http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/hard-work-or-cakewalk/ From the editors and publishers of Home Education Magazine Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/hard-work-or-cakewalk/#comment-115 Helen Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:21:35 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=161#comment-115 Update: There's a good discussion of this whole idea going on over at Daryl's <a href="http://www.cobranchi.com/?p=7390" rel="nofollow">Home Education and Other Stuff</a> blog, in the comments area. Update: There’s a good discussion of this whole idea going on over at Daryl’s Home Education and Other Stuff blog, in the comments area.

]]> http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/hard-work-or-cakewalk/#comment-114 Helen Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=161#comment-114 I wish they did want to know, Daryl, but that doesn't seem to be the case. These "inquiring minds" only seem to want to argue about how difficult it is to raise children, and how deciding to homeschool your kids only makes it much more difficult. Any comment about it not being particularly difficult at all is met with accusations of "ruining your children" and worse. Sometimes I really wonder about the increasingly odd beliefs and perceptions of the general populace. Is this a result of the dependency on experts and authority learned in school? Or is there something else going on... I wish they did want to know, Daryl, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. These “inquiring minds” only seem to want to argue about how difficult it is to raise children, and how deciding to homeschool your kids only makes it much more difficult. Any comment about it not being particularly difficult at all is met with accusations of “ruining your children” and worse. Sometimes I really wonder about the increasingly odd beliefs and perceptions of the general populace. Is this a result of the dependency on experts and authority learned in school? Or is there something else going on…

]]> http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/hard-work-or-cakewalk/#comment-113 HE&OS » Blog Archive » WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING? Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=161#comment-113 [...] Is home education hard work? Enquiring minds want to know. [...] [...] Is home education hard work? Enquiring minds want to know. [...]

]]> http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/hard-work-or-cakewalk/#comment-237 HE&OS » Blog Archive » WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING? Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:42:40 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=161#comment-237 [...] Is home education hard work? Enquiring minds want to know. [...] [...] Is home education hard work? Enquiring minds want to know. [...]

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