Animals
Alasandra's top picks from the CoH.
Moral Courage and the Flawed Human Being , I really enjoyed this post. Here is some food for thought from the post.
- No Rules, Hopefully No Controversy Just A Chance To Recognize The Homeschool Blogs That Mean Something To Us
Ragamuffin Studies is Participating in the Homeschool Blog Awards--with Some Trepidation . I haven't decided if I'll participate are not. There are a lot of wonderful homeschool blogs that I would like to recognize, unfortunately I don't think...
- Spring 2007 Alasandra Blog Awards
One of the things I love about blog awards, is discovering new blogs, so I have decided to create my own blog awards, comprised of blogs I subscribe to or check often, these are not necessarily homeschooling blogs. Winners may place the Alasandra Butterfly...
- Things To Ponder
Would You Let Them Scan Your Child? One family said NO, but their child was still scanned. Still, a substitute teacher's mistake proved just how vulnerable children who opt out can be. "They rounded up all the kids in our son's class and they...
- Book Reviews
Our Endangered Values - America's Moral Crisisby Jimmy Carter I enjoyed his common sense approach to evolution, abortion, homosexuality and a host of other social issues. Carter's humility and his love for mankind show through in the pages of...
- Sustainability
Sustainability. It's a buzz word. You hear it in relation to agriculture, and energy and industry.It's the mantra of the new"green" culture. Sustainability. The dictionary defines it thusly: the capacity to endure. Simply....doing what we need...
Animals
From the Blog World
Alasandra's top picks from the CoH.
Moral Courage and the Flawed Human Being , I really enjoyed this post. Here is some food for thought from the post.
According to Dr. Kidder, there are five universal core moral principles. They are:
- honesty (a.k.a. truthfulness, integrity)
- fairness (a.k.a. justice)
- respect (tolerance and respect for self, family, others, and respect for life itself)
- responsibility (a.k.a. self-discipline)
- compassion (a.k.a empathy, mercy, love, generosity)
I got some wonderful ideas for my butterfly garden from the post My Backyard Wildlife Habitat - A Slideshow.
Dana asked a thought provoking question in her post Principled Discovery: Is our goal really to "bankrupt the American educational establishment?"
There are more terrific post just waiting for you to discover them in this weeks CoH.
- No Rules, Hopefully No Controversy Just A Chance To Recognize The Homeschool Blogs That Mean Something To Us
Ragamuffin Studies is Participating in the Homeschool Blog Awards--with Some Trepidation . I haven't decided if I'll participate are not. There are a lot of wonderful homeschool blogs that I would like to recognize, unfortunately I don't think...
- Spring 2007 Alasandra Blog Awards
One of the things I love about blog awards, is discovering new blogs, so I have decided to create my own blog awards, comprised of blogs I subscribe to or check often, these are not necessarily homeschooling blogs. Winners may place the Alasandra Butterfly...
- Things To Ponder
Would You Let Them Scan Your Child? One family said NO, but their child was still scanned. Still, a substitute teacher's mistake proved just how vulnerable children who opt out can be. "They rounded up all the kids in our son's class and they...
- Book Reviews
Our Endangered Values - America's Moral Crisisby Jimmy Carter I enjoyed his common sense approach to evolution, abortion, homosexuality and a host of other social issues. Carter's humility and his love for mankind show through in the pages of...
- Sustainability
Sustainability. It's a buzz word. You hear it in relation to agriculture, and energy and industry.It's the mantra of the new"green" culture. Sustainability. The dictionary defines it thusly: the capacity to endure. Simply....doing what we need...