Henry Zonio
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12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 reasons I WOULD send... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - Homeschool, Public Sch... · 1 reply · +1 points
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12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 reasons NOT to send ... · 0 replies · +1 points
Having gone to Christian school and taught at one, another reason not to send your kids to Christian school is that many Christian schools do not have the resources available to public schools. While I did go to Christian school when I was younger, I went to a public school from 8th grade on. I would've never had access to the educational experiences I did if I had been in a Christian school or homeschooled.
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 Reasons to Homeschoo... · 0 replies · +1 points
As for #4, I would caution flexibility as a reason. Depending on what you use for curriculum, you may end up having less flexibility than if you sent your kids to school. Also, you need to make sure that you read up on the educational requirements for your state when it comes to homeschooling. All states have some sort of required record keeping and even application to homeschool. It's easy enough to find all that info on Google, though.
If you've never homeschooled, I would recommend K12. That's what we've used... and most states have public charter schools that are virtual academies. And since they're public charters, everything is paid for!
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 reasons NOT to Homes... · 0 replies · +1 points
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 reasons NOT to send ... · 0 replies · +1 points
Great thoughts, Sam... can't wait for the rest of the posts!
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - 4 Reasons to send your... · 0 replies · +1 points
The only thing I'd add is that it gives me an opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and belief systems as well.
Also, I love that you've stopped telling your kids to be "safe." Much better to tell them to make wise choices! One thing that I've done with my kids (and I stole this from Erwin McManus) when praying with my kids at bedtime is not to pray that God would protect them in their dreams from scary things but that God would make my kids big enough to beat up the scary things in their dreams :) I, then, reinforce that God is bigger than their fears in real life, and He makes us bigger than those fears, too!
12 years ago @ Sam Luce - Where should I send my... · 1 reply · +1 points
Sam, I think we could compare notes about schooling experiences :) I, too, went to private school, public school, and a small private school which was almost like being homeschooled :)
As a children's ministry leader, what I've done to help parents as they sort through all of this was to approach it from a coaching perspective. I did my best to empower the parent and encourage them as they thought through their options. I tried to keep the ball in their court and help them to consider all options as objectively as possible. Of course all of this flowed out of a relationship of trust that had already been established with the parents.
I look forward to reading the rest of this series.