My husband and I are on a tea kick right now because, well we have several boxes of tea in the cabinet, it only takes water to make and since we have a well, water is free! Anyhow, Celestial Seasonings’ tea boxes are covered with quotes and when making myself a cup of tea, I read one on the box I hadn’t seen before and … Continue reading Reading the Tea Leaves
In my last post I kind of poked at those who use ridiculous notions of socialization to criticize homeschooling. Today, I’m going to sharpen my stick and point it in the direction of some of my fellow homeschoolers. It is my firm belief that an unfortunate number of Christian homeschoolers are putting their child’s future spiritual walk at risk in service to an idea which is not even necessary to the faith. I am talking, of course, about those who are teaching their children a from a creationist, anti-evolutionary POV. (Of course there are parents and churches who are teaching kids who aren’t being homeschooled the same things, but for the purposes of this discussion, I’m going to focus on homeschoolers who are doing this.)
Of course, one of the primary reasons some Christian homeschoolers teach their children that evolution, the big bang and such are wrong, is because they feel an obligation to inculcate a strong faith in their children. However, it is my very strong opinion, backed up by the experiences of many people who have been down this road themselves, that these parents are actually sowing the seeds of the destruction of their children’s faith in the future. Continue reading “Teaching Creation Science or ID? A formula for putting your child’s Christian faith at risk.”
My 10 year old wants to make a website about dragons and I need help in getting him started. I’m afraid I just don’t even know how to start this and would appreciate any resources/instructions you might be able to offer. Mostly, I’d like him to be able to work on this pretty independantly. Like I said, I haven’t the foggiest notion of how to … Continue reading Help needed: building a website
Over at the Phi Beta Con blog on National Review Online, Guy Benson who is a student at Northwestern University recounts a very interesting anecdote:In a literature class last month, one of my professors asked our class to think of a moment or event that most defined our generation. The very first response from a student was, “9-11.” The professor was caught off-guard. “I hadn’t … Continue reading "generation 9/11"
Over at the Phi Beta Con blog on National Review Online, Guy Benson who is a student at Northwestern University recounts a very interesting anecdote:In a literature class last month, one of my professors asked our class to think of a moment or event that most defined our generation. The very first response from a student was, “9-11.” The professor was caught off-guard. “I hadn’t … Continue reading “generation 9/11”
One thing about Daylight Savings Time and homeschooling is that there just isn’t much external pressure on us to adjust to the time change. So now our schedule’s an hour behind. That’s kind of a problem since we tend to run about an hour and a half behind the rest of the world anyways. Lunch at 1:30 and dinner at 6:30 are one thing, but … Continue reading Daylight Savings Time and Homeschooling
I should be in bed, but I just had to post a link to a blog called The Torch which is run by the organization FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education). FIRE is an organization devoted to helping college students defend their rights to free speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, due process and such. It’s pretty sad that there’s even a need … Continue reading A new guide for helping your kids choose a college
There’s a gentleman over at the Crunch Cons board named Bruce Frohnen who I have become a big fan of. I swear to you that if you take about an hour and read just his posts from the Crunchy Cons board, you will be a smarter person. Continue reading How to become much smarter in about an hour
I’ve mentioned the conversation going on at the National Review Online about the book “Crunchy Conservatives” as couple of times here. This week there has been a very interesting (or at least I found it very interesting) conversation about civil society and how we engage in a culture we see as hostile and corrupted. A letter was posted there from someone basically saying “you guys … Continue reading Crunchy Conservatives and Civic Activity
Over the weekend it appears that this blog was reported to blogger.com as a spam blog by enough people that their “anti-spam robot” put a lock on it which has prevented me from posting for several days. Gee, what could I have posted that would have caused not one, but several people to behave in such an absurd and immature way? Hmmm . . . … Continue reading And I thought no one was reading my blog!
The Upside Down World 