I
swear I am addicted to books!
Today's
finished reading was "Getting Started on Home Learning - How and
Why to Teach Your Kids at Home" by Rebecca Rupp.
Loved
it. A short book with lots of resources. Loved reading entries from
her logs when her kids were growing up. These kinds of books really
give me ideas and encouragement.
Quotes
from the book? Two that I made a note to remember.
One
from Ralph Waldo Emerson
"What
is Success?"
What
is success?
To
laugh often and much;
To
win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of
children;
To
earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of
false friends;
To
appreciate beauty;
To
find the best in others;
To
leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden
patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
That
is to have succeeded.
Also,
from the writer,
"Often
states or local school districts demand that homeschoolers take
achievement test either annually or in the same years as the public
school kids. In the public schools, classroom teachers are not held
accountable for poor achievement test scores, and low scores are
generally not seen-at least by school officials-as a good reason for
pulling a child out of school. Homeschooling parents, unfortunately,
ARE held accountable for low achievement scores, which can be used
as a reason to terminate homeschooling permission and insist that a
child be enrolled in school."
