I was so sorry to read that two of the victims in last week’s terrorist attack in Mumbai were a homeschooling dad and his daughter. How tragic for their surviving family members and friends. May God comfort them.
We spent most of our homeschooling years in Illinois. If they offered virtual schools there (state-sponsored school work kids do at home), they were too busy raiding the teachers’ pension fund to take the time to let us know about it. But here in Wisconsin, we regularly receive mail from virtual schools.
Virtual schools are not homeschooling, no matter what they tell you in the ads. If you don’t believe me, read this excellent post by a homeschooling mom of 14 (#15 is on the way) who has seen what happens to families who fall for the freebies offered by virtual schools.
BTW, many long-time homeschoolers (the Kasemans were among the first) warned everyone about this. But it’s worth repeating for those who are new to homeschooling, or might be considering it.
We moved away from our lifelong home of Illinois last year, and now live in a much less populated area of NE Wisconsin. As a result, for the first time in many years, I’m not involved in a homeschool support group.
I do have a few homeschooling friends from the past that I keep in touch with, and of course I love to hear from my readers anytime 🙂 But it’s kind of lonesome being without an actual support group.
However, the good news is that I recently found an online community of wonderful homeschool moms.
They gather at a place called The Homeschool Lounge. I joined the group at the beginning of October, and since then I’ve been meeting some really cool people. I love that there’s such a mix of new and experienced homeschooling moms, and that they are all so nice. BTW, The Homeschool Lounge just opened up in February, and already has over 5,000 members.
The Homeschool Lounge has lots of discussion forums, chats and places where you can get your daily dose of “socialization,” if you’ll pardon the term 😉 Check it out. If you decide to sign up, come by my nook and say hi…..we can be Lounge Sisters!
My old dentist was a pretty modern kind of guy. Along with all the latest high-tech dental equipment, he had televisions in every examining room. Unfortunately, my most traumatic dental experience occurred in one of those rooms, when I was held hostage with a mold full of goo clamped to my jaw (the mold for my new crown was being prepared) so that I was unable to beg, “Have a heart…Please change the channel!” while on the tv screen, four unbelievably dim women blathered endlessly. That was the one and only time I ever watched “The View”…..until today.
Apparently, one of the show’s resident windbags spewed off yesterday, calling homeschooled kids “demented.” I had to watch the clip before sharing it to make sure I had the right clip. I hope you appreciate my sacrifice in doing so. It was every bit as painful as watching it from the dentist’s chair.
(Scoot the time up to about 5:30 to catch the beginning of the rant.)
(Hat tips: Extraordinarily Ordinary, The Homeschool Lounge)
Just stumbled onto this thread over at Lucianne.com. The comments are quite interesting.
Two of my favorites:
A BA in sociology (Where you study poor people for four years then become one.)
Senior year is a waste of time. Like Newt Gingrich pointed out, it’s just a government subsidized social dating program.
What do you think?
(Note: comment threads at L.com disappear after 48 hours, so don’t wait too long to check this out.)