Comments on: Unhappy school days http://morethanahousewife.com/?p=271 Thoughts from a housewife. The good, the bad and everything in between. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:38:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chase Barfield http://morethanahousewife.com/?p=271&cpage=1#comment-165 Chase Barfield Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:25:53 +0000 http://morethanahousewife.com/?p=271#comment-165 She speaks the truth and I was one of the people wanting the kids to go to school. I figured that I went to an underfunded, dirt poor school in my elementary years and yet I learned. For those of you who know me know I am not a stupid man. The big difference and the fatal flaw in my logic, school back then is completely different than school today. Back then we were rough and tumbles boys and would have never experienced the visual of oral sex being performed in the bathroom in first grade. We wrestled at recess and did not have to worry about law suits. Halloween parties were still called Halloween parties instead of Fall parties for political correctness. If you acted up in class you were disciplined...not reasoned with. The school concentrated on teaching and not trying to placate children or have them diagnosed with ADD or ADHD to increase their funding. Our boys learned a lot in public school and met a lot of good kids. But the truth of the matter is that the environment is deteriorating and seems to be getting worse over time. Our boys receive one on one attention now instead of one on 20 to 30 attention like they were receiving and they will graduate ahead of schedule. We can travel when we want so our field trips can include actually going to historical sites all over the US and the world. We can spend as much time as our kids want to on specific topics that are of higher interest to them. So here is my public apology to my wonderful wife who had the vision and the foresight to want to home school our kids from the beginning. You, my dear, were right and I am grateful that we make all decisions together now (regardless of outside influence). I love you and am blessed that you are my wife, my friend, my boys' mom, and now the teacher of our children. You have my utmost respect and cooperation, always. She speaks the truth and I was one of the people wanting the kids to go to school. I figured that I went to an underfunded, dirt poor school in my elementary years and yet I learned. For those of you who know me know I am not a stupid man. The big difference and the fatal flaw in my logic, school back then is completely different than school today. Back then we were rough and tumbles boys and would have never experienced the visual of oral sex being performed in the bathroom in first grade. We wrestled at recess and did not have to worry about law suits. Halloween parties were still called Halloween parties instead of Fall parties for political correctness. If you acted up in class you were disciplined…not reasoned with. The school concentrated on teaching and not trying to placate children or have them diagnosed with ADD or ADHD to increase their funding. Our boys learned a lot in public school and met a lot of good kids. But the truth of the matter is that the environment is deteriorating and seems to be getting worse over time. Our boys receive one on one attention now instead of one on 20 to 30 attention like they were receiving and they will graduate ahead of schedule. We can travel when we want so our field trips can include actually going to historical sites all over the US and the world. We can spend as much time as our kids want to on specific topics that are of higher interest to them.

So here is my public apology to my wonderful wife who had the vision and the foresight to want to home school our kids from the beginning. You, my dear, were right and I am grateful that we make all decisions together now (regardless of outside influence). I love you and am blessed that you are my wife, my friend, my boys' mom, and now the teacher of our children. You have my utmost respect and cooperation, always.

]]> By: daberath http://morethanahousewife.com/?p=271&cpage=1#comment-164 daberath Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:50:00 +0000 http://morethanahousewife.com/?p=271#comment-164 Good for you! Good for you!

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