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I love you Savannah. Hopefully I'll get to see you this week or weekend. Woop! Its been too long. Lets go to the markets together and buy crazy florescent colored T's together, and eat fluffy, white, cream puffs. :D I get so inspired every time I hang around you.
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I've never lacked friends and feel more confident around all ages, genres, races and types of people. I can associate naturally and normally with people who go to school also, some of my best friends go to school (but they all wish they home schooled lol). Also I'm not as narrow minded as to who I associate with if you know what I mean. eg; Only hanging out with my peers... (not saying all school going ppl are, its just the majority that I see, seem to be more that way inclined).
I believe home schooling actually was first started in USA. Abraham Lincoln only had 1yr of education and was home schooled. So was Albert Einstein home schooled. Didn't seem to 'hold them back'. So its not all 'that bad'. :)
Harry Potter??? No, I really, honestly can't be bothered filling my mind with useless junk that won't benefit me for the future. So obviously no, to answer your question, I don't read HP.
You obviously do?
I'm happy to ask further questions if you have any! So ask away! xoxo
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You like Phantom of the Opera, how does that benefit you for the future?
I don't think it's fair to say that we're narrow minded because we hang out with people we know from school. Aside from my cousins, I don't know anyone who homeschools. And I don't really have a way to meet people who do.
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If I'm that desperate to READ, I'll just read the bible. Sadly I don't have time for novel reading lately with school and life at this point. :(
Phantom Of The Opera???? It really really inspired my singing. Christine (or Emmy Rossum) was my hero and I wanted to sing as good as her. :D So I dove into singing lessons and theory music and music books with my teacher full force. I wanted/want to sing in a movie/musical. I was going along quite well too. lol
Oh I never said you were narrow minded, if you read what I wrote again, you will see that I was careful not to box all school going people in that category. Having school friends for best friends I know their not all like that. But also I know first hand that a lot of them do think and act that way.
And I never said it was bad to hang out with your friends at school. :) I was saying simply that people who go to school tend to be 'peer' orientated, and don't often get the chance to meet or interact with other people of all ages, and when they do, they don't 'fit in' as well with them, where as home schoolers seem to be able to interact at different levels with all ages and types of people etc.
I once again emphasize that I'm not saying ALL of them are that way, its just what I've picked up, as well as some school and collage teachers/professors that I happen to have read about over time.
Quote: And I don't really have a way to meet people who do
Exactly. There is one of my points made clear.
For most people who home educate, there is a much broader vision and availability of the world for them to learn, interact and know about. Since they are not always confined to the class room.
Not being rude here. It just seemed that you were asking these type of questions so I thought I'd just answer them straight. :)
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I'm sorry, what "attitude" does Harry Potter have? You haven't even read it to find one.
I don't get to read as often as I'd like due to school, so I really take advantage of summer. For instance, since June I've read all 7 books. Now I need to find James Patterson's recent murder mystery. They're the best. But for now I have to concentrate on my Mythology (ew) book for summer reading, and the rest of my summer work. Joyyy
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Did you say that reading Harry Potter can open up peoples minds to new things and gives them imagination?
Frankly I don't want my mind opened up to witches, demon's and dark lords :D.
Reading is good. One must be careful of what they read though.
I remember when I lived in the country when I was little, my sisters and I would borrow stacks and stacks of books from the library (literally a 15-20 stack) and finish most of them in a week. :)
A pity you have to do school work over the hols. :(
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Yes, there are witches/wizards. Demons?? NO! And yes, there is a dark lord. But everyone thinks it supports Witchcraft when it doesn't. Sure, they do spells and potions, but it's fiction! Just because someone reads a book doesn't mean they're going to convert to a form of Witchcraft.
It's arrogance, judging a book you know nothing of.
And what about Wicked? You said that looked good, what do you think is in there?
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Tell me, what's good about Witchcraft???
Honey, I would be ignorant to think that HP doesn't support witchcraft. Its FULL of it.
And it's my choice isn't it???...Whether I let my spirit and mind be "opened up" to witchcraft. Frankly, its not just the big 'joke' and its not "just fiction" as every one thinks it is.
And I don't expect you or any one who reads the books, to see it or understand because if you did you wouldn't be reading it.
God's word says that Witchcraft is an abomination unto Him. So why would I 'indulge' myself in pure witchcraft which is directly opposed to the Kingdom of God??
Doesn't make sense.
Oh and by the way, its NEVER ignorance to believe and obey God and his Word the Bible. Its ignorance NOT to.
You will see one day.
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With the help of a friend, there are a few links showing Harry Potter is NOT bad, it does NOT support Witchcraft, and is NOT an abomination to the Lord (nor am I for reading it!)
Someone said to me that wizards and witchcraft might be explicitly banned in the Old Testament because the people needed specific guidance that they must not follow the path of darkness, which was witchcraft. The argument proceeded, that in our sophisticated society no one really believes there are actually wizards in pointy hats flying about the place and therefore we do not need to outlaw witchcraft, as such, any more and we can tolerate books like Harry Potter. If we can leave aside the specific argument about wizards in pointy hats, and look at the general advice that we should avoid the path of darkness, I would have to say that Harry Potter seems to me to be an eminently acceptable book for children to read. It is highly moral, in the sense that good prevails over evil every time. No-one is encouraged to side with Voldemort and the powers of darkness. We all side with Harry and Professor Dumbledore. And Dumbledore, as the 'elder' wizard on site is presented as massively benevolent, avuncular and totally beyond reproach. http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/idea.php?id=7
And the best:
American minister David J. Meyer, who was quoted on a Harry-Potter website saying, "J.K. Rowling is a witch," might not like this. He and some religious spokespeople have made this judgment based on the assumption that children are actually being led to the demon world because the Potter series, the novels and films, mention names of demons and use spells. To this kind of thinking, I have an some questions. Did priests, then, lead me to evil by mentioning "the devil?" Is the mention of "Satan" in the Bible doing the same? Why do we Catholics praise J.R.R. Tolkien, claiming that his Christian-inspired novel, The Lord of the Rings, has a spiritual message, but condemn J.K. Rowling for her Potter books? Tolkien, who was deeply interested in Christianity, used magic in his novels. The main, priestly character, Gandalf, uses magic to help the fellowship of the ring accomplish its goal of destroying evil. Why condemn one novel and praise the other? Could it be because Rowling is a woman with power and influence? As to the work's mentioning of spells, Rowling said in a recent broadcast on the cable network's A&E channel: "Never once has anyone come up to me and said, 'Thank you, I have dedicated my life to the forces of Wiccans.' Almost every spell written in the books I have made up myself. Mostly, I took the old ways of saying what the "spell" is. 'Expecto Patranus Expecto'--'Expect patron's protection.'" This is my problem with the Christian critique of Harry Potter. We need to be inspired by beautiful stories, compelling songs and intriguing art, rather than beaten from the pulpit. In our culture, with a fifty per cent divorce rate, it's stories like those of Harry Potter that speak to children. The problem often lies with surrogate step-parents, who, all too frequently, show animosity and a lack of support for their children. Harry Potter also lived with unsupportive surrogate parents, who didn't want him to follow his dreams. I find comfort in this beautiful fantasy world of poetic metaphor. This is why the Potter myth resonates so well in this alienated culture. We need someone to believe in us .We need to exist in an environment that inspires us to transcend and elevate ourselves. We, youth, are not stupid; we know the difference between fantasy and Christianity. All of us need to inspire children to read, to believe and to create. It would be a pity to leave it to Hollywood. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_20_26/ai_111616443
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