tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post4648522135129695269..comments2023-11-22T21:30:35.388-06:00Comments on My Own Mind blog / Homeschool Atheist Momma: On Being Religion-FreeKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-68431887455197415642013-06-19T07:31:46.266-05:002013-06-19T07:31:46.266-05:00Thanks for the feedback!
It made me think of the s...Thanks for the feedback!<br />It made me think of the stone age, when I was in school, and how likely we were to sing Christian Christmas songs in our public school. It didn't mean a thing to me then, but now, when I remember our holiday pageants and things I'm surprised with their song choices.<br />I'll check out your blog!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-61822744960838198762013-06-18T17:09:19.886-05:002013-06-18T17:09:19.886-05:00Hello! Lisa from Texas here! Just found my way t...Hello! Lisa from Texas here! Just found my way to your blog. I don't homeschool (I am afraid I would go the way of guppies and gerbils), but I can how some would see it as a viable alternative. I do substitute so I get exposure to the "culture" at the high school and middle school. I also am very involved in the kids' schoolwork. I just completed Algebra I for the third time and Algebra II for the second. The only homeschoolers I know here in Texas are the ones that want to shove more religion down their kids' throats than is already pervasively present (and illegal) in the schools already. <br /><br />My daughter took Choir in 4th grade and quit after the Xmas show because there were "too many Jesus songs, and they are boring". When her choir teacher called me as asked me I told her exactly what my daughter told me and she seemed rather put off... I wonder why. Now that I look back, I regret not complaining to the administration the fact that 75% of the songs they were singing in Choir at a public school were Christian and in violation of the "Establishment Clause".<br /><br />I am absolutely loving your blog and have just started my own from the perspective of a Progressive Atheist trapped in a Red State.<br /><br />Keep it up and thanks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-68239857344843224992013-02-18T20:42:00.150-06:002013-02-18T20:42:00.150-06:00Yes, it was rather surprising, eh?
When my daughte...Yes, it was rather surprising, eh?<br />When my daughter was in Kindie, one day a week I went in for the afternoon to help in the classroom. It just so happened that the day I volunteered was also the day the class went to the library for the librarian to read to the kids and then let the kids pick out books.<br />As the holiday got closer there were more and more Baby Jesus stories that I let slide. (Even though The Doctor's class was over half ESL, English as a Second Language and, therefore, unlikely to be all Christian.) Anyway, one day after hearing three baby Jesus stories WITH discussion, I just couldn't take it anymore. <br />I called the Vice Principal and had a discussion with her. I was not happy.<br />I was already planning on homeschooling at that point, but I thought the stories were WAY out of line.<br />Like you, I was shocked with how much religion was there. The stuff coming from the kids was fine and not a problem at all. The school-sanctioned stuff pissed me off. My daughter was LOOKING for stuff like that too. At the age of five she was already a super sleuth!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-46021965280953112462013-02-18T15:18:03.454-06:002013-02-18T15:18:03.454-06:00I was shocked by how much religion my kids came ho...I was shocked by how much religion my kids came home with from public schools. I had to get them out!Dorothynoreply@blogger.com