September Is Here: So Let's Explore Education vs. Schooling

It is every parents goal to provide their children with an education. The way to give them an education varies greatly. Most parents consider education to be an institutionalized school setting. There is a growing number of parents, however, that see the Godlessness and agenda behind government school systems and have looked to other alternatives such as private schools and homeschooling.

An education is best summed up by William Butler Yeats “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.”

While school can be summed up by Tom Bodett when he said “The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”

Some thoughts on whether we are educating children at home, sending them to private school or government schools are:

• How are we directing our children's future; are we giving our children schooling or an education? See: Deut. 6:7, Prov. 22:6
  
• What are some creative ideas to stimulate their young minds? Try here: http://www.fascinate-educate.com/
  
• Do we know our children's learning styles? http://www.fitwatch.com/ebooks/Learning-Styles-Children-FitWatch.pdf a great booklet on finding out learning styles and how to use them with your children's own unique way of learning.

• Remember: the idea is not to stuff the brain with facts but to increase a child's capacity to want to learn. This goes for adults too!

Let me hear some of your ideas and resources!