100th Post! College Censorship, Speech Codes, and American Universities

Homeschool teens and parents of teens considering college, take note:

"Speech codes. Censorship. Enforced political conformity. Hostility to diversity of opinion. Sensitivity training. We usually associate such things with the worst excesses of fascism and communism, not with the American universities that nurtured the free speech movement. But American higher education bears a disturbing resemblance to the totalitarian societies that are anathema to our nation's ideal of liberty. Evan Coyne Maloney's documentary film, Indoctrinate U, reveals the breathtaking institutional intolerance you won't read about in the glossy marketing brochures of Harvard, Berkeley, Michigan, Yale, and hundreds of other American colleges and universities. "

"While talking with students in the quad at Columbia, Evan was approached by two police officers who demanded a permit before allowing us to continue filming. So we paid a visit to the office that grants such permission to willing sycophants, and the whole experience left us wondering whether filming at Columbia was any easier than filming in, say, Venezuela..."Columbia Quiz," http://indoctrinate-u.com/pages/inside.html#columbia-quiz, shows what happens when you ask the inconvenient questions about academia."--from Inside Indoctrinate U

Click on the link--I found it both entertaining and informational. I can't wait to see this film in entirety--coming soon to a community near you.

Hands on Learning with Educational Travel

Educational travel gives everyone an opportunity to learn hands-on, regardless of learning style or challenges. Yes, sometimes travel involves hardships…such as in our family, traveling with a medically fragile child. The first time, it was a little scary, making sure we had a way to deal with special needs away from home. Over time, we found that our family had changed our vacation goals to learning, bonding as a family, seeking God’s will for our lives…as we’ve slowed down, lowered expectations, gotten away from outside influences and pressures, we’ve circled the wagons and grown closer as a family. And now we find ourselves reaching out and bonding with other families as well, sharing different experiences and growing together.

Leave space in your educational travel plans for unexpected experiences and adventures, such as our recent trip to the Creation Museum (http://www.creationmuseum.org in KY, which was amazing. We loved the life size models and enjoyed the Ark, the dinosaurs, the Planetarium. In a KY tour guide, we also saw a brief listing of the Garden of Hope, in Covington, KY. The Garden, which offers a spectacular view of downtown Covington and Cincinnati, contains a replica of the empty tomb of Christ. "He is not here, for He is risen!" We looked the Garden of Hope up in our hotel phone directory, called them, and ended up with a personal tour and a new friend. This out of the way spot ended up being an unplanned, but memorable highlight of our trip. If you are in the area, don't miss it! Click here for Garden of Hope information and pictures: http://www.staynky.com/news/000190.html http://www.nkyviews.com/kenton/kenton258.htm
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