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A homeschooling mother of one teenager and a little. In 2001, I resigned from my 13 year position as a case manager to homeschool my oldest who was a preschooler at the time, and later a daughter who came along in 2005. This is by far the hardest job I've ever loved. My husband of nearly 20 years supports us as a fire fighter and EMT.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Work that Endures

 "RELIGION, MORALITY AND KNOWLEDGE BEING NECESSARY TO GOOD GOVERNMENT AND THE HAPPINESS OF MANKIND, SCHOOLS AND THE MEANS OF EDUCATION SHALL FOREVER BE ENCOURAGED."—Ordinance of 1787. 

WORK THAT ENDURES
If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten to all eternity. ~ Daniel Webster

From Course of Study and Manual of Methods, 1914

My how times have changed! The above public domain book has some helpful reading lists and other educational  guides for grades one through eight.

1 comments:

Elizabeth G. said...

Wish people had these values still. They are so true!