Why We Left Public Education | Raising the Next Generation of Warrior Poets
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2019
- This video is about why we left public education and joined the homeschool movement
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Came for the guns, stayed because of who you and your family are and want to be. Thank you for speaking up and encouraging us.
THanks for being a part of the Society.
Yeah I found a few interesting videos of phycological mindset thinking, and found the personal life aspect even better! It exemplifies everything else you discuss because of your proper priority of family, and raising a generation to be functional members or society!
My sentiments exactly.
Strangely enough, I was never interested in their gun content when it popped up in my feed. Then one of their philosophy/life skills videos showed up and I got hooked. Warrior Poet Society is an apt name.
i satyed because i need a roll model
A wife who is willing to stay at home and teach the kids is worth more than gold.
platinum
Amen!
What a time we live in, where something that was natural for a woman to want is now nearly impossible to find
@@elcidcampeador9629 i never thought of that
Heart of gold is hard to find
As a new parent, I’m asking you to please do more parenting advice/experience videos. They’re excellent.
@@DinoNucci man John isn't a bad parent ok
@@DinoNucci elaborate?
Congratulations on the kid!
Check out abeka academy home schooling program. Fully accredited, they will give you or your school district a transcript (even college), full dvd school day with teachers keys and lesson plans. My girl finishing up 1st grade and is ahead of her public school friends in 2nd grade. Good people too.
As someone who wants to have kids someday I second that motion.
I just turned 22 and didn’t realize how much I needed this kind of content❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼✝️
im a little bit older than that, but i too didn't realize how much i needed this content.
Moms that choose to homeschool are hero’s! I watch my wife tackle schooling the kids and run the house and she’s superhuman. I’m in Law Enforcement and work long hours but she truly is the one I look up to. Good job Mrs. Poet, your part of a very special group of strong hard working women!
It’s spelled heroes not hero’s. Hero’s are more than one hero sandwich. Whoever homeschooled you, I hope they failed you in spelling.
You sir need to deal with the nemesis within. You’ll be way less worried about a simple grammatical error, (not to be confused with a spelling error)on a comment to a great video. “ I don’t always correct people for pointless reasons, but when I do I always watch an episode of Project Nemesis to get a chubby dose of humble pie” - The most interesting man on Earth.
@@johnnydanger1305 you do realize that you can correct spelling without being a jerk don't you.
👏👏👏👏
That Kajun Guy realize I don’t know what rellize is.
As a school psychologist having worked from pre K through high school in rural, suburban, and urban districts...you guys NAILED IT!!!! The education system is broken and being able to give your children undivided attention, encouragement, and meaningful instruction you have put the joy back in learning. Focusing on reading and the joy of reading is the single most important skill you can give them. A child first learns to read...then reads to learn. I could write a dissertation on how I agree with everything you’ve said!!! Well done, you guys seem to make a phenomenal team! Your kids are very fortunate!!
Wow, You have seen it all as a school psychologist I'm sure. That's a heavy load you've carried. THanks for the encouragement on reading, we're focusing on those skills now while they're young. THanks for following!
Mrs Poet Oh yes I have seen it all, especially being in an urban district. You and John have touched on so many excellent points in this video!! Just like bullying has been around since the beginning of time yet how children react to bullying is definitely new in the past several years. Here in Ohio one school system had 5-6 suicides in one year. And I am totally stealing the term “imagination stealer”. Students at all age levels play video games as 100% of their entertainment, then we wonder why college graduates turn out living back in their parents basement. Just as you said, quite correctly, children learn through play! When is the last time we saw a TV commercial for a toy you play with outside? Interpersonal communication skills are extremely rare. And the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality leaves kids unable to deal with the first sign of adversity. Again I could go on and on but you guys nailed it!! Well done and I wish you guys the best!! It’s tough being a conservative in the public education system lol and still super jealous that John shoots so much better than me 😂
@@schmick125 Great to hear from a man with your background. I hope Mr. & Mrs. Poet do another video and have you on as a guest. What about it folks?
In my opinion good educated people are able to homeschool the first four years. Very good educated people can pull it of past sixth grade. But after that you need to be honest with yourself. If you do not understand the books used for homeschooling and cannot complete the tasks yourself, you need to find a solution. Cooperating with other homeschooling parents is a great way I guess. Other people can teach other stuff. I would certainly need help.
Perhaps... but did your parents think your school system was OPTIMAL, and the most balanced & AWESOME institution in the world? Probably not... I was born in 1980, and I remember kids in my era who were being dragged out of school between 5-7th grade in order to be home schooled. My parents perpetually worried about my era’s education system, because they were just beginning to teach Sex Education in 6th Grade, and the materialistic, MTV/Nintendo era of the 80’s & 90’s.
I knew when i first found mr. poet there was something different he used clean language and had values that a man of God has... Then i keep digging and hear his wife speaking about the leading of God....
I'm just telling all you folks God can change any of us into good hearted warriors that care about doing right towards God and doing right to others.....
I'm just going to say praise the Lord and keep up the good fight... You inspire me John and not many people have done that... Thanks
That old saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself," is truer than ever.
To think my love for guns brought me here, (as well to lucas and drew hopkins from trex arms) and ended up finding so much more. This kind of videos reminds me that I'm not alone in my way of thinking.
Thanks for everything
My exact same experience!
So far me and my 6 siblings have all been Homeschooled by our mother. And it is one of the greatest things in the world.
My six siblings and I? Don't flame me, I just couldn't resist!
And I see what you did there. 👏
I totally agree my two brothers and I were also homeschooled by our mother, and I think she taught us way more values than any public school could
I LOVED this video! I home schooled my children back at the beginning of the modern movement (1990 and beyond) and had no support from family, friends or church (even my husband was extremely tentative about the decision). As a matter of fact, I had a lot of opposition, particularly from the pastor and his family. My only support was a monthly newsletter that came from the other side of the country.
I made this decision because I felt led by the Lord to do this, and I knew He would sustain me. Over time, some of my friends started to home school, and by the time my children were out of high school, there was an entire home school support group at our new church.
Your information was so articulate and well thought out, and the "rabbit trails" were wonderful too. I was truly blessed by this video.
Abundant blessings to you and your family!
I have recently found your channel along with Trex arms (your channels seem similar btw) and I love your stuff man. we have four kids and our story is very similar to you and your wife. We are planning on homeschooling our kids as well. Great family and values here!
im subbed to both
nice
Who's values do you want your child to have?
Yours or a total stranger's?
#HomeSchool
EXACTLY could not agree more
@J C the state imposes quite a lot of strict rules on what values the kids need to be indoctrinated with in state run schools, what the teachers can and can't say or do. And most countries that are falling into the socialistic pit have strict restrictions on freedom of choice. In example in NZ you must go to the school in the zone where you live and you can't choose your teacher. Your kids are then taken away by the state at age 3 or 5 until they are adults - and the parents are there just left with the bills to care for state owned kids. It's pretty much what german fascist socialists did in order to build their third reich socialistic dream. Communistic socialist later adopted the same strategy in soviet union and eastern bloc and now the same is done by the Socialistic UN which is run by coalition of 3rd world countries and China. The only option is to homeschool.
@J C why should our lives be put on hold for fools?
@James Zell You don't evangelical Christians teaching your children either. Those people are batshit crazy.
@@DinoNucci **only in cases of unable parents/guardians. If you are a parent and you are able like WPS, then just go ahead
IMHO, this is THE most important video you have done to date.
Been homeschooling now for almost two months. My son was in a Christian private school (his second one since he started school in 2016. He is now 8). Prayed for guidance as I knew God was leading me to homeschool and he was showing me to Be Still. When it was His perfect timing I finally pulled the trigger. My son is calmer and happier. I grew up in California and NEVER saw myself as a SAHM let alone a homeschooling mom. I praise the Lord for this new chapter in a life I DID NOT want be HE knows is best...His will is far greater than my own...experiencing it through this new chapter!! Thank you for your testimony! ✝️🙏🏼❤️
We home schooled our daughter (she is now finishing college) and it turned out awesome. She was/is so much smarter and more prepared any of her peers. I totally recommend everyone home school their children if at all possible. With the Internet today and all of the material available for home schooling, it is a FAR better choice than public schooling.
I love when you guys do these videos together and talk about family and life. Great insight and makes for good conversations.
thanks for following!
Thanks for the video. We (more my wife) homeschooled our five sons through high school and they all finished college degrees. Two with master degrees. No regrets.
I’m in Tennessee and a single dad, 38 years old, my son started kindergarten this year, and I took him out of class early 3 times in his 1st year and the school threatened if I did it one more
Time he would get a hour of detention, I lost it. You can not punish a kid for something that was not his fault and he had no idea that it was going to be done, the school Systems have went to complete crap.
Hi from Ontario Canada. Our daughter was getting a pathetic quality of education and punished for playing with her friends in the school yard. We pulled her out and are glad we did. Our two other children won't be put in the socialist indoctrination system.
My daughter kept getting hit and beaten by the other kids in her class. The teacher did nothing to help. Her brother tried to defend her and was constantly in the in school suspension room because of it. I homeschooled them both. My youngest just received her high school diploma at the homeschool commencement ceremony. Our community has such a great support system for homeschoolers.
@@cynthiaellis5716 It takes a lot of effort to homeschool. I'm proud of you!
Where in TN are you?. We’re in Sevier County and I homeschool both our boys(2&1/2 and 5 years old), using Abeka Academy. They get plenty time playing and using their imagination outside, swimming in the pool, visiting the museums and anywhere they can learn and school gets done in about 2&1/2 hours. We can start a school pod with a few others. I’ll check and see what’s possible. Civilization depends on how many warrior poets we make.
@@35751W How very authoritarian dictator of them.
We're about to start homeschooling our 5 year old. With the "big brother" education system and now the mess with covid-19, we decided we were the best ones to raise our family. Thank you for sharing this video!
I love the way you two harmonise and complement each other. So nice to see a masculine man and feminine woman work beautifully together as our creator hoped we would.
Its so cute its gross hahaa
What are your thoughts on gays
John Bacon folks can’t be gay all the time. Sometimes you just have a bad day and you just don’t feel so gay.
Well said.
😂 christian freaks
Public education has become, by design, indoctrination. Our founders saw this and warned us.
"If Congress can employ money indefinitely, for the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every state, county, and parish, and pay them out of the public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, the establishing in like manner schools throughout the union; they may assume the provision of the poor.... Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."
-James Madison
Ryan Jones Respectfully, your founding fathers and Presidents such as Eisenhower also warned against the rise and dominance of the military industrial complex - but that grows inexorably. I invite you to read, if you don’t know them already, the Federalist Papers - particularly Publius treatise on the large republic.
Phillip King I completely agree and am aware of the numerous and intertwined fascist complexes in this country. The Federalist Papers should be required reading in public schools imo.
A man of History. Good on you sir.
Druyt 88 yes I recall the Christian truant officer visiting my
House when I missed Sunday service. Oh wait ...
@Druyt 88 Take your own advice hoss, you're lowering the intellect of this thread.
My wife has been getting into self defense and concealed carry, largely in part to Mrs Poet and her blog/ video. Can we get more with her on mom life with CCW?
matt bertrand thanks! Tell her to follow my Instagram
I second that! My wife and so many mothers would be encouraged if Mrs Poet did a day and the life as a Mom & CCW holder. Great recommendation @mattbertrand9496
When I first ran across your channel close to a year ago I thought it just had a corny name. As time progressed I have been more and more impressed with the latter half of it. Critical thinking and a protective mind set. You sir and ma'am are something not too many people in larger communities have any more. Thankfully I live in a rural setting and most people have simular values. Yet there are many of the younger generation that do not.
Keep up the good work.
Man, I really appreciate this video. It helps me feel like I'm not alone in my thinking.
My wife and I homeschool our kids , daughter 9, son 4, we are part of classical conversations.
We chose this route, I think largely for the exact same reasons as you guys have.
Ultimately, I wanted to raise people who could think for themselves, articulate why they believe what they believe, logically, and see the flaws in much of today's "modern" thinking. Most of all I want them to love God.
We love our CC group and CC friends. We are missing then in this virus shutdown.
@@DinoNucci Do u even have children?
@@DinoNucci fuck off scumbag.
@@DinoNucci I homeschooled our 2. They are both college grads, self-sufficient & well adjusted. If you don't homeschool, you have no idea the opportunities homeschoolers get with involved parents.
As someone who went through the Classical Conversations program years ago, it is a solid program! It taught me some really valuable things including facts and evidence against mainstream educational teachings such as evolution. My only complaint is that the program is REALLY intense. After transitioning from CC into college courses, I can with 100% confidence say that college is a breeze in comparison to CC.
First time I've heard mrs. Warrior-poet. Smart woman! If all parent were like you guys, we could take back this insane country in one generation.
Sounds like a plan. Lets do it.
Watch more of their vids .... she’s in plenty
Well said, Jodo.
Bravo zulu. I've watched WPS since forever. Curious to see and hear Mrs Poet for so long, since Mr Poet wouldn't settle for anything less than a smart, beautiful and independent partner on the same level. They're the epitomy of 'Team'.
I was homeschooled K-12. Best move my parents could have made. I’m extremely thankful for it!
I am a 66 year old grandfather and after watching this video I have regained some hope that our country may survive in tact after I'm gone. I forwarded your video and bought the book in audio version for my daughte-in-law and pray that she will persue your lead. Thanks for making my father's day better and a happy father's day to you and a wink of admiration to your lovely wife.
Mr. And Mrs. Poet, you two are a blessing to my wife and me. I took your approach to introduce my wife to the concealed carry mindset (I did it the wrong way before and failed) and she now carries. This subject of homeschooling is near to our hearts. Sounds like our journey is alot like yours. We (and by that I mean my wife mostly) have been homeschooling for 8 years and have had alot of challenges. I have to say that the blessings far out weigh the difficulties. Thank you for using your platform for the Lord and sharing what i call the true gun culture that our country needs. Lord bless!.
Love to hear from someone ahead of us that the blessings outweigh the difficulties; Rock on. Thanks for following.
Bravo, bravo, *Warrior Poet Society
* Well done. God Bless.
You're so right about having a love for reading as a key goal! My dad always said "if you're reading you don't have to do the dishes"...and I never did lol
Hahha that’s great! 🎉
That's how my mother runs it!
This was a breath of fresh air. Thank you both.
I would just like to say Thank You John and Mrs.Poet!!!!!!
I first started watching your videos about a year ago, because I enjoyed learning about firearms and self defense from John. But I have learned so much more about god and family from you two. You have inspired me to go back to church and to be a better father for my son. I can’t even begin to thank you enough for the difference you have made in my life!!
P.S.
I would love to see more of these family values podcasts and I’m sure that I’m not alone!!
Glad to have you as part of the Society. THanks for following.
WoW!!!!!!
To hear Mrs Poet, " we're anti snowflake here " .... I LOVE IT! ( Insert Tim Allen woofs here ).
You two are evenly yoked and a joy to follow. Thank you for making a vid on this topic. ( And get Tim Allen on the show)
Don
I'll work on Tim Allen
Both are evenly yoked. LOL hahahahahhaha John you gotta track this guy down bro.
Ok nvm I just looked up what evenly yoked means LOL. John I'm calling off the hit on Don L
Your boys are fortunate.
They’ll never have the worry
and stress of wondering what
day the teacher is going to
force them to wear dresses.
Pheew! Relief!
Don’t have any doubts that you will have your kid’s best Interest in mind. Our son Just turned 18 Home schooled since second grade. We were told by his early education teacher that he was falling behind so we made the decision to pull him out of school and have never looked back since. He’s a well rounded young man now. Not at all socially awkward (we heard the same things from family members objecting to what we were doing). 👍🏻🤙🏻💪🏻awesome stuff guys
This video is one of the reasons that I recently became a Patron of the WPS. Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with home schooling.
We now have a 9th grader down to a kindergartener. 4 kids 100% homeschooled.
It is a God-given duty to educate our kids. It's our job as parents.
Good on you!
@@DinoNucci, thank you! Jesus was a social misfit, so that's a high compliment. My children are loved, study character development, have many 'social' groups and opportunities within our community, each receive personalized attention and curriculum built around their learning style, are all at or above their grade level for their respective ages, and are being raised to love and know God. Thank you for the opportunity to further express how much I love my kids, how confident I am in the decision to homeschool, and to exercise my self control in responding to a judgemental, troll of a comment.
@@goldenboy551 Dont waste time writing to those comments, you have every right to choose how are your kids gonna be educated. Can you explain in short how homeschool works, how do you teach higher math and similar more complex things and also if your kids later want can they go for high level education ( for example to be engineers) . God Bless
The making of a snowflake...
*Entitlement attitude*
_absolutely spot on_
"The world owes you nothing, you have to go out and earn it."
Truer words have never been spoken. 👍
America owes me an opportunity and a future for my children. A lot of entitled people know that the game is rigged and that they are being replaced by foreigners, and it doesn't matter if you write code or wash toilets.
This entitled generation also grew up on the internet. They know that something is deeply sick with this country and a lot of them cling onto the opposite - socialism.
The world doesn't owe us peasants anything but there *are* people in this world that do ...
@@3nertia I know that's right
Thank God that you have the courage of your convictions, and I pray there are more people like y'all!
John, you and your wife are a joy to behold. The love that seemingly seeps out of each of you really warms the cockles of my heart. God bless you and your family.
I was homeschooled from kindergarten to high school. I started at my local community college at fourteen and had my associates degree by the time I graduated at age seventeen. Homeschooling offered me an incredible amount of opportunities and was a good experience, as a whole. That said, I think I can offer some insight on the "unsocialized homechoolers." I met quite a few of them and they always seemed to be a product of their parents not involving them enough in group activities with other children at a young age. My mother put an incredible amount of effort into finding activities for my siblings and I to be with other children. Church youth group, soccer, swim team, little league and countless other things. None of us turned out to be perfect, but I feel we were all given the maximum amount of opportunity for the future and I will be eternally grateful to my parents for the sacrifices that they made to do this for me. I'm sure your children will feel the same way. Good job guys! Keep up the good work and God bless you.
GLad to hear it Chris, Thanks for following. I love to hear from HS Grads.
My kids were rural and mostly socialized with each other and adults. They turned out great. No issues. On the plus side, even as teenagers, peer pressure never had a chance. To quote kid # 3, " I don't follow trends, I start them."
I was homeschooled from 2nd grade until graduating high school. I loved it, and I don't think I'd have made it in public school (went through some really difficult times as a teenager). I am the first of two boys. and my mom homeschooled my little brother exclusively. The first time he set foot in a classroom (besides a co-op) was when we went to college.
After the basic stuff (Bible, math, reading, writing, science), my mom let us decide what we wanted to learn or focus on. She encouraged reading and learning and that has followed me into adulthood. I still love reading, and learning new things and skills and I hope I always do.
An example of this comes from my passion for firearms and the efficient use thereof. I was always bad at math growing up, I couldn't understand math beyond early algebra, my mom didn't push me there and instead helped me excel in other areas. Now as an adult, I am interested in long range shooting. Well, one huge part of long range shooting is... math. Ballistics/physics and trigonometry, I took it upon myself to learn trig (basic functions) and physics to account for bullet drop and windage corrections based on bullet weight, ballistic coeffeciant, muzzle velocity, and angle of fire.
Like Winston Churchill, I soak up every little bit of info and eat, breathe, and sleep the stuff that I am interested in (guns/shooting/marksmenship, survival, aviation, guitars, music, books, camping, off roading, history (especially the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, and American history)), but it is really difficult to learn things that do not interest me at all (like say car mechanical stuff).
On top of this, I have a really close relationship with my mom, and still have the faith in Jesus as my savior that I grew up with. In college, I made good, solid friends, which made the difference in how kids turn out for the rest of their lives in my opinion. I am 33 now, married to a beautiful and wonderful woman, and we just had our first child, a baby girl. I have great Christian friends that I know I can count on. I attribute most of this to being homeschooled by Christian parents (mostly my mom) with good morals and values and passing them onto me.
Don't get me wrong, my life is very far from perfect, even ideal I'd say. I have a decent job, but not in the field I went to college for, and I struggle with a lot of pain and emotional turmoil over some events from my past. But overall, I am very blessed, and know that God provides for me every step of the way.
And yes, we are planning on homeschooling our daughter. I will not have the state "educate" (more like indoctrinate) my child.
My daughter is 3 1/2 and went to preschool last year at my church. I plan to do the same this coming fall but have really been thinking about what to do about her education when it’s time for actual kindergarten. I’m 37 and the school system has changed SO MUCH since I was a kid.
THIS is wonderful. Thanks to both of you for this video.
Awesomesauce. We pulled our 9 year old out. And are struggling with homeschooling. But our kiddo is reading college level military history books now. It's hard work keeping ourselves on track to keep him on track.
Brilliant discussion!
Alec!!! See you in a month
Woah.. didn't expect to see you here.
I started homeschooling my kids 2 years ago and it certainly wasn't planned. It's been a wonderful experience for all of us and I don't regret the decision at all. It was really nice connecting with other homeschooling families on FB and I am amazed at the support. Thank you for your video.
Love the energy and values you and your wife bring to life. Could say over the last year I can say I’m part of the warrior poet club. Your teachings are much appreciated
When we decided to home school friends told us we couldn't screw them up any more than public school will. Lot of great resources for home schooling out there. 11 years and counting now.
J Mac how much did you screw them up?
@@mr.potatohead5736 depends on the quality of public schools in your area. Where I live, the public schools are decent, but they bus in degenerates from the city. Those kids cause 75% of the reported problems in the school.
Yes there are more resources, programs, events, etc. than ever. Rock on.
@@mr.potatohead5736 They are scarred for life. LOL They can quote way to many scenes from Monty Python Search for the Holy Grail. Though thinking on it they would have had that regardless.
In all seriousness we lived in metro Nashville when we started so we saved them a whole lot of problems.
As a person who was homeschooled after the 3rd grade and is now an adult, i cant say enough how greatful i am of my upbringing. It opens up a world of opportunity.
@@DinoNucci lol you mean "your." How's the public school system treating you?
GREAT VIDEO !!! Thank you for thinking this way !
You Guy's Are Hitting Every Nail With Perfection. Keep Being Those Thoughtful & Powerful Hammers! Love It .
Homeschool high five! Lmfaooo Mrs. Poet is hella funny!
Edit: The way Mr and Mrs Poet look at each other during conversation, and the visibly tangible and obvious connection they have to one another when doing so, is incredible and inspiring. Especially in this age of widespread and commonplace societal divorce rates.
I know why they are so close as well.
THanks for following, Adam.
Mrs Poet Thanks for making such great content to follow!
I noticed that too! Their kids are blessed to have parents who are so obviously in love and are in line with each other.
Another valuable point......the Parent is also learning With the Child
I love this aspect for sure
That would be key
We call it "redeeming our education" I have learned so much more now that I have worked through it again with my kids.
@@caroloswald1652 your heart and mind has to be in this, I've meet kids who were home schooled who had terrible education where they cant write their own name or were in college getting an awesome degree. Then again I didn't get the right education in public schooling.
Excellent video... so glad I found this channel. As a homeschool family, this was great!
Thanks for posting this!
Wow amazing talk. As much as I enjoy the “tac talk” this may have been your best masterpiece yet. Hat off to you both.
HS'd all four of ours....oldest just turned 31, youngest just finished high school. HIGHLY RECOMMEND homeschooling. I'm an engineer, my wife did 1-yr of college...yet did 99% of the teaching. First three did exceptional in college....one music major, one electrical engineer, the other just finished his masters in accounting (and he was severely autistic!). The Lord provides! Soli Deo Gloria!
Glad to hear that as i look to the future.
Your kids would have been fine either way. I was an engineer and a national champion athlete coming from an AWFUL school system. You robbed the other kids of the strength of your kids. Run and hide is not what Jesus taught.
Such good stuff here! Love it when you tie faith into your videos... much needed in today's world. 💯
Thank you for taking the time to share your journey. My wife and I are finding ourselves very frustrated with how the current education options are producing fewer independent thinkers, and are actually encouraging more group think. This video is encouraging and enlightening of some alternative options.
As a native of Metro Atlanta & raising our kids in it, we had the same concerns. Moved to Nebraska, problem solved. Atlanta is the Sodom of the South. God bless your Family John.
Jeff G, I agree. We're Texans stuck in North Fulton and hate going into Atlanta, which we have to do semi frequently for work. Very dangerous and run by crooks. We're trying hard to get back to Texas while still vertical.
@@nmr6988 Have faith. God will take you where he can use you and your family the best. God gave our family a path to leave and we are grateful. We went from a county of 1 million to a county of 20k. God loving small town values where kids bike to school, neighbors know & care about each other. I thought we were on a different planet when we moved here. Have faith, the Lord will deliver.
@@GaDawg0513 , thank you. We moved here for jobs in 2001 and have asked the Lord to get us back home after the first year. I hope He hurries now. We're 65 and 67 and are feeling it.
No better life than country life, things get simpler the farther from the city you get it's not for everyone which is what makes it nice lol
Mark Belk Georgia’s colonial history is 400+ years & in the garbage can. Walk around Centennial or Piedmont Park and ask if they met James Oglethorpe or the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Gwinnett, Hall, Walton) lately, or name the last 5 Governors, let alone Coach Dooley, or Zell Miller. I was raised & educated in Georgia but no longer recognize her.
You can really see the love in each of their eyes and its genuinely heart warming. This really opened my eyes and as a person who really hated public school it was really refreshing. Keep up the great content guys 😁
I’ve thought in public schools for 15 years...there are a LOT of socially awkward kids. 🤔
Right.
You’ve TAUGHT in public schools or THOUGHT in public schools ....
for 15 years🧐
bc...😳
Socially awkward and shamed and bullied. It’s endless. My 6 year old granddaughter was having issues with her body. I told her she’s a curvy girl and be proud of it. 6 years old!
Public schools made me socially awkward. I was in a military family, and we moved a good bit. I found it incredibly hard to make friends, especially once I went to middle school in Georgia (wonderful state to live in). It was a hotbed for rude and immoral kids. There was a maximum of 3 people who were members of my church. I felt incredibly alone, and only had one friend. When my family moved back to Utah, I was still super closed off, and still am. Moving definitely harmed my social skills, but so did a crappy school system.
Try getting involved more at church, now that Covid lockdowns are hopefully over. Be the one who steps forward and invites, welcomes people, even if it’s hard. (I’m naturally shy, so I understand.) You can overcome the negatives. But yeah-I agree our current school system is a mess & total failure.
Awesome channel. Great info, keep the videos coming.
This day and age homeschooling is the only option in my opinion. Thank you for doing your part raising up the next generation properly! 👍
Especially when they don't set bail for felons, stay strong, love ur kids!
Fellow homeschoolers from south atl. It’s our best decision to date. Thanks for all the good stuff!
Glad to have you in the Party Mike.
First off, I just found the channel and its exactly what I've been looking for.
I'm 23 and in college myself, but I went the private school route and felt something was lacking from this "education" I've been taught. Having spent a few years in college bouncing around majors, I've come to realize that while there are good things I can learn from classes, most of what you learn in a bachelor's degree isn't very practical for the job you are being prepared to do.
Long story short, if/when I have kids, Homeschooling will definitely be on the table for me! Keep up the awesome content!!
Thanks for this, it came up in my feed tonight. Very timely for us.
100% with you Mr. & Mrs. Poet.
I was homeschooled throufh high school and it was a drastic difference from public and private. Being from all three homeschooling was always the best. I may not be the most knowledgeable about topics I didnt take, but I held my morals, and didnt make mistakes I could have.
Now my wife , who was also homeschooled (Yes awkward homeschoolers can talk to girls) and I want to homeschool our daughter. The state of education, is awful at the moment, not only that but I feel it is the parents responsibility to educate and teach values to their children.
Its a daunting task and we are just starting the concieve an idea of what to do, given that pur daughter has just turned 2 we have some time.
Your family and mine align perfectly in values.
God bless your family, raise that generation of Hard Men for these Hard Times. We need them.
Homeschool highfive. 👏
Great! You are on top of it if sh'es 2 you have time to plan and prepare :)
@@sv8497 If you cant say anything nice, say nothing at all.
Words to live by.
hahah thank god for your morals, another dummy leading another dummy
@@eclectricmagazine Sorry you feel that way.
Two boys and two girls and homeschooled. I have a good "Strong Gal" at home as well. Thank God.
I am so very glad that I found you,& your family. I am very proud of you on home-schooling. Keep going! You got this!
I am a little late joining this GREAT channel and organization, but all I want to say is THANK YOU for all the encouragement, inspiration, and God given advice. I pray the Lord will continue to bless all that you and your family and friends are doing to teach and bless the rest of us. Love from New Mexico!!
Perfectly said. You guys are such a great example of awesome parents, each fulling a vital role to create a thriving family. Nicely done.
I was extremely impressed by this video and found it informative and inspirational, well done! Made me think about some things as well. Thanks for sharing it.
I am a former homeschool mom. I was a private homeschooler teaching my children through unit studies. My daughter was homeschooled k-12 and is a successful esthetician and make up artist. My son ended up going to public high school because of my divorce and we have suffered the consequences but thank God he had the foundations from early on. It’s a hard road to take but a fruitful one. I miss homeschooling and would love to get back to serving in that space. Waiting on God to provide. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Super appreciated this talk. Just appreciate the sharing on a level of, this is our thoughts and you may feel differently, and that’s okay. Enjoying your channel
John is nailing it. Millennials are the first generation to graduate with post modern ethics ingrained subconsciously. Being a productive and independent adult with that ethic is near impossible.
Not impossible just extremely rare I'm a millenial wasn't homeschooled but I don't have any beliefs in common with everyone else my age does because I could see the propaganda for what it was propaganda
Josh Weese, the are, thankfully, a few critical thinkers like yourself out there..... very few! Most of those came to the way they are because of their home life ie, their parents involvement in their lives.
@@shaneusry589 that's exactly what it was for me I was raised by parents who always taught me to use my thoughts to make decisions and face things from a logical practical train of thought
@@born2beashooterjosh397 ,
I had a long painful red pill as an adult
@@jkellyid lmao well I did a little bit myself I've was never in to politics at all and really just never thought of myself Dem or Rep but the last 6yrs or so I've realized I have zero in common with the way Democrats believe and they just want to take away your freedom as well
I was homeschooled and like to think I turned out okay. My older brother has his master's degree in communication and teaches at a local university; my older sister is a nurse working post surgery; I'm an ER nurse, and my younger sister is in school for Occupational Therapist Assistant. We have more friends than the real world allows us to hang out with. We have friends worldwide; we've all been to multiple countries and continents and have more multicultural and worldwide experiance than most young people I meet.
THanks for following, Patrick. Glad to hear you had a great experience.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Great video!
There aren't words to express how impressed I am with you! Don't Stop !!!
Hey John, I was homeschooled with my 4 brothers. I am now serving in the navy, couldn't make it through NSW but I love your content and appreciate the positive push for homeschooling and such Christian values.
List of home schooled persons, to name just a few
Alexander the Great - Greek Ruler
• John Barry - Senior Navy Officer
• Stonewall Jackson - Civil War General
• John Paul Jones - Father of the American Navy
• Robert E. Lee - Civil War General
• Douglas MacArthur - U.S. General
• George Patton - U.S. General
• Matthew Perry - naval officer who opened up trade with Japan
• John Pershing - U.S. General
• David Dixon Porter - Civil War Admiral
U.S. Supreme Court Judges
• John Jay
• John Marshall
• John Rutledge
• Sandra Day O’Connor
Quite the accomplished persons, thanks Shannon
@@mrspoet9907 We should add Albert Einstein to the list of homeschooled high achievers. His family didn't choose it through, school sent him home pronouncing him unteachable and an imbecile.
It's relieving to hear people who really get it. Nice job!
This is hands down, my new favorite UA-cam channel. I love that you are so diverse in what you talk about, your wife and your family are a big part of the channel, you talk openly and candidly about faith and Christ, your thoughts, your beliefs but always reiterate that they are YOUR thoughts and beliefs and you after perfectly ok if someone doesn't agree, because nobody should have to agree if they truly feel differently than you do. Mr. Lovell you are an inspiration and a shining example of the man I strive to be, and would like to become. Thank you for your candidness, your truthfulness, and for the dad jokes and puns also.
This video is excellent. Extremely edifying. Thank you for this.
Glad you and you're wife discussed this topic. Me and my wife have been talking about homeschooling our little girl. Society isn't going to be structuring my child. Good topic. God bless u and you're family
This intro was the greatest. You're both very wise and intelligent people and obviously full of love. I hope my girl and I do as good a job as you guys when we get to that stage in our lives!
Thank you for taking the time to put these lessons out here for us. We really appreciate it.
The Loman Burrow
your wife loves you and admires you so much, its such a beautiful thing to see the way she looks at you while you speak.
i will do anything and everything in my power to have a love and a commitment like this.
Right!!
You can just tell how much his wife adores him simply by the way she look at him when he's talking. That proud look in her eyes. And who could blame her, I mean, just look at him. Lol
They're both lucky to have each other but she's supper lucky to have him as he is a very rare man. I'm envious of her. Lol
I had a man I looked at like that. He left me. Love hurts sometimes.
So happy to see this. We have a 5 day old boy and this is probably one of the biggest questions we are having for our boys future. Lots of great information. God bless.
CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby!
Thanks for being open John you got a great thing going. God bless you and yours
You can feel the passion and love between you and your wife. You cant stop staring at her. Awesome brother. God bless you and the family
Man I would write a paragraph of a comment on this one, but I'm just going to say thanks for the video guys. Spot on.
Great video! So many great points. My wife and I have been homeschooling our two boys for the past six years. We unfortunately started them in public school where we experienced so many of the ills that y’all mentioned. My oldest entered kindergarten with the biggest most beautiful spirit you can imagine only to have it stomped out over the next few years of public school. It’s taken a while but he’s been able to regain it. Homeschooling has without a doubt been one of the greatest and blessed decisions we’ve made. We’ve been doing Classical Conversations, but like y’all said there’s so many ways to do it and that’s part of what’s so great. Thank y’all for what you’re doing.
THanks for following, glad to hear your boys are happy and thriving!
You guys are great, thanks for this!
Yall are awesome! We were in a very similar situation and pulled our kids out in 4th grade and began homeschooling. Best decision we ever made, and they graduate in May of this year! Thank you both for all you do! God bless you guys!!
We home schooled our kids, the youngest is now 29. Great work, thanks for the presentation.
John and Mrs. Poet, Love, love, love everything about your channel. My wife and I made the scary jump to home schooling nearly 20 yrs ago. We were positively influenced by John Rosemond's books too. You seem to be on a parallel path to the one we took. We read probably 15-20 books a day to our kids when they were young. Both my kids went to a highly selective liberal arts college (fortunately they withstood the far left campus lunacy). My son double majored in philosophy and physics, magna cum laude and phi beta kappa, and graduates from Cambridge with a master of philosophy next month. My daughter graduated cum laude with a biology degree on her way to vet school. Home schoolers rock!
Thank you guys for the info !
I have a million things to say, but won’t type them all. This is by far the best video I’ve seen on your channel, and I’ve been watching for a couple years now. As a teacher of over 10 years, we homeschooled our children through high school due to a myriad of concerns we all had, parents and kids, about the local high school. I appreciate so much your decision to speak on this topic, and I really appreciate that your family is devoted to the Lord and focused on Him. Thank you again to both of you for taking the time to speak on this. It is because of your principles and faith that I continue to tune in, and it is the reason I give you so much credibility. Yay for that!