Posts Tagged ‘Surprise’

The boys are pretty independent now that they are both in High school.  I don’t talk much about homeschooling anymore because I’m not doing much with their schooling.  We use an online charter high school because I didn’t have the time to devote to their curriculum while running and growing my business.  It was the easiest and best solution.  That being said, I do supplement their education with projects and reports that I assign them to make sure that their education is going in the direction that I want it to.  Today I saw a video excerpt that made me VERY thankful that I am homeschooling in Nevada, though.  This could easily have been me and the boys.

I can’t imagine having to go through this. I feel so horrible for this mom and her daughter. I wonder what exactly were these judges thinking? Can’t they see that by trying to do this they are taking away her 1st amendment right to freedom of religion?? That means she can teach her daughter about any religion she wants, not just what the state approves of? There are so many people out there that just don’t under stand that homeschooling is a good option, but instead they think that we’re all just a bunch of religious fanatics, ignorant racists, or someone even tried to say we were bored and unintelligent housewives! (Be warned, the preceding link will make you laugh and want to strangle the woman at the same time).

This is why I’m so grateful to be homeschooling in Nevada.  Here not only is it totally one hundred percent legal, but the schools must allow homeschoolers to participate in classes and extra-curricular events and classes as well!  So if my son wanted to take band at the local high school, he could (if there was room).  Of course Nevada being the last on the list of good schools in the US (or maybe that’s the top worst public schools?) it doesn’t surprise me that so many parents are choosing to homeschool here.

I guess when we are trying to decide where we want to move to for business reasons, New Hampshire will NOT be one of those states!  Not that it was in the running, but it’s definitely not in the running now!

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I just read a recent hiring trend report from Elance.com hiring trends for February and found that article writing is one of the top 5 skills that businesses are outsourcing to freelancers. It’s really no surprise, especially since Elance caters mostly to online businesses. After all, what is the Internet made of? Images and WORDS and it’s those words that are crucially important.

And believe me, most Internet marketers don’t have either the skill or the time to write – or both, and that means a lucrative opportunity for people like you with some writing skills.