http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/http://rss.clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E8DD2BC5-BCF5-4B64-AA18-BAD88C48F46C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/mklosinski/">mklosinski</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/08/20/amateurs_outdoing_professionals" title="http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/08/20/amateurs_outdoing_professionals">townhall.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> When amateurs outperform professionals, there is something wrong with that profession. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Yet it is common for ordinary parents, with no training in education, to homeschool their children and consistently produce better academic results than those of children educated by teachers with Master's degrees and in schools spending upwards of $10,000 a year per student-- which is to say, more than a million dollars to educate ten kids from K through 12. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Nevertheless, we continue to take seriously the pretensions of educators who fail to educate, but who put on airs of having "professional" expertise beyond the understanding of mere parents. </P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/08/20/amateurs_outdoing_professionals?page=2" title="http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/08/20/amateurs_outdoing_professionals?page=2">townhall.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Nothing is easier than for experts with that small band of knowledge to imagine that they are so much wiser than others. Central planning is only the most demonstrable failure of such thinking. The disasters from other kinds of social engineering involve much the same problem. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/teachers/" rel="tag">teachers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/public+education/" rel="tag">public education</a></div>http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/08/20/amateurs_outdoing_professionalsSat, 23 Aug 2008 13:45:44 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/42C8204D-0E92-4A38-A0C5-1F2D424AA49F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/enbar/">enbar</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> I don't think this is a good idea, personally, but maybe that's just me -- I'm an uptight, Old Media kind of guy, I guess. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3/view" title="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3/view">thestory.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/enbar/512/BEFEB878-1EA3-4C03-8BC2-D79DFE104B0E.gif" alt="American Public Media logo" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3><A href="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3/view">Homeschool of Rock</A></H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H4>Homeschool of Rock</H4></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="imageleft"><IMG width="100" height="100" alt="Blake Peebles Guitar Hero" src="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3resolveuid/39aa766e7f00bcd46d0f82817fb5bb93" class="image-left" />Blake Peebles, credit: Corey Lowenstein - <A href="http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3resolveuid/81ef8799b473efc3f5aa9fb883aed84b" title="Blake Peebles 2">larger &gt;&gt;</A><BR /></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When teenager Blake Peebles first asked to leave regular high school to pursue a professional gaming career, his parents dismissed the idea. Then Blake established himself as one of the nation’s top Guitar Hero players in local and online tournaments, and his parents Mike and Hunter reconsidered. <BR /></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>After a year of homeschool, Blake has not only made straight A’s and aced his EOGs; he also has qualified to compete in the regionals of the World Cyber Games, the largest gaming festival in the world. Blake, Mike, and Hunter join guest host Aaron Henkin to explain their decision to let Blake pursue his dream to go pro as a gamer.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI>Read a Raleigh <I>News & Observer</I> <A href="http://www.newsobserver.com/print/sunday/sunday_journal/story/1155589.html">article</A> about Blake<BR /></LI></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/random_sh!t/" rel="tag">random_sh!t</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/funny/" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/games/" rel="tag">games</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/children/" rel="tag">children</a></div>http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_581_Homeschool_Of_Rock.mp3/viewMon, 18 Aug 2008 15:51:54 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/08CF0632-347F-4EC0-940D-2846C8B3E24C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/rvnurse2b/">rvnurse2b</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> list of 50 things everyone should know how to do and links in case you find that you... don't... know how to do them<img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/icons/smilies/happy.gif?r=2" style="margin-bottom: -4px;" alt="" /> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/02/50-things-everyone-should-know-how-to-do/" title="http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/02/50-things-everyone-should-know-how-to-do/">www.marcandangel.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>50 Things Everyone Should Know<BR /> How To Do</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Build a Fire</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Operate a Computer</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>3.  Use Google Effectively</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>4.  Perform CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>5.  Drive a Manual Transmission Vehicle</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>6.  Do Basic Cooking</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>7.  Tell a Story that Captivates People’s Attention</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>8.  Win or Avoid a Fistfight</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>9.  Deliver Bad News</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>10.  Change a Tire</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>11.  Handle a Job Interview</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>12.  Manage Time</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>13.  Speed Read</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>14.  Remember Names</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>15.  Relocate Living Spaces</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>16.  Travel Light</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>17.  Handle the Police</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>18.  Give Driving Directions</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>19.  Perform Basic First Aid</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>20.  Swim</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>21.  Parallel Park</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>22.  Recognize Personal Alcohol Limits</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>23.  Select Good Produce</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>24.  Handle a Hammer, Axe or Handsaw</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>25.  Make a Simple Budget</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>26.  Speak at Least Two Common Languages</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>27.  Do Push-Ups and Sit-Ups Properly</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>28.  Give a Compliment</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>29.  Negotiate</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>30.  Listen Carefully to Others</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>32.  Paint a Room</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>50.  Jump Start a Car</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>49.  Hold a Baby</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>48.  Keep a Clean House</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>47.  Remove a Stain</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>45.  Detect a Lie</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>46.  End a Date Politely Without Making Promises</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>40.  Sew a Button onto Clothing</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>42.  Type</STRONG></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stupid/" rel="tag">stupid</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/net/" 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align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/200.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/200.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Sonlight 200 <SPAN class="subtitle">History of God's Kingdom</SPAN></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3>Your ideal homeschool is here:</H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="info-wrapper" id="200-00-node"><IMG alt="Core Package" src="http://www.sonlight.com/images/icons/silk/package_green.png" /> <SPAN class="slider-group-title-package">Core 200: History of God's Kingdom</SPAN> <A class="lWOn" target="_blank" href="http://www.sonlight.com/images/products/200-00-l.jpg" linkindex="607"><IMG alt="Core 200: History of God's Kingdom" src="http://www.sonlight.com/images/products/200-00-s.jpg" /></A> <A class="lWOn" target="_blank" href="http://www.sonlight.com/printer/200-00.html" linkindex="608"><NOBR>Read more »</NOBR></A> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool+books/" rel="tag">homeschool books</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/home+schooling/" rel="tag">home schooling</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/200.htmlWed, 02 Jul 2008 06:08:41 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/631D0104-514C-4F47-8BCE-431FCF0776A7/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/preschool4u/">preschool4u</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich,Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade.Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/alt7.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/alt7.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/preschool4u/512/64782AD3-4EA9-4B64-B2E0-57A9B700E372.jpg" alt="T6C5" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/preschool4u/512/B68B8FB3-87A9-4BE0-A26D-B45ADEF2D1E4.jpg" alt="Core Alternative 7 - 5-Day Schedule" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3>Your ideal homeschool is here:</H3></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschooling/" rel="tag">homeschooling</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/alt7.htmlWed, 25 Jun 2008 06:28:32 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/165A35B8-C519-411F-B731-EAD0AFDA93AB/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/sonlight7/">sonlight7</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich,Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade.Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://sonlight.com/7.html" title="http://sonlight.com/7.html">sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sonlight7/512/C90C57B7-52D4-4BCA-A971-579C40821795.png" alt="Sonlight Curriculum" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Sonlight 7 <SPAN class="subtitle">World History, Part 2</SPAN></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Easily create the perfect literature-based homeschool for your family. First, select your Core, which includes your Instructor's Guide, History and Geography, Read-Alouds and Readers. Then, complete your homeschool with the essential subjects… </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/christian+homeschooling/" rel="tag">christian homeschooling</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschooling/" rel="tag">homeschooling</a></div>http://sonlight.com/7.htmlMon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:13 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/C50515FE-38D8-4F50-AEE8-923789248F9A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/sonlightutor/">sonlightutor</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich, Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade. Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://sonlight.com/6.html" title="http://sonlight.com/6.html">sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/sonlightutor/512/61707040-EEE2-4EC9-9FD5-77EFA87595DC.jpg" alt="Sonlight%20Newcomer%26trade%3B%206" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="subtitle">World History, Part 1</SPAN></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool+materials/" rel="tag">homeschool materials</a></div>http://sonlight.com/6.htmlThu, 19 Jun 2008 08:09:09 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0007C79F-0D13-4384-B2CD-9E21E0774548/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/homeschooler/">homeschooler</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich, Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade. Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/5.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/5.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/homeschooler/512/EE0838B6-2265-439C-9AAA-115A70C434A1.png" alt="Sonlight Curriculum" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/homeschooler/512/2C60F576-DA71-4CCC-9EF8-D2CDB2C94D28.png" alt="Sonlight Curriculum" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool+materials/" rel="tag">homeschool materials</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/5.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 09:32:37 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E161D8B3-F484-40FE-A0CF-1C607EBE7C39/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/firstteacher/">firstteacher</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich, Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade. Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/4.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/4.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Sonlight 4 <SPAN class="subtitle">Introduction to American History, Part 2</SPAN></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/firstteacher/512/2152F69E-9E53-4912-A6F6-9F2645FB6236.png" alt="How to customize your curriculum" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool+materials/" rel="tag">homeschool materials</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/4.htmlMon, 09 Jun 2008 07:21:25 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/D697864B-C224-4783-94CF-1506368B0469/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/education8/">education8</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich, Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade. Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus,and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/3-4.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/3-4.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="subtitle">One-Year Condensed Intro to American History</SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/education8/512/CE4A003A-371B-4B06-9D4A-B1E99B7591C4.jpg" alt="Sonlight%20Newcomer%26trade%3B%204" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/education8/512/544DBC67-7D4D-4433-AED6-C41509737F15.png" alt="Sonlight Curriculum" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool+materials/" rel="tag">homeschool materials</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/3-4.htmlThu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:30 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9237FE58-FED0-4AB3-811F-0D1EE5BC2FD1/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/missangelyss/">missangelyss</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> It's funny how some people seem so set against a parent's right to homeschool. This comment lampoons that beautifully.<br/>(More at the site.) <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://phatmommy.com/2008/02/15/who-do-homeschooling-parents-think-they-are/" title="http://phatmommy.com/2008/02/15/who-do-homeschooling-parents-think-they-are/">phatmommy.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>There is an interesting discussion going on at the <A href="http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/OPINION/802150336/1030/OPINION">Asbury Park Press web site about the pros and cons of homeschooling</A>.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>TANSTAAFL2: I don’t know who these parents think they are. You would think they might leave the shaping of their children’s minds, careers and futures to trained professionals, but they insist on interfering in their offsprings’ lives every step of the way.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>As if these children were actually their responsibility from birth to adulthood. Don’t they realize these are the people’s children, the state’s responsibility. As such, they must be molded by the state and educated in accordance with state requirements — no more and no less.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They must be taught the role of the state is to protect the individual from his own inherent stupidity, because the individual is incapable of making intelligent decisions for himself, and therefore cannot be held responsible for his actions. The state must act as parent, Big Brother, nanny.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a></div>http://phatmommy.com/2008/02/15/who-do-homeschooling-parents-think-they-are/Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:18:10 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1840032C-B6D1-4A89-ACBB-5308BF94B5C7/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/traffic21/">traffic21</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight Curriculum is a literature-rich, Christian-based homeschool company that provides complete homeschool curriculum programs and materials from preschool to 12th grade. Our comprehensive curriculum has a global focus, and provides children all across the world with the desire to learn. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/2.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/2.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/traffic21/512/3C3E8318-619D-46DE-A260-6DC3541F909D.png" alt="Sonlight Curriculum" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/traffic21/512/636FFF3D-6B1F-443D-8009-D31522311D9A.png" alt="How to customize your curriculum" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/christian+homeschooling/" rel="tag">christian homeschooling</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/2.htmlFri, 30 May 2008 07:34:36 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/51B2A197-E538-4624-AD46-D52EF2E05152/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/rvnurse2b/">rvnurse2b</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> funny how so many of the people from the past that we admire were at least partially educated outside of the public school system <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.christianhomeschoolers.com/hs_famous_homeschoolers.html" title="http://www.christianhomeschoolers.com/hs_famous_homeschoolers.html">www.christianhomeschoolers.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Leonardo da Vinci</STRONG> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Claude Monet </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Felix Mendelssohn</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Iirving Berlin Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Irving Berlin</STRONG></FONT></A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Terman" title="Frederick Terman Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Frederick Terman (Stanford University President) </STRONG></FONT></A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">William Samuel Johnson (Columbia University President) </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson" title="Stonewall Jackson Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Stonewall Jackson </STRONG></FONT></A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Robert E. Lee</STRONG></FONT></A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Douglas MacArthur</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Patton" title="George Patton Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>George Patton</STRONG></FONT></A></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Alexander Graham Bell</STRONG></FONT></A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Biography Of Thomas Alba Edison"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Thomas Edison</STRONG></FONT></A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><A target="_new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Wright" title="Wright Brothers Biography"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur Wright</STRONG></FONT></A> </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>John Quincy Adams </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>William Henry Harrison </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Thomas Jefferson </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Abraham Lincoln </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>James Madison </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Franklin Delano Roosevelt </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Theodore Roosevelt </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>John Tyler </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>George Washington </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Woodrow Wilson</STRONG></FONT></DIV></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">George Washington Carver</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Pierre Curie</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Albert Einstein</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Blaise Pascal</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Booker T. Washington</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Winston Churchill </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Benjamin Franklin</STRONG></FONT></DIV></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Hans Christian Andersen</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Agatha Christie</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Charles Dickens</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">C.S. Lewis</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">George Bernard Shaw</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Mark Twain</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Daniel Webster</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Phillis Wheatley</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">John Rutledge (Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><LI><DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>William Houston (Lawyer) </STRONG></FONT></DIV> </LI><LI> <DIV align="left"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>William S. Johnson (President of Columbia C.)</STRONG></FONT></DIV></LI></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Charles Louis Montesquieu (Philosopher)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Will Rogers (Humorist)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Leo Tolstoy</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Sally Ride (Astronaut)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">John Paul Jones (Father of the American Navy)</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Charles Chaplin (Actor)</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/school/" rel="tag">school</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/government/" rel="tag">government</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/teach/" rel="tag">teach</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/homeschool/" rel="tag">homeschool</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/global/" rel="tag">global</a></div>http://www.christianhomeschoolers.com/hs_famous_homeschoolers.htmlWed, 28 May 2008 01:55:10 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/675E04E6-6632-4C34-999E-00C819D720DB/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/jatfla/">jatfla</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> More evidence of the anti-homeschooling movement in America. I have 4 friends who have committed their lives to the public education system. They are worn-out and completely discouraged. The "system" failed them and our kids. Take back your children's education....homeschool. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/subway_bans_homeschooled_kids.html" title="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/subway_bans_homeschooled_kids.html">www.americanthinker.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Subway Bans Homeschooled Kids from Essay Contest</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">By banning homeschooled kids -- children who are educated at home, as an alternative to public schooling -- Subway has ignited a firestorm of opposition from a vocal segment of the marketplace. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV><FONT size="3" face="times new roman,times">Subway's "<EM>Every Sandwich Tells a Story</EM>" <A target="_blank" href="http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/kids/contest.aspx">essay contest</A>, conducted in cooperation with the quickly repentant Scholastic News Service -- which sells strongly into the homeschool market and which immediately and publicly apologized when this issue came to their attention -- specifically bans homeschooled kids from the contest.  The remarkably poorly-spelled rules read:</FONT></DIV><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><FONT face="times new roman,times"><FONT size="3">NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal residents of the Untied (sic) States who are currently over the age of 18 and have children who attend elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. <STRONG><EM>No home schools will be accepted. </EM></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/05/subway_bans_homeschooled_kids.htmlTue, 27 May 2008 14:44:37 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F1A57CE9-B334-4FE2-81DB-7374FBBAD93F/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/homeschool9/">homeschool9</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Sonlight - It's have the Superlative homeschooling program packages for every age and grade. Sonlight's goal is to honor to provide you with the best Christian homeschooling Curriculum &amp; homeschool program materials and homeschool Books. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sonlight.com/products.html" title="http://www.sonlight.com/products.html">www.sonlight.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>You can also find Sonlight <A href="http://www.sonlight.com/core.html">Core Curriculum packages.</A> These integrated packages include History, Geography, and Literature, plus Bible in Grades 6-12 (optional in K-5). Or consider <A href="http://www.sonlight.com/newcomer-packages.html">Newcomer curriculum packages</A> if you'd like everything you need for the school year in a one-item number order.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><STRONG>Find what you need</STRONG> for the school year with just a few clicks! Use the grid below to search for products by subject or category.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sonlight+curriculum/" rel="tag">sonlight curriculum</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/christian+homeschooling/" rel="tag">christian homeschooling</a></div>http://www.sonlight.com/products.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 11:57:57 GMT