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State Home School Convention a Great Success!
 Attendees at the 2009 THSC State Convention and Family Conference were blessed by speakers and helped by vendors this past weekend.
A record number of more than 4000 people attended this year's event, including 750 children participating in the Children's Program, run by Children's Ministries of Texas and 150+ volunteers. Dr. Voddie Baucham, Sally Clarkson, and several other speakers of state or national renown encouraged approximately 3400 adults. The teens attended workshops led by Phillip Kelfer of MediaTalk101 and were a great help serving convention attendees.
New this year was the free Convention Appetizer on Thursday evening, with the Exhibit Hall open for two hours followed by an address from Governor Perry (click to see pictures) to a full house, workshops by Dr. Baucham and Mrs. Clarkson, and a new Beginner's Track. Mary James, with Smoothing the Way, did a great job leading the first annual Encouragement by Chocolate, a time some moms were able to relax, kick back, share a little, laugh some, be encouraged, and, yes, eat some chocolate.
Mark your calendars now to attend next year on July 29-31.
Our first installment of pictures are posted on the THSC Facebook page. Enjoy!
Did you attend? Post a comment and tell us about your convention experience. We'd love to see your pictures as well!
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What Is a PE'AH Card?
 Among the benefits of being a THSC member is an $8 discount on the PEAH (pay' ah) card. This professional-looking ID card allows you to receive educator discounts quickly and easily. PEAH is constantly working to obtain discounts on behalf of all home educators and to provide additional opportunities to help enrich the education of home schooled children.
See additional benefits of membership in THSC.
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Home Schooling, Home Businesses, and Home-based
"Seven children, three home-based businesses, one family business, year-round home schooling, five acres, and a menagerie of goats, ducks, chickens, geese and dogs - how does she do it? "Jessica Rodriguez of Royse City said that sometimes the dishes don't get done. "'I just want to say, it's one of those things where not everything gets done to the best of your ability. If you have umpteen different people around all the time and you are responsible for every one of the people ... sometimes there are a few dishes left in the sink,' she said from a small side-space of their home, from which the family distributes organic produce in a co-op." Read the article.... |
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Texas vs California or Red States vs Blue States
 A recent opinion piece in the New York Times highlights a comparison being made more and more often between Texas and California. It highlights the difference between a conservative and liberal approach to governance. California has become the icon for liberal approach of high government regulation, taxes, and government spending, which has resulted in businesses and individuals fleeing the state in rising numbers and lower state revenues. The state is controlled by Democrats who have resisted cutting state spending and services; the state, therefore, has been forced to issue IOUs instead of checks to its employees and vendors. In fact, in recent referendum, the people of liberal California voted against every request to raise taxes and spending by a 60% margin, which has finally forced the state to dramatically slash state spending and services to solve its historic economic crisis.
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Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons, www.familymanweb.com
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A Hurricane and Home Schooling
Marilyn Rockett
"It was a dark and stormy night," as the opening line goes in the 1830s novel, Paul Clifford. On September 12, 2008, it was both dark and stormy for millions, as Hurricane Ike slammed into the Gulf Coast.
My husband and I watched television continually that evening, witnessing the havoc Ike was already dispensing seventy miles south of us. In the night, as the storm's fingers reached north across Houston, we lost power. I lay in bed listening to banging, cracking, and crashing sounds amid the torrential rains that slashed the windowpanes. Any effort to peer outside to search for the source of the noises was futile. There was no glow emitting from streetlights to assist my view. I alternated between lying down and walking anxiously around the house with a flashlight, checking windows and doors, jumping at each moan and creak inside and every loud blast outside.
For several hours I wondered what ruin the Category 2 winds were delivering. Earlier, at sundown a mere breeze fluttered the tree branches when we stepped outside to survey the sky. Now, in the blackness I identified with the disciples' fears in Luke 8:22-25, as their boat rocked on the stormy water while Jesus slept, and I prayed that He would calm the storm and keep many safe.
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