We started the day with a pleasant chat with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones. He began by asking about our initial quotation from Mother Teresa “We have done so much for so long with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing,” and why we had chosen this.
Entries from August 2008
Thank You Dr. Alvin Jones
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Dr. Alvin Jones · Homeschooling in the Media · Lifestyle
Hear us on the Radio: Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones; The Journey Home with Diego Mulligan; Family Matters with Caroline & Jacquie
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
We’re happy to note that we’ll be guests of these wonderful radio hosts:
Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones Friday, August 22, 8:30AM ET
The Journey Home with Diego Mulligan Wednesday, September 10, 5:35 MT (7:35 ET)
Family Matters with Caroline & Jacquie Thursday, September 18, 1:00PM ET
Tags: Diego Mulligan · Dr. Alvin Jones · Family Matters with Caroline & Jacquie · Homeschooling in the Media · Uncategorized
Carnival of Homeschooling
August 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
We are thrilled to be part of this week’s Carnival of Homeschooling, but have been so busy following the links from the other posts on the blog midway that we haven’t taken time (til now) to pick our favorites. Here they are so far:
Janice Campbell hosts the Carnival of Homeschooling this week. We really enjoyed [...]
Tags: Carnival of Homeschooling · Communities
Brain Food From the Heartland: Interview with Louie Free
August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
No one could call Louie Free conventional. Host of The Louie Free Radio Show (billed as The Intelligent Alternative: Brain Food from the Heartland) he invited us to discuss homeschooling and our book for almost an hour today.
Tags: Homeschooling Debates · Homeschooling in the Media · Music · Uncategorized
Radio Host Barry Lynn Takes On Homeschoolers
August 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Barry Lynn, host of the radio show Culture Shocks interviewed us today. In a forty minute segment, Lynn disputed the notion that people can homeschool without teaching credentials, insisted that public schools are doing just fine for most kids, and challenged homeschoolers who don’t like something about their school system to stay in the system and change it instead of homeschooling.
Tags: Homeschooling Debates · Homeschooling in the Media · Law and Politics · Lifestyle · School Daze · Special needs
Used Book Eurekas! What’s Yours?
August 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Our homeschooling friends remind each other of upcoming book sales and compare finds. We would love to hear from any gentle readers who would like to share a book sale triumph. What is your favorite book sale? What is your favorite/ best find so far?
Tags: Books · Economy · Lifestyle
CALIFORNIA COURT UNANIMOUS: PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO HOMESCHOOL
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments
The California appeals court that, in February, ruled that parents do not have a right to homeschool reversed itself today and unanimously ruled that they do. One attorney close to the case phoned us today and said with relief:
“The unthinkable has happened — we won. Private homeschooling is on a better footing [...]
Tags: Law and Politics
Obama and McCain: Aren’t They Both Just Dolls?
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Sometimes it’s just good to be alive. First, I read last week about graphic novels profiling the candidates, i.e. comic books by some of the top artists depicting McCain and Obama as superheroes: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/07/mccain-and-obam.html
Now we have Dover’s paperdolls:
http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-mccain—obama-election-paper-dolls.html
Does this bridge the gender gap or create one? At least we can’t say that we [...]
Tags: Law and Politics