tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post5021083776354348128..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: Why you need to teach your children to liebuddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-61132139015821862152014-06-07T20:36:18.355-07:002014-06-07T20:36:18.355-07:00The world has changed a lot , or else I am very ol...The world has changed a lot , or else I am very old. I remember taking a 9 mm luger (replica) to school. Also received a toy derringer at one of the school christmas parties. Nobody thought it unusual. Toy guns were just fine in those days. I never did get that "red ryder bb gun"<br /> though.Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-11637188446790571532014-06-07T19:46:30.423-07:002014-06-07T19:46:30.423-07:00"In the first place God made idiots. That was..."In the first place God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." --Mark Twain aka S. Clemens.collieguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298533259335227324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-91542783001734015992014-06-07T19:07:04.789-07:002014-06-07T19:07:04.789-07:00i also meant to say that the wise man hides himsel...i also meant to say that the wise man hides himself in time of trouble and i no longer consider to be wrong to teach kids who and what are evil and to obfuscate unless a direct lie is called for. then tell it! they know you are protecting them and that you are honest in all other ways. if only the jews had cottoned on to the nazis quickly! lying could have saved their kids.<br />deb h.<br />p.s.deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-90521849294198449852014-06-07T19:02:55.718-07:002014-06-07T19:02:55.718-07:00we used to live in new ken about 23 yrs ago. that ...we used to live in new ken about 23 yrs ago. that boy's granddad was our mechanic!<br />the schools around there were famous for being at the bottom of the barrel academically. don't know what they're like now, though.<br />it's one of the factors that led us to homeschool, which i had never heard of in modern times. i thought we'd be the only ones in north america deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-19120480799383060502014-06-07T08:55:14.552-07:002014-06-07T08:55:14.552-07:00They did not expel him yet. they are giving him a ...They did not expel him yet. they are giving him a hearing. It is possible that there may be saner people there. Yeah sure.<br />The people sitting on the board are most likely the people who lobbied for the policy.<br />What is it with the need to regulate our every action?<br />What we need is just one more law. One that negates all the others. I think I am becoming an anarchist. MuddyValleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561027881611420247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-52585052072429417352014-06-07T08:12:43.666-07:002014-06-07T08:12:43.666-07:00It is simply a matter of following the example of ...It is simply a matter of following the example of our elected leaders and media talking heads.<br /><br />Grace and peacePumicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384572020071079433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-66333331923742499232014-06-07T08:12:32.175-07:002014-06-07T08:12:32.175-07:00I remember taking a gun to show and tell :>) ...I remember taking a gun to show and tell :>) <br />Not really but I did keep a 22 rifle in my school locker while I was refinishing the stock in a wood class . Of course that was in 1954 . We still had common sence people in charge then. And my Dad was Chairman of the school board . We had rifles /shotguns in our vehicles . Hunted rabbits , Gophers , What ever was in season . We all carried Old Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839613190649196515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-71515706534797290522014-06-07T07:53:43.864-07:002014-06-07T07:53:43.864-07:00This is one of the reasons we are homeschooling......This is one of the reasons we are homeschooling...<br />Thanks for posting this article. The Paisley Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158336855459343672noreply@blogger.com