Archive for Dennis L. Peterson
Public School Failures, Homeschool Successes
Mr. Peterson is a homeschooling parent and a frequent contributor to The Freeman, Teaching Home, and other periodicals. Once almost unheard-of and usually relegated to the province of educational quackery and political or religious radicalism, the homeschooling movement has in the last few years blossomed into a serious educational option. A recent study by the [...]
1Nov1997 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedLetters from Russia
Mr. Peterson is a homeschooling parent and a frequent contributor to The Freeman, Teaching Home, and other periodicals. Grigory enjoyed studying English. He also wanted to write, especially if it would help him improve his English. One day, near the end of 1979, his love of the language and his desire to write led to [...]
1Oct1997 | Dennis L. Peterson | 1 comment | ContinuedHomeschooling and Educational Choice
Mr. Peterson is a homeschooler and a frequent contributor to The Freeman, Teaching Home, and other periodicals. The 1992 election campaign brought to the forefront of public attention an issue whose time apparently has come: school choice. The condition of public education has deteriorated until parents are demanding the opportunity to choose alternative schools for [...]
1Feb1993 | Dennis L. Peterson | 4 comments | ContinuedThe Selling of Freedom
Mr. Peterson is a free-lance writer in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. Entrepreneur and multimillionaire W. Clement Stone wrote, “Whatever your profession, you are selling something: ideas, concepts, goals, beliefs, values. While many persons think of selling only as offering a product or service for profit, you begin to sell the day you were born and will [...]
1Sep1986 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedPhilanthropy and Freedom
Mr. Peterson is a free-lance writer in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, anxious to share some of the lessons he’s learned concerning the freedom philosophy. Every time the opportunity arises, I enjoy traveling to nearby Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where I can observe the Amish and their farms. I enjoy seeing their neatly ploughed fields, immaculate homes, horse-drawn carriages, [...]
1Oct1985 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomic Prediction and Entrepreneurial Success
Mr. Peterson is a free-lance writer in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. While traveling in my car recently, I was intrigued by an illustration given on an audio cassette presentation to which I was listening. It set me to reflecting on the power of the human spirit in a free environment and the futility of government attempts [...]
1Sep1985 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedSet the Standard High
Mr. Peterson is a free-lance writer in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, anxious to share some of the lessons he’s learned concerning the freedom philosophy. One of my former colleagues developed a reputation for strictness as a teacher. He was a stern disciplinarian, a stickler for detail, and a fanatic for punctuality. Although negative comments were frequently [...]
1Apr1985 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedEducation: State Coercion or Free Choice
Mr. Peterson is a free-lance writer in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, anxious to share some of the lessons he’s learned concerning the freedom philosophy. A friend and I were discussing the pros and cons of the recently-defeated school prayer amendment when our conversation shifted to problems in the American educational system. I suggested that the root [...]
1Dec1984 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedBig Lessons for a Little Boy
Mr. Peterson of East Greenville, Pennsylvania, is a free-lance writer interested in studying and explaining the benefits of the free market, Labor disputes are occurring somewhere in the nation almost constantly. One can read or hear about some type of dispute somewhere on almost any given day. If railworkers or garbage collectors are not on [...]
1Feb1984 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Importance of the Obvious
Mr. Peterson of East Greenville, Pennsylvania, teaches economics and history in junior high school. Junior high and high school students are having an increasingly difficult time understanding our economy. They are constantly surrounded by talk of the complexities and problems of the economies of the United States and the other leading nations of the world. [...]
1Aug1983 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | ContinuedFrom the Mouths of Babes
Mr. Peterson of East Greenville, Pennsylvania, teaches economics and history in junior high school. I sat at my desk in the classroom, mulling over a stack of bills written by the students in preparation for our Mock Congress. As I glanced at each one, checking for proper format, neatness, and appropriateness of the action proposed, [...]
1May1983 | Dennis L. Peterson | 4 comments | ContinuedHelp Wanted: Laborers
Mr. Peterson of East Greenville, Pennsylvania, teaches economics and history in junior high school. Among the old books at the local thrift store I came across a two-vol-ume set entitled Little Visits with Great Americans. I scanned the pages, always searching for useful materials to share with my junior high history students. Here was a [...]
1May1981 | Dennis L. Peterson | 0 comments | Continued-
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