Lyndsay Lambert will speak at a meeting of the Arlington Association of Home Educators (AAHE) on Friday, February 8, at 9 a.m.  Attendees must sign-in by 8:45. Childcare will be available.

Lyndsay will speak on "Home Schooling: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."  In this talk, she gives an honest and realistic presentation of home schooling from the perspective of a sixteen-year veteran and mother of four.  Besides discussing the ways that home schooling has blessed her family, she covers some of the problems encountered by home schoolers in this day and age and gives some tips on how to deal with them. For the new home schooler, she gives a preview of what to expect. For the experienced home educator, she gives a word of encouragement for the tough times.

Are you homeschooling a child with special needs?

Take advantage of this rare opportunity to receive encouragement and support from experienced, caring people from the home schooling community.

Admission is free!

Mid-Cities Bible Church  

3224 Cheeksparger Rd., Bedford, Texas, 76021   

Friday, February 8, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

 

Be good to yourself this Valentine's Day and join THSC.(Click on the graphic for more information about who we are and what we do.)

Once you join you'll be eligible to take advantage of all the discounts and benefits we offer to members. THSC Association is continually adding not only more member discounts to its Member Benefit Package but also new avenues to make joining more manageable.

Check out the ways it has gotten even easier to budget for your membership! We still offer $15 off the annual membership price of $85 for members of local home school support groups. In addition, an auto-renewal option gives another $5 in savings. Our newest budgeting tool is our monthly payment plan. You can now spread your payments throughout the year. The base price still includes the discounts.

To learn about these options or to join, you can call our office at (888) 200-4903 and speak to our friendly, helpful staff or send your questions by e-mail to staff@thsc.org. You can download, print, complete, and mail or fax your application and order form.

If you would like to join or renew your membership, you can still join online, but the payment plan options are not yet available at the Web store.

Vin Suprynowicz uses John Taylor Gatto's research to argue that government schooling has become a business whose only success comes from making learning seem difficult.

"Socrates foresaw if teaching became a formal profession, something like this would happen. Professional interest is served by making what is easy to do seem hard; by subordinating the laity to the priesthood. School is too vital a jobs-project, contract giver and protector of the social order to allow itself to be 're-formed.' It has political allies to guard its marches, that's why reforms come and go without changing much. ..."

Bob and Pam Tebow, the parents of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, are among the keynote speakers at the iTell365 Evangelism Conference, set for March 2-4 at First Baptist Church of Orlando.

The Tebows have been missionaries in the Philippines for many years and began homeschooling their children twenty-six years ago. All the children received college scholarships and are involved in ministries of their own. Tim Tebow, 2007 Heisman Trophy Winner from the University of Florida, stated in an ESPN profile aired during the award ceremony that his priorities are "...number one, my faith in God; number two, my family and my relationships with my family; number three, academics; and number four is football."

Jason Presley, a Web programmer, a former computer trainer, and a home school dad, is trying to develop a computer curriculum for home schoolers. The classes would be online and structured so that the student would need very little assistance from the parent/teacher. He is asking for input from other homeschooling families.

Home schoolers who participate in his online survey will receive free enrollment in one class for one year. The survey should take only a few minutes.

Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons  www.familymanweb.com