Comments on: Lutheran Education http://blog.trinityaustin.com/2008/02/11/lutheran-education/ Cenobitic Monasticism is Overrated Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jenn Wolf http://blog.trinityaustin.com/2008/02/11/lutheran-education/#comment-837 Jenn Wolf Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:51:16 +0000 http://blog.trinityaustin.com/2008/02/11/lutheran-education/#comment-837 Pastor Harris, I'm sure I've been to your blog before but I'm out of touch these days because we turned off our internet at home in Sept. It was nice b/c I wasn't checking Looper mail every 10 minutes but made house hunting hard this spring so I'm back online and trying not to spend too much time online. Anyway, as a Confessional Lutheran Homeschooling Mother, I agree with your comments wholeheartedly. I was a "professional educator" before I had children. I worked hard for a masters in teaching, taught in public and was teaching in a Lutheran day school when I got pregnant with my first child. I'd only known one or two homeschoolers at the time but I knew then that I'd be homeschooling all our kids all the way through - even if (as it looks like we might) we were able to live near an excellent day school. Even in a strong school (the one we're moving near to is classical leaning, as am I) the kids are still giving the best part of their day to a stranger, spending the most formative moments of their life with predominantly peers (to whom they most frequently would turn for advice first). I'm greedy about time with my kids, my husband is jealous about time with our kids. We're hoping to be pregnant with number four and after having spent most of this past week-end with my entire family (all four of us siblings, our spouses and children and our mother). My sister that has wholeheartedly embraced popular culture, public school kids, daycare, fast life, and divorced, had the most obnoxious of the 10 kids. My brother, who's Catholic, and his wife also homeschool and, while more a part of our modern culture than we are, have great kids. The other sister's kids are too young to tell yet (2 and less than a year). However, this other sister plans on sending her kids to public school (or some weird Boulder eco school) because she sees my brother and I as religious freaks. Which is exactly why I don't send my kids to school! I don't want that mentality to be their predominant influence. I don't want them learning "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" as what they take home from school. I like that my 6yo can ask real questions about Jesus and what He's done for us on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. My 6yo knows that there are people who don't believe in the Jesus who died for our sins and he prays for them to come to repentance. my 7yo niece thinks that Jesus is that cute baby on Christmas and why she gets presents, but she knows Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! Sorry this is so long, perhaps I've been away from my own blog too long, I'm writing a commentary (and poorly at that) on yours! :) Blessings in Christ Keep up the homeschooling! Jenn in Vegas Pastor Harris, I’m sure I’ve been to your blog before but I’m out of touch these days because we turned off our internet at home in Sept. It was nice b/c I wasn’t checking Looper mail every 10 minutes but made house hunting hard this spring so I’m back online and trying not to spend too much time online. Anyway, as a Confessional Lutheran Homeschooling Mother, I agree with your comments wholeheartedly. I was a “professional educator” before I had children. I worked hard for a masters in teaching, taught in public and was teaching in a Lutheran day school when I got pregnant with my first child. I’d only known one or two homeschoolers at the time but I knew then that I’d be homeschooling all our kids all the way through - even if (as it looks like we might) we were able to live near an excellent day school. Even in a strong school (the one we’re moving near to is classical leaning, as am I) the kids are still giving the best part of their day to a stranger, spending the most formative moments of their life with predominantly peers (to whom they most frequently would turn for advice first). I’m greedy about time with my kids, my husband is jealous about time with our kids. We’re hoping to be pregnant with number four and after having spent most of this past week-end with my entire family (all four of us siblings, our spouses and children and our mother). My sister that has wholeheartedly embraced popular culture, public school kids, daycare, fast life, and divorced, had the most obnoxious of the 10 kids. My brother, who’s Catholic, and his wife also homeschool and, while more a part of our modern culture than we are, have great kids. The other sister’s kids are too young to tell yet (2 and less than a year). However, this other sister plans on sending her kids to public school (or some weird Boulder eco school) because she sees my brother and I as religious freaks.
Which is exactly why I don’t send my kids to school! I don’t want that mentality to be their predominant influence. I don’t want them learning “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” as what they take home from school. I like that my 6yo can ask real questions about Jesus and what He’s done for us on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. My 6yo knows that there are people who don’t believe in the Jesus who died for our sins and he prays for them to come to repentance. my 7yo niece thinks that Jesus is that cute baby on Christmas and why she gets presents, but she knows Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

Sorry this is so long, perhaps I’ve been away from my own blog too long, I’m writing a commentary (and poorly at that) on yours! :)
Blessings in Christ
Keep up the homeschooling!
Jenn in Vegas

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