to establish home school assessment tests created by a home school council. Likewise, parochial school evaluations and assessment tests should be created by parochial school councils to eliminate the need for some immoral instruction that is necessary to pass required secular school tests. Some people may be interested in reading an article found on the internet at this time titled “Home Schooled Students Excel in College” at http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000017.asp . It would be interesting to investigate how many students in this study had a comprehensive religious education home schooled experience and how they fared after completing college.
Following teaching time with granddaughter, about one hour was spent outdoors regardless of weather and temperature with the exception of rain. Lunch was provided to granddaughter followed by an afternoon children’s show on DVD or VHS format. These children’s shows were for the most part selected by me. Most of the shows purchased, I thought to be of adequate moral content. Some shows selected were discarded after viewing due to extreme evil content. Broadcast television was not watched by granddaughter at our home. By the time granddaughter was nearing her fifth birthday, she began pointing out to me violations of The Ten Commandments depicted in some children’s shows. I thought this discerning by granddaughter to be a positive development. Usually either during or shortly following the children’s show, granddaughter napped for about two hours. I would like to mention at this time granddaughter’s requirements for sleep were largely comparable to an adult’s schedule. She slept throughout her five years of age about eight hours a night with a one and a half to two hour nap in the afternoon. I do not know if this abnormal sleep pattern for a baby and toddler is currently prevalent throughout the society or not (young children usually require twelve hours of sleep at night in addition to a nap). Perhaps others may desire to research this perceived anomaly. While granddaughter napped, small household tasks were accomplished. Following her nap and seasonally dependent (due to time changes and daylight) she played outdoors. Afterwards, dinner was served, preparation for bed was accomplished, another children’s show was viewed, and bedtime determined by her degree of tiredness, was usually between 8:00 to 8:30 pm. The summer time was more relaxed regarding preschool instruction as we spent more time outdoors. On the days daughter was off from her job, extensive cleaning, yard work, or perhaps household repairs or maintenance were scheduled. Our home was thoroughly cleaned twice annually through the moving of furniture. This heavy duty cleaning usually required several weeks of my time to accomplish. I was never disappointed with the amount of dust that accumulated behind and under furniture over a six month period. To provide for the anticipation of a somewhat different and leisurely activity, family birthday events were celebrated with much more fanfare than in the years prior to my home confinement. By following this schedule and routine, it unexpectedly seemed that the years went by more quickly than ever before experienced in my former more active, adventuresome, and at times hectic life. However, I did experience much frustration due to this considerable personal sacrifice inflicted on me by evil doers within the society.
This congenial schedule was basically abandoned by this year due to the decision to write this book at this time. As I was pre-occupied with the taking of many notes throughout a two year period in preparation for this project, many other tasks fell by the wayside. But I realized that unless this explanatory book was written, I would not be able to help my family choose the path of righteousness