ah, too late, I see Adam has preceded me. No kidding. I can't tell you how much stress and bullshit is no longer in my kids' lives since we have been homeschooling, and imnsho they are learning quite a bit more too.
Dana On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:56:14 -0500, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm, in Indiana, we still have to pay book rental for our kids. It > > costs us several hundres of $ each year... > > > > To me, that is total bullshit! How can they charge us book rental when > > we don't even see the damn book... > > > > Not only that, but students are required to bring in boxes of tissues, > > for the entire class, dry erase markers... > > > > Oh, and don't get me started on the multitude of school projects and > > dioramas (sp?) that are "required" and generally cost... > > > > Don't EVEN get me started on the teachers who get their jobs around here > > only because they are willing to coach a sport. One of my girls' > > teachers could not write a complete sentence... > > > > Stupid state of Indiana and their stupid education leaders... > > Homeschooling! :) > > Seriously, if you can handle homeschooling, it's *so* worth it. Imagine all > these problems and more (and if you're like most other parents, you have > many more complaints that you just don't have the time to type right now) > just going away all at once. Of course it's replaced by a lot of personal > burden, but the trade off is *way* in your favor. > > And the very *best* part about homeschooling is... > > ....your kid can bring a pair of nail clippers to class and not get expelled > as an al Qaeda terrorist! ;) > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Member of Team Macromedia > http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com > > Download Plum and other cool development tools, > and get advanced intensive Master-level training: > > * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers > * ColdFusion MX Master Class > * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:150971 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
