As a homeschooling mom I take my children's education very seriously. It is so important to me that they get quality, well rounded schooling that I took it upon myself to do so.
We cover the basics of reading, writing, science,math and geography but we also incorporate Bible lessons, fine arts, Latin and citizenship. Don't even get me started on how difficult it is to teach Latin to a child who is so grounded in her own reality that she believes Hannah to be the capital of Montana. Imagine my embarrassment when she answered that during our home school Jeopardy challenge! My face turned red as the other mothers got a good laugh out the situation. Kids will be kids and whether their mistakes are funny or not it is a learning opportunity.
Good citizenship is one of the easier subjects to teach. It is easy to model and all you have to do is ask the child how would they feel in that situation, how would they want to be treated. Kids can be taught how to empathize with others. Basically it is just the Golden Rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Imagine my shock (yes, I was shocked. Maybe I am naive.) when I was surfing Blogs of Note and came across this lovely blog http://capecodmemories.blogspot.com/. Beautiful pictures. I have never been to Cape Cod but this blog sure makes me wish I could visit there. It looks so awesome and peaceful. I was going to comment it but was unable to. The comment function had been disabled and this quote explains why:
Our belated gratitude to Blogger for naming us "Blog of Note" last week. We appreciate the honor.
Most unfortunately, the quality of negative feedback far outweighed the quantity of positive feedback we received. We enjoyed using this space to share our photos of Cape Cod with others. We may do so here once again, but comments will remain turned off. We don't want the negativity of others to prevent our self-expression on Blogger. Thank you for your understanding.
Most unfortunately, the quality of negative feedback far outweighed the quantity of positive feedback we received. We enjoyed using this space to share our photos of Cape Cod with others. We may do so here once again, but comments will remain turned off. We don't want the negativity of others to prevent our self-expression on Blogger. Thank you for your understanding.
I read the archived posts and looked at the pictures and could not find anything remotely controversial or offensive. Why on earth did these people receive such negative feedback that they have now refused all feedback altogether? Why would someone take the time to write negative feedback. Constructive criticism is fine, many welcome it. (me too, just be gentle)
All I can think of for the negative posts is ''Didn't their mother's teach them any better??"
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