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  • From: "Russell Bryant" <bovagard@msn.com>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Knowledge; not college
  • Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:36:32 -0500

Like the phrase do not let school get in the way of a good education
Russ
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Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Knowledge; not college


Agree also. I'm 65 and I've learned more in the last ten years than all the
time before, including growing up with cattle in E.TX and TX A&M. Some of
my education has come from this list for which I thank some of you. We have
friends who home school and it's interesting how confident and self
sufficient the kids are. Remember so called public schools are government
schools in every sense. And the self sufficiency and homemaking skills that
will be needed in the near future aren't taught in schools - how could they
be? What school teaches how to slash grocery bills by cooking from the
basic unpackaged foods? Or how to produce your own food or shelter? What
ever happened to Home Ec classes?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

"Population must increase rapidly, more rapidly than in former
times, and ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of
deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of
soil."
- Lincoln
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On 4/12/2009 at 9:48 AM Diane Kann wrote:

>I agree with you.  I went to Cornell for Animal Science but really more of
>my knowledge comes from more experienced people and experience.  I
strongly
>believe in the "learn by doing" philosophy that 4H used to embrace (and
>still does in some areas but fewer each year).  One of our sons is
>attending
>college (chemistry/biology major--hoping for an 8 yr degree to enter
>research) but the other 2 that have graduated our homeschool lifestyle
have
>chosen to stay on the farm and continue learning while working (family
>apprenticeship, I suppose).  I'm hopeful that the remaining 6 children
will
>also develop skills and continue learning, rather than just assuming the
>college route (unless their profession requires it, of course, as our one
>son has found).
>
>--
>Diane K
>very THANKFUL homeschool Mom to 9 blessings in
>Christmas, FL
>http://hocfarms.com
>
>On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Ken Hargesheimer
><minifarms2@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I grew up on a farm, have a BS from TTU in animal husbandry and
>substitute
>> teach in a high school.
>>
>> I have mentioned to many kids about my doubts about college, especially
>if
>> they are going to farm or ranch.  Vo-Ag is showing animals and easy
>grades
>> so 125 out of 700 students take ag. As an exFFAer, I am ashamed of FFA.
>>
>> The ag universities teachs ag and you need a BS in chemistry, first.
>>
>> Since 2000 education has gone to the basement or septic tank.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>


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