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Archive for November, 2007

NEA Petition

Posted in Children, Faith, Family, Homeschool Families, Homeschooling, Parenting, army wife on November 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Thanks to the FIAR board, I’ve been alerted to an on-line petition to give homeschoolers an opportunity to defend their choice to homeschool. The NEA recently took a stand against homeshooling in their 2007-2008 resolutions:
The National Education Association believes that home schooling programs based on parental choice cannot provide the student with a comprehensive education experience. [...]

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Need a Good Laugh?

Posted in Just for Fun, Laughing at Life, Lighter Fare, wierd on November 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This is just too much. If you could use a good laugh, take a time warp back to the year 1977. I was 9, so have some vague memories of of that fashion-challenged decade. Before reading, make sure you take a potty break and remove any beverages from the vicinity. Yeah, you could laugh that hard.

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What to do with Halloween

Posted in Children, Faith, Family, Holidays, Parenting, Spiritual Discernment on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

G and I have spent nearly five years, now, trying to decide what to do with that little holiday that comes around the end of every October. Some years we’ve shut the lights out and opted out altogether. Some years we’ve dressed B up and taken him out to a church “Fall Festival.” And, some [...]

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