Homeschool Mom-to-Be!

Source: Quin, Liam “Pictures of old books” (2003)

I found this beautiful picture on a site reffered by a woman who blogs and runs her own website. When I look at this picture it reminds me of how much I love to read. Reading is exciting to me, learning is exciting to me. I could be labled the forever student, and indeed I am currently finishing my BA degree. I am a firm believer that you never stop learning or that at least you should not. This picture also makes me think of my own schooling experience prior to college. I am not fond of it. I am a product of the military, DODDS school system, as we lived overeas for at least my 1-12th grade experience. In that experience there were teachers who should have retired and did not, drama was ever present, and really when I think about doing it over, I'd rather vomit. This is NOT what I want for my son (children,) ever! So, that coupled with the fact that I feel God is calling me (yes, already,) I will homeschool. My son maybe 2 yrs. old, but if I can and am supposed to teach him now - things like putting on his clothes, toilet-training, colors ext. why on earth would I just one day hand him over to the entity known as public school? I am not sure why I was or why others do it, but I feel that the bible leads me to one conclusion - raising and schooling my son is my calling, even a duty if you will, and my SON WILL NOT be schooled anywhere else but HOME!

Here is the scripture to back up my feeling led to homschool. It is also placed firimly in our school binder titled "King Christian Academy," (I have read it is good to name ones school, and for your information King is our last name, Christian is to make known we are followers of CHRIST and well I am not sure why academy other than I thought it flowed.) I will use these scriptures during our schooling years and when asked the question that I know will come in time, "Why do you home school?"

Refenerenced from the English Standard Version

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." Deuteronomy 6:6-7

Teach Sound Doctrine

"But as for you, teach what accords with sounddoctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior,not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us toredeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works." Titus 2:1-14