How I (Barely) Survived Home Schooling

June 11, 2013 By 7 Comments

Cross posted from Homeschoolers Anonymous How I (Barely) Survived Home Schooling: Jonny Scaramanga’s Story Jonny Scaramanga blogs on Accelerated Christian Education and leaving fundamentalism at his blog, Leaving Fundamentalism. He is building a resource on ACE here, and collects survivor stories from students with experience of ACE.

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Quoting Quiverfull: A Guarantee?

June 11, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Johnathan Lindvall from his Bold Parenting Seminar  Even in a case where you know you are right, are you willing to give up

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Quoting Quiverfull: Good, Better or Excellent?

June 10, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Mary Pride of Homeschooling World -“Good, Better or Excellent?” I now would like to say that the time has come to stop thinking about being “as good as” or even “better than” the public schools.

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Why Are We Leaving the Church?

June 9, 2013 By 2 Comments
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by Samantha cross posted from her blog Defeating The Dragons [I originally wrote this for Christianity Today's her.meneutics after my pitch was accepted, but they have decided not to publish it, so I've decided to post it here.]

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Quoting Quiverfull: Star Trek Equals Bestiality?

June 9, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Kevin Swanson of Generations of Virtue in “Star Trek Into Darkness Promotes Bestiality” He said the movie “implicates the good guy

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