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Debunking the Homeschooling children can't go to college myth and lack of respect towards the people who keep the lights on!

 I kept hearing this theme, over and over from the lady who runs the homeschooling program in the Rochester Public School Corporation - Independent School District #535 when we signed the kids out of their school's.

The thing is, I had already done extensive research on the subject and  I have detailed knowledge of the fact that homeschool kids can go to college, often do and many times are as is or more successful than their public school counterparts.

This was from an email I received inviting us to an event were a meeting and training event was going to take place on this very subject.  

Lynn Norby, to help us during our discussion on this topic.

Lynn is a veteran home school Mom, who started the MCGT Homeschool Chapter and STAR Academy. She has 4 grown children whom she homeschooled (some part-time and some full-time). 
Her children have each gone on to very successful college careers (including Notre Dame, the U of MN, and SJU). Lynn has very helpful information and examples for putting together a homeschool transcript necessary for college admissions.
 The lady quite literally must have repeated it 25 times and before finally giving me the paper I needed to sign and turn into the school corporation making our declaration to the superintendent within 15 days.
I hate people, who when they speak to you, act like the words coming out of their mouths are the "words of God" and you must down down and start kissing the very feet they walk on.

I, even in my research, have found many websites similar to education-portal.com (link),
which offer online courses anyone can and test out on with accredited exams, accepted by thousands of colleges nation wide.  

I expected this treatment, as the majority of the people we have encountered at the administration building so far have been very high strung and really have serious "God" complexes that need to be addressed.
If you do not give them the respect they demand regardless of whether or not they deserve it, you run into serious problems as we did, as they get off on control and conformity, and bucking this trend does not fit their narrow minded, robot like view of life.  

I know how bad public school's are in America.
The local educator's know the lasting destructive effects' of "No Child Left Behind" and now, "Common Core" that is being implanted right now.
Even teacher's I know personally, who communicate with me on Facebook regularly, weren't surprised when they read the blog/ Facebook posts and were told about the shitty, unethical, harassing things local school administrator's kept doing to us.
They, as teacher's have experienced a lot of the same unethical, unprofessional, ill willed driven, malicious behaviors from those directly above them.

"In life, your either part of the answer, or part of the problem", many in school administration create the problems and hinder, easy, almost common sense solutions to many of the common problems great teachers face who actually care.   

Treatment like what we experienced is not unique.
Very bad school leadership is following the same template all across the country, and this, like with daily egregious American civil right's violations seen in the press, people are educating themselves and saying in mass, "we are not going to take this shit anymore".  

Educator's need to remember this key fact. 

You use local property tax dollars, federal/ state treasury funds allotted to you through various funding scheme's, so I, as a federal. state and local tax payer, American citizen and active voter are one of your many bosses you work for...  

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Kids new and exciting homeschooling education started today! Kids are learning and enjoying it!


Our kids new and proper educational journey started today.
Technically, we use situations and things happening in their lives to teach them life lessons and practices of good citizenship, so this is just an extension of what we were already doing.

Writing and reading exercise's are going well. Both kids are using their own Khan Academy accounts we created and we are pooling from resources from the MHA, Echo-MN and Cickschooling daily emails we both receive. Math and fan fiction writing exercises went on great and were well received. Both kids have a blog and are being encouraged to write every day about things that excite them.
The Khan Academy (link here) is such a great dynamic website and resource, I personally do not know why public schools don't tap into the resource often to enhance the curriculum offered to student's.

My wife, the better half is a grammar Nazi, a very good, talented writer and enjoys art, reading, world history, political science,  usage of proper English and proper grammar.
She excels at foreign languages including German, Japanese and some Spanish. Linguistics just comes easy to her. 
She was also a National Choir Award winner and has an amazing voice and singing ability.

I, dad, enjoy and excel at math, science, world and American history, social studies and art/ music.
I won national writing and school spirit/ achievement awards in school, lettered in band multiple times, and was the person fortunate enough to have the privilege of certain "life lessons" from a very active involvement in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts most of my later school years.

People often pre-judge us, and assume we are stupid, uneducated, moron's when that is exactly the opposite of reality in our lives. People use our "middle class" range income and lack of a desire to be oppressed by their conformity based lives and agenda's to come to the faulty assumptions.
I, like my wife, have strong desires for advanced degree's in certain subject's we are passionate and knowledgeable about, but we put our kids needs in front of ours by choice.
Having a child with two rare chromosome disorders and autism, means him and his care is often a full time job by itself.
He continues to grow and get better, our desires don't get scrapped, they just get put on hold till a more proper time and situation allows for them.   
What great, caring and loving parent or parents doesn't put their kids first in the pecking order of life?

My first-aid training helped me save my younger brother's life 4 times and other family/ acquaintance's multiple times as I don't freak out under pressure and have the God given gift to think and act quickly on my feet. 
Both a miracle and blessing when a restaurant manager or in a "life or death" situation's unraveling right before your eyes.

I and my wife, use those learned skills and life lessons to help our kids become better people on a daily basis.

We both have extensive technological backgrounds and a strong desire to integrate new tech into our kids education.
Why not use the things kids are somewhat addicted to and love as educational platforms?
Videos games, YouTube, blogs, I pads, Android tablets, ect., its' all within the realm of possibilities if educator's actually try to think outside of the box in making education exciting and actively participate in engaging students.

Plus we both enjoy active involvement and engage in discussions related to American and World politics, social-economic issues and political sciences and economics in general.

We seek out non MSM resources for news and situations and try to look at things going on in the world from a independent voter view point. We both like to debate the good and bad of certain political events and it often leads to exciting and interesting conversations.

I am more than confident, "We got this" and will continue to fill our kids minds full of facts, figures and information to help them become active, fully engaged, citizens of tomorrow!



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Great resources about homeschooling, ClickSchooling and the Homefires Journal!


Facts when you are thinking homeschooling is the route to take for your children: link here

ClickSchooling - FREE, Web-Based Curriculum Idea Every Day — Monday Through Saturday! link

One of the best homeschooling blogs/ journals I have encountered so far in my research after choosing educational and intellectual freedom for my children: link

In recent days, and in my dealings with public school officials, especially in Lawrence Indiana and Rochester Minnesota, I have seen some of the most immoral, insane, criminally unethical actions taken by those tasked with keeping my disabled children on IEP's safe.

They don't follow IEP's,federal or state education laws, school rules, bus safety regulations, even their own school board rules, rulings and regulations, but they are the first person to threaten, harass and legally threaten parents who question them or challenge their ineptness or continuous failures often.

That is the biggest reason we as parents chose to go the homeschooling route.
We can guarantee our kids safety, not have to constantly fight with a school cabal and anal attendance policies that do not account for disabled children's multiple medical obligations and a general, we don't care attitude that is prevelant, especially here in Rochester Minnesota.
For example, I've lost count of the many times I have emailed my sons special education resources person at the local Mayo High School asking him about strategies, tips and resources to help my teen freshman with classes he was close to getting D's and I never got a response back.
I asked for the same open communications with my kids attending Phoenix Academy and Bamber Valley Elementary, and got nothing in letters, emails and voice mails me and my wife sent repeatedly.

Basically, if I'm seeing things for what they are, the local schools and the teachers don't like parents that are super active in their kids education. If you ask serious questions or ask them to help you help your kid, they just ignore your communications like they were never sent.
This is a very bad or horrible control tactic and really sends the wrong message to those parents who want their kids to excel.

I believe this ideology is the running policy here.
"We will contact you when we need information immediately, but if you contact us, good luck, as your kid or helping him or her, just isn't our problem!"

They here at the Rochester Public Schools have a pretty website, a very bad ran Twitter account by the Superintendent Michael Munoz and a Facebook page that are all geared around pushing a image that just isn't backed by truth or reality.

Trust me when I say, I have personal experience,  their propaganda is just that, a well rehearsed, well oiled machine trying to keep the illusion alive that they are making a difference in the community.

 
In reality, the aren't...

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Another great homeschooling resource! ECHO - Eclectic Community of Homeschooling Opportunities in Minnesota!

ECHO

Eclectic Community of
Homeschooling Opportunities
in Minnesota


ECHO-MN.org

ECHO is an inclusive homeschool organization designed for families who wish to learn more about homeschooling as an alternative form of education. This email group is our primary method of communication.

In an effort to preserve the integrity of our group, membership is moderated. After joining the group, new members will receive a short questionnaire. When this questionnaire has been returned, full access to the Yahoo group will be granted. A list of our group's etiquette and posting policies is sent to all members monthly.
          http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ECHO-MN/info is the link to request membership into this                     wonderful email group and resource!    (please copy and paste into your browser!)

We are committed to serving families by answering questions often asked by new homeschoolers. In addition, we strive to support new homeschooling families by providing mentors and a model for starting and operating a successful support group. We may occasionally provide updates on legislation that affects education in general and homeschoolers in particular. ECHO is committed to fulfilling its mission without discrimination based on race, religion or educational philosophy.



Private or group homeschool consulting also available - for more information, contact Jennifer King at kingsacademy@earthlink.net.

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