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Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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Currently Reading
All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud (Nonpareil Book, 35.)
By Armstrong Sperry
see relatedDid we do "school" today?
As much as I love home schooling my children there are those days, more often than I like to admit, that I feel insucure. Doubt creeps in and fills my mind with questions. Are you doing a good job? Good enough? Are you doing enough? Who says? Are your children going to be able to function in a society with cultural norms so different than those you've created at home? *gasp* Will they be able to compromise and integrate?
And then I think, "Shoot! Should they have to? Life is good. Life is what you make of it." I don't want them to compromise their ethical standard, the Bible. I don't want them to integrate and be socialistic little robots.
Sometimes our doubts, insecurities, and self-examination can be tools the Lord uses to shake us out of the doldrums, awaken our passion and sharpen our vision for home. Have you done school today? Why do you homeschool? Or send them off to public school for those who don't? There ought to be a purpose for these big decisions.
Usually on the heels of such questionings I'll get a big wonderful dose of encouragement. This time it came in the form of a wonderful creation of my son's.
Not unique but, creative and spontaneous, nonetheless.
This is an old radio David pulled apart once as an "Experience" as he calls his science experiments. He's modified it to be a flashlight. He ran a wire from the batteries through to the inside and to a light bulb. I don't know where he got the bulb, but he's welcome to it. Then he rigged a switch with a pop can top. Could you rig a switch? I'm not certain I could.
I think he's got a brilliant mind and who cares if we skipped math again. Multiplication doesn't take years to learn like the govm't schools would have you believe. I remember memmorizing my 7x's all in one day, at home no less. Of course I was in trouble for not learning them before, but we won't go into that. I think kids are capable of amazing things if we'll give them the information to build on, the time and freedom to try, and the resources to accomplish it. Boys especially need to explore things and do things on their own. And I, as the favored and blessed one, get to be here, available to them, to applaud their successes.
SO, that's my soapbox for today. LOL
Wonderful job David!
Monday, 18 February 2008
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Currently Reading
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
By Sally Fallon
see relatedWhen to speak, when to be silent.
I learned yesterday that my son unknowingly withheld a bit of very important information. Important that is to the adults in the matter. As a child I can see how he didn't understand the implications of his NOT speaking. There really is no harm done, yet. But, I'm glad I've learned the said bit. It effects the level of caution which will be in effect henceforth around a certain individual.
Why am I going on and on? I have another problem that has a few similar attributes to the above situation. So let me use this space and time to hash it out. Bear with me.
On one hand:
1) the situation is fine right now.
2) it really is "none of my business"
3)if disaster strikes because I held my tongue, I still won't be blamed. Others will be culpable.
4) if I say anything negative (sadly it will be negative), someone may be upset, and still others angry.
5) I'm afraid the info I have will be viewed as gossip
On the other hand:
1) I do care what happens to others
2) even at the expense of the feather in my cap, I'm not interested in aggrandizement.
3) experience tells me I "OUGHT' to say something. History repeats itself, and I'd hate to see past become future
4) I know I'd feel responsible, at least in some measure if hearts were broken
5) I desire to impart caution
So I'm struggling between:
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. Pr 9:9
and this:
When words are many sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Pr. 10:19
What do you think? Post a comment if you like. Any insight would be appreciated, though I know that not knowing the details makes it hard to say. I shouldn't go into details though.
Monday, 10 December 2007
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Currently Reading
The Prayer That Changes Everything
By Stormie Omartian
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Sunday, 18 November 2007
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Do you think arranged marriage is an outdated cultural tradition?
Perhaps arranged marriage is no longer ideal, since women nowadays are allowed to have oppinions, and speak them too. However, I do think that our modern culture has erroneously led us to believe that parental guidance is more equivelant to interference. In reality most loving parents would, I believe, at least TRY to give insight and wisdom in situations where emotion tends to rule one's thinking. Why is is that young people are disgusted by the experience of their parents? I'm shocked, looking back, at how little my parents had to say about my, now, husband when we were dating/courting. I'm just lucky (or more realistically, blessed by God) that I caught the perfect guy because they really had nothing to say. If I'd gotten stuck with someone horrible then who could I blame? If they'd picked him, I'd sure call and let them know everytime he proved himself unworthy. "See what you got me into?!"
And, I think that is the heart of the problem. If we give our oppinions to our children, and persuade them into a marriage that we feel positive about, then we feel responsible for the outcome. And who wants to feel responsible for the child who wants to move back home with children in tow when the husband that WE CHOSE for her started taking drugs ran out on her with another man. YIKES.
I think the answer is simpler than most would imagine. Pray! Pray with your children, and often, for their future spouse. Know that God has each of your child's days writen in His book before one of them came to be. Know that His will is the only perfect place for us in life. Let your children know that they, and you, may not recognize that perfect someone right off. Be a team to find him/her. Value your child's oppinion and give yours with respect. Make it a team effort. Teach them to approach each relationship with sense.
Arranged marriage? Not in our family. But there will be a lot of conversation and prayer involved. Hopefully my children will respect my time and experience in judging people's character, that they'll have (and utilize) the support and insight to make a good decision.
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Thursday, 25 October 2007
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Politics
See if you can guess WHO made each of the following remarks, and when? Then scroll down for the answer. (Don't peek until you've tried to guess.)
(1) 'We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.'
(2) 'It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few, and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.'
(3) '(We) can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.'
(4) 'We have to build a political consensus, and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.'
(5) 'I certainly think the free-market has failed.'
(6) 'I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy - that they are being watched.'
Now you might think these were the famous words of the Father of
communism, Karl Marx.
And you would be on the right track in thinking so.
But you would be wrong.
These pearls of socialist/Marxist wisdom are from non other thanour very own, home-grown Marxist. . . .
Hillary Clinton!
Comments made on:
(1) 6/29/04
(2) 5/29/07
(3) 6/4/07
(4) 6/4/07
(5) 6/4/07
(6) 9/2/05
Be afraid, Be very afraid!!
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs
when it's free!I got this as an e-mail and thought I'd post it here. It seems like anyone who knows anything about Hillary or Bill Clinton would know better than to actually vote for her. What an idiot! What if people choose to take charge of their own health? What if people choose NOT to have health insurance? What if people want to choose something alternative to FDA regulated drugs for their health? It seems a no-brainer decision. But, here is my public plea: PLEASE! Please. Vote for someone else. Anyone else! (except Barak Hussein Obama) Preferably someone who doesn't spend your money and my money like it was growing on a money tree. We really need to take a step back and think about WHY we pay taxes and WHAT it OUGHT to be used for according to the Constitution. What SHOULD the function of government be, and WHO could handle the position of President with dignity and self-restraint, and not indulge in personal agendas, such as socialized medicine, or playing big brother by scolding all the little nations who chose to fight with each other. NOT our job!
Gack and bleh! Politics are so yucky. I wonder why in the world the chick wants the job in the first place?! It must be power or money, because she doesn't care about families or she'd be home taking care of hers!
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