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RegisterPosted by: Surfer
« on: September 14, 2020, 01:17:02 am »Thanks for the update Jack! Please keep the web site. I still look at your work there from time to time. And the updates here, when you're able to post them.
Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: September 11, 2020, 05:57:59 pm »I'm sure you have already checked to make sure what you are planning is legal in Texas?
Texas only has three requirements for homeschooling: That it must be 'bona fide', that it has to be visual (text books or monitor, not all lecture), and it must include five basic subjects - reading, grammar, spelling, mathematics, and citizenship.
We are actually using a state approved online learning that easily transfers back to Texas public schools, so it's not a problem.
Glad to hear all is okay there.
I'm thinking Indiana is just trying to protect teachers jobs, because if parents find out they can send their kids to a small center and they can do there normal e-learning with their regular school teacher over the computer, then why send them back to the regular school, after this is over? That's the only reason I can come up with for their rule about no schooling children together from different households.
Posted by: kalico
« on: September 11, 2020, 05:29:22 pm »Happy to hear all is still well with you and yours and I pray it keeps going that way.
I really like what y'all have come up with for schooling and mine are in something like that with ex teachers and I'm loving it so far and might continue if it it keeps going the way it has been.
Thanks for the update and I still check in every day
Stay safe and healthy
Hugs kal
I really like what y'all have come up with for schooling and mine are in something like that with ex teachers and I'm loving it so far and might continue if it it keeps going the way it has been.
Thanks for the update and I still check in every day
Stay safe and healthy
Hugs kal
Posted by: Jack
« on: September 11, 2020, 04:54:42 pm »I'm sure you have already checked to make sure what you are planning is legal in Texas?
Texas only has three requirements for homeschooling: That it must be 'bona fide', that it has to be visual (text books or monitor, not all lecture), and it must include five basic subjects - reading, grammar, spelling, mathematics, and citizenship.
We are actually using a state approved online learning that easily transfers back to Texas public schools, so it's not a problem.
Posted by: David M. Katz
« on: September 11, 2020, 03:38:50 pm »So, what happens if someone gets sent to the "principal?" Like we really have to guess. 
Posted by: db105
« on: September 11, 2020, 05:37:50 am »Hi, Jack. I'm still reading. Of course, you must do what is right for you. Hobbies can't be duties. Who knows, maybe in a year or two your circumstances or your motivation may be different. If you'll allow me a piece of advice, don't let current politics get you down or condition your well-being. In the meantime, even if it's not the same as when you were active here, I still enjoy reading the BOTD. I wish you and your family the best.
Posted by: Zyngaru
« on: September 10, 2020, 09:51:58 pm »Yes, I read the WHOLE thing. Hahaha.
As for the learning center. This was an idea I had back when this whole Covid thing started and they closed schools for E-Learning.
The very first thing our State Government said, when they saw so many schools staying closed and using e-learning at home, was that it is illegal to group the kids together with a proctor/tutor or supervisor. That would constitute being a homeschool and it is illegal in Indiana to homeschool other peoples children. You can homeschool your own, just not have other children schooling with your children.
From what you say you are planning/doing in Texas is illegal here in Indiana. Here you can't even have your neighbors children do their E-Learning with your children in your house, let alone gather lots of children together in one location to e-learn.
Now the contradiction to that is: One of my sisters runs a daycare. She's had her own licensed daycare for at least the last 20 years. It is legal for her to have her school aged kids do their e-learning at her daycare. But it is illegal for my other sister to have her grandkids do their e-learning at her house on a daily basis.
Basically what it sounds like our Indiana government is trying to do, is stopping individual learning centers from springing up where kids can go to do their e-learning together with other kids, in a safe, distance separated and adult supervised location.
I'm sure you have already checked to make sure what you are planning is legal in Texas?
Here the government is even considering enforcing a dress code for e-learning. They are having too many children doing their e-learning classes in their PJ's laying in bed. I have a niece-in-law who teaches an e-learning class of 57 children in Illinois and she has that problem with the kids laying in bed half asleep as they do their class.
As for the learning center. This was an idea I had back when this whole Covid thing started and they closed schools for E-Learning.
The very first thing our State Government said, when they saw so many schools staying closed and using e-learning at home, was that it is illegal to group the kids together with a proctor/tutor or supervisor. That would constitute being a homeschool and it is illegal in Indiana to homeschool other peoples children. You can homeschool your own, just not have other children schooling with your children.
From what you say you are planning/doing in Texas is illegal here in Indiana. Here you can't even have your neighbors children do their E-Learning with your children in your house, let alone gather lots of children together in one location to e-learn.
Now the contradiction to that is: One of my sisters runs a daycare. She's had her own licensed daycare for at least the last 20 years. It is legal for her to have her school aged kids do their e-learning at her daycare. But it is illegal for my other sister to have her grandkids do their e-learning at her house on a daily basis.
Basically what it sounds like our Indiana government is trying to do, is stopping individual learning centers from springing up where kids can go to do their e-learning together with other kids, in a safe, distance separated and adult supervised location.
I'm sure you have already checked to make sure what you are planning is legal in Texas?
Here the government is even considering enforcing a dress code for e-learning. They are having too many children doing their e-learning classes in their PJ's laying in bed. I have a niece-in-law who teaches an e-learning class of 57 children in Illinois and she has that problem with the kids laying in bed half asleep as they do their class.
Posted by: Leti
« on: September 10, 2020, 09:46:42 pm »Thanks for the update Jack !
Hugs
Leti
Hugs
Leti
Posted by: Jack
« on: September 10, 2020, 04:03:54 pm »I'm sure it comes as no shock to anyone that I've lost most of my enthusiasm for running this forum and for writing spanking stories.
To put that in perspective, this forum opened (well, the forumotion version of it) in Jan '09 - more than 11 1/2 years ago. I had actually started making plans, writing stories, and working on the web page months before that, so it's probably close to twelve years now. During that time, many things have changed - not least of which is that I went from 43 to 55, and from an active, healthy middle aged man, to someone older, heavier, less healthy, and tired. That's not to mention the fact that my mom's health has deteriorated and she needs more help from me. Just as important, we are currently living through a nightmare and sometimes it's hard to just let go and relax.
All this is not to say that I'm planning to close the forum or anything. I have been thinking (on and off) for over a year now about closing down the BransomTx site. It looks like I haven't posted a new story there in... over three years. At this point, I do have a few plans that I'll be announcing soon, and I have hopes that at least America will pause in it's slide into a fascist dictatorship in a couple of months, and my feelings might change then, so I'm going to keep it open a bit longer.
I have to say that some spanking have been happening, but I'm no longer living in a house full of energetic adolescents and younger. I said this before, even years ago - as interesting as it might be for you to read the spanking stories, it has become less and less interesting for me to write them. Part of that is because I developed patterns and methods of dealing with things, so I could try to keep my treatment of the different boys reality equal. The problem is, that reduces a lot of novelty in writing it, almost to the point where it feels like I could just cut and paste it all.
Also, while 'some' corporal punishment has been happening, almost all of it has just been with Curtis and Connor and their nephews/cousins. Of my older kids, six of them are between 14 and 17, and the rest are adults. I had a couple of situations with Craig that required straightening out, and I think one each with two or three of the older boys, and that's been about it. None of them were especially memorable or made good stories. And, because of the reigning situation over the last six months, we really haven't even met any new friends - almost none.
This is the first week back at school. After a lot of thought and argument, I am keeping my kids at home. They are doing online learning, which not only keeps them safer (thus me, and helps me deal with my mom, who is in three different high risk groups), but it helps take some of the burden off the schools and families who don't have any options. And believe me, this is NOT something I wanted to do (and is part of the pressure on me, since it makes it VERY hard to have any alone time anymore).
I also kind of have a new business. As you can imagine, the Family Place has been closed pretty much since this all started. I was contacted about six weeks ago by the Strouse family. They don't feel their kids are mature enough to be left home alone to do online learning, but they don't want to send them to school either. They talked to me about what I was doing, but I don't even want to have my own kids here every day, I sure didn't want to have theirs over as well (even though Sean Strouse is as spankable now as an adolescent as he was when I first met him).
After some thought and discussion with others, I came up with an idea, which I floated out there, and found a surprising amount of support to it.
My original plan was to use Camp Jackson, but it's on the other side of the lake, and it would require more than an hours travel each day in total, as well as really needing to buy some passenger vans or a big bus. While the Camp would have been preferable in most other ways, we finally went with the Family Center.
I am not running a school. What I am running is a supervised learning center, where kids can take their online classes in a socially distanced, supervised location, which allows them to have some contact with their friends, be served a healthy meal and snacks, have some guided physical activity, some leisure activity, have access to some tutoring, and be under the eyes of a supervisor when called for.
I am currently acting as the ad hoc principal. These are almost all kids who are family friends, so they know the situation, and no one has pushed things to far (yet). This is not a free service, and I was able to hire a couple of teachers who didn't want to work in the current situation in Texas, and a couple of my kids who've finished college but not yet found jobs are also helping with tutoring and supervision. Some of them went through the steps to be certified proctors for online testing.
There is a lot more to go into, but I just don't feel like doing it right now. it things work out, I'll try to do more individual updates on what's going on with everyone, but for now - I hope that, if anyone is still reading, this at least filled in a few blanks for you.
To put that in perspective, this forum opened (well, the forumotion version of it) in Jan '09 - more than 11 1/2 years ago. I had actually started making plans, writing stories, and working on the web page months before that, so it's probably close to twelve years now. During that time, many things have changed - not least of which is that I went from 43 to 55, and from an active, healthy middle aged man, to someone older, heavier, less healthy, and tired. That's not to mention the fact that my mom's health has deteriorated and she needs more help from me. Just as important, we are currently living through a nightmare and sometimes it's hard to just let go and relax.
All this is not to say that I'm planning to close the forum or anything. I have been thinking (on and off) for over a year now about closing down the BransomTx site. It looks like I haven't posted a new story there in... over three years. At this point, I do have a few plans that I'll be announcing soon, and I have hopes that at least America will pause in it's slide into a fascist dictatorship in a couple of months, and my feelings might change then, so I'm going to keep it open a bit longer.
I have to say that some spanking have been happening, but I'm no longer living in a house full of energetic adolescents and younger. I said this before, even years ago - as interesting as it might be for you to read the spanking stories, it has become less and less interesting for me to write them. Part of that is because I developed patterns and methods of dealing with things, so I could try to keep my treatment of the different boys reality equal. The problem is, that reduces a lot of novelty in writing it, almost to the point where it feels like I could just cut and paste it all.
Also, while 'some' corporal punishment has been happening, almost all of it has just been with Curtis and Connor and their nephews/cousins. Of my older kids, six of them are between 14 and 17, and the rest are adults. I had a couple of situations with Craig that required straightening out, and I think one each with two or three of the older boys, and that's been about it. None of them were especially memorable or made good stories. And, because of the reigning situation over the last six months, we really haven't even met any new friends - almost none.
This is the first week back at school. After a lot of thought and argument, I am keeping my kids at home. They are doing online learning, which not only keeps them safer (thus me, and helps me deal with my mom, who is in three different high risk groups), but it helps take some of the burden off the schools and families who don't have any options. And believe me, this is NOT something I wanted to do (and is part of the pressure on me, since it makes it VERY hard to have any alone time anymore).
I also kind of have a new business. As you can imagine, the Family Place has been closed pretty much since this all started. I was contacted about six weeks ago by the Strouse family. They don't feel their kids are mature enough to be left home alone to do online learning, but they don't want to send them to school either. They talked to me about what I was doing, but I don't even want to have my own kids here every day, I sure didn't want to have theirs over as well (even though Sean Strouse is as spankable now as an adolescent as he was when I first met him).
After some thought and discussion with others, I came up with an idea, which I floated out there, and found a surprising amount of support to it.
My original plan was to use Camp Jackson, but it's on the other side of the lake, and it would require more than an hours travel each day in total, as well as really needing to buy some passenger vans or a big bus. While the Camp would have been preferable in most other ways, we finally went with the Family Center.
I am not running a school. What I am running is a supervised learning center, where kids can take their online classes in a socially distanced, supervised location, which allows them to have some contact with their friends, be served a healthy meal and snacks, have some guided physical activity, some leisure activity, have access to some tutoring, and be under the eyes of a supervisor when called for.
I am currently acting as the ad hoc principal. These are almost all kids who are family friends, so they know the situation, and no one has pushed things to far (yet). This is not a free service, and I was able to hire a couple of teachers who didn't want to work in the current situation in Texas, and a couple of my kids who've finished college but not yet found jobs are also helping with tutoring and supervision. Some of them went through the steps to be certified proctors for online testing.
There is a lot more to go into, but I just don't feel like doing it right now. it things work out, I'll try to do more individual updates on what's going on with everyone, but for now - I hope that, if anyone is still reading, this at least filled in a few blanks for you.