Anyone see the Aug 16 episode of Law & Order:SVU? 

Here's my letter to NBC:

I've just watched the episode with the psychotic homeschool mom.  Was this an intentional attack on homeschooling, or did you just not do any research?  I realize some unbalanced people choose homeschooling as a cover for control and isolation, but this episode presented such as the norm for homeschoolers.  As such, it was not only misleading and demeaning, but shows poor quality research on the part of the shows writers.

If gays, or blacks, or vegetarians, or muslims were portrayed in such a stereotypical, insulting way, they episode would have never made it past your censors.  Why this?

I'm interested in your response.  (By the way, not all homeschoolers are Christians, or religious, as you imply.

Subway's new writing contest does not allow entries from homeschoolers.  Here's my entry in their customer response box:

I am curious as to why homeschools are not allowed to participate in the Subwayfreshbuzz writing contest.   First of all, the state of MN and every  other state considers homeschooling a legitimate school experience.   Secondly, almost all major retailers not only accept homeschool entries for contests, but offer special deals to homeschool families,  It's hard to believe Subway sees fit to discriminate so blatantly.  You will be losing a huge amount of business by this choice.

I await your response, before I decide to eat at Subway again, or pass this information on to the extensive homeschool community in Minnesota.

Will let you know if they write back!

As most of you are aware, this weekend is the MACHE conference in Rochester.  Those of us that will attend are most likely in the midst of planning our educational choices for next year. (At least, we hope we are, before we hit the vendors' hall and "curriculum mania" overtakes us!)  For some of us, like me, the future has come screaming backward to smack me in the face.  My son will be in 9th grade, and it's time to start planning for his high school years.  The things he studies in the next 4 years could very well shape and guide the future of his life.  That is a nerve-wracking thought for a parent.

Would you be in prayer, as I have been, for the futures of our children and our families? As the Apostle Paul says, we are to run the race for the prize at the end.  Keep focused on the end, and the purpose to which God has called each one of us, that is, to raise our children to be the men and women God has designed them to be.  Curriculum may be important, but it's our childrens' souls that have been entrusted to us.