Missionary kid and homeschooler, Tim Tebow, has won the Heisman Trophy – the first ever to win as a sophomore!  

NEW YORK — Florida gridiron quarterback Tim Tebow made history Saturday night by becoming the first sophomore (2nd year at university/college) ever to win the 73-year-old Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the top university amateur gridiron player. In doing so, he accomplished what may be an even more impressive feat this age of media saturation and message-board fanatics: He managed to live up to, if not exceed, the "hype."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/12/08/tebow.heisman.ap/index.html

Here is some background on Tebow from an article written before he won
the Heisman. (Be sure to visit The Video Corner to see a video of him
accepting the Heisman.)

Tebow is … a QB, but he conducts his business, not on the plains but
in "the Swamp," the football stadium at the niversity of Florida
in Gainesville. All of 20 years old, he is a serious contender for this
year’s coveted Heisman Trophy, the annual award given to the most
outstanding collegiate football player in the nation.

If the strapping 6’3" 235 lb. lad wins the Heisman, he’ll be making
history on several counts. First, he’s only a sophomore. Second, he is the only player in NCAA history to run and pass for at least twenty touchdowns
each in one season. Third, this son of missionaries to the Philippines
was homeschooled in grades K through12. The last fact, no doubt,
prompted Sports Illustrated to opine that Tebow is "hardly the typical
college athlete. http://usadaily.com/Article.cfm?articleID=188229#

Delightfully, so. Of his unique educational background, Tebow states, "I
come from a large family (last of 5 children), and all my brothers and
sisters were home schooled. My parents were tremendous role models
throughout the process, and there were never discipline issues for us.
By the time I came to the University of Florida, I felt I had great
study habits and felt comfortable making the transition to classes. I
think that being home schooled offered me an opportunity to also learn
some life lessons, and those experiences help me while I’m on the
field." …

Tim Tebow accepts Heisman:

Here is a pre-Heisman TeBow interview: HYPERLINK
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaNU2-XeJc"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaNU2-XeJc

While you have undoubtedly seen this before, the contrast with Tebow
makes it fresh and instructive. Here, again, is 48 seconds
of the lovely, public schooled Miss Teen South Carolina: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&feature=related
a true "U.S. American".

Wow! First the home educators were topping the geography and spelling
bees. Now they’re taking the top prize for America’s top sport:
football! It’s looking good!

Craig & Barbara Smith
Ph. +64 6 357-4399
Fax +64 6 357-4389
craig@hef.org.nz
www.hef.org.nz

Serving, promoting, defending, publishing and lobbying for Christian and
secular home educators in NZ and overseas since 1986.

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http://www.familyintegrity.org.nz/
http://familyintegrity.blogspot.com/

"Unless we press the crown rights of the King in every realm, we shall
not retain them in any realm." — Cornelius Van Til.

Wow! First the home educators were topping the geography and spelling
bees. Now they’re taking the top prize for America’s top sport:
football! It’s looking good!

Tebow, Florida’s record-setting sophomore quarterback, became Florida’s third winner of the Davey O’Brien award, which has been given every year since 1981 to the nation’s top quarterback. Danny Wuerffel won the O’Brien as a junior in 1995 and repeated in 1996 when he won the Heisman Trophy.Tebow is the first sophomore to ever win the Davey O’Brien Award.
http://www.gatorcountry.com/football…ien_award/2830

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Here is some breaking news from World Net Daily about a Utah mother going to jail even though shefollowed the law. .This is what happens when a Judge is anti-Home Schooling. Could this happen in New Zealand?http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59229

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_7682958and

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shoot11dec11,0,3079377.story?coll=la-home-center

Yes, it does appear that not only the Murray family (Matthew was the shooter) was a homeschooling family, but there is some discussion that the Works family was also homeschooling. We have been dealing with media calls for the last 24 hours.

Please pray for Kevin Swanson as he deals with these calls. He has a good blog today about this issue and what our response might be in these situations:

http://www.kevinswanson.com/Blog/Index.html

Please pray for the Murray family and the Works Family, as well as those families from the Y-WAM shooting.

Bill

Christian Home educators of Colorado

“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless

minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.” Samuel Adams

We received this email today. It would be great if several families were able to send cards.

Dear Home Education Foundation of New Zealand,

I am writing this because I noticed that you had shared the World Net Daily story about the situation of homeschooling in Germany. My blog, Principled Discovery, is the one cited in the original article.

As you can imagine, this is a frightening development for homeschoolers in Germany. I recently received a request from a German homeschooler for a postcard/Christmas card action to help keep media attention on the case of the Neubronners. This case is unique in Germany in that it has received a great deal of positive media attention and many Germans identify with their situation.

If you are interested, I have more information and the address here:

http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=700

Thank you, and God bless!

Dana Hanley
http://principleddiscovery.com