tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post791678802151098371..comments2024-03-11T11:13:12.066-05:00Comments on Homeschool and Etc.: Avoid "The Culture" or Not?Happy Elf Mom (Christine)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-43542360543555615812010-12-29T21:32:21.316-06:002010-12-29T21:32:21.316-06:00Oh, I LOVE that Blue School. I wish I could go th...Oh, I LOVE that Blue School. I wish I could go there. I guess I'm a few decades and small fortune too late.Gombojav Tribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396911376797476193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-79679369229535672952010-12-29T08:06:32.825-06:002010-12-29T08:06:32.825-06:00Next time, get them a half-sized used refrigerator...Next time, get them a half-sized used refrigerator . . . <br /><br />Parents have way more influence on their own children, whether they are in homeschool, public, or private. Sure, some kids are risk-takers and are going to do some stupid things. But, for the most part, they take what they learn at home if they see it as authentic. If kids are in school away from home, it's harder, but it can be done. We have done some unorthodox things like move to a fishing village in Alaska to get out of the rat race for two years or go without cable (now a total of seven years) or not buy anything big because I got a make earlier in the year and David is getting a used car and Steve got a new car. Pamela was the only one who got gifts this year.walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-1368456692657616602010-12-29T01:11:47.018-06:002010-12-29T01:11:47.018-06:00Wow,those parents are stupid! I have never been to...Wow,those parents are stupid! I have never been to Disney land and i'm doing just fine! I think they were the children in this situation! <br /><br />And the fact that we are at school for so long does give enough time to teach us what THEY want us to know, though its debatable if that information is useful or just the brain-washing ways of schools. <br /><br />I know from my own school experiences that they do teach you what THEY want you to know with certain assignments i've been given. There is education and there is that brain-washing technique... They won't get the slip on me ....<br /><br />Not to mention, school food is gross.Phat Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793737911231261844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212741399857110313.post-79939693794243458672010-12-29T00:59:09.456-06:002010-12-29T00:59:09.456-06:00"imparter of moral teachings".... ((shud..."imparter of moral teachings".... ((shudder)). I already cringe at the fact that my kids are gone from 7am-4pm everyday. I get so little time with them. I feel like the school is raising them rather than me. <br /><br />There are some people (that I know and are close to me) that do have a poverty mentality. You can help them in every way possible that you can think of but always go back to being poor. For example. They decided one day to just not get their van fixed because they said "Why get the van fixed when I can just ask people for rides whenever I need one?" Or... "I turned down the raise on my job because I didn't want a decrease from my food stamps". Or "Lets lie and say we are broke, not buy our kids gifts, then call a local church and see if we can be sponsored for Christmas". I see this all the time around me and it breaks my heart. Their parents did it and now they are teaching it to their kids. <br /><br />As far as selling the fridge in order to go to Disneyland is another example of a poverty mentality. It's so sad.Virginia Revoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426979985073932937noreply@blogger.com