A serious argument for the benefits of a home-based education...and beyond. This blog is not intended for the faint of heart or wimpy parent. We talk serious politics of homeschooling, share homeschooling war stories and have frank discussions concerning public school. We give advice freely. Read at your own risk!
The blogger's name is Eric deCarbonnel. He published this 5 part video series June 3, 2011 and then soon disappeared. The title of the video series is 'The ESF and Its History' and it is a real eye opener. Watch and learn who the real puppet master of the world is (it's not the banks) and what is about to happen to the lives of all Americans.
Mind you, I am sticking my neck out here by sharing this video series with you and there is a good possibility you may never hear from me again, but it is important you know this information. As of late I have decided to go all out to inform my readers, my friends and my family about what is happening in the real world. It is time to wake up! It is time to know what is happening and what has happened! It is time to prepare!
I, for one, am tired of war. We were fighting in Korea when I was a child. My older brother was serving in the Army at the time. We were fighting in Vietnam when I was a teenager. Two of my older brothers were serving in the Army and Navy at the time. After high school I joined the Army and worked in military hospitals where servicemen returned from war with unspeakable injuries. While I was in college our Marines were being blown up in foreign countries. When my son was an infant we went to war in Iraq. Here in America we have a civil war between the races, the sexes and the haves and the have-nots, thanks to the Divider-in-Chief in the White House and a corrupt Congress.
It's time for some peace and quiet. It's time to put America first and repair within. We need to raise informed children who know world history and the truth behind war. War is not about freedom and democracy. War is about power and money. We need to step away from public schooling and learn the truth. We need to step away from mass media and learn the truth. We need to step away from our own notion of freedom and learn what our Founding Fathers knew about liberty.
Why is it foreigners always have a better understanding of America than Americans do? I find the same for our constitution, foreigners always know it better than we do.
See why public schooling is key to the destruction of America at 0:43 seconds into this video.
Our children always acquired knowledge best if they were actually doing hands-on learning, rather than reading about it or watching it on television. The more children do, the more they learn and the more it sticks with them. Much of what we did opened up conversations about the past that satisfied their inquiring minds. The best part was learning history and truths, alongside our children, that we never learned in school. Do you have a homeschooler who balks at learning history? We tossed out the text books and went full bore into the past. Tell yourself, and your child, that today is a day you make your own history. Everything you do and say today will become your history. The following are some ways we managed to instill a passion for history in our children. Travel We always made sure we visited historical sites wherever we went, even if simply a local place of significance or a cemetery to find ancestors. (Never do gravestone rubbings because the stones are old and can topple over onto a child!) Trips can be short or long but needn't be expensive, if well planned. If you've saved for years to take a family vacation, choose to drive instead of flying. You'll see and absorb far more than doing a flyover. Plan for one or two stops along the way where you can explore in depth instead of several locations just for the sake of stopping. For instance, we would drive the East coast from Vermont to Florida and would always plan for extended visits in Washington, D.C. and Williamsburg, Virginia. By staying over an extra day or two you could take your time and the children could rest between outings.
Talk with old folks If your budget limits you to more local travel, there are lots of fun and educational opportunities closer to home. Your children can talk to older folks about the past. Many of these seasoned citizens have old photos or items to share. Now that's a real show and tell. Learn to record these conversations and you're officially an historian. Visit antique shops You and your children can enjoy a scavenger hunt through antique shops. These stores are a goldmine of historical artifacts. Our children grew up around the antique business and it was amazing how much history they absorbed, not to mention an appreciation and knowledge for a livelihood they can always fall back on in tough economic times. Replace modern gadgets with vintage ones If you want to have some real educational fun you can replace modern gadgets and items in your home with vintage ones. Can you imagine your child learning to communicate with a rotary phone? You probably aren't inclined to construct an outhouse in the back yard but why not do some laundry with home-made soap and a wash board and use a clothesline? When life is a little more of a struggle, children develop an appreciation for the modern conveniences and how hard their ancestors worked just to simply survive. Wear vintage clothing Does your homeschooler like to dress up? Find some vintage clothing and accessories for them to wear on a daily basis. Have a teen homeschooler? An heirloom necklace or pocket watch can inspire research into historical life. Attend estate sales or auctions where you can view items people used to wear. Vintage is actually back in style so, chances are, your teenswon't complain about what their friends will think. Collect old stuff Encourage your homeschooler to start a collection of vintage or antique items. You can find inexpensive things at tag sales, flea markets, shops and free piles, or ask an old neighbor if they have anything they want to part with for free. When our daughter was young her great-grandmother gave her 3 small vintage Polish dolls. That began a life time of collecting more and learning about the history of great-grandmother, dolls and Poland. For many years we enjoyed traveling to flea markets in search of these little dolls.
Another of our missions was finding Victorian style miniatures for our daughter's doll house. That alone led to many discussions about the Victorian era and lifestyles. As always, one era would lead to another in either direction. At one time our discussions about women, and their role in society, led us to the Jane Austin books. Our daughter devoured them in no time flat. Our son didn't have the same interests as his older sister. He was content to just tag along on most excursions and, as an unschooler, seemed to learn by osmosis. In fact, he didn't become a reader until he was ten years old. However, when he was older we were amazed at how much history he knew. He's a great asset to my estate cleanout business because he can recognize old gadgets and tools and knows how they were used. Our son is also savvy about American political and cultural history as well, even though he's still far more interested in modern electronics and futuristic gadgets. There are big advantages to all this exposure to the past and knowing how to live in a slower paced world of man-powered tools and self-made entertainment. Those who are familiar with them will be better able to survive, should their own economies and interests funnel them into a lifestyle sustained by ingenuity and personal skills. Also, knowing what has motivated mankind through the ages prevents us from falling into the same traps. One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is the knowledge of where they have descended from so they may be better able to plot a course for where they are headed in the future.
Are you aware the American Civil War began 150 years ago this year? Send your homeschooler to the Civil War Preservation Trust website to learn all about it. See how well they know Civil War facts by taking this Gettysburg quiz or the Robert E. Lee quiz. Can your unschooler pronounce the word: Sesquicentennial?
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“The Bartleby Project begins by inviting 60,000,000 American students, one by one, to peacefully refuse to take standardized tests or to participate in any preparation for these tests; it asks them to act because adults chained to institutions and corporations are unable to; because these tests pervert education, are disgracefully inaccurate, impose brutal stresses without reason, and actively encourage a class system which is poisoning the future of the nation.”
Tips & Strategies For A Successful & Profitable Tag Sale A guide to planning and conducting your next tag sale with less hassle & bigger profits! by Cindy Wade
Turn your clutter & cast-offs into cash!
Cover is printed on 67 lb. white cover stock and pages are printed on 24 lb. 98 bright white paper stock. Binding is saddled stitched with wire staples in folded 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of paper. This 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" booklet contains 16 pages with:
-Tips & strategies for planning a tag sale
-Tips & strategies for conducting a tag sale
-Planning calendar, inventory sheet & checklists
-Resources for more information & support
-Learn what the best kept secret to a successful tag sale is
-Learn why early bird shoppers are a good thing
Table of contents includes:
-Introduction
-Deciding What To Sell
-Prepping Your Inventory
-Location, Location, Location
-Pricing Your Inventory
-Advertising Is A Crucial Part Of Your Sale
-Tag Sale Calendar Time Line
-Pamper Your Help
-Safety & Security First For Everyone & Everything
-The Day Of The Sale
-The Sale Is Over...Now What?
-Inventory List
-Advertising Checklist
-Activity Checklist
A very helpful guide for the inexperienced tag sale host. This guide is great for the individual planning a tag sale but is not sure where to begin. It is also a great guide for club members who want to organize a tag sale fund-raiser or the real estate agent who wants to help their client liquidate a household before putting their house on the market. A great guide for the experienced tag sale host as well who is looking for ideas on how to increase their revenue and make their next sale run smoother.
The full sheet pull out calendar on pages 8 & 9 can be used as a guideline with 3 full weeks of how-to preparation. Keep track of inventory and advertising information with lists on the last pages. A comprehensive tag sale activity checklist is included on the back cover.
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" First, we need a ferocious national debate that doesn't quit, day after day, year after year, the kind of continuous debate that journalism finds boring. We need to scream and argue about this school thing until it is fixed or broken beyond repair, one or the other. If we can fix it, fine; if we cannot, then the success of home-schooling shows a different road that has great promise. Pouring the money we now pour into schooling back into family education might cure two ailments with one medicine, repairing families as it repairs children.
Genuine reform is possible but it shouldn't cost anything. More money and more people pumped into this sick institution will only make it sicker."
John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Meet Cindy Wade
About This Blogger
Artist, photographer, playwright, educator and dumpster diva, I grew up in a rural part of Vermont during the 1960's and 1970's with nine brothers and sisters. I attended a two-room schoolhouse during my elementary years then went on to junior and senior high in the next town where the class roster consisted of twenty-five students.
High school was a snap. Academics were less than challenging so I found myself on the honor roll several times, even making high honors once. My senior year I was president of FHA (Future Homemakers of America), captain of the varsity cheer leading squad and vice-president of the regional student council and I was still expelled 5 times, mostly for arguing with the principal. Mind you we had 5 different principals during my 6 years at this junior and senior high.
After high school graduation in 1972 I enlisted in the U.S. Army where I received basic training at Ft. McClellan, Alabama (graduated at the top of my class!) and medical training at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. While in the service I worked in military hospitals where I tended to sick and injured servicemen, and in pediatrics, caring for dependent children. In all I spent ten years in the active Army, Reserves and National Guard.
After my stint in the Army I attended college (dean's list) on the GI Bill where I majored in art and theater. I graduated from Castleton State College in 1981 and hold a BA in Art. I first became interested in homeschooling when I directed a small children's theater here in Vermont. I noticed some children in the acting company were more consistently focused, relaxed and mature than others. When I inquired as to why I found they were being home schooled. This discovery began a twenty-four year quest to learn as much as possible about home education and its benefits.
In 1983 I married my husband, Todd, of Houston, Texas. Our daughter was born in 1986 while I was still director of the children's theater company.
I continued a career in the theater into the early 1990's as a self-taught Executive/Artistic Director for a professional theater company while still maintaining an interest in developing a service to assist parents and individuals who wanted to home school their children or simply learn more about it. This interest led to Gnarly Birch Press, a mail order business for home education books, booklets, and a nationally distributed, quarterly newsletter--Right At Home--and the sponsoring of workshops for networking.
While working with the professional theater company I discovered many students graduating from prestigious colleges and universities lacked simple and necessary skills (for example: young people with degrees who didn't know how to use the yellow pages in the telephone book) needed to function in life. I witnessed, first hand, the detrimental effects of mandatory attendance at government operated public schools by observing the irresponsible, anti-social behavior of those who had been schooled. This behavior is carried over to the campus environment and then into the work place.
I am now an advocate for home education and have published three booklets of my own on the subject. From time to time I will be posting excerpts from those booklets here on this blog.
Presently I reside in central Vermont with my husband and two children. Our daughter is now 21 years old, attends community college part-time (she began taking college classes at age 15), works part-time at a department store, plays classical piano, is a certified fire-fighter, has her own eBay business, and creates one-of-a-kind creations for her own business called Flutternut Studios. She attended pre-school for only four days and dropped out. She jokingly refers to herself as a preschool dropout.
Our son, born in 1991, recently began college classes at the local community college, plays jazz piano, works part-time for my business and basically hangs out with family and friends. He never attended any school until this fall when he chose to take two classes at a local technical school. He's 16 years old, still a work in progress and a joy to be with.
One of the fastest growing movements in American history is the act of homeschooling. Weary parents are finally choosing to rescue their children from the torments of public school. I believe America is in an all out battle for the souls of the children who live within its boundaries and I intend to arm parents with the information they need to save those children from the detrimental effects of forced public schooling. Guerrilla Homeschooling is my voice.
No longer with any theater group I devote my time to my family, my art at Angel Ridge Art, my antique business and the task at hand of getting the word out about the advantages and joys of home-based education. I am available for speaking engagements and can be contacted via email at cwade@vermontel.net.
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