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More New Shooter Pictures
A few days ago I introduced a young man to the world of firearms. His Dad just posted a bunch of pictures and some video of the event. Check them out. Posted in Guns Tagged: Education, Guns
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Teaching knots
I’m working on an effort where every day I teach my kids something useful. Doesn’t really matter the topic, just a little something every day. I only just started a few days ago and so far we covered...
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More tips for success in class
If you are a student in a handgun class, here’s some further tips for success: Bring lots of magazines. I would say 5 is a bare minimum, and there’s not really any such thing as too many magazines....
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The money in education
Wife and I homeschool our children. Why? The main reason is we want the best for them. Is it that we are the best? No, but we certainly don’t view government err, public schools as the way to get...
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Good Day of Classes
Was out at KR Training today helping with Basic Pistol 2 and Defensive Pistol Skills 1. A good day. Both classes were at capacity. The usual gamut of people: men and women, young folk, old folk,...
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Public School FAIL
As you may know, the Texas school boards are working to rewrite history — literally. Some of the changes I agree with. For instance, I see nothing wrong with teaching religion in school, from a...
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Flew the coop
Was out of town for the weekend. Came back last night and saw this in our Carolina Wren nest box: Looks like the babies are all grown up. The thing is, we only saw 2 in there. We’re not sure what the...
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Do Butterflies Poop?
No. (Source: Henry Doorly Zoo, Butterfly exhibit) Filed under: Humor, Life Tagged: Education, Humor, Life
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Early Voting Rally
I just returned from an Early Voting Rally. It happened to be sponsored by Texas Republicans… not 100% sure who exactly was sponsoring it (e.g. Travis County Republicans, Texas as a whole, etc.), but...
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Our childrens isn’t learneded
Apparently 12th grade public government education-based reading levels are down. Students scored an average of 288 out of 500 points in reading comprehension, two points better than in 2005 level but...
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What to teach the kids?
A friend pointed me to this article by Eugene Wallingford titled “I Just Need A Programmer“. The Slashdot entry sums it up best: “As head of the CS Department at the University of Northern Iowa, Eugene...
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Learning to program
When I posted about “What To Teach The Kids“, I desired to write this side-bar on learning how to program. You see, the trouble with getting started in programming is it’s difficult. Usually you want...
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Another Day, Another Class
Well, classes. Two to be exact. KR Training held two classes today: Defensive Pistol Skills 1, and Beyond the Basics: Handgun. What was different was the classes were held at the Austin Rifle Club...
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Texas homeschooling bills – updated
I received word back from HSLDA about the 3 homeschool-related bills introduced in the current Texas legislative session. Read the updates. My take? You can debate the merit of the intentions behind...
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NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home
I am now (almost*) a certified instructor in NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home (PPOTH). In short, this is the NRA’s course for teaching private citizens how to draw a handgun from a concealed...
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Failure or success in education depends upon the parents
Adam Carolla rants about why the public school system has failed. (h/t The Packing Rat) Some NSFW audio. He’s right. Success or failure in school directly corresponds upon the level of involvement of...
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HB 253 – oppose
I hadn’t heard about Texas HB 253 until yesterday. An email forwarded to me from another homeschooling family contained a message from the Texas Home School Coalition about HB253. Here’s a blog posting...
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Inaugural DPS3
Today KR Training held the first Defensive Pistol Skills 3 class. It’s a new class aimed at pushing you further, putting you in new and interesting positions, and rounding out skills and situations...
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I’ve wasted how much of my life?!?
I just learned the Ian Knot. How much of my life have I wasted tying shoes the “standard” way? If you don’t know what the Ian Knot is, watch: Youngest is still struggling with shoelace tying....
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My View: Homeschooling: Marching to the beat of a different drummer
Reblogged from Schools of Thought: By Joyce Burges, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Joyce Burges is the co-founder of the National Black Home Educators, an organization that empowers parents to educate...
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