--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00001Date: 06/10/96 From: JIM SMITH SR. Time: 01:51am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Ozone Layer going down. Hi, ALL, I hadn't planned to post again until after I had settled in our new home; unfortunately, when I went online on TOL, I read ther sysop's bulletin that TOL is going down at the end of June, 1996. This means that I'll have to scramble about to find another FidoNet connection to this conference (echo); I may even have to dig into my archives to find the nearest BBS that some of you log onto. If you don't hear from me, I'm having trouble, even after July 1, to reconnect with you. I don't have the affordable means to log into Internet; thus, If I find no other connection, this note will be my final goodby and thank you for including me in the conference (echo). I enjoyed meeting all of you, and I will deply, sadly miss you. Best to ALL. Ever appreciative, JimSr. * OLX 2.2 TD * Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Ozone Layer, Williston, VT. (802) 862-5058 (1:325/118) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00002Date: 06/10/96 From: NANETTE NEWELL Time: 01:46am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Important information about the upcoming01:46:0006/10/96 Dear Sirs, This past spring, I, like hundreds of other people, participated in my first precinct meeting. We passed conservative resolutions in many, many districts and states on a variety of important issues (homosexuals rights and marriages, abortion, term limits, Goals 2000, etc.). My concern is that the Republican party is still debating whether or not to keep a pro-life amendment on the platform (even though the resolutions we passed represent a large number of voters.) I feel we would be foolish to endorse the Republican p arty if they refuse to represent us. If they won't represent us now, when they need our vote, they are not going to become more concerned with our issues when they don't need us. I am especially concerned with this election because of some disturbing House and Senate bills that are stripping us of our rights and giving the Federal government unprecedented control over every aspect of our lives. These bills cannot be blamed Clinton alone, after all, Dole was the one presiding over the Senate. Thankfully, we were able to take the legal wire-tapping provision out of the anti-terrorism act (SB 735, HR 2703-a bill which also abolishes the writ of habeas-corpus and gives t he government free access to phone and travel records). However, we cannot hope the same for the National Work Registry that is a part of the illegal immigration reforms since it is included in three separate bills (also in Registry and Trading Act - SB 269 and Careers Bill - SB 143, HR 1617.) All Americans (not just immigrants) would be required to register on a National Data Base of workers. They are requiring new identifying documents for everyone (replacing 26 acceptable documents with si counterfeit-proof documents to be issued by the state). The Career's Bill requires graduating seniors to earn a skills certificate before they can register with the National Data Base. It also describes a governing board that oversees the workfor ce. I would like to know when the government received the authority to require us to register for the privilege of working and to require us to obtain new I.D. that would give them unlimited access to personal information! I'm sure next year's Sena te Bills will explain how post-graduate Americans can earn their skills certificates so we can eradicate adult illiteracy (one of the goals of Goals 2000). Which brings me to another issue. I know Goals 2000 only passed because it is voluntary, but, my tax dollars helped fund the $400 million spent on implementing Goals 2000 in 1995 (Texas alone received $28 million in 1995). I am opposed to Goals 20 00, * Schools-to-Work Opportunities (STWO), and to the National History and Math Standards (set by the National Skills Standards Board - NSSB). I read that if students can pass a test covering the new National standards, they will be exempt from the A.A.S. tests (and other state achievement tests.) That means, the next state-approved text-books will be teaching these standards, whether or not the local schools "voluntarily" choose to adopt Goals 2000. The Texas State Board of Education lost t heir authority to screen text-books in 1995. While Goals 2000 states that parental partnerships should be encouraged, the N.E.A. is adamantly opposed to what the SB984/HR1949 Parental Rights and Responsibility Act would do to their plans and their s chools. It appears they are willing to take full responsibility for our children (mental, physical, social, and emotional), but I am unwilling to give up my God-ordained responsibility for my own children. They also want to change the emphasis and goals of education to include social welfare and guaranteed employment. I fear we have created a monster that our current political parties cannot or will not control. This is why I write: to urge you to consider supporting the U.S. Taxpayers Party, whose main objective is to restore state, local, and parental rights, and return the Federal government to its Constitutional boundaries (through Presidential Veto), and withdraw from the New World Order. This is probably our last chance and only opportunity to restore our Nation to a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Sincerely, Judy Troutman P.S. I know you are probably reluctant to support a third party that could split the Republican vote and help Clinton win again. Besides the fact that Perot would be glad to take that role if no other third party emerges; I sincerely believe that nservative Christians are the silent majority. I also believe that if they saw an opportunity to see their true convictions upheld (instead of just voting for the lesser of two evils) that more Christians would get out and vote! Lastly, I know that my God reigns (Daniel 5:21) and just as He could bring Nehemiah help from a pagan king (Neh. 2:17 - 20, Neh. 6:15 - 16) and protect Daniel from the lions; He can place a president supporting Christian principles in power in the United States. I challenge all Christians (especially heads of Christian organizations) to quit looking at this election from a human standpoint and to start praying about whether God's will would be for us to vote for our true convictions. Leaving the results in God' s hands, I trust that even if God allows us to lose, at least our voice will be heard and we will have a clear conscience, knowing we tried to stop the socialistic trends our nation is adopting. * To better understand the true agenda of Schools-to-Work Opportunities & Goals 2000, I recommend reading "Paycheck and Power" by Donna Hearne, formerly U.S. Dept. Education. This book is available through Constitution Coalition (fax - 314-878-6294) or through Point of View. (I apologize for the formating of this letter, I feel like it is important and that you would benefit from reading it. If anyone is interested in writing Judy Troutman with more information regarding senate bills or campaign, her address is: 3814 Pocatello, Irving Tx 75062) Pat Buchanan had been asked to run as Presidential candidate for this party and is seriously considering it. --- QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Zeta-1) * Origin: "Home is where the school is" Eagle's Nest BBS (1:387/620) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00003Date: 06/09/96 From: SARAH ACKER Time: 06:54am \/To: TORI OTSUKI (Read 2 times) Subj: HTM coding Hi, Tori-- Removing coding from Cindy's support group list is a lot easier using the shareware HTMSTRIP. I hope you have something similar and are not doing it all by hand! I think HTMSTRIP is fairly new--I *think* I saw it a few weeks ago in a new files list. I've got it, obviously, but I don't know if it's on the board to which I'm posting this. Returning to the topic--I was homeschooled in rural Japan, and am now homeschooling my two sons. My parents were Christian missionaries there for nearly 40 years. Sarah in Jackson, MS --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Shire (1:3632/34) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00004Date: 06/10/96 From: NANETTE NEWELL Time: 02:04am \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: U. S. Taxpayers Party (letter of informa02:04:0006/10/96 Statement of Howard Phillips Wednesday, March 20, 1996 For further info contact Alison Potter 703-281-9426 U.S. Taxpayers Party The U.S. Taxpayers Pary is America's new conservative party, with the principles and the plan to withdraw our nation from the New World Order, to eliminate legal abortion, to abolish all direct Federal taxation, and to cut the Federal government down to Constitutional size by the diligent application fot he Presidential veto. The Federal government can never be an instrument of salvation, but we can stop it from being a tool for the degradation of American institutions, the American economy, American families, and American culture. In 1996, our goal is to qualify the U.S. Taxpayers Party for the ballot in all 50 states (we are already on the ballot in more than 30 states). If Patrick J. Buchanan will accept our Presidential nomination, I will urge the delegates at our August 17 Nominating Convention in San Diego to make him our standard-bearer all over America. I believe that, in a four-way race, against Clinton, Dole, and Perot, Pat Buchanan can be elected President in 1996. But, win, lose, or draw, his presence on the Novermber ballot will draw to the polls more Americans who are committed to the right to life, the full restoration of the Second Amendment, and an end to the transfer of American resources and decision-making authority to foreign bureaucracies which are not accountable to the American people. If Pat is on the ballot in November, there will be more conservative U.S. Senators and more conservative Representatives in Congress than would otherwise be the case. The choice between Bob Dole and Bill Clinton is a non-choice. bob Dole has in deed, though not in word, been the principal enemy of the Second Amendment and the facilitator of such outrageous laws as the pro-homosexual Americans with Disabilities Act, the anti-jobs Clean Air Act Amendments, the Kennedy-Bush Quota bill, the so-called U.N. Convenant on Civil and Political Rights, and has voted for a slew of pro-abortion Supreme Court justices, including Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer. The American people deserve better than a choice between going over the cliff at 70 miles an hour or 100 miles per hour. We need to turn the train around and head our country back in the right direction. We call upon all Texans to help in our drive to secure ballot access for a political party which will give them a real choice in November --- the U.S. Taxpayers Party. U.S. Taxpayers Party 1-800-2-VETO-IRS or (817) 246-0446 --- QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Zeta-1) * Origin: "Home is where the school is" Eagle's Nest BBS (1:387/620) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00005Date: 06/09/96 From: ROLAND DARROW Time: 02:16pm \/To: DANNY WOODEN (Read 2 times) Subj: perplexed . . . as usual * Message originally: From: Wesley Harris To : Roland Darrow Date: 06-08-96 Area: "To the Sysops" * Forwarded by Roland Darrow using RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Carbon copy, originally to: Tim Stone Hey, guru, I need answers. My wife was going shopping in LR so I had her to pick up some Backup tapes for me. She brought back QIC-80 alright, but they are for XL format. The box says I need software to upgrade my Iomega Tape 250 drive to 350mb capability. Huh? Sounds great, but I haven't the foggiest idea where to get it. I logged on to Iomega's BBS but did not find anything even remotely related -- seems everything on their board concerns their new spotlight "Toys of the month" like the Zip & Jaz drives. Got an Ideas? Thanks! WES --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: Conway PC Users Group BBS 501-329-7227 (1:399/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00006Date: 06/10/96 From: CHARLES DEWAR Time: 02:23pm \/To: TOM PATIERNO (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: "Christian" History From: TOM PATIERNO To: GWEN TODD Date: 06-09-96 15:48 TP>On 23 May 96 22:21:42, Gwen Todd said the following to Judy Gibson: GT> Another interesting book I read was "The American Revolution from t TP>Briti GT> Point of View". EVERY child should have to know EXACTLY how big a TP>the GT> founding fathers took and what the rest of the world thought about GT> GT> Gwen TP>Now their spirits rests in Jordan, Montana. Wonder what the rest of th TP>thinks about it. :) Surely you are not comparing the founding fathers to the so-called "patriots" in Montana. That's an insult to the founding fathers. Charles Dewar charles.dewar@launch.net --- * WR 1.33 # 690 * "I think not," said Descartes - And vanished. --- ViaMAIL!/WC5 v1.00b * Origin: Texas Hot Air! * Flower Mound, TX (1:124/8057) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00007Date: 06/09/96 From: DONNA RANSDELL Time: 05:33pm \/To: ALINDA HARRISON (Read 2 times) Subj: materials list 1-4 > Did you live in the Aleutian Islands or the mountains > on the penninsula? The In the middle of the Aleutians....NAS Adak. > While I was up there, I remember, they changed the > state to TWO time zones, > instead of the origional three or four! I remember Yes, that was a good idea. Since I was in the Aleutians, I was 5 hours difference from my brother in NYC. To talk to him on the phone, it was easier to call at 7 am and talk to him at noon his time. > watching the national news...they treated Alaska like > it was a whole different country! Maybe it was... ;) In many ways, yes, it's very different. I just heard from a friend of mine up there, via email. She was telling me about the fire and how it was affecting life in Fairbanks (where she is) and Anchorage/Wasilla (where many of our former colleagues are). -donna --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Education Station, Poway, CA - Mail Only (1:202/211) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00008Date: 06/10/96 From: DONNA RANSDELL Time: 02:24pm \/To: WANDA ENGLER (Read 2 times) Subj: NJ laws > Neither one of mine came down with as many colds and flu problems > either. Since giving up regular substitute teaching at the beginning part of this school year, *I* haven't been sick as much myself, thank goodness! That, and not having regular access to such maladies as headlice, pinworms, and strep throat, would be a definite plus to homeschooling - but I wouldn't homeschool just for those reasons. I had to giggle...in an Intro to Home Schooling seminar that I took at the curriculum fair 6 weeks ago, the presenter said that a lady had filled out "No more headlice!" as a reason for homeschooling. I sure understood that. I would imagine that it wasn't the lady's complete reasoning for homeschooling - but it probably was her way of saying that her child's health was an important reason for homeschooling. -donna --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The Education Station, Poway, CA - Mail Only (1:202/211) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00009Date: 06/11/96 From: TORI OTSUKI Time: 05:26am \/To: SARAH ACKER (Read 2 times) Subj: HTM coding Hi, I was doing it by hand mostly by replacing with nothing. Took me 17+ hours!:-o! My mother is Japanese. I was in Japan when I was 7. It was beautiful. I would like to go back again someday. BB Tori --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Avalon: San Antonio's First Pagan BBS (210) 434-1189 (1:387/57) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DAF00010Date: 06/11/96 From: TORI OTSUKI Time: 06:02am \/To: WAYNE PARKERSON (Read 2 times) Subj: TN homeschool laws yes I would like a copy. I have fax capibilities but lost my modems manual and don't know how to use it. I also have a PO Box, if that might be easier. TN laws are really harsh. Tori Otsuki (Tori Carson) Thanks for your time, It is appreciated! --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Avalon: San Antonio's First Pagan BBS (210) 434-1189 (1:387/57)