Elizabeth's Pen
I am so sorry you have to deal with this irrational criticism of your homeschooling. Try to resist the urge to lash out in frustration – I know how tempting it must be. With calmly presented facts and Scripture, perhaps your family will be persuaded.
First of all, the letter your family member sent you is full of bad arguments for public schooling. Your response should be designed to put her on the defensive. You shouldn't have to explain why you are homeschooling (the perfectly natural thing to do for a child whom you love). She should have to explain why she is public schooling and especially why she is discouraging loving parents from leaving the failed public school experiment which has been a dismal failure!
Letter to the editor, Times Recorder newspaper, Zanesville, Ohio
Having read so many positive letters to the editor concerning The Foxhole - Zanesville's local smut-bar where one owner tried to murder another owner recently - one would think it is a charitable club that bakes cookies for the elderly, crochetes booties for newborns, and gives free marital counseling for ailing marriages. After all, one citizen told us that it is a “clean club” that is helping single mothers and college students “better themselves,” and that its owner, Mr. George, is a “great man”. And another citizen referred to The Foxhole as merely a place of entertainment. When can I get an appointment to take my husband and five children to visit this clean club for some entertainment and meet this great man, Mr. George? I am always looking for more positive role models for my children!


