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The scripture says that the good news of the kingdom will be preached to all the nations and then the end will come. It makes perfect sense that God will give everyone an opportunity to learn about him (John 17:3) and to love him (1 John 5:3) before the end of this system.
I mean no disrespect, I am sometimes too logical for my own good :rolleyes: but there is a child being born every few seconds on earth. Can everyone really be taught about Christianity? Can there be an end without everyone at one given time having been given the opportunity? I am curious how you feel about this? Again, please take no offense at my questions. :)
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I am not religious but December 21, 2012 sounds like a good contender.
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Yes, I try not to do battle with the English language. It's like fighting the Pacific Ocean.
I agree the English language can be a chore. It just seems like that word is more absolute. For instance if declared a hate I would be more resolute to defend it. I used to be very verbal about my hate for tomatoes and later in life I found out that some in some things weren't so bad, but I continued my public face of disgust. So now I am a shameful sometimes closet eater of tomatoes, in fear of family harassment. :001_unsure:
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I come at it from the opposite perspective but I'm interested in the other side.
My grandmother felt as you did, but for some reason, the word is so unloaded for me, that I can't seem to remember it bothers others. If one of my kids was using it a lot in a negative way, it would bother me, but more for the negative attitude.
I use the word love a lot too. I just said I love rhubarb to my family, but, as some would say, I'm not going to marry it. I actually can't think of much I really hate -- I can't think of any particular person I hate, for example -- so for me it is just a vocab word meaning strong dislike, but I don't have any strong emotion with it.
I think I'm making less sense as I go on, but I'm interested to read, since I don't like to cause offense.
I don't like stupid much, BTW, but I can't think it gets used much around here.
I think the word hate doesn't bother me so much is that I am concerned that the connotations can imply something stronger than what was meant. English is not my first language so it is quite possible that I read more in to it. It seems to me there are so many words in the English language that are so very open to interpretation. :001_smile:
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I absolutely say "hate." I do, in fact, have a list of things I hate, like red pants, Dr. Pepper and certain local car deal commercials.
But anytime anyone in the family says it, my DH says, "Okay, Hateful Smurf" so we tend not to say it as much, because I have a household full of boys who really don't want to be likened to smurfs.
That's funny! You seem to use the word like I would use dislike, that's cool. Unless of course you wouldn't talk to me because I had on red pants. :tongue_smilie:
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Do you say “I hate…..†and/or do you let your children say it?
I try very hard not to and it’s a big no-no in our house, I would say more so than a swear word. It gets tricky but I try to explain to my daughter that when you define or label something you hate that means there is absolutely no redeeming quality about it or any of its parts.
For example I have said “I hate tomatoesâ€. It’s true that I do not like raw whole warm tomatoes, but I love V-8, catsup, tomato soup, etc… Same goes for a type of person… “I hate child abusers†but most religions say you must love your fellow mankind regardless of their faults (however deplorable the acts they commit may be).
I do not find it offensive when others say it mostly because I know it is has become common place to use it somewhat loosely. Oh, the word “stupid†is also on our no-no list too.
So do you or do you allow your children to say “I hate…..� or am I just weird? :eek:
If you do what does the word hate mean to you?
BTW I did a search on this board for “I hate†and there were over 500 pages.
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Hear, hear!!!
I hated how older people looked down on my opinions and dismissed me because "Someday you'll know" implying that I would come to agree with them when I was older and presumably wiser.
Idiots.
Maybe in Asian cultures people get wiser with age, but over here it ain't necessarily so. I listen with attention and hope to younger and wiser minds.
My best girl-friend is 12 years younger than me, a single mother of two, has seen more real life than fair and I only hope that someday I can be as objective, patient, and understanding as she is. I would never discount her opinion. On the other hand I have way more experience than her on dealing with grey hair. :001_smile:
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I am always on the hunt for secular classical curriculum that follows the trivium. More science choices for sure. More meaty geography for grammar stage (I wrote my own). I love United Streaming/Discovery Education, I think something like that should be made accessible to h/s'ers nation wide since most PSs have it and we already pay for it. Would it be too much to ask for a little bit of tax credit or something like the healthcare expense accounts for curriculum and expenses?:001_smile:
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I was an Office Manager/Administrative Assistant for 17 years.
It's really too bad I can't parlay my 5+ years of homeschooling into a paying job!
TIA,
Sherri
Why not? Use your organizational skills and start a summer daycare that offers something a bit more than the one down the street. You are a homeschool teacher!
Also what about Ebay. Sell anything that isn't nailed down. You'll get a far better price for things than if you garage sale.
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Yes, but not recently. I think it's time for a refresher. Has anyone ever seen or taken the American Citizenship test? I was embarrassed when I was quizzing my 70 year old grandmother for it when I was in college and I stumbled on quite a few of the answers. Thank goodness I'll teach my dd better.
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In fact, research by the National Home Education Research Institute indicates that outcomes of standardized tests for homeschooled children are not affected by *any* of the parental demographics typically deemed important: education level, occupation, income, age, race, national origin, marital status or religious beliefs. Also, homeschooled boys and girls tend to score the same in various subjects. Interestingly, in traditional school settings, these demographics have a significant impact on test scores.
Unfortunately, NHREI no longer provides the results of their studies for free, other than a few brief conclusion statements. HSLDA has summarized some of this research in Home Education Across the United States and Home Schooling Achievement.
Great information, thank you. I absolutely agree. Right now in the State of Washington we are required to have 1 year of college (but nobody checks) and I've heard some supporters wanting to require more. I would personally be unaffected but I have so many h/s mom friends that would be and I consider some of them far better h/s teachers than myself. With such a increase in our h/s populations, I wonder when and how the government might try and step in and "regulate".
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I think that it is wonderful that you are doing this. I started my dd this way and we are now in 3rd. I have done some adapting and you may find that you may have to too later. One of my biggest changes was in following the Science module because I could not find a secular curriculum that I was comfortable with in the right sequence for 3rd. I loved R.E.A.L from Pandia Press but the 3rd grade wasn't ready in time for us. I was pretty bummed. I think that it is not only attainable to accomplish this but you are well on your way. :thumbup:
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Could you explain what you mean by this?
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I probably shouldn't answer for him but I take it as a joke referring to the historical sequence of events attributed to the political rise of organized religions. :001_smile: Just a joke
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In some sense, I guess it does matter.
I had mine at 44, and I am definitely more cut out for parenting at this age. I think I was "too harsh" when I was younger. It meant I could stand up to mean, sexist bosses or screaming ER nurses, but I don't think I was "mumsy" back then.
One of my favourite memories of being "an older parent" was the time my hubby's niece, who worked in daycare, grumbled on and on about the children of older parents have near-idiot IQ's. She guessed it was because they were "too old to get down on the rug to play with them". I wanted to say "and the children of tactless mothers are so dangerously mean to small children they are on hefty meds and I'd never leave my child alone with them, even for 5 minutes", but too many people who speak the truth are assassinated, so I held my tongue. :D
That's funny! :cheers2: Age mattered for me but only because I was an idiot. I worked hard and played even harder (not in a really bad way) but in a way that was fairly self-centered.
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How do you do it? Do you simply take their recommendations for each grade & purchase the suggested items? How do you keep up with all of the notebooking? Do you follow it exactly or do you tweak it?
Yes and No, I took my dd's learning style into consideration along with my preconceived notions of academic excellence :tongue_smilie: and poured myself into research. Starting with this board.
you teach Latin? If so, what do you use & for what ages?We started with Latin from the Roots Up in 1st, Latin for Children starting in 2nd.
We school year round, taking off here and there for little jaunts. Our school year never lines with anyone else. I am a plan-a-holic. My biggest asset is Homeschool Tracker Plus, love, love, love this. I am constantly planning and readjusting.do you schedule your year? How much planning is involved?
For me it was most important to follow the three stages of the Trivium as close as possible. That aspect of the methodology is what drew me in. Also I have always been a firm believer in teaching History chronologicaly. But I know quite a few here improvise.rereading TWTM & it's got me intrigued again. :001_smile: It was the first homeschooling book I read when I started 3 years ago. I planned to follow it & did for the first year, but then I moved on to something different. I'm just trying to get an idea of how to follow it long-term.
I only have the one, but again I see so many out there being very creative and getting it all in.:001_smile:, I have a rising 2nd & 4th grader. I've been teaching them together in all subjects except for math and language arts. Can I still do that if I follow TWTM, or would I have to separate them? Is it possible to put them on the same level & maybe just add some things in for my older child? Thanks in advance! -
however, this calls into question what it is to exist. i happen to think that the gods of the Germanic pantheon are my literal ancestors and therefore exist in my DNA and consciousness. so i believe the gods exist on the level of energy manifestation, not so much on the literal level. i would NEVER expect to 'hear' Freya talking to me, or to 'see' Odin before me. however, the more i strive to attain a more spiritual enlightenment, the more 'real' the gods become within myself.
does that make a lick of sense?
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This is truly an interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing. Are you interfering that with your path of spiritual enlightenment you are closer to understanding the human elements that these gods represent? This seems not unlike many other paths to awareness I’ve run across. I am very curious as to the DNA reference. I’ve often pondered ancestral memories as a theory. I’ve also wondered about environmental influences too.
I am the preverbal human mutt; Vietnamese, French, Scottish, Lakota Indian, Chinese, English, and the list goes on…. I grew up an American citizen, with a Protestant turned agnostic father and a semi-practicing Buddhist mother, in a Muslim middle-eastern country and went to a Catholic boarding school. Combined I can’t imagine what my DNA and environment influences what look like on a chart. :001_huh:
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Dh of course because I have to do everything else! What kind of a wife would I be if I didn't let him seemly get all the credit for slapping that meat down on the table in true cave man style that resounds his entire focus in life "to provide".
I am kidding, sort of...
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I don't get it. I'm fairly new here. Is there some analogy I'm missing. I just figured out tea wasn't tea. I don't want to be slow on the pancake uptake.:blink:
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Thank you all for responding; so many wonderful life stories and experiences. A few things I can summarize. I am old :cool:, no wonder it seems like most of you can get done in a day what I can in a week. Plus I only have one, by golly my hats off to all of you with more. You guys are truly a testament. But, seriously, age and education really doesn’t matter does it. I hope people who felt insecure about their education read some of the extremely intelligent things others posted. And this is one 40 year old that readily listens to the wisdom of a younger generation.
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Before I read your post, I thought it was another one of those. It's not, you're fresh :)
Sometimes, though, and you'll understand this in about two weeks, tops, the same things keep getting brought up over and over and over and over and over and over and over....... and if it happens to be a topic people are passionate about (do you need a degree, do you spank) then people feel compelled to answer and sometimes it just gets tiring to put the same comments up and argue the same arguments over and over and over and over and over..... and yes, you don't have to comment, but sometimes you feel like you do, iykwIm.
I am SURE it was not meant as a bash to you :)
Thank you lionfamily1999, you are kind. I'm sure I was being over sensitive. It's scary jumping in here with two feet. :blushing:
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Other topics you could search before posting new threads:
-- Is there anyone here who doesn't have a college degree?
I guarantee, your eyes would be opened to the rich diversity of opinions on this board. It's amazing how much backwardness continues to thrive out here in Flat-Earthland.
I started a thread (my first) this morning asking if parent age and education really matter, and in fact I believe it does not. I truly hope you are not inferring that I did so because I wanted to know who doesn't have a college degree. Your tone sounds as if us "newbies" bother you, or at least we are too stupid to figure out how to do a search. I was trying to belong to a community and "broaden my backwardness" since I must live in "Flat-Earthland". Thanks for the warm welcome.
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"Overprotective" is just a label that folks throw out there when they've turned their kids out unto society so they can have more "me" time .:rolleyes:
Seriously, it's all about your comfort. Only you know your child and the situation best.
My Dh and I would say not, but that's us and our daughter and ANY of our friends family.
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Women who workout; I am in envy :sneaky2:
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My husband has his Bachelors in Business, Masters (Aug 09) in Business and I do believe that because of this, it has allowed me to stay home. That and before we were married we talked about me staying home once we had children, the rest has just evolved over time. I know many many homeschooling families with very little college if any and jobs that are just barley enough, and they have some of the best kids I know. So, while school/education has some to do with parents staying home, I think it has do with wanting to give our kids the best start possible in life.
This is interesting. I guess statistically if the working parent was more educated they would have better job opportunities hence better wages. Also considering the cost homeschooling can run, esp. with a curriculum junkie like me, wow! There have been times when I thought we should switch (I have the degree) but dh is a staunch supporter of me doing the educating. Regardless of our current financial standings, we would rather tighten up than have me work outside the home. We own our business and I do all the managing from home but even when things are fat I still am a frugal-wugal.
The End of the World (religious question)
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I do understand that but doesn't it stand to reason that eventually those children will reach that certain age at the same rate of every few seconds. How can it ever end?