tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post5705617167210009962..comments2008-05-16T23:40:40.139-04:00Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873954096931154216noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-68510403622946496062008-05-16T23:40:00.000-04:002008-05-16T23:40:00.000-04:00Great article. Love the breeze analogy... I've often thought too - there are incompetent teachers even in the some of the best schools - I had them and so has my son. What about the gaps that they leave? <BR/><BR/>No educational system is perfect, but I believe that a parent is their child's best teacher, because they know that child so well and the best teachers are the ones that can relate best with the students.schpleiverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02355590982227742739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-14194736927277617052008-05-09T10:38:00.000-04:002008-05-09T10:38:00.000-04:00I like Sebastians analogy. Frankly, I'm aiming for quality, not quantity, which is what I find most institutional schools are focused on. Get 'em in. Get 'em out.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of another analogy I heard a while back. We don't need someone in the bedroom telling us how to reproduce. We're pretty good at figuring out the act which results in children. Just as God made my body to form and birth a child, he also made me capable of raising the child he blessed me with, and that raising doesn't stop at a particular point or only apply to specific tasks and not others.<BR/><BR/>Of course, just as some women are unable to conceive or birth naturally, so, some families are unable to homeschool, which is why I am thankful there are other options out there.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I suppose that analogy may be a bit off the wall as well, but it created a huge line of thought for me in trusting God, just as I trusted him to form the baby in my womb, to guide me in teaching my child.MandyMom.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14259605619391239854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-71648019426643558652008-05-09T00:18:00.000-04:002008-05-09T00:18:00.000-04:00Thank you, everyone! And Sebastian, I agree.<BR/><BR/>Luckily, I'm not trying to "produce" anything. :)Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07363108115499781703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-57623750621459084032008-05-08T20:00:00.000-04:002008-05-08T20:00:00.000-04:00I prefer the analogies of home cooking or home sewing. An industrialized approach will always be able to produce more cookies or hamburgers or pizzas. But the industrialized approach also has to restrict itself to a much smaller range of options.Sebastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04009107720601931341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-17838383394367135332008-05-08T13:12:00.000-04:002008-05-08T13:12:00.000-04:00Great article and I love your analogy.Shaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13576523079112503893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-16059043803536003112008-05-08T12:06:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:06:00.000-04:00Awesome analogies!!<BR/>Also what about the "abuse" that happens in the schools from teachers, and peers!! No-one comments on that!!<BR/>Thanks for your article.<BR/>Bunnysunshineperrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05320176392705922943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2646552345065536552.post-20815486288647651402008-05-08T09:34:00.000-04:002008-05-08T09:34:00.000-04:00Love the breeze analogy. I need to go write that down for future use.Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03937471678525973790noreply@blogger.com