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  1. Well at that school, the parents have to give permission for it to happen at all. Also, the parents are given the option to come to the school and spank. If they delegate that authority to the principal, that is their prerogative.

    I admire this principal for having the courage to do this, all the while maintaining compassion for the students.

  2. My 1st grader's composition assignment today was to take a well known nursery rhyme and change some of the words. We decided to go funny and this is what we came up with (a pond theme)...

    Hey Diddle Daddle, the cat and the paddle,

    The frog jumped over the loon.

    The little mouse laughed to see such sport,

    And the fish ran away with the tune-a.


    She drew a picture of a cat paddling a boat, a frog jumping over a loon, a mouse peeking out of the weeds and a couple of fish. I know tuna aren't pond fish but tune rhymes with loon and we thought it was funny to add the -a on the end for tuna but you have to say it with a slight pause...tune - a.

    Anyway, we thought it was funny. :lol:

  3. Here's another comparison... Obama has given our own finance guy great power. Read what Hitler did in 1935...

    I read this on a blog by some people who actually own microfilm from the Pre-WWII era:


    Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
    February 22, 1935, Friday
    Page 11, 598 words

    HITLER AUTHORIZES HUGE FORCED LOAN; Gives Finance Minister Wide Power to Raise Up to Billion Marks to Provide Jobs.

    BERLIN, Feb. 21. -- Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler empowered the Finance Minister, in a decree passed by the Cabinet today, to float a new loan of between 750,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 marks. [The mark was quoted here yesterday at 40.28 cents.]



  4. Is it the Zion Chronicles where the main character goes into an underground vault and reads the history?
    I like Thoene's books. The series on Ireland is excellent.


    No, that is the Zion Legacy series and the first books are about Israel's struggles in the first days after becoming a nation. The later books in that series are set in the underground vault with the character reading old scrolls from the first Century A.D. That series led into the latest series called the A.D. Chronicles.

    The Zion Covenant series starts with pre-War Germany and weaves fictional characters lives with the details of the struggles of the Jews and the great evil of the Nazi regime. Every main fictional character, however, is based on the true story of someone who lived during the time period and were later interviewed by the Thoenes.

    The Zion Chronicles series is about how Israel became a nation and is set in the months leading up to May, 1948. Again, every main fictional character is based on the true story of someone who lived during the time period and were later interviewed by the Thoenes. Some of the characters of the Covenant series overlap into the Chronicles series. For example, the character Rachel is someone from the Covenant series who was introduced as a 13 year old daughter of a Jewish Rabbi in Poland who's family was slaughtered. In the Chronicles series, she is now an adult and we learn what horrors she lived in order to survive and how she came to Israel. (All immigration during that time was illegal so the Jewish people who traveled to Palestine then did so at great peril. But, they had no where else to go.) Rachel learns of the true Messiah and of God's unconditional love through family, friends and the man who would become her husband. "Rachel" is a real woman who really lived much was what was written in both series.
  5. Great lists!

    I can recommend Bodie Thoene's Zion Covenant and Zion Chronicles historical fiction series. They are so incredibly accurate that some universities are recommending/requiring them as reading for certain subjects. The time period is WWII and deals with Germany, Nazis and the events that led up to Israel becoming a nation again. The fiction portions of the books are riveting and both series are "can't put down" type of books. There is some romance but it is life romance, not Harlequin romance. That is not the focus of the books, however. That actually plays a very small role.

  6. I think that when some people think of drums in a church, they picture a drum set on the platform. No one here would approve of such a thing.

    Most, however, would approve of an orchestra, of which drums are an integral part if it is to be complete. There is a brass section, a woodwind section, a strings section and a percussion section. It is similar to singing a 4-part harmony. What would you do without the bass line? The song wouldn't sound as full. Percussion instruments generally provide some of the bass line and set the rhythm (that isn't a bad word) of a musical piece.

    Having been to HappyChristian's church, I can testify that they have an orchestra and a very nice one indeed. When I was there, the orchestra has its own section just off the platform by the piano. I'm just guessing at the numbers here but when you have 20 or so woodwind players and 20 or so brass players and 20 or so string players, 3-4 percussion players cannot produce that imbalanced, worldly sound that we would shun.

  7. I forgot to add that they said they still have more tests to run.

    Something interesting about her family history is that from the Grandparents down, everyone on her dad's side of the family has had at least one form of cancer. Both of her grandparents on her dad's side died of cancer. Her uncle and aunt (her dad's brother and sister) have both had cancer but are still living. Her dad has had 3 different kinds of cancer and is still living.

  8. You can read this thread to refresh your memory if necessary...

    viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24485


    Stacey died back in October and her husband and parents have been waiting on the autopsy report ever since.

    Anyway, they finally received word that yesterday that Stacey had a brain tumor that had been growing a long time and even if she had lived, it would have been completely inoperable. She had been having bad headaches for quite some time.



  9. Oh, I would LOVE that! :clap: I'm not interested in the sessions but the book fair would be great.

    I thought about going last year but didn't have anyone to go with. Generally, I like to buy most of my books from Gullions because I can get used ones for 50% off (or more!) the retail price. Their Statesville and King stores have huge homeschooling sections with all kinds of curricula. That won't keep me from enjoying the book fair though and likely I can get stuff there that Gullions doesn't have.
  10. Hi Annie,

    The magazine is from the NCHE. This is the first time I've received a magazine from them. It is the "200 Conference Issue" - all about the upcoming conference. I've never been to one; have you?



    Yes, I do DVDs via HomeSat from BJU. This method works for me for several reasons:

    1. I am not a teacher. It makes my skin itch. :frog I think in important areas of life it behooves us to know our strengths and weaknesses and all of us would be extremely frustrated all the time if I had to do all the teaching for every grade. While I realize that all of us are teachers in one way or another, I am not gifted for academic instruction. Let me put it another way...if I were involved in a Christian school team effort, I would happily be the one who performed all the secretarial duties and let someone else do the teaching. Sooooooooo, I oversee, administrate and organize their classes, seat work, grades and activities/crafts.

    2. I like the curriculum. I know that some people pull what they consider to be the best curricula from various sources but since I will only use a teacher-led curriculum that leaves me with two options: Abeka and BJU. They both have DVD school and are both going to online streaming in August, 2009. This will replace BJU's HomeSat option. BJU also has the hard drive option. I'm sure both have their strengths and weaknesses but I appreciate BJU's "personal" (as much as possible) approach. It is as if the teachers are talking directly to the child. The classes are produced in a studio with various backdrops and characters. The classes are interesting, challenging and require physical interaction from the child. I actually like Abeka's language curriculum a little more but really don't care for the perspective of their DVD school. All they did was record a classroom setting and it is as if the child is sitting at the back of the classroom just looking on.

    3. This method works for my children. My 1st grade daughter loves to learn and her reading ability has soared under the teaching of Mrs. Walker. She is an excellent teacher, IMO...one of the very best BJU HomeSat has. All of the teachers are good though and all of my children enjoy "going to school".



    Our house is small, so yes, they are in different rooms. I would love to have a large school room that is decorated! One child does his work in one of the bedrooms which I don't like but don't have much choice right now. Another one works in the room we use for an office and the other two are in the living room.

  11. I received a magazine from my state's homeschooling association yesterday and in it was listed 25 things about homeschooling.

    One of the statements puzzled me - Homeschooling is a Kingdom building effort. :puzzled: What does that mean exactly? That in the course of homeschooling children will be witnessed to and some will be saved? Or, that homeschooling brings in the Kingdom? I'm not sure what they mean because children are witnessed to in many scenarios, (not just homeschooling) and are saved.

    So that is my question. Below is the list of 25 things and my thoughts on them - an attempt at humor, folks. :wink


    Homeschooling...

    1. Will make you feel frightened, threatened, thrilled, overwhelmed and confused, all at the same time.
    Ya think? :bonk:


    2. Is family togetherness. :saywhat The kids do their work in different rooms. :grouphug:


    3. Is hard work. :TGIF:


    4. Could increase your family size to ten children! :haha :umno:


    5. Is a Kingdom building effort. :puzzled:


    6. Is Deuteronomy 6 lived out. True but so are other things... :saint


    7. Might give you a strange attraction to denim jumpers. :faint: :reality:


    8. Is flexible. True dat :cool


    9. Is individual. :thumb

    10. Is a great educational alternative. :clap:


    11. Will try your patience. Yup.


    12. Is a complete lifestyle change. Yup, yup.


    13. Is a daily discipline. Yup, yup, yup.


    14. Is an everyday adventure and a lifelong joy.
    Yeah, I feel that way...in June, July and August. :lol:


    15. Will teach you to bake your own bread.
    :saywhat I knew how to bake my own bread before I began homeschooling...


    16. Is an investment with grand dividends. :amen:


    17. Is the best thing you can do for your family.
    The best thing? One of many good, perhaps but who puts it at #1?


    18. Will turn your hair gray, at least what you haven't already pulled out! :nocomment:


    19. Actually, will make you pine for an easier hair style - maybe long and in a bun? Again, :reality:



    20. Is a calling. Can be; depends on the family.


    21. Can be a three-ring circus at times. :face: :tease:



    22. Is a triumph.
    In what way? I'm proud of my kids when they do their best whether at schoolwork or another area of life.


    23. Will make you long for adult company. :pplease:


    24. Is an experience that may take our children a generation to appreciate. :pray


    25. Last, but not least - is worth it. :amen:

  12. Fun thread! :wedding:

    We didn't spend all that much on our wedding and it was nice. It is easier to spend less when you shop around for bargains and have people who volunteer their services like doing the florals, etc. I also did some things myself.

    We honeymooned in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia! That area is so lovely; it is between two mountain ranges.

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