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Meet Convention Featured Speakers Tim & Lyndsay Lambert!
 2009 THSC State Convention and Family Conference attendees will be encouraged and inspired by speakers such as Sally Clarkson, Voddie Baucham, and THSC's own Tim and Lyndsay Lambert!
Tim Lambert is the president of the Texas Home School Coalition. He and his wife Lyndsay each graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where they met. The Lamberts have been married and have lived in Lubbock for more than thirty-five years. They have four adult children who all graduated from their home school. Lyndsay has assisted Tim in serving the home school community, first in helping to start and lead their local support group and, since 1990, in running the Texas Home School Coalition.
NEW for 2009! FREE Thursday Night Beginner Track!
Deluged by the myriad of home school information out there? Get all of the information sorted out when you attend the FREE Beginner Track on Thursday, August 6! Join Tim and Lyndsay Lambert and Mary James, president of Smoothing the Way, to get pointed in the right direction!
Mark your calendar to attend the THSC State Convention and Family Conference, August 6-8, 2009! |
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Shop for Inspiration On-the-Go
 The THSC store has a rich selection of seminars and lectures to aid and inspire you on your home schooling journey. These materials cover diverse topics, from the legality of home schooling to courtship as an alternative to dating. Some other subjects are: the teen years, the father's role in the home school, and, of course, how to get started homeschooling. Folding laundry? Cleaning the kitchen? Changing the oil? Listen while you work, and get some great ideas!
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Reason #738 to Homeschool
UK Parents Forced to Sign School Contracts
Parents in the United Kingdom will be encouraged to complain about "recalcitrant" families, and before their children will be allowed into a chosen school, they will have to sign a legally binding contract with the head teacher. The contract states that the parents will guarantee their students will attend classes, complete homework, behave in school, and even go to bed at a reasonable time during the week. If the teacher believes the contract has been breached, the parent may be fined or even incarcerated.
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Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, www.familymanweb.com
Do you have a funny, home-school-related anecdote you'd like to share? We'd love to publish it! Please send it to THSC and include your name and city. |
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Houston Social Security Administration Office Delays Benefits
 Houston SSA representatives delayed continuing SSI benefits to a home school family because they questioned the daughter's status as a full-time student. The family contacted THSC, and Tim Lambert wrote the Social Security representatives. He quoted the state law that outlines the requirements for students to be considered full-time students, explained that the student meets these requirements, and requested that the representatives accept his letter as verification of her student status as they consider the family's application for benefits.
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The Case for College
Christopher Perdue
Colleges have gotten a bad rap, often deservedly so. My hometown of Austin was recently ranked by Forbes magazine as the hardest-drinking city in the U.S., in part because of 50,000 University of Texas students' love affair with alcohol. As this anecdote shows, the traditional college experience is fraught with challenges that can be spiritual, financial, and academic. It is no surprise, then, that anti-college sentiment is common within the home school community, which is fearful of higher education undoing years of training and character building. Post-graduation alternatives to college, such as apprenticeship, online degrees, and working entry-level jobs, are often vigorously promoted.
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August Events
August 6-8, The Woodlands
THSC State Convention & Family Conference
August 15, Amarillo
August 22, Abilene
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