A little pep talk...

I found Tammy Drennan's blog quite a few months back when I needed a pep talk. I don't think she writes very regularly, whether because she's too busy or for whatever reason. When I found her blog, she hadn't written in quite a while, but I went back and read every single post. I thought it was that good and exactly what I needed. She made me think of what education really is, as well as the role of the government in our lives. Her words made me infinitely more confident. It was like a long, cool drink of water on a hot day!

Since it's the end of the year, I thought someone might need a little pep talk. We all get tired. We all get discouraged at times. If this describes you, I hope Tammy's blog is your drink of water...your pep talk...your end-of-the-school-year rah-rah's!

Here is an excerpt from one of her latest posts:

Righteous Indignation by Tammy Drennan

A little righteous indignation, please. One of the things that fueled the American Revolution was old-fashioned righteous indignation – who did King George think he was to muscle us around as if we had no rights, as if we were his naughty little children?

We seem to have lost the capacity for this healthy emotion that keeps tyrants at bay and feeds our passion to live free and completely.

Now we ask, “Who are we to imply that we know better than the state?”

Before you think that many of us are exempt from this shift in attitude, consider that a significant number of homeschoolers seeks state recognition of their children’s diplomas. Think about it – one of the most independent groups in America today still vacillates in self-doubt.

Why do we yearn for affirmation from the state — as if we are inadequate until our government tells us otherwise? Where is our sense of pride and self-reliance, of confidence and independence? Where is our outrage that a government that is supposed to be under our critical eye is instead the critic and we the critiqued?