Guerrilla Homeschooling #14 on the list of 50 Best Blogs in the Unschooling Movement

"The technique, which emphasizes life experience over traditional academics, is utilized by households from every political and religious leaning imaginable. Parents possess different reasons for starting their children down the unschooling path, but the only thing they have in common is an interest to raise them as effectively as possible."

Guerrilla Homeschooling is ranked #14 (4th in the News and Views category) on a list of the 50 best unschooling blogs. See the full list of the 50 Best Blogs in the Unschooling Movement at Online College.org.

We humbly accept the recognition.

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Should government interfere with homeschooling parents because of religious and socialization concerns? | Lynn R. Mitchell | Opinion Zone | Washington Examiner

Should government interfere with homeschooling parents because of religious and socialization concerns? | Lynn R. Mitchell | Opinion Zone | Washington Examiner

"The 11-year-old girl was homeschooled through 4th grade and then ordered into public school because of a lawsuit by the father who objected to the mother educating their daughter at home. The parents divorced when the daughter was two months old."

Again, the states don't give a rat's rump about religion or your religious beliefs. I learned long ago that is not an area you should use to fall back on, unless you can find a judge gullible enough to truly believe religious choice has any merit.

This appears to be purely a case about a man wanting control over his ex-wife. It happens all the time and the courts usually side with the parent wanting the child in public school because that is the territory the judges are most familiar and comfortable with. Once a parent realizes this, such as this dad, they will push the issue, knowing they will better their chances for a victory over the other parent. It has nothing to do with education or what's best for the child. It's a power play.

This dad should be ashamed but he'll get his comeuppance once his daughter comes of age. She won't have anything to do with him for what he's done to her mother. The one thing he's overlooking is where his daughter's loyalty is and that loyalty lays with the woman who gave birth to her. I've seen many of these daughters grow up and make their dad's lives a living hell for doing just what this dad is doing now. That karma thing can be a real bitch!

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Ontario party: Human rights commission moving to ‘take over’ education, could threaten homeschooling | LifeSiteNews.com

Ontario party: Human rights commission moving to ‘take over’ education, could threaten homeschooling | LifeSiteNews.com

“If the OHRC is given control over the thoughts of our children, the next target will be private schools and parents who home school,” argued Phil Lees, the leader of the FCP. “The OHRC will quickly move to require private schools and parents who home school to teach their children curriculum that contradicts the values they work to instill in their kids at home.”

Now, how is the OHRC actually going to know what you're teaching your children at home? You could teach the OHRC's curriculum AND your own at the same time, showing your child the difference. Even if your child was required to take a test to prove you were teaching the OHRC's agenda it doesn't mean your child will be indoctrinated into thinking their way.

Here in Vermont, if a parent enrolls in the state's home study program they send in a course of study. In many cases they write up what the state wants to hear but never follow that program once it's submitted. Same goes for the year end assessment. Our public schools do have their own agenda here in the states and it is a constant battle for parents to instill their values in their children while hoping the state doesn't overshadow that. Some win and some lose the battle. Some parents enjoy playing that game with their public school. Personally, I refuse to waist my time and the precious time of my children by doing this. Unlike those parents I put my children ahead of any narcissistic game playing.

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Ten Tips for New Unschooling Parents

This is a well thought out and well written list of tips from The Natural Child Project. It's worth the easy read so stop by and take a look.

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Guerrilla Homeschooling

Guerrilla Homeschooling

Check it out! Guerrilla Homeschooling now has a Squidoo lens. Stop by and leave your comments or voice your opinion on one of the polls.

Here's an example:

Is unschooling a viable alternative or just lazy parenting?

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Toddlers on ‘hate registers’ for playground squabbles

Toddlers on ‘hate registers’ for playground squabbles

"Last year it was revealed that children as young as five were set to be added to compulsory ‘hate registers’ for using playground insults."

You better believe this is already happening here in America. Go to your school and when you ask to see your child's school records be sure to ask for the electronic version as well as the printed one. Make sure you don't give the school officials any prior notice that you plan to arrive and ask for the records or they will conveniently pull items they don't want you to see. Don't be surprised if they put you off and tell you to come back later, or they can't find your child's records. Be sure to check the nurse's office for the records if the principal doesn't have them because that's where most of the evaluating and drugging of the child goes on. Think I'm kidding? I've advocated for more than several families this has happened to. These are records that will follow your child for the rest of their lives and can destroy their future.

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Hulbert Outdoor Center 2011 March Homeschool Week

Just received the announcement in the mail for Hulbert Outdoor Center's 2011 Homeschool Week registration. The Homeschool Week is scheduled for Sunday, March 13 through Friday, March 18, 2011 for homeschoolers ages 9-17 at the Center in Fairlee, Vermont. 

"The Hulbert Homeschool Week offers participants a chance to come together for a week of fun and adventure, gathering with other homeschoolers to learn, form lasting friendships, and build a true working community.

Whether through performing at the talent show, picking up a new skill, speaking out in community meeting, or living away from home for a week, during the Hulbert Homeschool Week participants have the opportunity to explore, to learn about themselves, and to take risks in a supportive and caring atmosphere."

Learn more at their website or read their interesting blog. The Hulbert Outdoor Center also has a Facebook page where you can become a fan.

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How well does your homeschooler understand today's economy?

Congressman Ron Paul interviews with Alex Jones discussing American politics, our present day economy and liberty. Paul says it's hard to teach people about these things during a crisis.

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Father: 'My children are being held hostage'

Father: 'My children are being held hostage'

"They're not accountable to anyone," Jackson told WND. "They told us they do not lose cases, and they will substantiate the abuse. This has not been an objective investigation in the first place. They want to adopt the children out, because they get money for adopting children out."

What better children to adopt out than those raised in a loving, nurturing and devout environment. Adoptive parents don't want kids off the street anymore, so now agencies like NJDYFS nab children from decent unsuspecting families. Where is the governor on all this? Unfortunately, his happens in our state all the time too. One southern county here in Vermont is notorious for their shenanigans of taking children for no good reason and putting them into foster care. Our former governor was well aware of what was going on but did nothing to investigate or stop this practice. When he was given photographic proof of the abuse in the foster homes his response was to silence the whistle blowers, not punish the abusers.

This is a sad story and public pressure needs to be placed on the NJDYFS to stop their dangerous nonsense. If you were to investigate the culprits at the NJDYFS (as well as those in our own state) you'll likely find them to be some of the worst offenders of child abuse, neglect and corruption. They hide behind their authority.

"You can pray about other things, you can pray that they'll be happy in their placements," said a DYFS worker identified by Jackson as Denise Hollerbach."

Religion? Hah! People in agencies like the NJDYFS could care less about your religion or your children. They have no regard for constitutional rights either. I learned that years ago while advocating for homeschooling families. Having authority over people is purely a power trip for women like Hollerbach. It's how they get their jollies. It makes their drab lives exciting, like they're living on the edge. In their little pea brains their actions are justified because they are supported by a huge corrupt bureaucracy that backs them. Their existence is not motivated by compassion or doing what is right for families, but by money, greed and power. Any honest, caring and intelligent person wouldn't work for such an organization like the NJDYFS in the first place.

"We were told we're 'excessive Christians' by our therapeutic supervisor," a DYFS contractor, said John Jackson."

Excessive? Now that's a first.

Maybe it's time to stop voting the nut-jobs in who put people like Hollerbach and this therapeutic supervisor in positions of authority. The only thing these nasty people understand is public pressure and bad press, but even then it's no guarantee they will do the right thing by reuniting this family. Sometimes it only makes them meaner and hammer down even harder.

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Oakland 2nd Graders Reportedly Engage In Sex Acts, Teacher Suspended « CBS San Francisco

Oakland 2nd Graders Reportedly Engage In Sex Acts, Teacher Suspended « CBS San Francisco

Gee, how did that happen? Hmmmm. Maybe with sex education beginning in kindergarten? Why am I not surprised.

"In one case, several students apparently took off their clothes and were naked in the classroom. In the second incident, a boy and girl reportedly engaged in oral sex in front of their classmates."

How do you NOT notice your 2nd grade students are running around in the classroom NAKED?

"In a letter sent to parents of Markham students on Thursday, Booker offered an apology by telling them that the incidents “represent an unacceptable lack of supervision. I understand there is great anger over this news.”

No apology is going to undo the damage done to these children, all of them including the classmates who watched.

Hey parents, it's time to go home. Get your children out of these hell holes and start taking responsibility for raising them!

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Glenn Beck calls on grandparents to help with homeschooling

This makes sense to me and I make no apologies for it. Many of us were the first to homeschool our children. Now our grown children are having babies. Yes, our grandchildren are being born! It would only make sense that we step up to assist our grandchildren with their homeschooling, after all we're the ones with the experience and now the extra time and money. Don't have the extra time and money? Then make some! That's how important it is you give your grandchildren the same educational opportunities and freedom your children had while growing up.

I remember when we first announced we'd be homeschooling and my mother-in-law expressed her concern. After the initial shock of finding out her only grandchildren would never attend public or private school she became our greatest supporter and most loyal advocate. Although she resided hundreds of miles away she faithfully sent care packages containing all sorts of educational materials and supplies to our young children. We kept up our correspondence with letters, phone calls and photographs of each of the children's progress. Today we have email, digital cameras, webcams and even Facebook. As the old telephone ad said, "It's the next best thing to being there!"

It is time for many of us in this country to rethink education and consider an alternative to the dangerous institution we know as public school. Can you think of a better way to spend time with your grandchildren than teaching them the skills you have or by sharing with them the years of knowledge you've accumulated? Not only will you be helping raise articulate, happy and well socialized grandchildren, you'll be giving a much needed financial  and morale boost to their parents.


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Glenn Beck discusses homeschooling with Adam B. Schaeffer

This radio interview took place in 2008 before the general election, but is still very relevant today. Glenn Beck is now homeschooling his own children and has some steadfast views on the matter.

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Home-unschooling the Libertarian way with David Friedman

Friedman uses the term home-unshcooled. This pretty much sums it up.

Many parents who homeschool or unschool tend to intellectualize the experience. Sometimes we just need to relax and enjoy our children and their wide-eyed discovery. That may not be possible while we're in the act of unschooling, but when we become grandparents we can at least try to kick back, relax and enjoy the company of our grandchildren. As experienced unschoolers we know these children are going to learn and grow into beautiful adults without much input form us. We need only supply the love, encouragement and patience required for them to learn in an unimpeded world which is usually controlled by school bureaucrats.   

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Obama Orders Military To Prepare For Spring Food Riots

Obama Orders Military To Prepare For Spring Food Riots

Has anyone else seen this? This article was in the EU Times NOT an American newspaper. Are the Europeans trying to tell us something our own President is not?

"According to this report, Sarkozy, as head of the G-20 group of developed Nations, called for and received an emergency meeting with Obama this past Monday at the White House wherein he warned his American counterpart that the shock rise in food prices occurring due to an unprecedented series of disasters was threatening the stability of the entire World and could lead to the outbreak of Total Global War."

You can't help but wonder what these guys are really doing behind our backs. So much for transparency, huh?

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MADtv's version of homeschooling...still the funniest video I've ever seen

I love this exaggerated version of homeschooling. It's one of the funniest videos I've ever seen. To have the entertainment industry poking fun at homeschooling is quite an accomplishment. It means we're making inroads into the American psyche and we're not going away, much to the dismay of public schooling. 

You might be a homeschooler if...

Yep! I guess we're homeschoolers.

Vt. student takes his own life inside school - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

Vt. student takes his own life inside school - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

"The shooting happened just a day after faculty and staff at the school had completed a suicide prevention course."

Makes you wonder what exactly is discussed and what exactly the students are subjected to in this so-called prevention course.

"As for Menning's friends and fellow students, they were kept in the classroom following the tragedy and scheduled exams at the school continued as normal."

What?! Continued as normal? These people can't be serious. Your friend and classmate just kills himself in the school bathroom and the staff expects you to take your exams and continue as normal? Is it any wonder these children feel like no one cares and there is no other way out of the insanity known as public schooling. Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!

My heart goes out to this beautiful child (yes, 15 is still a child) and the countless others who had to endure but could no longer take the years of bullshit that goes on in our public schools. Their world is built up around the daily indoctrination and institutionalization they receive starting at the tender ages of 3 to 5 years old, depending on whether they start preschool or kindergarten. Even now our latest governor wants to make preschool mandatory in this state for these unsuspecting children. When will they ever learn? Oh wait, they already know the damage they cause to these young lives but it's all about their union members getting a big fat PAYCHECK!

Rest in peace my dearest little man. They can no longer harm you because you reside with the angels now.

Schools Chancellor Cathie Black says 'solution' for overcrowded classrooms is 'birth control': video - NYPOST.com

Schools Chancellor Cathie Black says 'solution' for overcrowded classrooms is 'birth control': video - NYPOST.com

"Could we just have some birth control?"

This is what happens when you put your buddies into positions of power. It's called cronyism! Now, I ask you honestly, would you want this woman in charge of your child's education? According to reports Black is a former executive for Hearst Magazines. She has no experience with public schools or teaching.

I feel a Dork Award coming on here.

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MCS Board working to deal with pregnancies at Frayser High - WMC-TV 5 - Memphis, TN

MCS Board working to deal with pregnancies at Frayser High - WMC-TV 5 - Memphis, TN

"Roughly 20 percent of the female student population at Frayser High is already experiencing the trials of parenthood."

Twenty percent? The article claims 90 girls at this school are now either pregnant or have already had a baby!

"Noting that our young ladies absolutely did not get pregnant in the hallways of our schools," said Gatewood. "So while everything that happens in our communities, it just spills over into our schools. Now we as a community have to deal with them."

Notice Gatewood immediately tries to cover her butt. Spill over into the school? Who is she kidding.

From World Net Daily:

"The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday against parents who sued their local school district after their elementary-age children were given a sexually charged survey, saying there is "no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children." Read the full article here.

Appears Gatewood will have to deal with them now but on whose dime? The taxpayer's of course.

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Schools Giving Tickets, Not Detention Slips, Report Says « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of DFW

Schools Giving Tickets, Not Detention Slips, Report Says « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of DFW

"Data shows the tickets can cost a family as much as $500."

I guess Texas has found a way to support its school budgets. Wonder how many of these so-called class C misdemeanors will show up on records when these students apply for a job in the future or get into trouble with the law? Oh, wait, they're already in trouble with the law and now have a record.

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