Home Schooling – Reflections on Patriotism

Contests offer a great way to get feedback about one’s abilities, as well as hone/increase those abilities.

Contests offer a great way to get feedback about one’s abilities, as well as hone/increase those abilities.

It’s at this time of the year that we also shift our focus even more so, as we take our eyes off of ourselves and our wants/needs and think of others.

We are also gathering up dates for things that would be good field trips and educational outings to enhance our home school education.

As far as I am concerned, if there is improvement, there is success. If there is struggle and then improvement, there is success, too. If there is failure and poor attitude, there is room for success.

We plan our vacations around when people are in school, so we have all these advantages working for us.

It was a joy to see people at work who really love what they do and who feel a sense of enthusiasm for their tasks. I think that this is definitely an attitude that is “caught” rather than “taught.”

With home schooling really being a lifestyle rather than something you do for certain parts of the day, some things get left unattended to. As a result, I am looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting things clean, fresh and uncluttered! Organization is key here!

Their website (www.thelastgreenvalley.org) lists loads of events that are free and open to the public, including an event on May 30 where I will have the opportunity to perform a song I wrote for the “Source to Sea” Expedition!

Home-educators and their families are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources. In the state of Oregon alone, they saved taxpayers at least $61 million dollars per year.

Some homeschoolers opt to pay for testing and can use that as a tool for measuring the level their kids have reached.