Welcome to VIP Lighthouse
Hi, Welcome, thanks for visiting my blog and let me tell you straight the purpose of VIP Lighthouse:
I am aiming to connect with people around the world who connect with me on some major life issues namely
Family, a vital part of community and something that is definitely under atack right now, I have (up for discussion) some strong suggestions and ‘things we have done’ that I’ll be letting you know about. Like Home Education and fun stuff like (at one time) living on a boat; music in the home (with some demos) and cycling around the countryside (again with demos of that too)! And what that’s done for my blood pressure!
I will also talk about the banks and debts and ‘a copntrived fog of ignorance’ (spooky stuff)! and how to get out the fog, the debt (if it really is debt at all (aha). Oh yes and how I reached a great age before I relaised that I had AHA! in the middleof my name 
I will show you what we have done to achieve personal freedom, and give a few defibnitions too, so I hope you will enjoy my (our) posts and check out our goings on and undobtedly, there will be people who will connect and become our friends.
And as (I believe) Winston Churchill said “If we don’t hang together – we’ll hang separately” I would rather we all hang together! 
I had better gets some posts done now!
Home Education – A Vital ‘Free From the State System’ National Resource
Ed Balls, ex Treasury now Education Minister in the UK is throwing his weight around “doing things” and in this Politically Correct age one only has to mention ‘lack of proper supervision’ and there’s ’something to be done’!
A recent government report says that some children are at risk from not being ‘educated properly’ when being home educated, hmm, how do you measure that? If you look at the league tables you will find, for example, Rudolph Steiner schools bottom of the league! Why? Because they do not subscribe to the National Curriculum in a similarly timed way. They consider that arithmetical skills should be delayed until older than state schools allow. There are many other differences but the outcome is highly positive.
Now one can scratch around in the lower reaches of society and find children who are ostensibly being home educated but in fact are just ‘not at school’ and indeed they may be suffering from neglect. But that is a welfare issue and should be picked up in the normal course of events, so I do not accept that that is the foot in the door for government interference with home education, which has been a part of English life since Alfred the Great was taught by his mother and before that even (that’s how he became’ Great’ I submit).
The problem is that home education may produce young adults who are not programmed as the government wishes. They may have independant thoughts, they may also have an enquiring mind! This is dangerous, the government does not feel at all comfortable with these escapees from the system – BUT WE NEED THEM!
Never in human existance have human beings been so programmed as they are today. Programmed through TV, ‘News’ Papers, Films, Video Games, the internet and advertising. Imagine a TV Free family, enthusiastically persuing a course of gathering knowledge out of sheer interest!
We have done this, it’s the most happy family experience there is. My big regret is that when, as a result of scholarships won through home education, we let our children go to what we thought was a Private School but in fact is government controlled, standard curricullum, they all, at different ages, studied the same very narrow range of literature, were all taught ‘how to pass tests’ the passing and acquiring of certificates being the goal, not the acquiring of knowledge for its own sake. Everything had to have an immediately perceivable pay-off!
So what next? Is there anything that can be done to stop this?
Well on a personal basis, there is.
Did you know that when you registered your baby, he/she became property of the state? Same as you are? Likewise your car you are no more than a registered ‘keeper’! (Look at the Vehicle Registration Document, you’ll see).
Well as your child is actually property of the state, then if you do something the state doesn’t like, it can chuck you in jail and take over the ‘keeping’ of the child. It can do this through Acts and Statutes BUT
Did you know that acts and statutes are only given the force of law through our acceptance of them.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT
You can defend yourself and your child against the state by withdrawing your consent to accepting Acts and Statutes (Contract Law) and taking back the ‘ownership’ of your children (Common Law of the land). If you want to find out more, you need to contact me, you can do that through signing up to my newsletter, do it, I can amaze you with what you can do to maintain your family’’s integrity. It’s your life, they’re your children, take back control, don’t delay until its too late.
Don’t ever forget, these Ministers are put into office, to serve us. by us. Therefore the power is invested in us to appoint these servants or not. It’s not their power but we have allowed ‘The Servant’ to become a tyrranical master, completely out of hand.
By the way – although this may seem bizarre to say this here but – it’s all about money, something you really need to know.
Home Education – Incalculable Value/Save a Fortune!
As intimated in my profile I have enjoyed wealth and ‘the opposite’(!)
For Richer for Poorer
During a time of abundance we sent our children to a fine local private school. We chose it because the girls and boys from that school always seemed so happy and polite. But our fortunes took a steep downturn and we had no option but to move house and remove the girls from that private school to a local state school. It wasn’t an entirely happy experience and I knew for sure that at least one of our daughters was suffering inside. I remember returning from an important meeting which could result in a turnaround and driving past the school I offered up a heartfelt prayer that we could do something to help our daughters.
Like Father like Daughters
Now I had actually been taught at home for a year or so as my father worked overseas and we travelled a lot. It was the PNEU system (Parents National Education Union) and I suggested to my wife, who was a Music Teacher before we had our girls, that she could do the same.
So we (she) did.
Media Acclaim
It was a great success; we were duly visited by the local education authorities and given an ‘exemplary’ comment, in fact they took notes for their own use!
I Can Play the Piano, the Piano, the Piano….
One evening we were listening to ‘Classic FM’ radio and heard an advert for a Music School, looking for musical children, admission by audition.
So a bit of research into the subject got us thinking about putting our eldest daughter for audition at the three main schools as she was learning to play the piano and was obviously very musical. The result was that she was accepted into one of these top schools through her audition. Now these boarding places are offered, if finances dictate, under a gov’t “Music and Ballet” sponsorship scheme and thus, at that time at least, nearly all the fees were covered!
Scholarships All
All three of our daughters won these scholarships in turn, a fine achievement that hit the front page of our local paper with a lovely photo!
No TV?
I might add that we don’t have TV, it helps.
So why am I telling you this? Because home education is such a good option for you and your children. If you structure your week, get into a routine, you can be flexible and arrange instant ‘field trips’, don’t worry about the ’social interaction’ that’s no problem in fact it’s better. There are thousands of families doing this, you won’t be alone. Your child will have 1:1 attention, work at his/her own pace and your child will feel very secure. There is no substitute for parental attention, effort, sacrifice and interest in their children.
I won’t say that there aren’t character types that would be better off at school, that may be the case, I can only speak from experience.
Can You Put a Value on This?
You probably couldn’t afford such a fine education as this (home education) but if you could, well you’ll save your family exchequer a huge amount of money (work it out) and grow very close to your children?
But still the money has to come in and I will talk about that in another post.
Let me know if you are seriously interested in this concept and I can give further advice.
Check it Out
Meanwhile just start by Googling “Education Otherwise” or “Home Teaching”
In the UK (and the USA/Canada/Australia, I believe. You have the right to provide home education. It just has to be demonstrated that you actually are doing so and your child is receiving adequate tuition. With online programmes and teaching resources readily available it is made a lot easier than you may think. Our years of highest family happiness were when we were teaching at home, it’s fun, hard work but fun! We were happy and felt we were on an exciting journey of discovery together.
So Comparatively Efficient it’s Almost Cheating!
It is also highly efficient compared to going to school! Think about it, you on the spot, breaks are just long enough, class settling down time is almost zero, no travel problems, no bullying etc…
Comments welcome, actions even more so!
All the best – Graham
One of Us Has Got To Go First, How About Me?
Sometimes in our polite moments, we say ‘after you’ to find out it wasn’t quite so polite as we meant and the ‘First to Go’ actually trail-blazed and made the path easier to follow for those following on.
So hence I say “Me First!” which is as it was when I used to teach rock climbing (centuries ago it seems)!
But here I have blazed a trail that you can follow to your great benefit, you have to just make the decision to follow.
I have educated myself regarding financial matters’; how the banks work, how the legal system works, how we (you) have been tricked and robbed and most importantly what you can do to reverse all the effects of that – to your great ‘release’ and benefit.
I have joined a special private club, those interested in following my footsteps, with diversions of your own too, can be invited to join this club.
We talk about Liberty, Wealth and personal freedom. We show you how to get rid of debt (if you have any) create wealth quickly and I can show you a replicable system that is up and ready running for you to further speed you along this trail to a very happy place to be!
So if that looks interesting, get in touch, take a look around this blog to get to know me and my family background and what motivates me and makes me tick. If you relate to all that, then look deeper and you’ll find the trail! Oh yes the ‘L’ in MagikLMarketing stand for Learning – Learning here is the key, it’s also my filter, it keeps out those folks seriously looking for a Magic Button to press for riches. There are such buttons and they look like magic, act like magic BUT they only work, like most magic tricks, because of the serious preparation carried out before the magic moment! OK?
All the best – it’s around you!