Up front I will put this disclaimer for any and all public schoolers:  this is not a slight against you and your choice to public school.  This is just me attempting to understand.

I was making up a more in-depth schedule for a few of Cole’s subjects yesterday.  Doing an average number of pages for his language arts, and only two math lessons per week (we’re technically one level “behind”), we’ll be half-way through fourth “grade” in language arts if we work til the end of June (our public school schedule, which we tend to follow as that’s the schedule my husband works), and finished third “grade” in math by the 22nd of May.  For a little clarification, we started on Tuesday, Sept. 2.  We’ll be breaking Thanksgiving Monday (the second Monday of October here in Canuck-land), Rememberance Day, ALL of December to do crafty, fun, Christmas-y stuff, starting back on Jan. 5, and go through til Feb. 13, when we will then have a three-week break (we are planning a trip away - I say it’s for therapeutic purposes!), start back Mar. 9, and have Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Victoria Day off.  We had talked about doing a four-day week, but Cole voted to do school on Fridays as well (surprised me, actually!).  If we only did four days, plus had all these holidays, we would still be finished the third level in language arts by the 13th of May.  And *if* we did three lessons per week in Math (last year we did five lessons - one each day from Mar-June, and it was no hardship for Cole at all), we’d be done level three by March 13th, and done level four by the 22nd of May. 

What gives???  I haven’t even done any figuring yet for the other subjects.  These three at this point might, *MIGHT*, take an hour to complete.  So what do they do in school all day???  If they don’t cover all the subjects every day, which is my understanding, aren’t the poor kids having their time wasted in a major way???

Someone, please explain.  *scratching my head*

*Why do they have homework in elementary school, too?  I can see it for high school, for sure, and yes, even middle school.  But elementary???  Please understand this is coming from someone who has never attended a public school, and homeschooled my last year of high school. 

Well, now that it seems I’m blogging again, I thought I’d try to get back to my Food for Thought posts.  Basically, I’m just sharing a Scripture that is speaking to me right now.  Isn’t this Scripture BEAUTIFUL??!!

 Matthew 11:28
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

And I want to stick one more thought on the whole Lakeland thing in here.  If it’s so “right”  and so “God”, why are people defending it in anger and lashing out - sometimes viciously - at those who have questions???  “Touch not the Lord’s anointed” ain’t doin’ it for me.  We’re all anointed!