For all those who are engaging in discussion on the first post in this series, right on! I’ve appreciated what almost all of you have to say. There has been one person whose comments have been marked as spam and then I.P. banned for spamming me but that’s been it. I’ve been impressed that the discussion has been civil and I don’t know if y’all know how much I appreciate that.

Of all the people who have commented, the only two I specifically asked for feedback are Sara of A Shower of Roses and my friend Crystal. Sara has homeschooled/is homeschooling all 6 of her kids up until high school. She seems to have seriously found something that works for her family and which I thought people might appreciate knowing about. Crystal was educated in California public schools from K-college and teaches English at a private Catholic school. I figured that she could talk about curriculum and how decisions are made.

“Zelie Martin” raises the point that Elena isn’t here to refute what I’ve said. The reason for this is that she was I.P. banned last Friday for leaving me a really hateful comment here that went into moderation. I don’t tolerate drama in my combox and while I’m fine with people disagreeing with me, I have zero tolerance for people attacking me personally. Additionally, a friend of mine from college attempted to refute Elena on that entry over at her blog and had her comment deleted. (I personally went over and checked. Katia commented twice and only one comment is there.)

The commenter “Zelie Martin” (whose username is profaning the name of Bl. Zélie Martin, mother of St. Thérèse of Lisieux) went over and attacked my friend Katia, mentioning me as the cause. Her comment has now been marked as spam and she has been I.P. banned. Seriously? Drama is not necessary.

Tomorrow, I’ll post my personal reasons for not homeschooling my son Daniel.