I think it comes down to this: Whose standards are we going to try to meet? The world's or God's? I can follow what the world considers right and risk having my son have a more lukewarm relationship with Christ or I can follow what God has planned and help him have a closer relationship with Christ (plus an education better suited for him).
Loved the article. However, they made a glaring (to me) error -- that behavior survey thingy is the VineLAND not the VineYARD. I administered this thing for twenty years in public school, and the scoring very much depends on the interviewer's attitude/biases, parent's responses, etc.
We all know that "too judgemental" is ironically, a very judgemental statement on behalf of the school admins because they cannot control everyone, aka, homeschoolers.
Very good article thanks for sharing CelticRose! The principles mentioned in the article are some of the very same I gave for homeschooling, and also for many of the rules I have in my home when I am asked to "defend" my choices. I believe that I have been called to be in charge of my children's education even if for one child that means going to a school I chose that school and I agree with their morals and principles.
Great article. Thanks so much for sharing. Now if it would persuade my husband to allow me to keep my kids home when they get into the highschool years that would be WONDERFUL. He wants them to "experience" highschool. The experiences I had in highschool are the very things I am trying to avoid for my children. NOT good.
We "experienced" high school for a few months this year. It was a nightmare. It was awful. It was worse than I expected. OK, if I had any clue, it never would have happened, so clearly it was worse than I expected. If I had expected this, my children would not have been there. And for the record, we are in what is supposed to be one of the top schools in the state. But, look at what they rank the schools on. It mostly comes down to socioeconomic status. They don't word it that way, but it is test scores of students, spending per student, attendance, those are 3 of the factors.
Loved the article! I am very blessed that my hubby is prepared to do anything necessary to keep our girls at home. He doesn't want them to experience what he did in high school and he agreed with this article completely.
