Posted on 09/23/2004 7:04:45 PM PDT by SLB
Great article! Thanks so much for posting it.
The homeschooled girl has the self-respect and honor that commands respect, she has the decorum that comes from interaction with good adults, she has a mind pure and able,
the charm of a generous and innocent soul, and most importantly the integrity of deeply-held convictions.
At least that is true for every homeschooled girl I have met, and I have met many of them.
Of course I could be biased since I was homeschooled and have younger sisters.
Thank you.
Diversity seems only to include varied forms of moral pervesion and statist political idealogy.
Ping for your perusal....
Bad theology.
As a single 22 year old Christian guy, I can say that I would certainly be interested in such a girl.
OK, just what the heck is a 'Christian hairdo'?
good question *lol*
"These girls are different. Not because they wear Christian hairdos or clothing. It really has little to do with externals. But it has everything to do with their Father and what He has done inside them. They are just different, whether they like being different or not. Everyone can tell. "
I respect anyone who responsibly home schools their children. I also respect anyone who responsibly has their children in Church regardless of whether they attend secular schools or not.
Is this "difference" really because of home schooling? The author rightly credits God for the work. Why wouldn't all Christians be "different"? Also, why isn't this titled "The Home Schooled Child"?
Cloths and hairdos are just cloths and hairdos. I really don't think that there is a process of "Kosher" for making them Christian.
What a great article.
We do not homeschool, I do not have the temperment for it and realized early on that it was more detrimental for our daughter than beneficial.
With that said, I give HUGE applause to those who are homeschoolers.
Not homeschooling does not mean we do not care about our child's education, we moved to a specific area specifically for the schools. It also does not mean we are not fully involved in her education.
I met a 17 year old and a 14 year old who had the maturity of someone less than half their ages. The 17 year old failed the SAT and in my estimation will never pass it. But far worse is the fact that neither of these kids has any ability to communicate with anyone outside of their immediate family. An immediate family that is headed by two of the most arrogantly ignorant people you'd ever want to meet.
They have brought these kids up by spoon feeding them intellectual pablum and making them incapable of any initiative or independent thought or action.
What they've done to these kids is criminal, so I will never again give a blanket approval to home schoolers. I know there are lots of terrific examples out there, but it is the ones that aren't terrific and are actually doing damage to their kids you don't hear about.
For males, one that looks masculine, is practical, and does not imitate some well-known failure called an artist.
At least that's what I believe.
That made me think of Carman and the "ponytail comin' out the front of their head". :-)
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that it is something of a reasonable length (no mohawks or crew cuts) that isn't dyed pink, purple or green. Also no spikes or anything else that might suggest rebellion or free thinking.
Do the percentages however, and it becomes apparent that homeschools as a whole see a far smaller proportion of underachieving, pampered losers than the pubskewl does. The perfect can not be made the enemy of the good.
My wife and all her sisters (3) were homeschooled. Let me tell you this...she is one FINE woman. She helped turn my life around by introducing me to Jesus.
Oh yeah...and she let's me Freep. She thinks I'm weird sometimes, but she's glad that I have FRiends as fanatical as myself.
I'm at the kitching table on my laptop right now. She's sitting across from me writing a letter of all things. It looks like she also brought out her painting stuff. Yep...she's painting flowers or something.
Homeschooled women are so classy.
Nope not the kind that I had in school. There are many home schooling groups that get together, church sunday school,etc. where kids meet friends.
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