Home Schooling Versus Public Schooling

Okay as you all know there is a huge debate going on right now. Is Home Schooling better than Public Schooling and if it is why? Well in being a homeschooler myself I can sit here and give off a list of why homeschooling is so great but then that wouldn't be fair to the other side in this argument.Some advantedges of public schooling include the social aspect some parents think if they don't give their kids the social aspect in their lives they will turn out as the weirdys you find in your local neiborhood but im here to say they won't and although i don't spend as much time as i used to with my friends it doesn't mean i've completely lost out on the social aspect, for those parents who homeschool and think there kids are losing out on the social aspect I strongly reccomend you get your kid involed in sports it's a good way to make sure your son or daughter gets the social aspect they have been missing.

Mockingjay Review

In this thrilling follow up to Suzanne Collins' award winning story, Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen finds herself in a place where the way of life is completely different. Follow her as she discovers new and exciting truths about people from her past. Although the story had much adventure and mystery I thought it  could have been more successful in making the story flow a little bit better, and that's why I found myself skimming more than just a few pages. But this book keeps you guessing from start to finish and will not disappoint even if your not a fan of this fantastic series.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

Friday morning me and my family went to see the movie The Last Airbender, a cartoon series that M. Night Shyamalan recreated in his latest movie. Being a person who has watched all three seasons of the Last Airbender I was very excited that someone was finally stepping up and taking this daunting task. Watching the previews my hopes were as high as you could possibly imagine so as we got into the theatre the movie was just starting, as it took me through the opening scene I was full of excitement. Then it began. The scenery was amazing and it had so much potential, but through the first scenes I realized something very important they were mispronouncing the characters name, Aang. In the cartoon series they pronounced it slightly different and throughout the movie it  continually annoyed me. But i will say this they did a good job for that big of a task, but I'm not sure if other fans of the TV series will be as forgiving. So all in all it wasn't the worst, it just wasn't the best.

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Bringing Back Old School

In the book “When the Game was Ours” Jackie MacMullan (better known as 'Jackie Mac' on the hit and slightly unusual sports show ESPN's Around the Horn) explores how Larry Bird was one of the most dominant players of all time. She also explores how influential Earvin “Magic” Johnson was to the game. What happens when you pit these two NBA all-stars against each other? You get a combined total of 8 NBA titles, 6 MVP's, and 6 final's MVP's. When you put it all together, it makes for a book full of stories just waiting to be discovered. MacMullan’s book take you on a journey as Larry and Magic reminisce on some of their greatest memories of the game and their thrilling careers.

Recommended Native American Fiction

My most recent and personal favorite is Tucket's Travels: Francis Tucket's Adventures in the West, 1847-1849 (Books 1-5) (The Francis Tucket Books) by Gary Paulsen. Francis is captured by some Pawnee Indians and makes some unlikely friends throughout the book making for an exciting and action-packed adventure!

• Log Cabin in the Woods, A True Story about a Pioneer Boy by Joanne Lander Henry
• The Great Eagle Spirit by Hal Granum
• The River People by Kristen N Bailey
• The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter and Rennard Strickland
• Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes
• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
• Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• Daughter of the Suqua by Diane Johnston Hamm
• Dove Dream by Hendle Rumbaut
• Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac
• The Heart of the Chief by Joseph Bruchac
• Longwalker's Journey: A Novel of the Choctaw Trail of Tears by Beatrice O. Harrell
• Morning Girl by MichaelnDorris
• Owl in the Cedar Tree by Natachee Scott Momaday
• Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Sees Behind the Trees by Michael Dorris
• The Window by Michael Dorris

"The Light In The Forest"

by Conrad Richter

The Light In The Forest is a book about choices, and how they affect you if you make the right one or the wrong one. In this story John is forced to make these different choices. At the age of four, John Butler is kidnapped by a tribe of hostile Indians. As the years passed, so did John's memory and he did not remember his real family.

Through the years, John gets renamed and is now addressed as, True Son. As True Son gets older he is getting accustomed to the Indian lifestyle. True Son gets reunited with his real family but has a hard time facing the fact that he is not Indian. Throughout the book True Son learns his true identity and the lies his Indian family told him are finally revealed.

In my opinion, this book could be hard to get into for some people, and for some readers it could get boring. It's also a shorter book than most books on the subject of Indians and settlers. The author could've gone into more detail about John's experience in the Indian lifestyle. Overall, it was decent book, but I wouldn't recommend it for readers who just want a good book, but I would recommend other books on this subject. For a complete list of my recommendations please follow this link.