So true ! The first step really requires us, as parents, as people, to put our foot down and say No… Jesus, our Lord and Savior, our Redeemer, will see us through everything else - the first step has to come from within us !!
The lesson every kid learns on day 1 of school, regardless of who is teaching or what is being taught: “I’m forced to do something I don't like for 8 hours every day for the rest of my life.” A consumer-slave is born.
“Unschooling” is the natural way of learning. See John Taylor Gatto, John Holt.
If I had a 1000 upvotes your comment, I would give them!!
We need a complete rethinking of education in this nation, beginning with ethics, morals, and financial literacy!! It doesn’t matter what you do if you don’t know what to do with the money you make.
Thanks fren. I agree! I’m a product of the system. Been trying to reprogram the way I think about money. Discovered my thinking was 180 degrees from what it should have been.
So true ! The first step really requires us, as parents, as people, to put our foot down and say No… Jesus, our Lord and Savior, our Redeemer, will see us through everything else - the first step has to come from within us !!
The lesson every kid learns on day 1 of school, regardless of who is teaching or what is being taught: “I’m forced to do something I don't like for 8 hours every day for the rest of my life.” A consumer-slave is born.
“Unschooling” is the natural way of learning. See John Taylor Gatto, John Holt.
If I had a 1000 upvotes your comment, I would give them!!
We need a complete rethinking of education in this nation, beginning with ethics, morals, and financial literacy!! It doesn’t matter what you do if you don’t know what to do with the money you make.
Thanks fren. I agree! I’m a product of the system. Been trying to reprogram the way I think about money. Discovered my thinking was 180 degrees from what it should have been.
Great post.
This☝, thats what got us through. The PACE books are also Bible based, and the focus on wisdom is central to your relationship to Jesus.
Correction, your relationship to Jesus is central to wisdom.