Well that is the difference between you and me. I could homeschool and teach nothing but academics. I choose to send my children to school to teach them much much more. You dont, your choice. I dont rely on the school for anything.
or you could look at it the way i see it....i could chose to isolate my child and insist they learn much differently than what traditional schools are designed to teach or i could chose to send them to school for the academics and take responsibility for teaching manners and morals to my child without blame to the school for it. :)
Yeah, you got it, I'm just not paying attention. It couldn't POSSIBLY be that I don't agree with her. And she has repeatedly mischaracterized what I've said, even AFTER I made it clear that wasn't what I meant. Apparently making her point is more important.
LOL what you arent getting is that your original statement said nothing about your kids - just that you were doing it right - and i disagree 100% that you are raising your kids the "right way" because there is not "right way" to raise kids. while you may be raising your kids the right way for them i assure you the way you are raising your kids would not in any shape or form be the right way to raise my kids. and as i have said repeatedly i dont have to support a darn thing, because the things you keep asking me to support are not things i have said, just things you have made up, so how could i possibly support them. i believe the best thing for my kids is to live somewhere that they can have the freedom to roam the neighborhood with their friends and not always have to be in moms line of sight, you disagree, and based on some of the things i have read about people neighborhoods here i would agree that would not be the right way for them to raise their kids. so you see, i have no issue with you saying you are raising your kids in the right way for your kids, which of course means you are raising your kids the way you want to, but to say that you raising your kids the right way without throwing in that it is only the right way for your kids and no other has been my only beef with you all along. Jennie
that would depend on what you are expecting the school to teach them beyond academics. if you are looking for them to teach your kids manners, yes you are expecting them to do your job as a parent. if you are expecting them to teach your kids values, yes, you are eexpecting them to do your job as a parent. if you are expecting them to teach your kid like skills then yes, you are expecting them to do what parents should be doing. as i asked before what exactly is it you are looking for the schools to teach your kids beyond academics. Jennie
sure you do, you certainly rely on the school to provide a quality academic education for your child, otherwise you wouldnt send them there, or at least i hope you wouldnt. it is you who keeps saying how you expect your child to get more than academics out of school, beyond what kids get at school just by virtue of being there. Jennie
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Edited 11/22/2006 9:33 pm ET by xenozany
I do not deny there are squads that are soley about competition, my point is that cheerleading is about team spirit NOT competition. IMO!
I can't imagine what the problem could be with the Lion King, but who knows?
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Are you saying homeschooling is isolating children?
Are you saying becasue I expect my children to learn more than academics from school, i expect my school to teach morals and manners to my children?
Edited 11/22/2006 9:57 pm ET by xenozany
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