I just got through re-reading the Little House on the Prairie books for nostalgia's sake and to introduce them to my children.
It was a great privilege to attend school at the time. It still is.
One of my favorite educators and educational entrepreneurs is Douglas Wilson who helped found the Classical Christian School movement. He is not opposed to homeschooling if there is no other choice, but prefers the efficiency of one scholar in a particular subject (Latin, for instance) being able to educate several at a time. It is a model that has worked for centuries.
I reject the notion that if I send my children to an excellent private school that I am doing something wrong.
I am not going to let the fear of terrorism rule my life.
You're response was waaaaaay too rational! Let's face it--since we don't homeschool, we are, without question, the very worst moms on the entire planet. They build jails for women like us.
Isn't that what a lot of homeschoolers do?
I reject the notion that if I send my children to an excellent private school that I am doing something wrong.
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Any place that children are warehoused is not a place a child of mine will be without me, and I wouldn't go anywhere where I'm not able to pack protection...you don't have to live in fear, you have to live in wisdom and understanding that some things are so precious.