Comments on: Safe and Smart, Reason 1 of Why I Homeschool

By: Latrice

Latrice — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:45:18 +0000

You said a mouthful there sister! Thanks for saying exactly how the rest of us feel when making the decision to homeschool our children. I so love your site and your way of speaking. Many blessings to you!

By: JacciM

JacciM — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:39:43 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed reading what you have to “say”. I think I’ll be coming by again ;)

Blessings,
Jacci

By: Angel

Angel — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:12:38 +0000

I could not agree more! I want to be the one who “trains up my child”, not the world.

By: Renae

Renae — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:50:11 +0000

Dana,
That is terrible. I felt similar pressure in high school especially if I threw the curve grading system off but never had a teacher correct me for it. Sometimes they just removed my grade from the graph.

I don’t understand why an individual should perform poorly to make others feel better? I suppose that is a “real world” pressure my children need to face. If they don’t feel guilty for succeeding they might actually become rich and that would be horrible. Don’t you know the wealthy hold everyone else down? (Maybe I shouldn’t resort to sarcasm. Sorry. I’ll calm down now.)

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:57:51 +0000

But Renae, you are denying them experience with the real world. How else will they learn to deal with these kinds of pressures? (I know you know I’m joking, but just in case someone else reads this, I’m joking.)

I actually was corrected in high school for having consistently high scores in class. It made the other kids feel bad. I was specifically disciplined for letting the other kids know I had scored highly, but it wasn’t like I actually showed anyone. It wasn’t my fault the guy in front of me decided to announce my scores on a regularly basis.

If only it had been my history teacher. That would have been an eventful conversation. But it was my German teacher and she was my favorite. So I went in the restroom and cried. : (