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Hi all!

Been following and did actually find my printout of Sandra's list.

Here goes:

Unschoolers need to be:
Flexible
Creative
Energetic
Trusting
Knowledgeable and willing to learn more
Interested in how people learn
Happy in their lives - optimistic to peaceful
Aware of the joy in small things

What will work against unschooling:
Cynicism
Impatience
Meanness
Jealousy (of your children's happiness, of your friend's reports of success)
Bad parental voices in your head
Violence, drug use, alcoholism (anything making the parents unsafe or
unreliable)
Priority given to spotless, quiet, orderly house
Agoraphobia on the part of the mom (if the kids are stuck home, they're very
limited)
Prejudice against modern media (computers, TV, videos)
Book-worship
Hope to find a full school curriculum buried in everyday life
Desire to TEACH
Desire to control the child's thoughts and beliefs

Thanks again, Sandra, for this list. It really makes clear the way we've
chosen.

DiAnna
PS Sesame Street is on right now and Nelson Mandela is singing the ABC song
with the monsters. My favorite part was on Friday when Robert DeNiro
demonstrated what a great actor he is by turning himself into a dog, a
cabbage and Elmo. True imagination at work!

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In a message dated 4/29/02 8:03:39 AM, rsrascals@... writes:

<< My favorite part was on Friday when Robert DeNiro
demonstrated what a great actor he is by turning himself into a dog, a
cabbage and Elmo. >>

OOOH!!!!!
Sorry I missed that. <g>

I'm really looking forward to getting to see "Showtime," which has the
previews showing William Shatner's character saying, of Robert De Niro's
character, something like "This guy can't act" (or some such). And THAT
reminds me of Wayne's World II, which I watch just for the scene in which
Mike Meyers turns to the director and says, while asking a gas-station
attendant for directions, "I know this is a small part, but couldn't we get
a better actor?" and the scene continues, with Charlton Heston doing the gas
station attendant, giving directions that make Mike Meyers get tears in his
eyes.

Sandra

Sharon Rudd

Things do change. Wasn't so so long ago that I (we?
some of us?) were writing letters to South Africa to
free Nelson Mandela (Amnesty International)......
Sharon of the Swamp


> PS Sesame Street is on right now and Nelson Mandela
> is singing the ABC song
> with the monsters. ...............

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In a message dated 1/7/2004 2:53:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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I've put up several new pages on my website, and have added a speaking
engagement, but I've been increasingly self-conscious about saying even on a
list
like this "I have a new page, go look!"

So I've made a list for updates and announcements. It will just be an
occasional e-mail with "what's new" for those who have sometimes gone to my
site and
seen what a rabbit-warren maze it is.

You can send an e-mail to:

[email protected]

Or go to:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sandradodd/

Not all the new pages are things by me. Lots of times they're great "typical
days" of other families, or something profoundly insightful someone has
posted at the unschooling.com forum, or this list or unschoolingdiscussion.
Lots
of good stuff, but I don't want to jam this list with stuff that's only of
interest to a few.
***********************
But, Sandra...updates on your site are likely to be of interest to the vast
majority of people on this list. You could certainly start an announcement list
if you like, but I don't think announcing stuff here would be considered by
anyone (or most, anyway...that anyone could come back and bite me in the ass) a
disruption.

Kathryn


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Kelli Traaseth

----- Original Message -----
From: <KathrynJB@...>

** I don't think announcing stuff here would be considered by
> anyone (or most, anyway...that anyone could come back and bite me in the
ass) a
> disruption.**
********************************************************************

This is exactly what I was thinking.

I enjoy getting your little blurbs when you've changed or added something.

But I can just join the other list too. :)

Kelli~

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In a message dated 1/7/04 9:00:08 AM, tktraas@... writes:

<< I enjoy getting your little blurbs when you've changed or added something.
>>

Well maybe I wouldn't mind putting it on this list, but I hate to keep saying
on UnschoolingDiscussion and unschooling.com "I put up another 'typical day'!"

Is there anyone here who knows how to lift a background tile from a page?
There's a cool background that shows on my food page when I'm in the editor,
but doesn't come up when I go to the page. It was from a page designed to
let people use their art free, but for some reason it's not working.

If anyone could advise me on the side, I'd really appreciate it.

Sandra

nellebelle

>>>>but I've been increasingly self-conscious about saying even on a
list like this "I have a new page, go look!">>>>

I've always been glad to get the updates and have already joined the update list.

I am curious though - what are you self conscious about? I'm envious of your pages, not to mention that I've been helped by the info. I'm trying to learn some html, but my pages are all so far behind yours.

Mary Ellen

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In a message dated 1/7/04 8:14:02 PM, nellebelle@... writes:

<< I am curious though - what are you self conscious about? >>

I feel like a loudmouth braggart sometimes and I don't want to.

I LIKE doing those pages and I learn a lot (and thanks for advice today,
Joyce and Pam's-husband-Wally), but *I* even get tired of hearing me say "lookie
my WEBPAGE!"

But if I don't say "Here are two new essays by me which I had lost, and two
new other-people pages," then it's hard for people who've already been there to
come by them.

Sandra

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In a message dated 1/7/2004 9:20:12 PM Central Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
I feel like a loudmouth braggart sometimes and I don't want to.

~~~

But that's what we like about you. ;)

Karen


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