Friday, April 20, 2007

Homeschooling

Daddy and I after much prayer have decided to file a religious exemption for homeschooling our children...
I have read over several peoples letters and have found some very interesting biblical references as to training(teaching) your children, Deut. 6:5-7 , I know we are to be in constant training of our children. I knew right away that we were able to use many different everyday tasks as a chance for learning. We have so enjoyed homeschooling I realized after only a few short weeks of teaching Luke that I had always thought I was called by God to be a wife and mother but God also called me to teach my children, I guess I have always been their teacher but now I teach school...
I almost felt guilty at first for wanting to file religious exemption, as if I was trying to get out of sending in test, and curriculum approval letters. Daddy and I are very competitive people we love to challenge ourselves and our children so test taking is a big thing here, we take 2 spelling sound tests a week and a review of all material at the end of each week, so no problem I can send in test results. I love our curriculum (saxon math and language) which is also no problem with our school board. So we could easily get approval this way. I after much prayer realize this is not myself trying to get out of anything! This is my reason for homeschooling and it always has been. I do not need and never will need approval for teaching my children about the ONE AND ONLY TRUE LIVING GOD JESUS CHRIST! Public school will not allow any talk of this but they will teach about Darwin and evolution. I have been reading Ann Coulters book -Godless The Church of liberalism- She talks about a school in Mass where children are taught about anal sex, oral sex and asked to practice making orgasm faces - yes you read that right- in public school, oh and this presentation was an aids awareness rally that parents were not made aware of or asked permission for their children for, and this was for 6th-12th graders, schools are also no longer allowed to teach that abstinence is the only way to remain disease free that would discriminate against sexually active teenagers, I was appalled, where do they come up with this stuff? No my children will not be attending public school not now not ever! I have complete confidence in homeschooling and where I fall short as a teacher Daddy fills in the gaps... We are blessed to be in a state that does not have a whole lot of problem with homeschooling now, but I feel confident if we get a democratic president that might change so I will be submitting the letter by the end of the month.

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