Dear Mr Ed Balls and the DCSF
I will not give up. I believe wholeheartedly in home education and letting my children learn as and when they are ready and interested in things. I have seen it happen. Ticking boxes and having plans are not going help our process unless we decide that it suits us. Not the other way round. I will not have what my children learn about be dictated to them by someone who has never met them and who doesn’t know them. I will not have someone else decide what is more important for my kids to learn.
I believe wholeheartedly in the quote :
“Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.” - Barbara Lamping
These are my children and I do my duty to keep them safe and to bring them up to be responsible and good citizens. The state cannot parent every child and should not attempt to do so. There must be trust in our abilities otherwise we cannot prosper, we cannot have faith in ourselves. I expect you to trust me to make the right decisions for my children. I expect you to trust me to be a good parent to my children.
With thanks to the many people who inspired me to write this - all linked from Jax’s post here. Afraid mine is not as wordy or shows as much knowledge about the current situation. Well worth a read of the other letters too.
great kirsty. love the marshmallow quote!
Comment by HelenJ — October 14, 2009 @ 10:27 pm
Me too
Comment by Ali — October 14, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
Thanks - is from an American blog I sometimes read - http://throwingmarshmallows.homeschooljournal.net/
Comment by Administrator — October 14, 2009 @ 10:35 pm