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For New Members of the Always Learning List

About posting to the list

This was the description from the list's inception in November 2001 to mid-July 2008.

Discussion for homeschooling fans of John Holt, whose books Learning All the Time, Never Too Late, and Teach your Own have made unschooling a sweet and viable option for thousands of families. This is a moderated group, with trapdoors for the uncooperative. (Not moderated in the advance-approval way, but in the be-nice-to-play way.) It's an idea group and is intended to lean more toward pure unschooling than neutral, general homeschooling discussion—there are hundreds of general homeschooling discussions for newcomers. It's to focus more toward how people learn no matter where in the world they are, rather than on what's legal in any particular country or jurisdiction.

If you have questions or complaints, write to Sandra@SandraDodd.com

The reason I'm preserving it is that others in the past have changed list descriptions and then denied it was ever any other way. For me it seems the description is a kind of contract with the readers, and it shouldn't be changed easily.

Following a discussion on the list July 17th and 18th the intro was changed to:

How and why does unschooling work? What kind of parents and parenting does it take? What will help, and what will hinder?

This is a list for the examination of the philosophy of unschooling and attentive parenting and a place for sharing examined lives based on the principles underlying unschooling.

Always Learning will focus on how people learn no matter where in the world they are, rather than on what's legal in any particular country or jurisdiction.

This is a moderated group, with trapdoors for the uncooperative. (Not moderated in the advance-approval way, but in the be-nice-to-play way. New members' posts are moderated, and it's good to read several dozen posts before jumping in.)

If you've never read any John Holt, please do! Here's a bit: John Holt
His thoughts and writing are behind unschooling.

If you have questions or complaints, write to the listowner, Sandra Dodd: Sandra@SandraDodd.com

"I can honestly say that I've grown more as a person, parent and unschooler due to the discussions on this list than on any other list I've been on."
This and other feedback can be read here.

More on this list, and how it can and should work (for those interested in such technicalities)

SandraDodd.com/unschooling