Is your homeschool harmonious? Do your children always obey and wait patiently for your next instruction? Perhaps. Most likely not. Instead of worrying about perfection, I'm on a journey to find peace without understanding and the joy unspeakable of serving my children and therefore serving the Lord, without expecting my children to be perfect angels, or myself to be the perfect instructor. Normally, I can only walk as far as the kitchen sink before my children request that I stay by their side to complete school, so now my job is to foster independent learners as I start to walk beyond the kitchen sink.
I think it could be said that this was a bit of a straw man argument. It did have some legitimate points though. I think it does underscore why homeschooling is such a valid and even better option. Who knows the child better than the parent?
I thought it was entertaining, although not the end-all-be-all argument for homeschool by any means. "Straw man argument"--I like when people know their fallacies!
I obtained an English MA in Rhetoric & Composition in 2011, which may explain my crazy addiction to blogging. I'm a wife and a mother of two. I remain a writer, a teacher, an artist, a student, and a person of curiosity.
Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI think it could be said that this was a bit of a straw man argument. It did have some legitimate points though. I think it does underscore why homeschooling is such a valid and even better option. Who knows the child better than the parent?
I thought it was entertaining, although not the end-all-be-all argument for homeschool by any means. "Straw man argument"--I like when people know their fallacies!
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