tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698310951507071463.post737555327723237008..comments2023-05-31T03:27:36.162-05:00Comments on This Pilgrimage: This is a beautiful sight...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972398512692028734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698310951507071463.post-81056553903819967462009-01-28T16:01:00.000-06:002009-01-28T16:01:00.000-06:00Not at all, Amy! I really appreciate your input.Not at all, Amy! I really appreciate your input.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972398512692028734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698310951507071463.post-55671497759043190452009-01-28T14:10:00.000-06:002009-01-28T14:10:00.000-06:00Hi Tammy-You might be interested in reading Teri M...Hi Tammy-<BR/><BR/>You might be interested in reading Teri Maxwell's (MOTH author)comments on using textbooks for homeschooling. On the Titus 2 website, you can go to Mom's Corner's and search for one on the subject of Christian textbooks. I was of exactly the same opinion as you (that a rigid textbook education destroys ones desire to learn) until two things happened. First, someone gave me a BJU history textbook, and I couldn't put it down (obviously not too boring.) Then I began to think of my own education. Not only was it exclusively with textbooks, I also went to public school where asking questions or showing interest in school work led to lots of teasing. After all of that, I loved then and still love to learn. We probably both know many others raised on textbooks who do still love to learn. <BR/><BR/>Teri Maxwell also wrote an excellent book about schooling, Managers of Their Schools, in which she further describes why they switched to textbooks. She also wrote how her older children who were not "raised on textbooks" wish that they would've been taught with textbooks. <BR/><BR/>I hope I'm not coming across as argumentative or judgemental. I just wanted to leave this comment because it is something to consider and I wish I would've considered it sooner.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Amy in MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698310951507071463.post-66963677931599698402009-01-26T22:23:00.000-06:002009-01-26T22:23:00.000-06:00:) How sweet! Well, I don't know how to answer you...:) How sweet! <BR/><BR/>Well, I don't know how to answer your question - but I'm sure mom could! LOL <BR/><BR/>Miss Jocelyn<BR/>http://aponderingheart.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com