The following is forwarded from an East Tennessee list where Cory Bennet's solicitation letter stating "This year home educators face what could be the biggest...
Good question, Maddie (of course!) "Family" is going to need to be defined. And that could be a huge issue. Is that blood kin, by marriage, by "contract" and...
Please forward me the name of the parent/student and Memphis school of the salesman that was advised that he would need to homeschool his child. I have no...
Gary B. Milam, Who are you? Why should anyone forward names to _you_? What has been your involvement with the homeschool community in Tennessee? Jacki Ad Astra...
Gary, Welcome to the list. If this is the paragraph you were referring to: "This year in Memphis we received a call from the father of a 17 year old son. The...
I am a homeschooling parent. A name should be provided when someone is citing a situation that is being used to elicit changes (good or bad) that affect...
... Nice to meet you Gary... but honestly why should I trust you from Adam???.. For me your previous post was the first I have seen from you and I am an active...
In a message dated 3/1/03 8:11:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, gmilamtn@... ... She is ONLY JACKI?! No, she is the one Jacki-the reason we are here. Like ...
harmonmckinney@...
Mar 2, 2003 4:32 am
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I guess you didn't bother to read the info about this list when you joined this list on Jan 27, 2003. Lighting flashing, thunder booming, smoke flowing (think...
I really find this message rude. I am Tina, a new homeschooling Mom of 2, and I joined this list last year but this is really the first time there has been any...
Serve806
serve806@...
Mar 2, 2003 2:03 pm
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Tina, I have to disagree with you in regard to Jacki's response. For one, there is no reason any of us (including Mr. Milam) need the name of the family ...
... <G> I think it gives you an air of Mystery :) ok... now onto some real business... has anybody drafted a letter to their legislative rep about the issues...
I haven't started one as yet. I wanted to find out why the change is being considered first. What the reasoning is behind it. Debbie ... From: Maddie Kertay...
Let's not get sidetracked. The purpose of the list is to receive and discuss legislative information. Let's overlook apparent rudeness for the greater good....
Really? Rudeness is appropriate? My issue was not with whether or not he should be given a name (I agree that he should not), but the tone of the response....
Serve806
serve806@...
Mar 2, 2003 5:34 pm
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Tina, You're right, we'll just have to disagree. You think Jacki was rude; I think Mr. Milam was rude. But as Kay pointed out, we have more important issues...
... Ok.. I am Maddie.. homeschooling mom to 5 great kids. We have been on this path for 13 years now and have weathered it's ups and downs. We moved to TN ...
Yes, we are getting sidetracked. Back to task ... 49-6-3050 (a) (1) A "home school" is a school conducted by parent(s) or legal guardian(s) for their own...
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jimmyporter1
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Mar 3, 2003 4:01 am
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An ally seeing that homeschoolers are not discriminated against as well as allowing families the freedom to choose any Tennessee school is the Tennessee...
... While I think a lot of other of her points are on target, I for one do not agree that it is unfair discrimination to provide differing amounts of ...
One would be hard pressed to not call it "discrimination" that the Tennessee student cannot take the lottery scholarship to ANY school of his choice in the...
I just got off the phone with Sen. Jim Bryson (R-Franklin/Williamson County). He confirmed that he gotten the bill from Claiborne Thornton of THEA (Tennessee...
If your child wanted to go to Yale, $4000 per year wouldn't get him there. Actually, from what I hear about other states, requiring lottery recipients to...
... And not only that, but do the institutions who oppose "gambling" for moral and religious reasons accept their proceeds? Do people who oppose accept ...
I'm not sure that a discussion of the morality of accepting these monies, either as students/parents or a school, is useful for us here. I believe our goal...
Kay, You could be very correct about discussion of the morality of accepting lottery scholarship money as being off-topic. My 2 cents about this is that people...
This seems it could be great for some, but hideous for others. I am no expert, but would this allow foster families to homeschool foster children. Now if you...
Kay, One of the stipulations that bothered me was that a homeschooler (as well as others graduating from non-accredited schools) would only receive their ...
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