Hi Zeke,
I have heard stories too of sudden healings. And if you have read of
Arigo, a healer of Brazil (died in a car accident), these things can be
very real. He would do eye operations, very quickly, with a pen knife. As
far as I know
he always was successful. He had long lines of people everyday waiting
to have major healings. People who tried to show he was a fraud came
away amazed. For a real unusual read, read The Autobiography of a Yogi.
I read five pages then stopped since I thought it was bs. But a few days
later,
I picked it up and continued reading. It's an unforgettable adventure but
you
will have to suspend your skepticism until you get halfway through the book.
By then you'll realize that the author is being totally honest.
Peace, D. Mindock
----- Original Message -----
From: Zeke Yewdall
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG
I have mixed feelings about homeschooling. I was homeschooled until
college, and everyone I knew who was homeschooled was one of the people
blowing the curve on the college physics and engineering courses. All that
means is that in my limited sample (about five people) the homeschoolers who
went on to college, did well academically. Doesn't say anything about the
ones who didn't go to college. Or whether we were as socially adjusted
(actually, in most cases, none of us fit in as well in college, but whether
that was from being homeschooled, or just because we were the nerds of the
class, I don't know). I think in general, if you have good teachers (both
my parent's taught public school before homeschooling me), homeschooling can
be beneficial, because you get alot more individual teacher attention, and
you can work all aspects of your life into learning, instead of thinking of
school as somewhere you go, separate from other stuff you do. However,
almost everyone else that I know who has been homeschooled, it was done for
religious reasons, rather than travel reasons (for us the nearest bus pickup
was a two hour hike in the wintertime when the road was closed, plus another
hour and half on the bus). Now, in general I dislike organized religions
because of their tendancy to make peopel closed minded and tell them what to
think instead of how to think, and I would think that being homeschooled for
religious purposes would increase this tendancy in people, but I've actually
found it to be the opposit. I have a friend who was homeschooled who is
quite conservative and believes in an immanent god (theologicaly, this means
a god that intercedes in the day to day activities of people, as opposed to
one who created everything then stepped aside). Yet, I can have a
discussion with her about evolution or history or such, and though neither
of us really change our minds, it is not just a battle of incompatible
beliefs, but an actual intellectual discussion. She's also not very fond of
organized religion either. And honestly, she has had things happen to her
do give pretty strong evidence of an imanent god, something that I don't
really believe in. Like tearing the tendons in her wrist, and not being
able to lift anything with one hand for over a year. Then while she was
India, an old priestess prayed over her, and overnight, it was as strong as
the other hand again (I know because she helped me move ten 200 lb solar
thermal collectors when she came back). This is after a doctor here told
her she needed surgery to ever use that hand again. Even with my belief in
both science, and the power of positive thinking in self healing, this is a
strange story to believe if I hadn't seen it.
On 8/29/06, robert and benita rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kirk McLoren wrote:
> Homeschoolers represent 20% of those being schooled last time I
> checked the statistics
> Homeschoolers represent 80% of the high achievers.
>
> Doesnt speak well for your system.
> I think you are in denial.
> Our school system suks and you know it.
That all depends on what you're measuring, how you're measuring, and
WHERE you're measuring. The pervasive social inequities in the United
States (and Canada too, for that matter) are not reflected to the same
degree among homeschoolers as they are in the public schools. You're
not making a fair comparison because you're looking at very different
populations.
Further, I have experience with several families who have
homeschooled their children, and in every case, it was a disaster. Both
of my boys are school aged, one of them is in public school and the
other one is in a private school, so I know both sides of that coin.
The system works, if you work with it.
robert luis rabello
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