I have been on the front lines fighting Texas’s Marxist Curriculum, CSCOPE for the last year. After home schooling my children I never thought I would be in this fight. After becoming aware of CSCOPE I just could not sit back and let Texas students be indoctrinated with this mess. If your school doesn’t have CSCOPE please don’t think you are home free and safe from the progressive/Marxist indoctrination.
If I had children today in the Texas public schools they would be pulled out so fast their head would spin. I did take my children out of public schools in their elementary years to home school, and it was one of the best decisions my husband and I made. We will forever be grateful we did. My children are now grown and college graduates, they love Jesus, America and have a since of right and wrong. Those values are not going to be taught in a government public school today.
I never thought I would home school. My husband and I are neither college graduates, having ADHD myself, and loving my independent spirit, home schooling was not in my plans. Wow, how the Lord changed things. After moving my oldest in a private christian school and found it to be insufficient and expensive home schooling started sounding like a real possibility. After doing some research I became very excited about schooling my kids at home.
The first year was a learning experience. Coming out of the “public school” way of doing things there is some retraining especially for the parents. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE PUBLIC/GOVT SCHOOLS and shouldn’t. Our second year was quite different especially since I was very ill. I did not formally school that year, other than letting them read and help me with IV medications.
When the kids got in the later junior high years I signed them up for co op classes for English & Science. We made numerous field trips to museums, movies, and various theater productions. We attended Christian Worldview conferences where we first met historian DAVID BARTON. There are so many opportunities for home school families today to make the journey one you will never regret. One book that can be taught while home schooling in depth, and I wished I would of taught more of was GOD’S WORD, The Bible.
We were fortunate enough to travel and do mission trips in 3rd world countries. We became advanced scuba divers and dove Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, and Honduras. I gave both girls high school credit in oceanography. I would say our field trips were extraordinaire. We were blessed to do and go places as a family and learn many things first hand. Though the trips were great the things we look back and value the most was the amount of family time we shared.
My greatest gift from it all is that both my girls plan on home schooling my grand kids.
Time to put your child’s education in your hands and not the liberal/progressives.
Thinking about Homeschooling? Check out the following links…more forthcoming..
Home School Legal Defense Association
Texas Home School Coalition
Wallbuilders
TEXAS HOMESCHOOL CONVENTION, AUG 1-3 in THE WOODLANDS
