Posted on 04/24/2005 3:26:43 PM PDT by wagglebee
What a blessing you have and will receive.....
i must say that i had never heard of Louis L'Amour until last month when we went to Virginia City... we purchased an audio book set of his since the boys will be covering the American West later next year... the books are: A Ranger Rides to Town, Case Closed--No Prisoners, and McNelly Knows a Ranger.
i was going to type "nope" LOL
and then i saw Tax-chick's post - Alan Keyes.
and i do love to listen to Alan Keyes...
does anyone have that oratory he burned the ceiling down with back in 2001 at the UN Small arms convention (or committee?) it's a humdinger.. i thought i had it saved ... but can't find it.
Patrick Henry was indeed gifted. He read for the Bar (no law school) by reading Blackstone's Commentaries on the Common Law, and passed after 6 weeks of study. He was homeschooled!
I can't deny it.
if your kids are young (say 8-14 depending on ability of course) and apprciate humor, find the Hank the Cowdog books. my kids read everyone and when they dozed off with a new one i would go sneak it and read it in one night... only takes an hour or so. they were of the few books i actually laughed out loud reading. they are a joy.
LOL how are the Sons of Liberty these days Mr. Henry?
speaking of Common Law, i found a book by John Fiske called Civil Government In The United States at a used book store the other day. i had read an exerpt of his on a web site once on Common Law. how i wish i had had this book when i home schooled. it's from 1890.
I believe I'll look for them - they sound pretty good.
Official website: http://www.hankthecowdog.com/
Homeschooling will be more work, but there are abundant resources to help a willing parent. Your children will benefit greatly
I hestitate to even post this and I am not an opponent of homeschooling. I would urge all of you who do homeschooling to make sure your children get some sort of socialization with other children who are not homeschooled.
We have employed homeschooled teenagers in our business because they are available to work daytime hours with their school schedules. The differences between them and other teenagers are extremely evident. The ones we have employed have tended to be less emotionally mature than the public school students--maybe naive would be a better description.
They also did not seem to have the discipline necessary to perform tasks as directed. They tended to do something their own way even if requested to do another way.
They are really well-behaved, good, intelligent kids, but they tend get upset if they are subjected to pressure. I do wonder if shielding them so much from the outside world is helpful. Three of the girls we employed were extremely bright, but all three seemed so dependent on their boyfriends (not homeschooled). One married her husband at the age of 17, another is planning on an early marriage and the third is trying to get a commitment from her boyfriend. They don't have close friends of their own sex for some reason and our other teenage workers tend to think of them as weird so they are more isolated.
I am only going on our own experience and observations, but I do worry they are not being prepared to deal with life. I am sorry for the long post.
"Last of the Breed"
Ugh. It's worst than I thought. LOL
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There are so many resources out there that are available in used book stores, library give aways, school warehouses, etc. It is incredible what can be found to educate children very well with almost no cash. It almost seems to me when I go to library sales and such that the good books are given away and the junk is kept.
Many public school districts have surplus warehouses where they give away stuff at the end of the year, and it is getting to be that time. I have actually filled my car with reference materials, language and history, and math text books--all for free.
All this is to say--I congratulate you on your find. Keep it up!
My dad and I agree that "Flint" is one of LL's best novels. I also like "Sitka," for its very original setting, "Reilly's Luck" and "The Proving Trail." My favorite Sackett novel is "The Sackett Brand," because everyone's in it. (I never liked Orrin Sackett, until I saw Tom Selleck play him :-).
The first LL I read was "The Empty Land"; I've been looking for a copy for my daughter to read, but haven't found one new or used. We lost most of our books in a fire in my grandmother's house in 1998.
Ah, some of the "Chick Bowdrie" short stories. Sharp plotting and interesting characters.
I have observed the same thing--when Mom stays home all the time. However, I have worked all the time I have homeschooled, and have my own shop. I used to feel guilty having the kids and work integrated to such a degree, but I did not want them in regular school. They have answered phones, picked up stuff at the courthouse, cleaned my office, and gone all over the place with me for years. As a result of this strange life of mine, my homeschooled kids draw many comments about being mature, having excellent phone skills, being competent, and etc.
Just checked my kids' bookshelf ... there's a series by Gary Paulsen about a teenage boy moving west, the "Tuckett" series. Check your library!
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