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]]> Comment on Because it will improve our economic base? by INSOFT http://texased.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/because-it-will-improve-our-economic-base/#comment-63793 INSOFT Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:14:11 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/because-it-will-improve-our-economic-base/#comment-63793 Insoft Institute of IT & Management established in 1995 is an endeavour to provide higher education to aspiring professionals and students in the field of Information Technology, Business Management, Journalism Mass Communication. Insoft Institute of IT & Management established in 1995 is an endeavour to provide higher education to aspiring professionals and students in the field of Information Technology, Business Management, Journalism Mass Communication.

]]> Comment on Appropriate homeschool envirionments by Rosanne Dillon http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/appropriate-homeschool-envirionments/#comment-63792 Rosanne Dillon Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:38:39 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/appropriate-homeschool-envirionments/#comment-63792 . .

]]> Comment on Appropriate homeschool envirionments by Rosanne Dillon http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/appropriate-homeschool-envirionments/#comment-63791 Rosanne Dillon Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:34:20 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/appropriate-homeschool-envirionments/#comment-63791 Imagine my surprise when I decided to Google my name just to see what would come up, and this link was at the top of the list. I clicked on it expecting to take a trip down memory lane and reread the article written. Imagine my surprise to find it comments on the the article written. I was very sad to read what all of you had written. You are all off base, as the reporter did none of the things you suggest. Nor do I live in River Oaks. Thank you for showing me how hatred and jealousy begin. My faith taught me tolerance and not to covet my neighbor's goods or successes. You may want to review these principles. And... Shame on Jube from G-HAH (I'm sure you know who that is, being the veterans that you are) for posting a request from that reporter for submissions to an obscure email asking for input if you specifically planned a homeschool room in your home. Shame on me for responding, thinking it was some national study--not knowing it was the local media inquiring--and then agreeing to let them come into my home and take pictures. Shame on me for sharing my simple plan, that could duplicate itself in just about any home--even yours, if you can build or pay someone to install a piano hinge on a door frame and change out a door for a bookcase. Shame on me for having the foresight to ask my builder to tweak a few things in my upstairs foyer to accommodate a dual computer station so I could SEE everything my child was doing at the computer while I got some computer work done as well. Shame on me for using garage sale school desks and folding tables to decorate my secret homeschool room--I didn't have the funds to hire that River Oaks designer you mentioned. Shame on my builder for not making me aware of this request by the reporter. Shame on me for not mentioning to the reporter to print that I spent 4 years prior to commencing formal homeschooling soaking up info from veteran homeschoolers like you so that that I could avoid the common pitfalls you veterans so often mention. I've seen your kitchens, need I say more? Shame on me for wanting to share with the public what I did during a relocation that provided me an unexpected creative window of opportunity. Shame on me for working tirelessly for 24 years and waiting to have a family to save money so that I can have the American dream: a new home to raise a family. Shame on me for allowing myself to get caught up in the replies in this blog and deciding to post a reply, rather than turning the other cheek. There's one other "shame on..." that should be written here. But my faith in God has taught me to treat my fellow man with respect. So I'll leave that one for you, who cast the first stone, to figure out. I'll pray that our TX laws never change so that one day my lucky child can meet your lucky child in college and they can compare notes about how they acquired their educations--albeit at home or in public school. Oh, and I'm sorry to disappoint you because my home is a far cry from some River Oaks design diva's dream. No decorator has ever stepped foot into my home, and it shows. I'm a former working mom, just like you, who wants nothing but the best for my child--hence the decision to homeschool. And those who've met me over the countless homeschool paths I've crossed, are always amazed at the things I've done and shared with others in the homeschool community. I suppose this was one share gone too far, in YOUR humble opinion. Sorry for helping portray such a slanted view of current day homeschoolers. I won't mention some of the homeschool rooms I've seen that made me salivate since this article. I'm happy with what I've got. And I hope you're happy with what you've got. God won't give you more until you show him you used what he gave you well. Rosanne Dillon Imagine my surprise when I decided to Google my name just to see what would come up, and this link was at the top of the list. I clicked on it expecting to take a trip down memory lane and reread the article written. Imagine my surprise to find it comments on the the article written.
I was very sad to read what all of you had written. You are all off base, as the reporter did none of the things you suggest. Nor do I live in River Oaks.

Thank you for showing me how hatred and jealousy begin. My faith taught me tolerance and not to covet my neighbor’s goods or successes. You may want to review these principles.

And…
Shame on Jube from G-HAH (I’m sure you know who that is, being the veterans that you are) for posting a request from that reporter for submissions to an obscure email asking for input if you specifically planned a homeschool room in your home.

Shame on me for responding, thinking it was some national study–not knowing it was the local media inquiring–and then agreeing to let them come into my home and take pictures.

Shame on me for sharing my simple plan, that could duplicate itself in just about any home–even yours, if you can build or pay someone to install a piano hinge on a door frame and change out a door for a bookcase.

Shame on me for having the foresight to ask my builder to tweak a few things in my upstairs foyer to accommodate a dual computer station so I could SEE everything my child was doing at the computer while I got some computer work done as well.

Shame on me for using garage sale school desks and folding tables to decorate my secret homeschool room–I didn’t have the funds to hire that River Oaks designer you mentioned.

Shame on my builder for not making me aware of this request by the reporter.

Shame on me for not mentioning to the reporter to print that I spent 4 years prior to commencing formal homeschooling soaking up info from veteran homeschoolers like you so that that I could avoid the common pitfalls you veterans so often mention. I’ve seen your kitchens, need I say more?

Shame on me for wanting to share with the public what I did during a relocation that provided me an unexpected creative window of opportunity.

Shame on me for working tirelessly for 24 years and waiting to have a family to save money so that I can have the American dream: a new home to raise a family.

Shame on me for allowing myself to get caught up in the replies in this blog and deciding to post a reply, rather than turning the other cheek.

There’s one other “shame on…” that should be written here. But my faith in God has taught me to treat my fellow man with respect. So I’ll leave that one for you, who cast the first stone, to figure out.

I’ll pray that our TX laws never change so that one day my lucky child can meet your lucky child in college and they can compare notes about how they acquired their educations–albeit at home or in public school.

Oh, and I’m sorry to disappoint you because my home is a far cry from some River Oaks design diva’s dream. No decorator has ever stepped foot into my home, and it shows. I’m a former working mom, just like you, who wants nothing but the best for my child–hence the decision to homeschool. And those who’ve met me over the countless homeschool paths I’ve crossed, are always amazed at the things I’ve done and shared with others in the homeschool community. I suppose this was one share gone too far, in YOUR humble opinion. Sorry for helping portray such a slanted view of current day homeschoolers. I won’t mention some of the homeschool rooms I’ve seen that made me salivate since this article. I’m happy with what I’ve got. And I hope you’re happy with what you’ve got. God won’t give you more until you show him you used what he gave you well.

Rosanne Dillon

]]> Comment on All other states, beware! Texas is changing curriculum standards! by megan fox http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/all-other-states-beware-texas-is-changing-curriculum-standards/#comment-63790 megan fox Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:45:40 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/all-other-states-beware-texas-is-changing-curriculum-standards/#comment-63790 Sign: umsun Hello!!! rcuwwymhyw and 919ssgfhphzye and 2270Nice blog! Sign: umsun Hello!!! rcuwwymhyw and 919ssgfhphzye and 2270Nice blog!

]]> Comment on All other states, beware! Texas is changing curriculum standards! by sandrar http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/all-other-states-beware-texas-is-changing-curriculum-standards/#comment-63789 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:40:07 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/all-other-states-beware-texas-is-changing-curriculum-standards/#comment-63789 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on Education Expert, Homeschooling, and Socialization by Chicas De Argentina http://texased.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/education-expert-homeschooling-and-socialization/#comment-63788 Chicas De Argentina Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:27:30 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/education-expert-homeschooling-and-socialization/#comment-63788 hm.. strange. hm.. strange.

]]> Comment on A symbol of Little League values? by Lubbock Western LL Dad http://texased.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/a-symbol-of-little-league-values/#comment-63787 Lubbock Western LL Dad Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:28:07 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/a-symbol-of-little-league-values/#comment-63787 Once again, we enter that time of the year where the West Texas State tourney is about to begin. As I reflect on the three years since my son participated in this expierience, I realize that sports and the competition at different levels has it's unique challenges. As my son enters his junior year of high school baseball, I realize truely how uncomplicated Little League baseball can be. My son faces similar issues on a grander scale in high school, including playing time, coaching philosophies, and teamwork issues. Last week, I visited a 11 y.o. sectional tournament in Lubbock, and enjoyed the pure enthusiam and joy of competion displayed by several teams that knew that they would not be advancing further. I applaud their efforts to keep the game innocent. Sure, you're going to have the ready-made all-star teams in many regions like San Antonio and Lubbock, but we must remember that the vast majority of the teams and players approach Little League for what it was designed to be... enjoyable and memory makers. Once again, we enter that time of the year where the West Texas State tourney is about to begin. As I reflect on the three years since my son participated in this expierience, I realize that sports and the competition at different levels has it’s unique challenges. As my son enters his junior year of high school baseball, I realize truely how uncomplicated Little League baseball can be. My son faces similar issues on a grander scale in high school, including playing time, coaching philosophies, and teamwork issues. Last week, I visited a 11 y.o. sectional tournament in Lubbock, and enjoyed the pure enthusiam and joy of competion displayed by several teams that knew that they would not be advancing further. I applaud their efforts to keep the game innocent. Sure, you’re going to have the ready-made all-star teams in many regions like San Antonio and Lubbock, but we must remember that the vast majority of the teams and players approach Little League for what it was designed to be… enjoyable and memory makers.

]]> Comment on Texas SBOE does not support teaching of evolution by William Fraser http://texased.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/texas-sboe-does-not-support-teaching-of-evolution/#comment-63786 William Fraser Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:08:46 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/texas-sboe-does-not-support-teaching-of-evolution/#comment-63786 Creation Science is not science..... Creation Science is not science…..

]]> Comment on McKinney ISD Cheerleading Mess by Dean http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/mckinney-isd-cheerleading-mess/#comment-63785 Dean Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:27:23 +0000 http://texased.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/mckinney-isd-cheerleading-mess/#comment-63785 Back in 1988, when I was a senior in high school, two cheerleaders were caught one evening smoking cigarettes underneath the bleachers during a football game. The woman who caught them, Mrs. Kenshaw, one of the schools P.E. teachers, immediatly marched the girls to the administration building and gave them a paddling. These girls were seniors, one of them prom queen, but that didn't matter--they got their butts blistered that night. That's what these girls at that Texas school needed. Nothing can convince a young woman to keep her skirts down better than a good old fashion paddling. And when I was in school, a paddling also meant you got a whipping when you got home. And that's where parents need to step up to the plate. The image of a father pulling off his belt can stay in a young womans memory for a long time, making her think twice before misbehaving. These cheerleaders should have gotten their behinds blistered at school, then should have been put across the bed for a whipping on their bare bottoms by their fathers when they got home. I can assure you, they would have kept their skirts down from then on. Back in 1988, when I was a senior in high school, two cheerleaders were caught one evening smoking cigarettes underneath the bleachers during a football game. The woman who caught them, Mrs. Kenshaw, one of the schools P.E. teachers, immediatly marched the girls to the administration building and gave them a paddling. These girls were seniors, one of them prom queen, but that didn’t matter–they got their butts blistered that night.
That’s what these girls at that Texas school needed. Nothing can convince a young woman to keep her skirts down better than a good old fashion paddling. And when I was in school, a paddling also meant you got a whipping when you got home.
And that’s where parents need to step up to the plate. The image of a father pulling off his belt can stay in a young womans memory for a long time, making her think twice before misbehaving. These cheerleaders should have gotten their behinds blistered at school, then should have been put across the bed for a whipping on their bare bottoms by their fathers when they got home. I can assure you, they would have kept their skirts down from then on.

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