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The recent California court ruling that attempts to eliminate a parent’s right to home school their children is sure generating a firestorm of controversy. Thankfully, at least one group is leading the fight against this ruling that affects the education of many. Reverse The Ruling - Homeschoolers Unite has put together a website with information on how to fight this anti-education ruling.

My wife and I homeschool our oldest son. In fact, it’s really the only way we can know that our son is getting the education he needs. We looked at the local schools, they are so filled with hate and they instill the wrong values. For us, home schooling is the only option. While we don’t live in California, I’m a little concerned that this kind of ruling could spread to other states.

That’s why I signed the online petition to reverse the ruling and I urge others to do the same thing. We need to keep our freedom to education our children as we see fit, not how some judge sees fit.

Here is one quote that really sums up how I feel about this:

“Homeschooling has been a freedom practiced long before the Constitution captured our inalienable rights, with many of the Declaration of Independence signatures coming from men that were homeschooled. Our opinion is quite clear,” said Mimi Rothschild, leader of ReverseTheRuling.com. “Parents are responsible to train their children to the very best of their ability and to teach them all they believe to be true. Parents are blessed with children, and obligated to care for all aspects of their children’s lives, including who, what, where and how they are educated.”

Let’s fight this ruling against home schooling and get the government out of how we raise and educate our children.

Lately I have been talking quite a bit about training. You can take training courses that cover a broad level of topics. These training courses will help you get a better job and can be a huge help when making the career adjustment that you face when coming back home from a stint abroad. Many of the training ideas I have suggested have been courses in educational institutions, but that doesn’t have to be the case.

You can train yourself. It’s really simple. Find an area that you are interested in and start studying it. Read all the books you can find, find information online, interact with professionals in the field, and try to get hands on experience. It doesn’t take long before you become proficient in the area and that proficiency can open doors in the job market.

Granted this won’t work for all jobs, but it will work for some and can be worth a try if you don’t have access to more formal educational opportunities.