Comments for Homeschool Your Teenager http://homeschoolyourteenager.com Curricula and Resources to Teach Your Teen at Home Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:41:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Grand Unified Field Theory and Homeschooling? by Kbob108 http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/19/grand-unified-field-theory-and-homeschooling/#comment-114 Kbob108 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:59:00 +0000 http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/?p=19#comment-114 John Hagelin is such an amazing man. His thinking and ideas are so far advanced. You might remember him from the movie "What the bleep". He was like a lightbulb compared to some of the other 'experts'. I wish he'd gotten more screen time. I have also been a TM'er for many years and really like it. After a long day it makes me feel so refreshed and full of life. I love it! Check it out: www.doctorsontm.org John Hagelin is such an amazing man. His thinking and ideas are so far advanced. You might remember him from the movie “What the bleep”. He was like a lightbulb compared to some of the other ‘experts’. I wish he’d gotten more screen time. I have also been a TM’er for many years and really like it. After a long day it makes me feel so refreshed and full of life. I love it! Check it out: http://www.doctorsontm.org

]]> Comment on Get Your Teen To Blog by joubess http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/29/get-your-teen-to-blog/#comment-73 joubess Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:53:23 +0000 http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/?p=29#comment-73 Hi JG, Since the encrypted files would be on a particular PC, we parents can do something the NSA can't do, we can take the machine away altogether if we suspect trouble. Still, that is a good argument for not allowing them to have encrypted files. Also, teens aren't that hard to read, so figuring out their passwords isn't as tough as it is for a security-conscious adult who really knows what's going on. Hi Sandra, Thanks, you're right that growing a blog is a big lesson in perseverance and dedication. Great things to teach our kids. It can also get them to define "fame and fortune" for themselves. What would a teen decide success is? It helps them to set goals. Great ideas! Hi JG,
Since the encrypted files would be on a particular PC, we parents can do something the NSA can’t do, we can take the machine away altogether if we suspect trouble. Still, that is a good argument for not allowing them to have encrypted files.

Also, teens aren’t that hard to read, so figuring out their passwords isn’t as tough as it is for a security-conscious adult who really knows what’s going on.

Hi Sandra,
Thanks, you’re right that growing a blog is a big lesson in perseverance and dedication. Great things to teach our kids. It can also get them to define “fame and fortune” for themselves. What would a teen decide success is? It helps them to set goals. Great ideas!

]]> Comment on Get Your Teen To Blog by Sandra Foyt http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/29/get-your-teen-to-blog/#comment-71 Sandra Foyt Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:38 +0000 http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/?p=29#comment-71 These are great suggestions for encouraging teens to write, but don't forget fame and fortune. Achieving either can be hard work for a blogger, but it does provide motivation and the incentive to keep on plugging away. These are great suggestions for encouraging teens to write, but don’t forget fame and fortune. Achieving either can be hard work for a blogger, but it does provide motivation and the incentive to keep on plugging away.

]]> Comment on Get Your Teen To Blog by J G http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/29/get-your-teen-to-blog/#comment-68 J G Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:23:01 +0000 http://homeschoolyourteenager.com/?p=29#comment-68 Great article. One point though: encryption is not expensive. In fact, it's free. As in free speech, not just as in free lunch. Visit http://www.gnupg.org/ to become acquainted with encrypted communication tools, useful for emails and such. Visit http://www.truecrypt.org/ to freely and very securely encrypt entire harddrives. Be aware, though, that once equipped with these tools, if your teen wants to hide things from you, even the NSA might not be able to recover them. They are professional grade tools. Great article.
One point though: encryption is not expensive. In fact, it’s free. As in free speech, not just as in free lunch.
Visit http://www.gnupg.org/ to become acquainted with encrypted communication tools, useful for emails and such.
Visit http://www.truecrypt.org/ to freely and very securely encrypt entire harddrives.
Be aware, though, that once equipped with these tools, if your teen wants to hide things from you, even the NSA might not be able to recover them. They are professional grade tools.

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