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This Week’s Winner
We got into the weeds this week, or more specifically, weed. Marijuana was one of several contentious ‘hot’ topics that drew a lot of debate, which is why we post these things. It’s not always about what I or any of our authors think; it is about leveraging ideas to grow engagement. You can send me op-eds even if they differ from my public position or anyone else’s here, in print or comment. Submission is no guarantee of publication but as a reminder,
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We do have a rebuttal to Dr. Ebner’s piece on marijuana posting this morning, so look for that.
Everyone had great comments, but NHnative Ian, Ken, Pun Salad, bj030644, gramps, Tombstone Gabby, Kat, Still Standing, Jim Gill, and AllyforFreedom got a much closer look this week.
Think I’ve said this 100x, but nevertheless, I’ll say it again: Before Corona, I never thought I could home school, now I love it! I always wanted to homeschool, because deep down inside, I knew public school was failing my older son – he went through 7th grade in public school in MA. Once they took learning virtual and I saw how terrible the entire thing was, I knew I could serve him better.
I was also, and still am to this day, super offended and upset by the masking, social distancing, the plexiglass and stickers like cattle corralling! It was a straight-up prison camp. I would never allow my sons to be abused in that way and made to believe they have to bow down and go along with lies and a backward society. Homeschooling has allowed me to shelter my two sons from the madness out there while also nurturing and fueling their own personal growth, talents, likes, etc.
They have both flourished so much!
It’s amazing the change in our family and day to day world now in 2024. My oldest will be self-declaring graduation next year, and my younger is in 4th grade.. never having been exposed to public school, except six months of kindergarten in 2019/2020. We learn in such different ways now, but it’s better than ever.
Homeschooling lets you make every learning point natural, you can set any time of schedule and change it up whenever you feel like it. I cannot rant enough about how important centering the learning around the student NOT around a predetermined curriculum that is outdated and nowadays, literally anti-human! Having white sons in the world today… well, I’m sure most people here, reading this type of stuff can understand the level of unjust hate and discrimination they would have to face on a day-to-day basis.
It is lightly edited here for readability but has excellent points and a fantastic story. AllyforFreedom, if you would be so kind as to reach out to me at steve@granitegrok.com, I can get a shipping address from you.
And if you are interested, Jim Gill came in a close second with,
Every Republican candidate running for office, should ask their constituents if they would like to hear the story of how books too obscene for the legislature were found appropriate for NH’s school children?
He’s right, so let’s help make that happen.