Comments on: Spunky’s Thoughts on Choice http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/2009/04/24/spunkys-thoughts-on-choice/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rina http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/2009/04/24/spunkys-thoughts-on-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-12465 Rina Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:04:09 +0000 http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/?p=721#comment-12465 This was a great article! Thanks for sharing. This was a great article! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Jena (Organizing Mommy) http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/2009/04/24/spunkys-thoughts-on-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-12367 Jena (Organizing Mommy) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:57:01 +0000 http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/?p=721#comment-12367 Good link. Thanks. She's fun and witty. Good link. Thanks. She’s fun and witty.

]]> By: Linda http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/2009/04/24/spunkys-thoughts-on-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-12320 Linda Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:25:14 +0000 http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/?p=721#comment-12320 Dear Mrs P, I live in a country that is probably way more socialist than yours.The government practically pays everything health, some university, superan etc. The church didn't provide enough so the state picked up the tab.I don't need health insurance , hospitals are free.Unfortunately churches in the U.S don't seem to be providing enough charity would that be fair to say, so the government will step in one day.Schools are only the stepping stone.From Linda. Dear Mrs P, I live in a country that is probably way more socialist than yours.The government practically pays everything health, some university, superan etc. The church didn’t provide enough so the state picked up the tab.I don’t need health insurance , hospitals are free.Unfortunately churches in the U.S don’t seem to be providing enough charity would that be fair to say, so the government will step in one day.Schools are only the stepping stone.From Linda.

]]> By: L. http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/2009/04/24/spunkys-thoughts-on-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-12194 L. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:07:00 +0000 http://parunak.com/pursuingtitus2/?p=721#comment-12194 I thought the most poignant part of the post was in the comment by someone named "Babs," who despaired over women who changed their minds about homeschooling and decided to send their kids to schools instead. She wrote, "I am trying to reach out to other mom's who want help by offering to include them in our activities. But I cannot carry a vision for their children that they do not share." I that last line is true for all of us! We cannot carry a vision for other people's children that they don't share. I have my own very strong ideas about what is best for my children, and I act on them. I have SOME ideas about what is best for other people's children, and I keep them to myself unless someone asks for my opinion. I am overall very satisfied with what my children got at their Catholic school. I chose to keep them there, rather than public school or homeschooling. Even though we had to pay tuition to keep them there, I honestly didn't mind paying taxes, too, to support public schools. I believe it's in everyone's best interest that the public schools provide whatever they can, so that children who are not homeschooled or religious-schooled have some easily accessible means of obtaining reading/writing/math skills. I clicked through to Spunky's response to the commenter, and I really loved her post on what to do when friends stop homeschooling. In fact, if I may say so, it's a great way to approach people who choose not to homeschool at all! I thought the most poignant part of the post was in the comment by someone named “Babs,” who despaired over women who changed their minds about homeschooling and decided to send their kids to schools instead. She wrote, “I am trying to reach out to other mom’s who want help by offering to include them in our activities. But I cannot carry a vision for their children that they do not share.”

I that last line is true for all of us! We cannot carry a vision for other people’s children that they don’t share. I have my own very strong ideas about what is best for my children, and I act on them. I have SOME ideas about what is best for other people’s children, and I keep them to myself unless someone asks for my opinion.

I am overall very satisfied with what my children got at their Catholic school. I chose to keep them there, rather than public school or homeschooling. Even though we had to pay tuition to keep them there, I honestly didn’t mind paying taxes, too, to support public schools. I believe it’s in everyone’s best interest that the public schools provide whatever they can, so that children who are not homeschooled or religious-schooled have some easily accessible means of obtaining reading/writing/math skills.

I clicked through to Spunky’s response to the commenter, and I really loved her post on what to do when friends stop homeschooling. In fact, if I may say so, it’s a great way to approach people who choose not to homeschool at all!

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