running Cleveland County DSS? Kafka or Stalin? How overcome with ecstasy I was to learn that Cleveland County has the answers to Gaston County’s impending budget crisis. Their Department of Social Services can afford to squander taxpayer dollars by dragging ordinary people through the court system for offenses so preposterous they would be laughable if innocent families weren’t being skewered in the process. I am referring to Mr. and Mrs. Stumbo ("Family fights DSS for privacy" in the March 31 Gazette), whose 2-year-old daughter innocently wandered into the family’s front yard without, if you can imagine this, any ...

Fellow Freepers: Please forgive this vanity, but I need some suggestions and advice.Prior to the election of our fine president, my son participated in a program called Homeschoolers for Bush 2000. It was a course of study that if the student completed, they were promised a signed letter from Bush, whether or not he won the election. The requirements varied to fun and educational for young students to quite rigorous for the high school students. It required hours of volunteering.Well, it has now been six months since the election and not one child that completed the requirements has received their ...

It's up to parents Our success as a nation depends less on what happens in the White House than in our own homes By Cal Thomas President Bush wants to spend millions of dollars on "character" education in government-run schools. My parents gave me mine for free. The State of California, where the latest two school shootings took place, spends more than $40 billion annually on grades K-12 alone, according to the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. "Proposition 98 requires that [education] receive 40 percent of the state's budget, more than any other item," the Institute notes on its ...

Bayfield considers home-schooling policy School superintendent wants families to use curricula Mar. 11, 2001 By Melanie Brubaker Mazur Herald Staff Writer BAYFIELD – Under a new policy proposed by the Bayfield School District, families who home-school would be asked to show they are using an educational curriculum to teach their children. Bayfield Superintendent Don Magill said he is proposing the policy because at some point, almost all home-schooled students enroll in public schools. Although a majority of parents who educate their children at home do a good job, there are a few whose children fall behind, he said. "They ...

Victory!Join us as we celebrate George W. Bush's victory in the race for the White House!Where: The South Steps of the Oklahoma State CapitolWhen: Saturday, December 16th at 2pmGod Bless America!God Bless Oklahoma!God Bless President-Elect George W. Bush!

RALLY AND TOY DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT-ELECT GEORGE W. BUSH DECEMBER 9, 2000 TIME:2:00 P.M. LOCATION:LA FORTUNE PARK PARKING LOT (NEAR BASEBALL DIAMONDS), CORNER OF 59TH AND YALE, TULSA "This is the first time I've ever demonstrated for anything in my life," said one man, who drove down from Vinita to stand in bone-chilling cold.He carried a Revolutionary War banner that read: "Don't Tread on Me." Hundreds like him have vowed to rally every Saturday until George W. Bush is inaugurated President of the United States on January 20. What draws these men, women, and children from all over ...

I need a Free Republic sign I can download and print out for our rally this weekend. A simple one would be best...along the lines of the newsmax.com signs I've been seeing. Is there one already prepared somewhere? If so, could someone post it? Thanks!

About 200 George W. Bush supporters descended on Tulsa's Civic Center Plaza Saturday to protest the recount of presidential ballots in Florida. With "Bush-Cheney" signs and others with slogans like "The Gorench That Stole the Election," the protesters' message was clear as they yelled at passing traffic on Denver Avenue in downtown. To read the rest of the article, click (here.) Please forgive me if there is something wrong with how I do this! It's my second post!

"This letter was sent from Dick Hermann, a Washington lawyer/publisher.. and appeared on the LA Times bulletin board today Dear Friends: I haven't said much during the presidential campaign season, but the time is getting short and I think I might regret not expressing myself on the matter of George W. Bush possibly being elected president. I went to school with George. In fact, I knew him quite well, both through athletics, socializing, joint classes, and particularly as my immediate lab partner in a Freshman science class. The fact that he is tantalizingly close to becoming the most powerful and ...