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				Letters to the Editor Articles about Home and Public Schooling I really appreciated the article regarding public school written by Becky Bennett. We need to hear more about ways to make the public school system a positive experience!! The Home School proponents get a lot of air time but I feel they are depriving their kids of these valuable lessons so well articulated in the article. As a future mom, I think about the issues a lot and loved hearing someone say something good about public schools. I believe education is what the family makes it. I also appreciated the research that went into the article and the additional resources at the end. Thanks for taking the time to write this excellent article. -- Colene Erickson I used to teach in the public school system. The reason I left was that teaching isn't what it used to be; unfortunately, it's become mostly "classroom management" due to a lack of instruction at home in basic acceptable conduct. I'm convinced that home schooling is the only way to combat the growing "intolerance" of basic Christian values in today's public schools. I appreciated this article very much. I was wondering if there would ever be a interest in sharing Sabbath School lesson ideas. Basically, I create mine from scratch every time due to the variety of ages and capabilities within our small local group of kids. -- Karen Herschleb Thank you so much for addressing the issue of home schooling in your magazine. I have four children (6,4,2 and 3 months) that I have been home schooling since birth (we all do you know - if not formally but through our example). I would love to create a website were members of the churches of God can get together and discuss what has worked for them in different areas. Do you know if anyone would be interested in such a thing?? Of course there would be no cost to anyone to look at the site, I can easily put a website together and I already have the space to do so. There is another great website that I have found very useful for K2 through K5 skills you can check it out at home1.gte.net/jslewis Mrs. Lewis has put together a good idea of the specific skills your child needs to learn from 2 up to 5. Thanks again for the good article. -- Laura Anderson Great article on the public schools. I would add my opinion though that a voucher system would not be "abandoning the public schools" but would make them more competitive for students. Competition improves everything and everyone and if the schools are doing a good job and the parents are happy that their children are safe, happy and really learning in a non hostile environment where parents do not feel they are being undermined, then the schools need not fear a voucher system. However to say that a voucher system is akin to abandoning the public school system is to tacitly admit that there are, in fact big, widespread and serious problems in the public school system is it not? -- David Jenkins, Port. St. Lucie, FL Well researched and well written, with helpful information for those who choose to home school. -- Sue Robbins Thoughts for Thanksgiving Congratulations, Mike, on a fine piece on materialism. Hope a lot of people find their way to this VCM. Keep up the good work, -- Larry Greider Thank you very much for the article in VCM. It was very thought provoking. It touched my heart, and I'm richer for it. -- Nancy Corbett Very good article. As Americans we often forget to be thankful! There is so much available to us in this land. Even in the worst conditions in America we are better off than most in the world. The difficulty is reminding ourselves of this and reinforcing it to our children. -- Marcus Brown Making copies of VCM articles We have been currently making copies of the VCM for local members who do not have Internet access. Many have commented on the quality of the magazine and some didn't even realize it was a Church publication. My question is - to make things easier to print out, would it be possible to make a PDF version of the newsletter available? Thanks much and happy Sabbath. -- Jeff Clarke, Bethlehem, PA ED: We are working on this and hope to implement this feature soon. Permission to Make Copies of VCM articles Would it be possible to get your permission for something? I shared the recent article from the VCM about the end of the world by Mr. Schroeder with a number of people at work via e-mail. I received the following message: Joe, This is a good, sound article. I'd like to take it to our Executive Board meeting on Thursday, and see if we could use it in the December newsletter? The November newsletter is already being printed up, but, my thought is that there may be some Christians here at the COP that are struggling with the rumors of the Millennium. This would be very comforting, don't you think? Please let me know. Thanks. Can they use the article in its entirety if they give the credits and where it is coming from in a Christian newsletter at work? The City of Phoenix allows distribution of this monthly or bimonthly newsletter as long as no City of Phoenix funds support it. Perhaps, this might be a good avenue to increase exposure to Church literature? What are your ideas on this matter? Good, bad, indifferent? I had also mentioned to the lady, Susan, that there will be some upcoming articles on the Millennium which may be of interest. And she sounds interested. -- Joe Camerata ED: Please feel free to use the article if proper credit and the URL for Virtual Christian Magazine is clearly displayed. Copyright 1999 by United Church of God, an International Association All rights reserved.

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