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    I sort of kinda tried to catch up, but I just can't. All I know is my pic of mason on the potty is far less controversial compared to all of this.

    I'm not sure I want to try and catch up.
    I kind of skipped over the most controversial stuff. But I made a fantastic dinner. Lol. My husband even said it was 10x better than his mom's version. I can die happy now. ;-)
    That's really sweet, herc

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  • Nrg2020 said:
    @northport6‌ - Leviticus is the Old Testament. Look at the Bible like this - the Old Testament is a history lesson of how things came to be but it isn't how we should live. A lot of bad things happened then. The New Testament tells us how we should live today. A lot of people take the teachings of the Bible out of context - most specifically the teachings of the Old Testament. I think that book scares a lot of people which is why when Bibles are often passed out for free, they only include the New Testament. :-)
    Hello, my name is Jew. I have no New Testament. So. That.
    Lol. Well, disregard. So do Jews believe in the second coming?
    We believe the messiah (from the Hebrew moschiach) hasn't come the first time, but we're waiting.
    I'm pretty sure my Jew baby who was born on Christmas is the messiah. ;) :P
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  • Loolaide said:



    Seventh: My uo is that I think Hillary should go by Madame President when she wins in 2016, not Mrs.

    I definitely agree! I always assumed a lady president would be 'Madame'. Mrs President sounds odd to me.
  • Loolaide said:
    Omfgeeeee this thread was unbelievable. I even had to expand and read all of herc's posts. First: image Second: Gypped (or, incorrectly, jipped) is actually an ethnic slur. Herc, please don't insult people based on their ethnicity. Third: To homeschool, you need to know the difference between illicit and elicit. In other words, each of the homeschool advocates had grammatical, logical, or other faults that would make me cringe if I were in charge of ensuring you were qualified to teach. Luckily for you, I'm not. Unluckily for you, your faults may prevent your children from getting into college or even landing jobs post high school. Fourth: I can't even with all the bigoted shit here. IT IS NOT TOLERANCE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THAT YOU HAVE A SHITTY OPINION THAT OPPRESSES OTHERS. TOLERANCE ESPOUSES FREEDOM FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY WILL, NOT FREEDOM FOR BIGOTED FUCKS TO SHOW HATRED. In short, see Cliven Bundy and his less-than-enlightened views on slavery. Fifth: Caitlin and Sasquatch, if you choose to subsume your existence, individuality, rights as a human, whatever, to give precedence to the possibility of a human, that's your right. I'm going to stay over here in the land of the reasonable where I am in control over my own body. Sixth: I have had a lil drink. I'm so fucking mad that I had a life today. Seventh: My uo is that I think Hillary should go by Madame President when she wins in 2016, not Mrs.

    I wasn't going to respond to this but since the elicit, illicit comment was me I will say this. Please dont act like you've never misspelled something. I'm on mobile and my phone autocorrects everything. I know the difference but i misspelled elicit and my phone autocorrected it to illicit and honestly I didnt notice or I would have corrected it.
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  • ColeRose said:
    I really don't think anyone was being racist in this thread. Am I wrong? I honestly don't see it, but maybe I missed something.

    I didn't see it either. But again, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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  • ColeRose said:

    I really don't think anyone was being racist in this thread. Am I wrong? I honestly don't see it, but maybe I missed something.

    Not sure if you were referring to my comment, but there were a couple of comments about race and segregation in the middle of all of this. I was just bouncing off of that.

    **back to lurking...

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  • Thanks, @Nrg2020‌! I basically just looked back and TL;dr'd my own comment, ha.
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  • Loolaide said:

    And let's not forget you mocking people's minor errors on an Internet forum - stating it mirrors their level of intelligence.

    That's completely relevant when they profess to be better equipped to teach every single subject under the sun (physics? chemistry?) than professional teachers.

    Loolaide, with all due respect, as we're all doing our best to raise our kids as we see fit, I feel compelled to inform you that I don't know a single homeschooling parent who professes to be equipped to teach every subject under the sun. Luckily my hubby and I have degrees in vastly different subject matter, so we have a lot of material covered. Also, most of the folks I know will have their children take higher level math and science courses at the community college if it's something they are uncomfortable teaching.

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  • Cashingn2 said:

    Well, now I don't know who's talking to whom.


    Yep, quote trees hurt my eyes and my head

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  • Loolaide said:

    ColeRose said:

    I do think some of the homeschooling comments on here went too far. I hope this thread, or at least that topic, dies soon.

    It'll die down just in time for all those who are butthurt to take it over to FFFC. Just call me the amaaaazing Kreskin.
    To be fair, homeschooling, when done well, can be great. The attitude towards it and towards public school teachers in this thread really seemed one sided though.
    I think you meant to quote Cole, but consider your opinion duly noted by me. :-)
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  • ColeRose said:

    I do think some of the homeschooling comments on here went too far. I hope this thread, or at least that topic, dies soon.

    It'll die down just in time for all those who are butthurt to take it over to FFFC. Just call me the amaaaazing Kreskin.
    I am trying to think of a nice, "safe" FFFC...maybe something about food or movies.

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  • edited April 2014
    I'll apologize for what I said. I just feel like public schools get bashed by homeschoolers. There are some amazing teachers in the school system. Especially when I think of some friends/family that have done Teach for America.

    There are few people that are equipped to home school but more power to them for doing it. I'm sure it's extremely challenging.
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  • Cashingn2 said:
    And in my defense, my original comment was made specifically because I'm sensitive about this and was trying not to be so dramatic so I chose to say that I felt that negative comments should not be made about our children instead of pointing out specific things. I only did so Bc I was asked to explain myself. I suppose I should have said "I think you're both getting out of hand." Lol

    I think that sums up most of the arguments on here.
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  • Loolaide said:


    Loolaide said:

    I don't think anyone expects perfect communication in an online forum where most people are using phones and a teeny tiny touchscreen and not instructing anyone... But even then, I could share tons of spelling and grammar errors from my daughter's teachers. One of my favorites was where her teacher misspelled excellence on a certificate of excellence. =D> That one stayed on the fridge the whole year!!

    Actually, when people are saying they are better than teachers, I expect them to be. As should we all, unless we want to participate in the dumbing down of society.




    But even teachers make mistakes - even in the classroom. And in this forum, nobody is instructing anyone else - nobody has a lesson plan in front of them... It is internet chit chat. So one error and someone isn't qualified to teach their child? We teach our children to read, write, walk, talk, go potty, count, say their ABC's, drive cars, so on and so forth... If someone is truly dedicated to the mission, there are many available lesson plans available to parents who want to put forth the effort. Hell, Loolaide, you'll not find a single soul in any profession who is perfect, and homeschooling parents don't wing this. They put a lot of time and effort into it. Of course mistakes will be made, but mistakes are made in schools, too, so that's hardly a reason to shun someone from the idea.
    Except people are stating they'll homeschool because teachers aren't qualified to teach, specifically because they don't have m eds. So turnabout is fair play.

    Also, @lorlor681‌ has the right of it. It's nbd, because my kids will be your kids' bosses.

    Ok I get it, homeschooling is not your thing, & it's not mine either but I don't get the whole superiority complex you're having with saying your kids will therefore be higher up in society? I like you Loo, but dude, that comes across as really rude.
  • Loolaide said:

    @Loolaide‌ I like you. You may or may not like me but I like you. You know why? You remind me of Rachel Maddow. And I love Rachel Maddow. :)

    That is such a fabulous compliment that you are officially off my post it.

    Hahaha!! Thanks. but seriously though...I record and watch TRMS every single night. And your comments and just the way you word things reminds me of her.

    Good show tonight btw

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  • @Loolaide‌, just read more of the back & forth between you & Cash, & I think I finally get what you meant, that you're ok with homeschooling if done right, but you didn't like how people who wanted to homeschool were simultaneously bashing the school system & saying they could do it better, am I right?

    Anyway that makes much more sense to me but FTR what you said at first didn't sound like that at all. It sounded like you were saying all homeschooled kids will have lower jobs in society & that publicly taught kids will be their bosses. I'm sure you see why that would sound offensive. Oh & my feelings had nothing to do with Herc, but more about the fact that I was homeschooled (& am now quite successful, mind you ) & that you seemed to be implying (at least initially) that publicly taught kids are more successful, which is just silly.
  • @Loolaide‌, I did read your whole argument but honestly thought that you picking out their grammatical errors was a weak argument for making blanket statements like "their kids will have a hard time getting into colleges or finding jobs". Everyone makes mistakes, & it just felt like you were reaching & generalizing to try & make your argument. I DO understand your frustration with the "I can do it better" (than public schools) mindset though. If people want to homeschool OR have their kids attend Public school, fine, but I agree the bashing/hating was unnecessary.
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  • Gah! I always miss the good ones!! 16 pages later..
  • @AGriffin620‌ I'm glad you're back :-h
    Yeah I like you and noticed you were back!
  • KateMW said:
    It is silly to think home schoolers can't be leaders nor successful. Condoleeza Rice was homeschooled. So was the hotty Tim Tebow ;-)
    Nothing about Tim Tebow says leader or successful. Come on now.
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  • Yezbick9 said:
    It is silly to think home schoolers can't be leaders nor successful. Condoleeza Rice was homeschooled. So was the hotty Tim Tebow ;-)
    Nothing about Tim Tebow says leader or successful. Come on now.
    I think it's success to start for an NFL team when you don't know how to throw a football. A sliding scale perhaps, but success nonetheless.
    LOL Nope.
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