Meghan Anderson

Hi All,
I haven't been posting much lately because we've been in big
transitions around here.
Tamzin is going to school in September. All (and I mean ALL) of
the homeschoolers we know are choosing school in the
autumn. Tamzin doesn't want to be the only homeschooler.
She's afraid she'll be bored and won't see her friends very often
(this has happened with other friends that have gone back to
school).
Luckily, I found a school about 15 minutes away that is (I think)
going to be a good place to spend 6 hours a day. It's very small -
24 students aged 5 to 13. It's modelled on a Sudbury school, so
at least she will be in an enviroment that allows her to make
choices for herself and be an individual. She's taking summer
art classes there now and is really enjoying it, so I guess this is
the right move for her, but I'm still sad about it :-(
Anyway, I guess we're not unschoolers anymore starting in
September <sniff> so I will be unsubscribing and wishing you all
well. If school doesn't work out, I'll be back in touch. I'll miss the
list :-(

Meghan

Julie W

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 06:09:00 -0000
"Meghan Anderson" <meghan@... said:

> Hi All,
> I haven't been posting much lately because we've been in big
> transitions around here.
> Tamzin is going to school in September. All (and I mean ALL) of
> the homeschoolers we know are choosing school in the
> autumn. Tamzin doesn't want to be the only homeschooler.
> She's afraid she'll be bored and won't see her friends very often
> (this has happened with other friends that have gone back to
> school).

I always feel a bit sad when I hear kids are off to school but at least it
sounds a nice school.

> Anyway, I guess we're not unschoolers anymore starting in
> September <sniff> so I will be unsubscribing and wishing you all
> well. If school doesn't work out, I'll be back in touch. I'll miss the
> list :-(

I don't think you necessarily stop thinking like an unschooler just because
you make a choice to use a school. Personally, I would still want to be
here and would hope you would still have me even though one or all of my
children chose school. If you haven't read it you might like to get hold of
Guerilla Learning by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver. It advocates something
akin to an unschooling attitude even if your children go to school.

Good luck and I hope everything goes well for you.

Julie Ward
Wellington
New Zealand

Janet Hamlin

>>It's very small - 24 students aged 5 to 13. It's modelled on a Sudbury
school, so at least she will be in an enviroment that allows her to make
choices for herself and be an individual<<

Though I wish she were still home, Caroline chose a similar school last
fall. The Sudbury model IS unschooling, just away from home. My dd (8.5)
thrived there. Her school had 14 students 8-19. She is extremely social.
I still consider myself us unschoolers, and I still hang out here and read.

It's nice to have a place where others parent the same way I do and I don't
have to feel like the oddball. No need to unsubscribe!

Janet

Meghan Anderson

--- In [email protected], "Julie W"
<<<<<xtr581602@x> wrote:

> I don't think you necessarily stop thinking like an unschooler
just because
> you make a choice to use a school. Personally, I would still
want to be
> here and would hope you would still have me even though one
or all of my
> children chose school. If you haven't read it you might like to
get hold of
> Guerilla Learning by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver. It
advocates something
> akin to an unschooling attitude even if your children go to
school.
>
> Good luck and I hope everything goes well for you.
>
> Julie Ward
> Wellington
> New Zealand>>>>

Oh no! I'll always be an unschooler at heart (always have been)
but my feeling is that this list is for people truly practicing
unschooling in their daily lives and, unfortunately, that won't be
Tamzin and I in September. I just read Guerilla Learning, thanks
for the recommendation though.

Meghan

Meghan Anderson

<<<<--- In [email protected], "Janet Hamlin"
<jefhdvm@w...> wrote:

> I still consider myself us unschoolers, and I still hang out here
and read.
>
> It's nice to have a place where others parent the same way I do
and I don't
> have to feel like the oddball. No need to unsubscribe!
>
> Janet>>>>

Thanks for the input. Maybe I'll do that.

Meghan

[email protected]

My 14yo daughter has also asked to go to school this fall. She only wants
to go to school to meet more friends and have fun.
Since I signed her up she has changed her mind a couple times. She seems
to be sticking with the not going choice again.
I was bummed that she would consider going but decided to let her. I was
even more bummed when I asked for words of wisdom from the unschoolers I
consider so wise and got nothing.
I found a book at the library I thought I could get my daughter to read
because I know she is struggling with this choice now.
I ended up reading it myself. I now feel better and can hopefully deal
with her going to school if she chooses to go again.
My daughter began reading it but isn't as thrilled with it as I was. She
hasn't gotten through the first chapter yet so I'll have to wait to see
if she's going to get as much out of it as I have.
Maybe you've read it; if not, maybe you should think about it.

A Sense of Self : Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls
http://halleducation.com/education/1037.shtml

Sharon


> Tamzin is going to school in September. All (and I mean ALL) of
> the homeschoolers we know are choosing school in the
> autumn. Tamzin doesn't want to be the only homeschooler.

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