2 posts tagged “homeschool”
A North Carolina judge thinks he knows what's best for a home schooling family.
The case makes it clear that the children are ahead of their grade level. The judge only cites that the children will be taught things that will challenge what their mother has taught them. Since when do judges have the right to decide what it means to have a "well rounded" education? The judicial branch should be held accountable for this kind of over stepping.
"The judge, when contacted by WND, explained his goal in ordering the children to register and attend a public school was to make sure they have a "more well-rounded education."
We went window shopping for homes today. Drove out to Dublin California, 36 miles East of San Francisco, to look at homes to see what we could afford. After 2 years in this 1942 fixer we're just really tired of constant and overwhelming projects and feeling like the end is never in sight. (Ever see the movie Money Pit with Tom Hanks? It's part comedy; part tragedy.)
So now seeing that we could get a brand new home in an area where the Church is more established (we're Mormons) and the schools might be worth attending the internal debate begins. (I say might because if Schwarzenegger passes his mandatory sex education bill I'll have a harder time putting the kids back in public schools.) Do I really want to double my commute from 40 minutes to 1.5 hours? Is it worth the drive to have closet doors that close all the way and a yard that is groomed by an HOA? To trade authentic Indian and Thai food for the standard Chevy's and El Torito fare?
Is it worth giving up a huge back yard and proximity to some great friends, and a really great view of the San Francisco Bay for a smaller space in a brand new home in a community where there are no gangs and I might want my kids to find an eternal mate some day?
Do I really want to walk away from a fence that is falling down, 2 broken windows, a basement that floods yearly, a tile floor that the contractor never finished (and he's been paid in full for 8 months now), a rusted out chimney pipe that leaks H20 in and C0 out, unfinished baseboards and a kitchen that we tore out so the rats would know they're not welcome?
After hearing the Church broadcast tonight I feel so at peace with the idea of leaving this place and putting my family in different surroundings. I feel like we were obedient in moving here. That feeling of inspiration to move to this home is the only reason I agreed to buy this place. Jean's answer to prayer about this was stronger than my own, but I know to trust her on those matters since it's usually me on my knees asking God if her inspiration is correct.
But what has changed? Does God ask you to live somewhere for only 2 years so you can pass an unwritten test? I don't doubt that, but I wonder what lessons we should've learned here. Maybe it's because we got to move across the street from a really great, Christian homeschooling family and help them find out that Mormons are Christians. Despite what Huckabee thinks of Mormons and even what he thinks of home schooling. But that's for a different rant! Or is it all about the housing market? Did God put us in a temporary house so that when the suburban housing market falls out from under it that we could afford to move there? Maybe.
All I know is, today I feel like I have something to dream towards. And something to ask God about.
