tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post938922996902414242..comments2024-02-10T00:09:14.970-05:00Comments on Sister Wives Blog: Discussion - Sister Wives - College Bound BrownsMister Sisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01026116196375975580noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-11964928145065732042011-11-27T14:54:23.015-05:002011-11-27T14:54:23.015-05:00I'm going to have to be for the homeschooling ...I'm going to have to be for the homeschooling people. I homeschooled my daughter and she is extremely intelligent. It is a known fact that homeschooled children do better than kids in public school. Homeschooled children learn a lot more because it's a one on one situation. Colleges love have homeschooling children attend their schools. I think that people are against homeschooling because they don't have the option to homeschool and are most likely jealous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-45521795774694684052011-11-25T10:32:17.538-05:002011-11-25T10:32:17.538-05:00@plot
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...@plot<br /><br />http://hslda.org/research/ray2003/Fig1.gif<br /><br />taken from: http://hslda.org/research/ray2003/Beyond.asp<br /><br />Homeschoolers consistently perform well. <br /><br />You can also visit http://www.nheri.org/<br /><br />This is not propaganda, it's research. <br /><br />To those who are saying that they know of this and that homeschooler who failed, I can only say that in any population you have that, many public schooled children fail as well. For every instance of "failure" I can share an instance of "success". Please don't use such gross generalizations and stereotypes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-22075165992350871332011-11-20T08:37:02.777-05:002011-11-20T08:37:02.777-05:00Thank you so much Anonymous. I really do appreciat...Thank you so much Anonymous. I really do appreciate your kind words. Most of the time I do feel good about the things I've been able to accomplish, especially when I meet wonderful people along the way. At other times, negativity creeps in. Dr. Wayne Dyer is my favorite authors and there are great quotes that keep me grounded and positive. I know that my giving to others, we truly help ourselves. There are many beautiful people in the world.Kaylynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371726545600012872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-16421892463419183192011-11-18T22:33:16.666-05:002011-11-18T22:33:16.666-05:00This is from the post by Kaylynn: "I am in t...This is from the post by Kaylynn: "I am in the process of completing my Masters degree in Nursing. On the day I graduated from college, my mom never said anything positive."<br /><br />When I read this it took my breath away. You are a credit to yourself, your family, community, and all of humankind. I hope you are still as proud of yourself as if you were properly praised instead of having your accomplishments minimized.<br /><br />I know just how you feel; the same thing happened to me although the circumstances were different. <br /><br />You are special, smart, talented, and deserve all the good things that are coming your way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-36858243604753384582011-11-17T10:44:17.733-05:002011-11-17T10:44:17.733-05:00Troy,
I'm so happy for you and the path you ha...Troy,<br />I'm so happy for you and the path you have chosen. You have seen the light.<br />Let education set you free. That is what it has done for me. I am the first female to complete a 4 year Bachelors degree with my RN in Nursing,throughout many and maybe all of the generations of women in my family. I am in the process of completing my Masters degree in Nursing. On the day I graduated from college, my mom never said anything positive. She told me that I really needed to be attending the temple. That came out of left field. In the last couple of years of my church attendance, only a few years ago, I was bombarded by church ladies getting up and bearing their testimony of how important it is to stay at home with their kids and not work outside the home. Over and over.Kaylynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371726545600012872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-52725171298989133622011-11-16T14:17:08.709-05:002011-11-16T14:17:08.709-05:00Growing up in a polygamous family was a big embarr...Growing up in a polygamous family was a big embarrassment for me. But getting a proper education was my greatest concern of all.<br /><br />My parents decided to pull us out of the AUB school after being forced to admit it was a total failure. For the next year, we were supposedly "home-schooled." My mother and older sister would pick articles out of the encyclopedia for us to read and that was the extent of our home schooling. But I spent hours reading encyclopedias every day anyway. I begged my parents to let me go to a real school, and they finally relented when I was in eighth grade. Still, I had to work full-time in the family business, so it was impossible to do any homework without depriving myself of sleep. And thus I was unable to get into any programs for gifted students. My teachers had no idea what I was going through at home and many thought I was just lazy.<br /><br />As one of the older children, I was saddled with a big work load. My older brother was completely rebellious so I had to take up the slack for him. Early in life I came to despise the very idea of working for the benefit of some wealthy person. I wanted a job where I could work with my brain.<br /><br />My education has been my own responsibility. Had I done things the way my parents wanted them done, I would never have been able to become a philosopher. I would have ended up as an uneducated laborer, like all but one of my siblings. My parents would have been content to let me drop out of high school. When I was growing up, I was completely consumed with educating myself. But my parents seemed disinterested and at times even intimidated by my knowledge.<br /><br />These polygamous groups don't encourage open-mindedness or even doubt when it's appropriate, without which, philosophy couldn't exist. My parents' greatest fear was that I'd lose my "faith" and become worldly. But faith in their religion is something I've never had. I was born to doubt and question. Even as a little child, I didn't trust my parents' knowledge about anything. By the time I was in kindergarten, I realized that they were scientifically ignorant and doomed to remain that way.Troy Bowlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-90130251817669758732011-11-16T06:08:58.902-05:002011-11-16T06:08:58.902-05:00I could not believe how "nervous" they w...I could not believe how "nervous" they were about the questions prior to the interview. Didn't anyone tell them they are being watched and blogged about, talked about all over the Place? Yes they do have a TV show and a very strange way of life.<br />I feel sorry for all the kids. To grow up in this way would be very difficult. Especially on TV talking about it all the time. Christine seems to be the one who would leave the church first to me. When someone reacts to fake scenario questions with so much hostility and anger, it stems from fear. What is she afraid of? I think she is questioning her lifestyle choices. She really hasn't even begun to know what she really believes in. She just on the defensive attack.Kaylynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371726545600012872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-72854929674997720292011-11-14T19:56:22.552-05:002011-11-14T19:56:22.552-05:00These college kids were really weird. Like none o...These college kids were really weird. Like none of them watch TV or read gossip mags? They knew who these idiots were. FAKED "aw shucks, they aren't in prairie dresses" reaction. Bull. Absolute bull.<br /><br />Here's my tough question: Christine, how would you feel if your daughter wanted to be a tenth sister wife?<br /><br />I just can't imagine any mother wanting their daughter to live this way.Go Goji!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-61928284302701823602011-11-14T18:31:57.733-05:002011-11-14T18:31:57.733-05:00Anony 5:53PM - I haven't seen any of these pos...Anony 5:53PM - I haven't seen any of these posters "talk trash" about the Brown kids. I, too, would be offended if I read things like that. I think that you perhaps have taken some of these comments out of context, they some of these posters were referring to the parents' actions that have created these situations for their kids. Speaking for myself, I don't blame the kids for their lot in life and I'm sure that these posters will agree with me. BTW, the only thing that I have read which is offensive is you referring to all of us as "idiots". I suggest you take some of your own advice and mature a little bit before attacking others and their opinions.Mono4Lifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-91402605816611819662011-11-14T15:35:30.308-05:002011-11-14T15:35:30.308-05:00'scuse me, in my post above, that should be &q...'scuse me, in my post above, that should be "What happens to MEN who can't find wives?"Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-11792829082717029822011-11-14T15:34:20.518-05:002011-11-14T15:34:20.518-05:00Go Goji, I agree with your assessment of Christine...Go Goji, I agree with your assessment of Christine. She's a bully. I would love to get into a conversation with her, though; I think I could make her cry...<br /><br />I'm sure the questions that were asked in the panel must have included a question about what happens to me who can't find wives? I mean, these kids go to Harvard, I'm sure they know basic math and biology.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-9423635274058004772011-11-14T09:38:16.732-05:002011-11-14T09:38:16.732-05:00Did Christine not realize the Pilgrim/Puritan re-e...Did Christine not realize the Pilgrim/Puritan re-enactors were in character as people from the 1600s? (Unless I missed something and they broke character for some reason.) She was getting all upset when the one woman said they weren't Christians. People who work at those places probably get a kick out of tweaking people like that sometimes.Abodednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-33304194446707791112011-11-14T09:16:56.393-05:002011-11-14T09:16:56.393-05:00Christine was terrible. Rude, ignorant, and loud....Christine was terrible. Rude, ignorant, and loud. I was Christine-neutral before this, but she's a bully of the worst kind.<br /><br />She needs to lay off the LIV supplements.Go Goji!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-33942018185445598002011-11-14T08:15:45.384-05:002011-11-14T08:15:45.384-05:00Wow! Awesome comments here! Ann you are right on a...Wow! Awesome comments here! Ann you are right on about Robyn and Yoyo it's so true! NONE of those questions sounded new or thought-provoking to me. <br /><br />My thoughts:<br /><br />- Robyn is even more annoying (if that were possible) now that she's pregnant and probably validates herself crying all the time - I love how ALL the other adults sat on the far left with the kids separating them from Robyn on the far right<br /><br />- That lady from Kody's hometown had it right when she said she wasn't surprised Kody went to polygamy because he "loved being the centre of attention" - apparently he was an attention-starved egomaniac even as a teen and everything is starting to make sense to me - the wives, the sole husband to so many, attaining "God status on another planet", the TV show... this whole setup is Kody's heaven on earth. (minus the balding)<br /><br />- Those students were from elite east coast schools and that was the BEST questions they came up with?! Wow. I'm Canadian but I hope that is not a true representation of America's brightest minds at work - I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume Kody had to approve all the questions<br /><br />- Poor Janelle. She has NO idea what's it's like to have an intellectual equal as a soulmate and I'm sure that's why polygamy works for her. More women to take the baby-man she calls a husband off her hair. If I was married to Kody I'd want sister wives too. Actually, I'd rather have a noose.<br /><br />- Notice how when Mariah explains why she wants polygamy she says it's for the "sister wives" - that is exactly why Christine says she wanted it.... hmmm... very interesting. Well my dear Mariah, if you find a great guy who isn't a doofus like your daddy I promise that it's possible to be fully fulfilled and happy without sister wives.ModernWifehttp://lifeasmodernwife.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-61229415486514956712011-11-14T06:52:43.230-05:002011-11-14T06:52:43.230-05:00I doubt the Brown girls have had the opportunity t...I doubt the Brown girls have had the opportunity to participate in sports or other organized activities outside of their family or church. Who would have time to haul 16 kids to soccer? It's hard enough to manage activities for two kids. Another way the kids are shorted.<br /><br />At least Hunter is now in public school and can take advantage of the football program. But generally speaking, at such a large school, you have to have preparation to make the sports teams or music programs.Serenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-42247897109647599282011-11-14T06:24:20.035-05:002011-11-14T06:24:20.035-05:00Out of all the wives Janelle is the only one that ...Out of all the wives Janelle is the only one that can put a full sentence together and make any sense. She is also the only wife that worked when they were in Utah -- why she can't find employment in Vegas has yet to be disclosed. Kody's concern was that he would be portrayed as a misogonist -- really, Kody? That was your focus?? I thought this meeting was to enlighten others about your so called religious belief to commit bigamy and laugh in the face of authority. Okay, two states down and 48 to go. Good luck with that! Robyn, get a grip -- enough with the hormonal cry fest. You knew what was going to happen. And as for the weight issue -- gracious, those young girls need to get it under control NOW. What is up with that??? The previews of next week's show has Kody whining about not having a "guys night out" -- you have 4 women to nail. Get over it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-24145834737535867522011-11-14T05:56:26.831-05:002011-11-14T05:56:26.831-05:00I agree. Christine's grandfather would NOT be ...I agree. Christine's grandfather would NOT be proud of her. She appears to be loud and uneducated. She ran when she begged Utah to give them a fight in a 2008 video. All talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-59222400511826150132011-11-14T05:43:36.452-05:002011-11-14T05:43:36.452-05:00What a waste. Didn't even teach the school abo...What a waste. Didn't even teach the school about their religion. All questions obviously approved.(Ever been around college kids- they are smart and going to ask the tough questions)<br /><br />Why does everyone Cater to the Browns "sensitivity"? They thrust themselves out here in the open, they should be able to take it.Yoyonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-33144939818093734122011-11-14T04:51:37.317-05:002011-11-14T04:51:37.317-05:00The Q&A was just a fake. No essential question...The Q&A was just a fake. No essential questions were asked (apart from the Brother Husbands question)...<br /><br />It's really funny that Janelle replied "Who would want that?" because that is exactly what most people ask when they think about polygamy. So they're asking everybody to be open-minded about a man having several wives, but they just abhor the thought of a woman with several husbands. <br /><br />Do the math sister wives, if every man behaved like Kody, only one in four men would have a chance at getting married. Only way to solve that would be to simultaneously allow every woman multiple husbands. <br /><br />Polygamy in the way they promote it creates severe problems for society. That is why it should remain unlawful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-63835718229669974332011-11-14T04:33:52.151-05:002011-11-14T04:33:52.151-05:00Don't you think these women are getting a glim...Don't you think these women are getting a glimpse from the show of the "life" of their husband they would really rather pretend is not there?<br /><br />Now, since life is on the show, they can't pretend Kody is "working" when he is sleeping with another.<br />that has to make them all cringe.JudyJetsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-44127192295329042102011-11-14T04:18:45.465-05:002011-11-14T04:18:45.465-05:00The more I listen to Christine talk, the more I wo...The more I listen to Christine talk, the more I wonder how Kody can bonk her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-51124832956314539782011-11-14T04:16:57.240-05:002011-11-14T04:16:57.240-05:00I see the Browns as total hypocites after tonight....I see the Browns as total hypocites after tonight. Too many generalizations about others' religions showed they don't know about - didly.<br />they don't want people to make generalizations about their religion, yet the do the exact same thing! They sounded so IG KNAW RANT and crass.<br />And Christine! LAWD have mercy, she comes off more and more ignorant as time marches on.<br />She irks me every new season by trying to hog the spotlight in the talk shows. Now, she's bossier and more ignorant with every show.<br />She needs to worry about those overweight teen girls instead of telling the world what to do.<br /><br />I am sorry girls, your parents put you out there. BUT, come on, your hawking weight loss crap, yes, Mariah, you tweet trying to make sales in the middle of the night.<br />Get out and get some exercise. No reason for a young girl to be overweight. You must eat a lot of junk. Most teens can eat what they want, and not have a huge belly. yuck. <br /><br />The Browns need to realize how ignorant and silly they sound. And, funny that Christine is the only one that went to college, but, did the least talking. <br /><br />They SAY they want the kids to go to college. As long as THEY don't have to pay for it. Right? What if the kids depended on mom and dad to send them?SydneyA54noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-12945155480746611882011-11-14T04:07:37.251-05:002011-11-14T04:07:37.251-05:00I wanted to slap that "Boston" accent ou...I wanted to slap that "Boston" accent out of Christine.SydneyA54noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-76161887293329244582011-11-14T03:01:53.335-05:002011-11-14T03:01:53.335-05:00I haven't seen it yet. What kills me is how at...I haven't seen it yet. What kills me is how at 18, after being home schooled, they are adults ready to get married?<br />I hope my children don't get married until 25-30.<br />I had one immature son marry at 21, about killed me. He didn't listen and now saddled with a mess. Had one daughter marry at 22 - in a perfec t relationship. It all depends on the KID's maturity.<br /><br /><br />If Robyn walked in my house, my kids would be like??? Mom, is she for real???? they are more mature than she is.<br />What does she know about the world? She's never been financially independent, got out of HS and got married. That's it. SHE makes me ILL.<br />I honestly wish the teens would tell her to STFU.Noseynosenosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083130180732134503.post-90244912333293455142011-11-14T02:16:09.606-05:002011-11-14T02:16:09.606-05:00Robyn continues to be such a pain in the ass. She ...Robyn continues to be such a pain in the ass. She cried for no reason during the Jeffs discussion - haven't we endured three episodes of hearing about how DIFFERENT they are from the Jeffs? Also when one of the female kids, I think Aspyn, said that polyandry sounded good to her (and junior in high school Madison didn't know what this was, probably because the concept had never been introduced), Robyn said they supported choice between consenting ADULTS, emphasis on the adults, echoing K as usual. She is such a b---- to the teenagers. Good one Mariah with the frontal lobe jab!!!<br />Also I can't even imagine these kids wanting to stay close to home rather that at least attempt to go to a great university - and their parents are supporting them in doing so (I don't know about the financial part - but I'm sure they would qualify for some aid, NOT scholarships, as none are great scholars).Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02828129446888734427noreply@blogger.com