text: Neo-Homeschooling: Land Preservation Project
  Posted by Neo-Homesteading at 11:21 AM
  the Goodwife February 23, 2011 at 12:27 PM
  One of the biggest reason we pulled our daughter from the public school system is because I want her to know who SHE is, not what is popular, or mainstream, or in vogue. She should know what drives her, what is her passionate interests. They may be similar to mine and they may be totally different, but I want her to understand God blessed her with a brain and I want her to know how to use it. I want to raise a leader, not a follower! It sounds like you are the same!
  Neo-Homesteading February 24, 2011 at 2:37 PM
  I'm still so amazed at how different public schools are even from when I was a kid. We pay such high taxes for our kids to be shoved off somewhere and told they may not speak or be different.
  I've heard so many stories where kids pee their pants because they're afraid to ask to go to the bathroom (or are told no) and I've heard story after story where the school addresses a parent about insanely trivial things such as "your daughter can not run very well." What do you mean she cant run very well? "she runs kind of funny"... SO WHAT, SHE'S ON THE HONOR ROLL!!!!?
  They are so invasive. And values and policy is a huge PC mess. You cant celebrate Halloween at all but you can force a kid to praise liberal views. I don't have to agree or disagree with them, however they have no right to tell my kid what he SHOULD feel. When I was a kid they embraced the choice of it all. There was no reward for feeling one way or another. We sure didn't learn about Bush or Clinton to the extent the kids are learning about Obama.
  the Goodwife February 24, 2011 at 4:41 PM
  Yes, it's sad and scary and I pray that if God decides to bless my daughter with children, He will also show her the way to stay home with them and homeschool because I cannot imagine what it will be like 15 years from now.............